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What Industries or Businesses Do Well During Recession?
There is a scene in Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life” where several guys are tied to crucifixes, and suddenly Eric Idle launches into the song, “Always look on the bright side of life.” This is...
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Off-shoring for Small Business – Here to Stay or Passing Fad?
The world is increasingly flat these days. Off-shoring of jobs and business functions continues to expand in scope and variety. Today, off-shoring is very common for call centers and programmers for...
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Foreign VC Investment in Canada Down More Than 50% in 2008
Industry Canada reports that foreign VC investment in Canada is down 53% in 3Q08 compared to 3Q07. The bulk of investment is going towards ICT and Life Sciences deals. Ontario, Quebec and BC account...
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McGuinty Government Announces $250M Fund
McGuinty’s government announced a new fund today oriented towards helping keep Ontario start-ups moving forward in the face of a non-existant venture capital market. The fund will match private...
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Forget Monorails! The New Snake Oil for Economic Development is Green Tech...
Green tech and clean energy is the new snake oil – and is increasingly being pushed in Ottawa and other communities as “the future of technology” and the source for attracting venture capital, private...
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US VC Investments Down 61% in 1Q09
Reports from Mercury Press highlight the continuing decline of Venture Capital in the US: Nationally, VCs invested $3 billion into U.S. companies, down 61 percent from the $7.7 billion invested in the...
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BDC Gas Tank is Filled Up!
Industry Canada announced on Monday that they will be providing additional funding for BDC. The funding allocation includes $350M for BDC‘s venture capital activities that will allow it to make...
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Venture Capital Statistics
United States VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree – National Data VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree – Regional Data VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree – Top Deals VC Investments Q3 2009 – MoneyTree –...
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Vinod’s 12 “Unhyped” New Areas in Internet and Mobile
Data Reduction or Filters: “Reducing, filtering and processing data streams to deliver the information or action that is relevant to you.” Big data or Analytics: “Analyzing massive amounts of...
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