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NextMontreal, an upcoming news and opinion tech site

By Heri Jul 23rd 2010 in Business

NextMontreal.com is a new project instigated by Benjamin Yoskovitz, who called a few months ago for a news site in Montréal, and since then Phil Telio, Sylvain Carle and Patrick Tanguay have joined the project.

As you will read Ben’s blog post, there is a focus on making NextMontreal a business, and also making it larger than the tech entrepreneurship world. Ben mentions for instance gaming and biotech, and perhaps even more topics. There is also a corporate focus, right from the start.

Montreal Tech Watch will be partnering from the beginning with NextMontreal, with selected posts from MTW published on NextMontreal, for instance articles about new product launches or event coverage. I will be collaborating with Ben, and as stated again and again on MTW, our common goal will be making a stronger Montreal and getting our voices out there. There will be of course differences, the main being:

  • MTW will always have a very strong technology base, with an insight about current and new groundbreaking technologies, while NextMontreal will be stronger on the VC/angel/business and corporate links
  • MTW will not cover biotech, aerospace or other technology fields. There is already a lot to do with web, gaming and mobile projects to actively cover those topics

The way I see it, MTW can be compared to a “Hacker/Entrepreneur’s journal” while NextMontreal will be the “Business of Technology”. But those are of course quick generalizations and there will be frequent times when both websites will cover the same topic, in the same way, since we have the same goal after all. I am sure that together, we will make a stronger Montreal Technology industry, provide better support local entrepreneurs, startups and developers to make startups and projects bloom, locally and abroad.

If you read MontrealTechWatch and if you are thinking towards tech entrepreneurship, NextMontreal (see also @nextmontreal) is definitively a website to follow and read.

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Comments

  • Chris Arsenault July 23, 2010

    That’s great to hear Heri. Pulling together is the way to make a real difference and build sustainability.

    I’m looking forward in participating in a growing Montreal tech community with multiple angles and initiatives.

    This is all just but the beginning…

  • Ben Yoskovitz July 23, 2010

    Heri – I look forward to working with you and figuring things out together. What’s clear is that Montreal needs a spotlight shined on it consistently to draw attention to what’s going on. We’re both doing that in a positive way.

    NextMontreal won’t be a business though. At least not in the sense of one that’s intended to make lots of money. It has a corporate angle to it though, as you’ve stated. So we’re coming out immediately with corporate sponsors to ensure financing for the future.

  • Montreal Tech Watch July 23, 2010

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  • mtltech July 23, 2010

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  • Chris Arsenault July 23, 2010

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  • StartupNorth July 23, 2010

    RT @chrisarsenault: Stronger by pulling together! Great to read Heri of @mtw talk of @NextMontreal, an upcoming news and opinion tech site http://bit.ly/alSP7U

  • Montreal Tech Watch July 23, 2010

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  • Heri July 23, 2010

    Ben, you are right. I was thinking about the fundraising part and getting enough to make it sustainable.

    Chris, yes, this is just the start. I’m amazed at the level of activity. We’re only mid-summer, tech startups are hiring like crazy, there are events gathering entrepreneurs and developers every other day, new projects are started. We will see great things unfolding in upcoming months.

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  • Handyverträge January 24, 2011

    Would you be eager about exchanging links?

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