Last week at Startup Empire in Toronto a couple of people told me they felt that the Montreal startup community was much more collaborative than the Torontonian one. While I can’t comment on things in la ville reine, I definitely agree that people here go out of their way to help one another. Last week [...]
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Akoha (raises) opens the bar
August 29, 2008 – 10:40 am
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 [...]
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.
Posterous
A hosted blogging platform that allows you to post many different media [...]
Bursting Bubbles
June 30, 2008 – 3:27 pm
Investors love to talk about how they invest in people. For most however, a strong team is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition to fund a start-up. With few exceptions, investors already want the team to be working on a good idea (even though they know it is likely to change along the way). [...]