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April 21st, 2008

Tech Channel Theme Day-Lists: Top 10 Reasons Your Tech Startup Should Be In Canada

This morning Rick Segal was here for the Victoria VC Roundtable .  One of the things that I really like about Rick is that he is passionate about the companies he invests in, but the thing I like most is that he is unabashedly pro-Canadian.  Rick, like me, is American–I took the leap and […]

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April 21st, 2008

Victoria VC Roundtable–Live blogging

Good morning from Victoria…

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February 24th, 2008

How to get a VC’s attention–Advice from Rick Segal

You should know, of course, that JLA Ventures is one of b5media’s VC backers (the other is Brightspark).  Now I read Rick Segal not just cause he’s our VC, I was reading him long before that, I read him to get insight into venture capital and entrepreneurship.
This recent post, which I don’t think Rick’s mind […]

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February 8th, 2008

Canada and Vancouver’s Startup Climate–I think something is missing.

Show me the money!Having been a part of several startups, and more than half Canadian, for years now.  The one thing that drives me nuts is how great ideas here in the Great White North (or great mossy green South coast) just don’t get the support needed to get them off the ground, while it […]

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January 23rd, 2008

Automattic Nails $29 million in funding! The open-source model has legs

Great, great news this morning that Automattic received an investment, and the Gray Lady herself is one of the investors, of $29.5 million to build their business even more.  I like to see these reasonable amounts of funding.  Sure it’s a lot of money, but it also costs a lot to build a business as […]

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January 21st, 2008

As the Founders & Funders are wrapping up their dinner…

Tonight, I was sure it was later in the week, is the Founders & Funders dinner in TO.  Jevon posted these questions on StartupNorth as discussion points for the evening:
Do Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists get enough recognition for the deals they do in Canada?
Do Canadian universities inspire and support entrepreneurship? Could a “Startup Co-Op” […]

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