DEMO 2008 is next monday in Palm Desert, California, and we will have 3 startups from Montréal featured there, with standoutjobs, which wishes to revolutionize the job market, cozimo, which has the first and only real-time collaboration tool for designers, and xtranormal, a super-stealth startup which has the most talented 3D engineers in Montreal, and [...]
Job Listing: Network Programmer at Ubisoft
Company: Ubisoft Position: Network Programmer Responsibilites and Tasks: The ideal candidate possesses solid experience in developing client server products with databases. Experience in video game development is greatly appreciated. The candidate must show a great sense of organization and communication. Responsibilities: Participate in the product development for the management of Ubisoft’s on-line games Rapidly develop [...]
Advice for startups in accounting and legal matters
I asked Mark MacLeod, current CFO at MOBIVOX, and also self-proclaimed serial startup CFO, to help me with the startup guide. I was thinking about getting the list of key resources in law and accounting here in Montreal, but instead, he chose to write tips for starting entrepreneurs. Which was unexpected, but finally, it’s ok [...]
Deloitte’s TMT predictions for Canada in 2008
Deloitte Canada has released their predictions for 2008, in Media, Technology and Telecommunications. A few selected excerpts: With eight million Facebook users, Canada leads the world in voting for authenticity over anonymity. In 2008, look for even more web content creeping onto our TV screens and into newspapers, as well as the hiring of non-journalist [...]
Will HD save TQS?
There is an interesting article by Alain McKenna at Technaute mentionning that high-definition TV might save TQS, a local television station which filed for bankrupcy last month due to “shrunken” advertising revenues. The theory, which came from its directors, was that high definition will allow pay-per-view, interactive and personalized content. The tv station would then [...]
[quick update] Startup guide
I have just updated the guide “Launching a technology startup in Montreal“, and added MontrealTechWatch, QuebecValley, IDCapital, Anges Quebec, VantagePoint Venture Partners, MontrealOnRails, MontrealPython, 3rd tuesdays. The guide is still alpha, and will stay so until I fill out the information for each key stage. On related notes, I met today a guy who told [...]
Get ready for Blitzweekend March 1st and 2nd in Montreal!
Well, you’ve all heard about blitzweekend, and we have now the official date: we will be holding the first ever blitzweekend at Université de Sherbrooke’s Longueuil campus, on March 1st and 2nd. Blitzweekend is very similar in essence to startupweekends, in the sense that we challenge attendees to build a technology in 48 hours. However, this [...]
Farming vs Shark hunting … or why there needs to be more boldness
If you are: contemplating technology entrepreneurship, wondering why Canada is lagging in mobile technology, wondering how come all technology and innovation news come from the US & Japan, and never from Canada, then you should read today Will Pate’s post at StartupNorth. It’s a rather long post, on how we must be bolder, on which [...]
Video games… we need more video games!
Unlike one might believe after following popular technology blogs, technology is not limited to web applications or the iPhone. In Montréal for instance, video games is one of the most, if not the most, dynamic sector with companies like Ubisoft, EA, Eidos or A2M pushing world-class titles pretty much every month. It also has the [...]
Founders&Funders Toronto
Congratulations to David Crow and Jevon MacDonald for putting together this night’s Founders&Funder dinner. I have looked at the guests list, and it’s impressive, both in the entrepreneurs and investors category. The first Founders&Funder was started in Montreal by Austin Hill and Patrick Lauzon, and was an instant success. I am sure tonight’s dinner in [...]
