The COVID-19 pandemic has made most parts of British Columbians’ lives more challenging. It has cast uncertainty over our professional and personal lives, stoked anxiety about the health of ourselves and our loved ones, and made all facets of life more complicated — including leaving our homes to buy the products and services we need. […]
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Traction Guest Launches Vaccine Attestation Registry To Accelerate Return-to-Work
Traction Guest has launched a vaccine attestation registry tool for businesses. Available immediately, the tool enables organizations to incorporate digital COVID-19 vaccination records into their screening and onsite entry process for workers and visitors. Last month Traction Guest introduced a Return-to-Work Solution that streamlines the return of employees and essential visitors to the physical workplace […]
Thinkific Crosses 100 Million Online Courses Taken on its Platform
Vancouver’s Thinkific announced today that it has had over 100 million courses taken through it’s platform with over 63 million courses taken in 2020 alone. The latest milestone comes at the end of an exceptional growth year for the online course platform that included a $22 million growth financing round led by Rhino Ventures. Thinkific […]
Five B.C. Thought Leaders On Supporting Women Entrepreneurs
Based on the number of Thought Leadership articles Techcouver published in 2020, everyone had way more time to write this year. Techcouver has published over 50 articles in this category to date and our web traffic stats are evidence that we’ve all had more time to read this year as well. Not surprisingly the themes […]
Nano One Enters into Agreement with Major Global Automotive Company
Vancouver’s Nano One has entered into a cathode evaluation and benchmark agreement with an American-based multinational auto manufacturer to jointly evaluate Nano One’s cathode materials for automotive lithium ion batteries. CEO Dan Blondal called the manufacturer a “major global EV leader” however financial compensation towards for the project remains confidential. “The goal of this project […]
Who Are B.C.’s Startups to Watch in 2021?
The most popular article on Techcouver this year was titled 10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020. Published in early January, the article highlighted 10 tech companies that Techcouver would be watching closely. At the time of writing, we had no idea what was in store for all of us in 2020 but the […]
Canada’s Tech Companies Face Decision Time to Embrace Hybridized work
Canadians can all be overjoyed about the progress we have seen in recent days and weeks with COVID-19 vaccine approvals, and with vaccinations now taking place in our communities. This progress, beyond the obvious impacts, likely means that 2021 will be a very different year than 2020 in terms of where and how we work […]
Three Vancouver Startups That Are Making a Difference In Eldercare
Seniors have been unfairly impacted by the restrictions designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, but not just because of the devastating effects of social isolation. Their safety is also an issue. During this pandemic, families and home care service providers that watch over seniors are less likely to check-in on them to make sure […]
Leadership Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Leadership requires fluidity. At the helm of a company, a classroom, or a little kickers soccer team, you’ve got to stay open-minded and agile. It’s a term that gets thrown around a lot, but it really just means moving quickly with ease and certainty. It means you’re prepared. You’ve done the work. It’s foundational to […]
Routific Sees Unprecedented Growth Amid Pandemic-Driven Demand Surges
Driven by changing consumer habits amid the pandemic, Vancouver’s Routific announced is experiencing unprecedented growth in 2020. Today the route planning and delivery management platform announced that they’ve experienced 240% growth this year. Routific empowers small businesses to deliver more goods with fewer vehicles in less time, helping them stay afloat as Amazon and big […]