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GrowLab Event Coming to Montreal. Let’s talk Start-ups!

GrowLab Event Coming to Montreal. Let’s talk Start-ups!

Start-up accelerator GrowLab and Dealmaker Media have put together a tour with a group of great people to talk about the reality of being an entrepreneur. If you have a start-up or you’re thinking about it, you need to be there to join the discussion. Here are some of the questions that will be addressed: [...]

Mediagrif Technologies buys LesPac from YellowMedia for $72.5m

YellowMedia announced today the sale of small ads site LesPac to Montreal media company Mediagrif, for $72.5m. The sale comes 2 weeks after the company announced a 2.8 billion $ loss, and heavy debts plaguing the company, as it faces problems to transform itself to an online media play. The CFO resigned, and the heavy [...]

Oohlala hopes to reach 4 million students

Ooh la la, a team from Toronto, had a fun presentation today at FounderFuel, recalling everyone how college equals to parties, people and pizza. With a team made of 9 co-founders, they’ve done a lot, from groups, to events to many other social features. The application presented though focused on 3 main features though, and [...]