Long before there was Flickr, Instagram and Facebook, a couple of Toronto residents were tinkering with an online photo-sharing idea in their apartments. From humble beginnings in 2002, an idea grew into 500px, now a major success story in helping photographers gain more exposure – while also making them a profit. “Post your best photos […]
Techvibes reposted some extensive research from the folks at MaRS on exit outcomes in Canada along with a long list of observations and recommendations for all of us building startups in Canada. There’s much I dislike about this research. For one thing, it’s all very backwards-looking. Also, seeking the insights of a fund that has […]
Black Friday, falling on November 28, and Cyber Monday (December 1) are dates etched on the minds of all retailers; but how are smaller e-commerce businesses preparing for this major shopping season, and how can these businesses capitalize on a retail holiday traditionally celebrated by big box retailers? Consider the numbers for a moment. According to […]
by Kay Mathews Fuelling economic growth through investment in startup companies is a priority in Canada and the United States. Leaders of both nations have taken steps to reinvigorate venture capital industries in their respective countries, but the means to that end are distinctive. According to a May 6 National Venture Capital Association press release, […]
Back in 1983, a MB of memory was almost $2k. Storage was a growth industry. It stayed a growth industry despite dropping prices, when in 2004 Google shook up the industry by offering a gigabyte of personal email storage for free with Gmail, then Google Drive. Dropbox and Box followed suit for business, both experiencing […]
Canada’s grocery industry is stagnant, with 2012 sales growing a tiny 1.1 percent over 2011, and in that year sales rose a paltry one percent. That’s a big change of pace for grocers, who are used to annual growth rates averaging 3 percent or more. 2011-2012 represented the worst sales growth in more than a […]
This week, Jennifer Evans, the president of B2B News Network, was part of a panel discussion on a TV Ontario news show discussing the gender divide in the tech industry in Canada. On The Agenda with Steve Paikin, Evans offered her insight on how tech companies are ignoring female talent and the challenges she has faced in […]
Your business is flourishing and now you want to bring a mobile app to market. You have the customers, the interest, the idea, and now you just need to get the app off and soaring. But you don’t want to dive headlong into such a complex process that you stumble and fall flat. Here are 5 steps […]
Launching a new B2B presence on social networks with zero budget and no existing web presence on a Friday night? Requires tons of patience and you won’t really see results for months, right? Not necessarily. On September 19 2014 we launched the @b2bnewsnetwork Twitter account. We kicked off (somewhat unintentionally) at the worst time […]
If content is king, it seems video content is ascending the throne. The Content Marketing Institute reports 73 percent of B2B marketers use video, and according to a survey by Demand Metric this year, 82 percent of B2B organizations report some level of success with video marketing. In a separate Demand Metric survey from August, […]
A great pet store anticipates what their clients want and always delivers (literally and figuratively). Here are 5 simple lessons from great pet stores that all startups should adopt. 1. Be genuinely excited about all of your customers. So let me begin by letting you all know that I live in a large city (Toronto) […]
They are all over the Internet, social media and TV; they are the mompreneurs and they are showing that it’s possible to balance a successful home life with a burgeoning business career. A report from Experian found that mothers with young children, when compared to the general population, are more active on social media. They’re […]
Early-stage valuation of a startup is critically important yet is far too often badly misunderstood. There are several key things you need to consider in the valuation of your very young venture. As is the case with everything you will do with your startup, valuation is simply a hypothesis that comes from a series of […]
