QuebecValley launches a database of local startups (6)
September 25th, 2007 · by Heri · startups
So Denis Canuel who started blogging in French and in English a few months ago at QuebecValley has been working hard on startups and growing his website. Now, he has just opened a new section in the website. It makes a list of startups in Montreal and throughout Quebec. He lists some other planned features:
- A “PR center” where startups can post their own PR, hopefully gaining some local interest
- A listing of resources bringing value to a startup. For example:
- Government entities willing to help entrepreneurs
- Coaches, business veterans, volunteers
- Angel “groups” and Venture capital
- etc.
- Ability for startups to setup polls to tests new ideas
- A jobboard
- Help wanted / Looking to help section
I have been thinking of getting similar services on MontrealTechWatch, but between this and Yulstart, it doesn’t make sense anymore. Maybe later, but right now it’s just too crowded.
I was thinking about this a few days ago. Is there any way to use something like Google Base or DabbleDB to consolidate a list, and each of us could handle the maintenance of our local city/region/province?
Then we would have a well maintained, national, DB.
Yeah, add to the mix a few Facebook groups about canadian startups and this starts to look a bit overcrowded… if the QuebecValley database is any good and available under a decent (CC or GFDL) license, I will gladly link to it from yulstart and maybe use the wiki page as a kind of buffer for companies “not yet” in the DB…
I really like the distributed editing too, having one person doing the maintenance can become a bottleneck.
[...] One of the challenges in any region is finding the folks who are in the same space as you are. Not just to keep tabs on them, but also to be able to network and just socialize. From Montreal Tech Watch (a must read for me) I got this great tidbit: QuebecValley has been working hard on startups and growing his website. Now, he has just opened a new section in the website. It makes a list of startups in Montreal and throughout Quebec. He lists some other planned features: From: QuebecValley launches a database of local startups | Montreal Tech Watch [...]
I have thought about this and I think the only solution is someone developing a database for canadian startups and putting the database under CC.
[...] a follow-up to the recent discussions about job boards and other features for startups, there is now a jobs section in Montreal Tech Watch. However, this [...]
[...] One of the challenges in any region is finding the folks who are in the same space as you are. Not just to keep tabs on them, but also to be able to network and just socialize. From Montreal Tech Watch (a must read for me) I got this great tidbit: QuebecValley has been working hard on startups and growing his website. Now, he has just opened a new section in the website. It makes a list of startups in Montreal and throughout Quebec. He lists some other planned features: From: QuebecValley launches a database of local startups | Montreal Tech Watch [...]
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