Thought leadership is a great way to establish yourself as an expert or leader in your field. Techcouver is on the look out for thought leaders who would like to contribute great content to our growing library. Whether it be analyzing the trajectories of home-grown startups like Steve Lowry did with What’s your Business Type: Clio […]
Ecosystem
7 Vancouver Companies Named Best Workplaces in Tech
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2019 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces in Technology. Organizations were selected based on Great Place to Work’s Trust Index Survey, which measures the employee experience at each company. Employees are asked how frequently they experience behaviours that create a […]
Vancouver Tech Companies Are Riding to Defeat Diabetes
Salesforce, Splunk, Clio, Mobify and Eventbase are among the Vancouver tech teams coming together this October for a fun event to raise money for diabetes research. The Sun Life Ride to Defeat Diabetes is being hosted at the Vancouver Art Gallery Piazza on October 4 and for the first time there will be an hour […]
SFU VentureLabs Receives $3 Million for Innovation Scale-up Centre
Simon Fraser University’s VentureLabs® is receiving $3 million in funding from Western Economic Diversification to establish a scale-up and soft-landing centre within its Vancouver business accelerator. VentureLabs’ scale-up program will support resident ventures and the broader community, and address knowledge gaps, share best practices, expand business networks, help companies drive revenue growth, facilitate talent recruitment, and prepare participating […]
Government of Canada Invests in Vancouver’s Cleantech and eSports Sectors
The federal government is looking out for British Columbia’s digital and clean technology sectors. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada has announced funding of $453,550 for two projects led by the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC). VEC will receive $353,550 to develop the […]
The Joy of Missing Out
When Mark launched his second start-up, he didn’t realize the true costs he’d be paying. As a seasoned entrepreneur with a legal background, he felt young and capable enough to keep all of the balls in the air. Until, one by one, they started dropping. After attending a Joy of Missing Out digital wellbeing workshop […]
Work for a Silicon Valley Startup Without Leaving Vancouver
San Francisco startup Terminal builds and scales elite, remote engineering teams to accelerate the growth of technology companies around the world. And by remote, we mean in Canada. Terminal has identified Waterloo, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver as emerging tech hubs that provide the most value in the engineering field. By partnering technology companies with engineering […]
TechCrunch Names AVA a Top Pick for Disrupt 2019 Conference
TechCrunch’s Disrupt is the original tech startup conference. An authority on game-changing technologies and revolutionary innovation, Disrupt is still the conference that startups dream of being discovered at. When TechCrunch issued the call for applications to their TC Top Picks program for this year’s Disrupt San Francisco 2019, the response was overwhelming and the competition […]
In an Outdated Industry, Technology can Empower Insurance Brokers
There’s a long overdue technology wave coming that will change the insurance industry dramatically, and it’s coming fast. The insurance industry is massive — in Canada alone it is worth $50 billion. Yet much of the industry remains mired in outdated, manual processes. The legacy technology systems that are in place were implemented 20 years […]
Northeastern University to Open Computer Science Campus in Vancouver
Boston’s Northeastern announced today that it is adding a Vancouver campus to the university’s global network with a specific focus on computer science. Northeastern’s global university system includes campuses in Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Charlotte, Toronto, and London. The Vancouver campus will offer degree programs to prepare students for careers in the age of artificial […]