Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For March’s Connecting The Dots, the team looks back on an International Women’s Day to remember, the B.C. tech sector’s latest wins and a tech-enabled surge of support for Ukraine. Moving the needle […]
Connecting the Dots: February 2022
Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For February’s Connecting The Dots, the team looks back on the month’s raises, BCs Top Employers for 2022, and the release of the StrongerBC Economic Plan. Flurry of funding continues The Short: After […]
Connecting the Dots: January 2022
Each month, the team at Switchboard Public Relations connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. For January’s Connecting The Dots, the team looks back on the month’s raises, CubicFarm Systems’ innovative supply chain solutions, and the industry as a whole as it takes the time to #ShowUsYourLeave. Tech […]
Victoria’s MakeShift Streamlines Team Scheduling For Managers
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Victoria’s MakeShift. MakeShift is a web and mobile solution that streamlines team scheduling for managers. With MakeShift, you can drastically reduce the time and effort required to schedule and communicate with your staff while also empowering […]
SOTW 020: UVX
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting B.C.’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Vancouver’s UVX. The negative socio-economic effects of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, H1N1, E-Coli, Salmonella, and more are undeniable. Yet traditional chemical disinfectants and UV solutions fail to effectively and efficiently mitigate these issues. Recognizing the shortcomings […]
SOTW 019: Arya EHR
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Vancouver’s Arya EHR. Today’s Healthcare Industry is complex, multifaceted and ever changing. Yet prevalent methods of tracking client medical records offer an outdated, expensive and “one size fits all” process which often fails to meet the […]
SOTW 018: aDolus
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Victoria’s aDolus. What the world wants now is peace of mind. Given the growth of ever more cunning cyber attacks, that’s a tall order. But aDolus has found a robust solution to deliver on it. Specifically, […]
SOTW 017: Foraged
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Vancouver’s Foraged. It happens that a startup can change the way we look at the world. That’s what Foraged is doing. It is proving that fungi are not just for eating, but instead have extraordinary and […]
SOTW 016: ThisFish
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting BC’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Vancouver’s ThisFish. Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back some 40,000 years, making the seafood industry one of the world’s oldest. In a classic case of old ways die hard, this industry has largely remained […]
SOTW 015: Locelle
Welcome to Startup of the Week. A column highlighting B.C.’s most innovative and exciting tech startups. Today, we’re featuring Victoria’s Locelle. If you work in tech, you can’t fail to notice the gender imbalance in your sector. Women account for only 25% of the industry. Victoria-based Locelle was created to help level the playing field […]