The latest poll from Montreal Tech Watch (thanks Heri) asked what was Montréal’s best advantage as an innovation center and a permanent place for development.
23% Diversity in Montréal and Montréal’s culture (14 votes)
20% The Universities, student population, and R&D (12 votes)
20% Cost of Living (12 votes)
8% entrepreneurship spirit in Quebec (5 votes)
7% The design community [...]
Category Archives: Ideas Dept
The importance of role models
July 28, 2007 – 9:33 am
Le vent dans les voiles
July 18, 2007 – 10:59 pm
Un des sports favoris des montréalais, c’est de démontrer à quel point on est supérieur à Toronto. On vante nos loyers abordables, notre dynamisme culturel, les pistes cyclables, la beauté des Québécoises, mais jamais les indicateurs économiques. On va à Toronto pour faire de l’argent, pour brasser des grosses affaires; c’est bien connu… ou du [...]
Le hacker et l’homme d’affaires
April 7, 2007 – 3:57 pm
Cette semaine j’ai rencontré un archetype de la mythologie des hackers. Dans la sous-culture des geeks, ceux qui créent leur propres outils sont partiulièrement bien perçu; ces hackers qui ne se contentent pas de denigrer les outils existants ou de souhaiter une façon plus simple de faire x. Cet entrepreneur, ayant trouvé une solution technologique [...]
Les Anges Financiers de Montréal
March 29, 2007 – 11:42 am
Last night was the annual “Les Anges Financiers de Montréal” Gala. It was a well organised event that culminated in prizes being awarded in 5 catagories:
Start-Up
Servivap - Servivap Canada manufactures and distributes industrial water treatment products for Vapour-generating boilers and cooling systems. Their exclusive biodegradable products generate energy saving costs of upto 15% without [...]
“Hidden” revenue streams
March 7, 2007 – 11:42 pm
I have been working on a post about the relative merits of FON and it has reminded me of the early days of the free dial-up ISP’s.
I was involved with setting up Livedoor, Japan’s first free ISP. It was based on software developed by Toronto based Chris Sukornyk*. This downloadable software controlled the connection and [...]