According to the Canadian Professional Sales Association, 75% of companies have reported difficulty finding qualified sales professionals. Jelly Academy announced this month that it has partnered with Shane Gibson, founder of the Professional Sales Academy, in an effort to address this void. The Vancouver-born Jelly Academy, which was recently a finalist for a Technology Impact […]
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How Bootstrapped BenchApp Competes in the Big Leagues with Tiny Team
More than a decade ago, an enterprising Vancouverite capitalized on Canada’s robust recreational hockey market. Jon Marus casually launched BeerStreak.com in 2012 in a friendly bid to help local teams track how many beers each player drank and whether they had paid for them or not. Canadian hockey fervour eventually took hold—the platform gained legitimate […]
Trendi’s Robotic Vending Machine Turns Rescued Fruit Into Smoothies At YVR
Travellers from across the globe visiting Vancouver International Airport (YVR) now have another delicious, nutritious beverage option at their fingertips, 24/7, with The Smoothie Machine. A first for North American airports, five machines were recently installed in various locations throughout YVR. The robotics vending unit by Burnaby-based Trendi was created to help make healthy options more […]
Electric Solutions Startup Hypercharge Enters US Market After Establishing Footprint in BC and Beyond
An electric vehicle charging solutions provider based in Vancouver this week landed a significant US customer. Founded in 2021, BC-born Hypercharge Networks offers turnkey technology to multi-unit residential and commercial buildings, fleet operations, and other sectors. The company counts several Canadian partnerships, including one with Tricon Residential, which will see downtown Toronto icon buildings The Selby […]
Rogers Reaches Halfway Point in Wireless Expansion along B.C. Highway 14
Canadians rely on Rogers to stay connected, and the company is committed to investing in its networks and working with all levels of government to bring world-class connectivity to rural, remote and Indigenous communities across the country. This week Rogers announced that five of its seven new cellular towers along B.C. Highway 14 are now in […]
Hootsuite Appoints New CEO, Lays Off 70 More Staff
Hootsuite has conducted its third round of layoffs in about six months, laying off 70 more staff today. According to The Logic, the layoffs affect about seven per cent of its staff. Last year Hootsuite laid off five per cent of its workforce in November and 30 per cent in August as tech firms looked to extend their […]
Seattle Unicorn Highspot Expands Global Footprint With Vancouver Office
Seattle unicorn Highspot announced today that they’re expanding into Vancouver with their fifth international office. Highspot is a sales enablement platform that increases sales team productivity. The company raised a $248 million Series F last year and has since been recognized across leading industry awards such as Forbes’s Cloud 100, Forbes’s America’s Best Startup Employers, […]
Klue Acquires DoubleCheck Research to Advance Intelligence of All-in-One Platform
In December, Klue made waves in British Columbia alongside Victoria-based Certn as the province’s only two firms to make the Vector Institute’s inaugural Vector AI20 for 2023. This week, Vancouver’s Klue announced the acquisition of Massachusetts-based DoubleCheck Research, which helps organizations improve win rates by examining why they are winning and losing business. Klue’s platform will now […]
Innovate BC and NRC IRAP Invest In B.C. Businesses Through BC Fast Pilot Program
Innovate BC and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) are providing a combined total of $2 million in research and development funding to help 14 companies pilot their technologies and create new jobs across B.C. The program helps small and medium sized businesses design, build, and operate a pilot plant […]
Vancouver PR Leader Switchboard Joins Forces With Earnscliffe Strategies
Ottawa-headquartered Earnscliffe Strategies announced today the acquisition of Vancouver’s Switchboard Public Relations. If you’re a regular visitor to Techcouver, then you’ve heard of Switchboard. Led by Founder Kathleen Reid, the Switchboard crew is responsible for Techcouver’s popular monthly series that connects the dots between the trends, headlines and narratives informing the B.C. tech sector. The […]