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Growclass’ Sarah Stockdale on the new rules of marketing

In an era of noise, brands need to whisper. Sarah Stockdale, the founder of growth marketing program Growclass, believes the era of lazy marketing…

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Startup Community Awards 2023
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Fifth-annual Startup Community Awards celebrates Montréal’s innovation ecosystem

Real Ventures’ John Stokes, Ora Medical among the night’s winners. Montréal’s tech ecosystem has recognized 15 local startups, stakeholders, and leaders at the fifth…

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Startup TNT 2023
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Startup TNT completes first close of targeted $5-million venture fund

Fund I will write $50,000 cheques to winners of Startup TNT investment summits. In May 2019, Zack Storms launched what became an Edmonton “Thursday…

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Solon Angel and Joella Almeida at SAAS NORTH 2023.
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#CDNtech talks AI disruption and the state of SaaS

Canadian tech luminaries close the year probing deep questions in this compilation of interviews recorded live at SAAS NORTH. At Sass North 2023 this…

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Three Calgary startups awarded at Launch Party 2023
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Three Calgary startups awarded at Launch Party 2023

Calgary Innovation Week wraps up with a celebration of local startups. Alberta tech continues to reinforce startups in its ecosystem as Innovation Week YYC’s…

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BetaKit Podcast SAAS NORTH 2023
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Why are there 100,000 fewer Canadian entrepreneurs?

Satish Kanwar and Katy Yam join for a special episode recorded live on the BetaKit Keynote Stage at SAAS NORTH. Live from SAAS NORTH,…

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Four startups win over $210,000 at SAAS NORTH 2023

Among the winners are Enurgen, Strucwise, Myomar, and Soralink. Four Canadian software companies are taking home over $210,000 in prize money from SAAS NORTH…

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SAAS NORTH panel on seed rounds 2022
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The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2023

Workleap, Wealthsimple, OpenView, BDC leaders among stage headliners November 15-16. Good things come in threes. For the third straight year, Canada’s largest in-person SaaS…

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PLATO’s Keith McIntosh among EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 regional winners

McIntosh was recognized for building Indigenous representation among PLATO’s workforce. Keith McIntosh, CEO of PLATO, was among the regional winners of EY’s 2023 Entrepreneur…

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What Allen Lau learned from Wattpad’s $754-million acquisition

Co-founder shares M&A insights ahead of TechExit appearance on October 25. Allen Lau, co-founder and former CEO of Wattpad, has had first-hand M&A experience…

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