Executions Labs : a bold video games incubator for Montréal

Executions Labs : a bold video games incubator for Montréal

We can see above Alexandre Pelletier-Normand and Jason Della Rocca at a recent Maison Notman event. Once known as a prolific community instigator, event organizer and IGDA director, Jason Della Rocca and his partners has announced a new video games incubator/accelerator, named Execution Labs. Here’s an insightful interview: Can you present yourself, and your team? [...]

Map of the Montreal startup ecosystem

Map of the Montreal startup ecosystem

Released today, Startup Guide provides a strategic 10,000 feet view of the key players in Montreal. As such, it doesn’t really answer to the question “How do i start a technology company”, but aims more to see the links between major players, major events and news, and tries to see what’s missing in the equation. Universities have [...]

Community crowdfunding: the final key to make the Notman House project succeed

Community crowdfunding: the final key to make the Notman House project succeed

Currently, Notman House on 51 Sherbrooke west is known for its free café and event space, and also the various coworking spaces available for freelancers and tech startups, as well as various organizations such as Ile-Sans-Fil. The final vision is more ambitious though : instead of just renting the house, the plan is to buy [...]

eValue provides social analytics for managers and executives

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For decision makers, navigating through Twitter, Facebook and Youtube is scary. You hear about the power of the crowd, brands being trashed on those sites, crowd-mobbing because a celebrity has had a bad experience somewhere. Plus they also hear from all marketing and business experiences that small, medium and large companies have to be there. [...]

Rogers’ Survey gives insight on how we value the Internet

Rogers’ Survey gives insight on how we value the Internet

For marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, and Internet geeks, here’s an interesting infographic built by Rogers on how we see the Internet. One interesting question in that survey was asking Canadians what they would be ready to give up to keep the Internet, and many are ready to give up coffee, alcohol and many other addictions. Here’s [...]

Upcoming: Monetizing Location-Based Marketing Event, June 7th

Upcoming: Monetizing Location-Based Marketing Event, June 7th

GetMeListed, in association with other companies in Montreal, is organizing a forum in the following weeks on monetization of location-based marketing. It show them how to create campaigns, measure performance and monetize campaigns for their clients, plus show how location-based marketing can drive customers through the doors. GetMeListed created this event to demystify location-based marketing [...]

Intellitix provides rfid access to Coachella

Intellitix provides rfid access to Coachella

This year, popular festival Coachella provided rfid bracelets as tickets. In the following video, instead of having a paper or a sim card, ticket checking is contactless and quick: It’s secure, convenient, and quick, since there is no money transaction and there’s no friction in the gates. As you can see though, the system is [...]

20 GrowConf 2012 tickets at sold out price

20 GrowConf 2012 tickets at sold out price

The 3rd annual GROW Conference is returning this August to Vancouver, and we’ve secured 20 tickets for our Montreal audience at the sold out price of $295 ($100 off from the current price), thanks to our friends from dealmaker media. This is a great great opportunity for startups looking for visibility for their products, or [...]

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