By: Shanza Anwaar On average, it takes newbie entrepreneurs a shocking 37 months to raise funds for their startup. Veteran entrepreneurs fare slightly better at 21 months. It is critical for entrepreneurs to show expertise with their financials when pitching to investors – it’s a sign that both the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist comprehend [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar From startups to multinational corporations, the core of success hinges on building a team with the right people for a growing business. As startup entrepreneurs soon learn, it’s difficult to find and fund committed employees in the cash-strapped and changing work environment of a startup. Here are 3 of the most common [...]
By: Saadia Muzaffar Ontario is often quoted as one of the best places in the world for technology and innovation. We are recognized for a host of programs, funds and services geared towards supporting research and development, innovation and startups and we are seeing this reputation bear fruit as Ontario attracts top talent and fosters [...]
By: Matthew Kert Do you have an idea but don’t know how to take that next step? Having an idea is great, but starting a business is hard, especially for young and inexperienced entrepreneurs. Just getting noticed in an already idea saturated market is key to developing and ultimately getting your project to the masses. [...]
OCTIE welcomes the participation of The Research, Innovation, Commercialization (RIC) Centre. The RIC Centre, Peel Region’s hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was launched in 2008 as a not-for-profit organization supporting the development of innovation and entrepreneurship in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon. RIC Centre provides commercialization support to help new entrepreneurs and seasoned business people take technical [...]
By Knowlton Thomas Symantec recently released the findings of its 2011 SMB Threat Awareness Poll. It revealed that, while awareness is high, small and medium businesses don’t consider themselves targets of cyber attacks. More than half of SMBs are familiar with the various security threats such as keystroke logging and malware. They know these attacks can lead [...]
By Saadia Muzaffar A number of Canadian start up businesses are choosing to expand overseas and create niches for themselves in foreign markets. The Canadian company Jigsee Inc., for example, opened a branch all the way in India to promote a video streaming technology. What was the reason for this move? Jigsee’s technology allowed for [...]
By Mark Zimmerman One of the milestones in the life of a start-up is moving into its first offices. Space provides the frame for corporate culture: will you have private offices or cubicles, which teams will sit next to each other, professional or eclectic decor? Even more important than the space itself are the rules and [...]
By Misha Waheed Employee engagement is not just an issue for large corporations, but also for start-up businesses. Employees are a very crucial part of small businesses and serve as the driving force behind a company’s success and prosperity. This makes it important for entrepreneurs to make sure that their start up teams feel like [...]
Consider an advisory board your chance to build your dream executive team without having to hire anyone. A good advisory board could be a game-changer for your business. Christine Comaford, CEO of California based business accelerator Mighty Ventures, shares the process for getting and keeping advisors on your board: 1. Define your advisory board member profiles. [...]
By Thomas Liu If you do a Google search for entrepreneurial services provided to young entrepreneurs, you’ll find large number of organizations welcoming youth looking to start a business with open arms. However, there’s one catch – you have to be out of school and unemployed. Although it may well be the case these are [...]
By Jeremy Grushcow There are lots of collections of tips for startups that have excellent business advice on building your team, hitting product milestones and pitching to VCs; but not that many that give a corporate lawyer
By David Crow Is there any questions that the Canadian venture capital industry is in turmoil? There is
By David Crow Our friends at the C100 are hosting 20 Canadian companies on May 18-20, 2010 in Silicon Valley. Interesting tradeoff, accepted startups will need to weigh participation in the C100 with participation at OCE Discovery, MeshU and Mesh (assuming you don
Reposted from StartupNorth By David Crow Are you curious about what being a startup is really about? Do you think there are too many events in Toronto?
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