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April 1st, 2008

Congrats to StartupNorth! Lands $3.2 million series A funding

People who think that the startup climate in Canada might need some help, well I think this announcement should suggest otherwise:
Today we are announcing that we have taken an initial round of financing to expand StartupNorth, launch new startup focused projects and to further expand our blog-related publishing business. Most of you are aware of […]

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March 14th, 2008

CoverItLive raises the bar on live blogging with killer new features

As I arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday, I got an email from Keith of CoverItLive giving me a heads up on some new features that are now live…and these features rock!
If you’re a CIL user you might have received the email from Keith, but if you didn’t here are the new features:
New Features:

Quick Launch:  […]

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March 5th, 2008

LearnHub opens its doors to teach online

I’m heading to SXSW in the morning.  But before I do, and before I start my SXSW coverage, oh yes there will be blogging–and pictures!, wanted to mention the recent news about LearnHub:

LearnHub.com launches - Teach and Learn Online | StartupNorth
Victoria Start-ups get Press | Techvibes Blog
LearnHub Launches, looks great » ThomasPurves.com

I gave LearnHub a […]

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March 4th, 2008

Ontogenix aims change the game in social media advertising

Ontogenix, according to their homepage, wants to become something new in the social media ad space: “Ontogenix is focused on becoming the leading, trusted social media advertising company.”  From StartupNorth, now they have some money to help them meet that goal:
Ontogenix is raising the round to go to market with their first product, an Interest […]

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February 12th, 2008

ParkingHunter.com let’s you find someone else’s parking space–and rent it.

Got a cool email today about a new site/service that let’s people in urban areas who have an extra parking space (driveway, etc) offer it for rent to people who need a place to park:
Why not park on someone else’s driveway for less? Source: ParkingHunter.com: Hundreds of parking owners across North America are making […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments

February 4th, 2008

PlanetEye adds local expert guides

I’ve been keeping an eye on Mark and company over at PlanetEye since their beta launch.  I haven’t been in a while, but I did know about the local guides plan…because I know the woman covering Vancouver (I don’t know if she is written publicly there yet, so I won’t out her).
Local guides are what, […]

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January 23rd, 2008

FreshBooks RV Trek to SXSW and their Supper Club–mind your manners people

I got a cool e-mail from the team at FreshBooks this morning.  Wait, cool email from the company you send invoices through?  Umm, Tris what’s in your coffee, buddy, you might be thinking.  Well first I like to hear from the companies and services I use and support.  Especially when I get tips, tricks […]

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