Last night, Akoha gave a sneak preview of their product offering to a number of their friends, family and investors in Montreal (disclosure - MSU is an investor).
The founders, Austin Hill & Alex Eberts (along with PR guru Dov) are no strangers to creating buzz and excitement about their projects and once again they made [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Akoha (raises) opens the bar
August 29, 2008 – 10:40 am
Montreal’s startups versus Y-Combinator’s startups … part 2
August 24, 2008 – 9:01 pm
Here are some more of Y-Combinator’s Summer 2008 intake and where appropriate a mention of Montreal companies I am aware of that are competitive or complimentary.
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Cool Start-Up Seeks PHP Developers
August 19, 2008 – 4:44 pm
We often get inquiries from start-ups looking to hire top talent. Usually, we just tap our network of contacts to produce a list of potential candidates. This time, I thought it would be interesting to cast the net a little wider and so I’m blogging about it.
Recently I’ve been asked by two start-ups if I [...]
Montreal’s startups versus Y-Combinator’s startups … part 1
August 17, 2008 – 11:13 pm
Twenty startup’s were in Y-Combinator’s Summer 2008 funding batch. Here is my take on the first half of them (the rest will be in the next post) and where appropriate a mention of Montreal companies I am aware of that are competitive or complimentary.
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Montreal Start Up at Y-Combinator demo day
August 15, 2008 – 10:05 am
I was fortunate enough to be invited down to Cambridge, MA to attend yesterday’s demo day for Y-Combinator’s latest batch of companies.
Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston acted as both the gracious hosts for the event and the concerned parents for the Founders as they exposed their ideas to an external audience for the first time [...]