Category Archives: Events

Montreal Wireless Developers Unite!

Last week I was speaking at the Interfaces Mobilité event and two trends quickly became apparent: (1) people are fed up with Byzantine and expensive Cellco pricing schemes and (2) they long for carriers to open up their platforms to developers and start-ups. Nothing new here under the Canadian sun.
What is new however, is that [...]

Nouveau fonds pour le démarrage d’entreprises en technologie

Le fonds bénéficiera de l’appui d’une vingtaine d’anges financiers et d’entrepreneurs montréalais qui ont réussi dans le domaine.
MONTREAL, Québec, 10 mars 2008 – Montreal Start Up, un spécialiste du capital de démarrage, dont la mission est d’appuyer les entrepreneurs montréalais qui bâtissent les succès de demain, a aujourd’hui annoncé le lancement d’un premier fonds de [...]

Montreal Pythonistas Unite!

Well, it seems the Montreal Python Developers’ community is finally ready to roll. For those of you who have yet to drink the Kool-Aid and are wondering what all the fuss is about, this pretty much sums it up. All kidding aside though, every time I attend one of these events, I am always amazed [...]

StartupCampMontreal

Montreal Tech Watch affiche la liste des 5 finalistes pour le StartUpCampMontréal qui aura lieu mercredi prochain, soit le 23 janvier, à la Société des Arts Technologiques. J’aime la diversité des compagnies qui présenteront, tant au niveau de leurs activités que de l’expérience des entrepreneurs… et je ne dis pas seulement ça parce que j’ai [...]

Praized Media

Well, I guess now it’s official. Praized Media has secured a $1M seed round from Garage Canada. In addition to having an interesting idea and a realistic business model, what I like about Praized is the variety and depth of experience that each of the founders brings to the table. Congratulations Harry, Sebastien and Sylvain.