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Our Thought Leadership series highlights the province's notable domain experts and is meant to offer guidance and insight to our readers. Interested in sharing your knowledge? Reach out to rob@techcouver.com with your pitch.

Web Summit Is More Than a Tech Event—It’s BC’s Big Opportunity

May 12, 2025 by Jill Tipping Leave a Comment

Later this month, Vancouver will host one of the world’s most influential technology conferences – Web Summit – marking a powerful moment for BC’s tech sector. For local companies, this is more than just a global event arriving on our doorstep. It’s a once-in-a-decade opportunity to accelerate growth, scale partnerships, and showcase BC as a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Thought Leaders Tagged With: BC Tech Association, Web Summit Vancouver

The Fundraising Advantage Most Startups Skip: Marketing That Actually Works

April 16, 2025 by Jeff Angus Leave a Comment

Raising capital might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of brand marketing, but if you’re building an early-stage company, it should be right near the top. At Three Horizons, we work almost exclusively with Seed and Series A companies. We’re a Vancouver-based marketing partner (not agency in the traditional […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: Three Horizons Group

Lawyers Won’t Be Replaced by AI — But Maybe by a Legal LLM

March 31, 2025 by Alistair Vigier 13 Comments

Everyone’s talking about whether AI will replace lawyers. That’s the wrong question. The real disruption isn’t coming from general-purpose tools like ChatGPT. It’s coming from legal LLMs, large language models trained specifically on law. You’ve probably heard it in the courtroom, at conferences, or over drinks with colleagues. There is much speculation about what AI […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: Caseway.ai

How Performative Mental Health Campaigns Are Harming Canadians

February 24, 2025 by Jason Morehouse Leave a Comment

Every year, millions of Canadians participate in mental health campaigns as a national effort to reduce the stigma around mental health. At a glance, this may seem like a positive step toward expanding mental health awareness. Despite what they profess to do, many corporate campaigns have faced ongoing controversy about the commodification of mental health. […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: HiBoop

Why 2025 Is The Year To Launch a Branded Podcast

February 18, 2025 by Fatima Zaidi Leave a Comment

2025 has already brought a multitude of changes for brands to navigate–from a rapidly changing and volatile political landscape to continued uncertainty when it comes to costs of living. One change that stands out is the rapid rise, focus, and validation behind podcasts. Just recently, podcasters were granted access to the White House press briefing […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: CoHost, Quill Inc.

Trump’s Tariff War is Here—Canada is Uniting, But BC Risks Falling Behind if We Don’t Focus on Innovation

February 3, 2025 by Dan Burgar Leave a Comment

Innovation is Canada’s strongest economic defense, but BC must act now work to be competitive. While Canadian industries and provinces are mobilizing to strengthen global trade relationships and drive investment into tech and emerging sectors, BC has a unique opportunity to position itself as a leader in AI, biotech, clean tech, and frontier technologies. The […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: Frontier Collective

DeepSeek’s Rise Proves AI Innovation Isn’t Just for Giants

January 29, 2025 by Alistair Vigier 3 Comments

The rise of DeepSeek should be a wake-up call to anyone who still believes that AI innovation is only for billion-dollar tech empires. In a world where OpenAI, Google, and Meta dominate headlines and Nvidia’s market cap swings by hundreds of billions based on AI demand, a small team with limited resources proved them all […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: DeepSeek

Organizations Driving Growth in BC’s Thriving Tech Sector

January 22, 2025 by Darian Kovacs Leave a Comment

British Columbia’s tech ecosystem is thriving, thanks to the efforts of two major organizations: BC Tech and Innovate BC. Both play pivotal roles in supporting and accelerating the growth of tech companies across the province. But how do these two organizations compare? Let’s take a closer look. BC Tech’s Member Driven Misson BC Tech has […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: BC Tech Association, Innovate BC

Why Venture Capital Isn’t the Only Path to Growth

January 13, 2025 by Arman Mottaghi Leave a Comment

Many people remember 2008 for the financial crisis, but the startup community remembers those years quite differently. Between 2007 and 2009, there was a Cambrian explosion of startups, many emerging from a single startup accelerator—arguably the first modern one of its kind—Y Combinator (YC). You’ve heard their names. During those years alone, YC nurtured companies […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: Properate

How Startup Founders Can Navigate VC Dynamics and Exit Strategies

January 10, 2025 by David Rowat 7 Comments

When startup founders bring venture capitalists (VCs) on board, they unlock opportunities for accelerated growth and access to invaluable expertise. However, they also enter into a dynamic where VCs’ goals may not always align with their own. For founders, understanding how VCs operate and their approach to exits is critical for managing expectations and making […]

Filed Under: Thought Leaders Tagged With: Strategic Exits

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