Patrick Lauzon, executive VP from Canoe, and who also blogs at 01entrepreneur.ca, and Austin Hill, angel investor and entrepreneur, hosted yesterday the Founders&Funders dinner, which gathered 75 angel investors, Venture Capitalists, and startup founders in technology. In essence, the event is very similar to Benjamin Yoskovitz‘s tech entrepreneur breakfast; however, there were more attendees for [...]
Finally, wireless spectrum opened up in Canada!
The federal government unveiled yesterday the final rules for next year’s May auctions, which are largely in favour of new companies in the wireless industry. 40% of the new 105Mhz wireless spectrum will be reserved for new entrants, and existing telecommunications companies are to share their existing infrastructure with these new players. This might just [...]
New Entrepreneur’s Blog: JeanFahmy.com
Jean Fahmy, who defines himself as a “serial entrepreneur” in technology, has just opened a new blog at jeanfahmy.com, where he writes about entrepreneurship and technology. Just out of university, Jean Fahmy started in Montréal an outsourcing services company with 12 employees, managed an ISP, built a mobile software company, and is now a professor in [...]
Office space for startups, entrepreneurs or consultants
Raymond Luk, who is working with us on Blitzweekend, and FacebookWeekend in Toronto, is telling me he has office space avalaible for rent: It’s a beautiful space with shared conference room, kitchen, server room etc. The location is also great, overlooking Square Victoria. There’s enough pace for 10-15 developers and 5 closed offices. A couple [...]
Technology map of Montréal
I made a while ago a map of Montréal (version 1 – version 2) which provided some insight on what was going in Montréal in technology. Many were interested, but it’s true that these were more entertaining than useful. With Austin Hill and other technology entrepreneurs in Montréal, we are currently trying to geographically map [...]
QuebecTorrent’s lawsuit might get all Canadian p2p trackers illegal
QuebecTorrent.com, a local torrent tracker, is entagled in a lawsuit started last month by the Canadian music industry. They received first a cease&desist order, but eventually won this first attempt and are still online. The case is just starting though, with ongoing developments. Of course, record companies like Sony BMG, EMI, Universal Music Canada are [...]
New video games companies in Montréal
Eidos were the first to make news this week by oficially opening their new Montréal studio yesterday, after announcing it in February this year. The new studio is headed by Stéphane d’Astous, with a staff of over 200, and will be working on the next version of the hit title Deus Ex. This was only the beginning [...]
[update] Capazoo’s misguided efforts
Although there are startups who are doing well and growing in Montréal, like Akoha, Standoutjobs, or Mobivox, there have been numerous worrying reports about Capazoo, which was officially launched last October. People are calling the founders scum bagss, another MTW reader said they were dishonest with their employees, and I was told they were downsizing [...]
WiFi to be avalaible in parks and public spaces
La Presse had a story yesterday about the Ville de Montréal and Ile-Sans-Fil in talks to install and deliver free, public WiFi in public parks and busy places in Montréal. The City would give the non-profit organization $200 000 each year to manage and monitor the hardware and pay for the Internet fees. This would bring WiFi to a [...]
Une interface pour iPhone/iPod pour cyberpresse
Cyberpresse vient juste de sortir une interface simplifiée et optimisée pour les utilisateurs d’iPhone ou iPod Touch disponible sur apple.cyberpresse.ca Les visiteurs n’ont donc plus besoin de “pincher” et de cliquer sur des liens miniscules. De plus, les photos sont aussi reformatées pour s’adapter à la taille de l’écran. Pour moi, c’est une réussite, une [...]
