Montreal Tech Watch

I went yesterday to the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast, where 20 other guys showed up. Had some people to meet and some plans to show. Here is a quick report:

• The usual suspects were there, namely Patrick Tanguay, Phil Chrun, Guillaume Thoreau, Mat Balez, Daniel Drouet and Carl Mercier.
• I met Laurent Maisonnave who is doing lots of projects in video, at zecanada or yulbuzz. Video is sure a growing trend, and those are mild words to describe what’s coming in the next few months or years.
• Alok Mohindra was there too. Lots of discussions with montrealstartup.com
• I talked with Eric Kucharsky, who manages TechnoMontreal’s website. We talked about ways to make the website a reference for IT and innovation in Montreal. There are lots of opportunities here for them – they are a brand-new organization and should embrace new technologies and innovation.
• Volansa Technologies was looking for investors for their RFID geo-localization service. This involves R&D research and might be a ground-breaking service for agencies and organizations who need to track their customers (think of ski stations, parks, prisons…)
• Adrien O’Leary works for ines, who is pushing their web-based CRM solution. He wants to experiment with marketing and sales in Montreal.

However, the quote of the day was from Marie-Claude who said we all looked like a bunch of high-school girls talking about the latest trends and gossip. Oh well…

More pictures here.