Nearly two years since the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, the Canadian economy is finally starting to claw its way back to pre-pandemic levels. It’s been a slow and exhaustive process for many, but particularly demoralizing for businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit. COVID-19 has transformed our perception of the economy, altered major elements of our daily […]
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Paving The Way For Future Generations: Guardian’s 3D Tech Is Mapping First Nations Lands
When building LlamaZOO’s TimberOps technology, a tool that allows 1 to 1 scale 3D topographic visualizations of the land, aka digital twins, I had my first “Aha!” moment for Guardian – I realized how many other use-cases this technology could have and how readily it could be deployed to First Nations across British Columbia. The […]
How Technology Creates Clarity For Consumers
Technology Now Enables Consumers to have Clarity on the Science Backing Nutritional Claims We all know that a good night’s sleep and eating healthy enables us to perform at our best, but when it comes to what eating healthy means, there is overwhelming confusion for many, as noted in this report by FoodInsight.org. We can […]
International Women’s Day 2022 – A How-To: Raising Female Voices in the Tech Industry
As the Canadian tech industry continues to underrepresent women, an issue the pandemic only exacerbated, it’s important to celebrate female voices in the industry. In Canada, there continues to be inequities as this demographic is largely underrepresented among Canada’s largest sectors. Less than 25% of all C-suite executives are women, only 4% identifying as women […]
How The Pandemic Has Underscored The Critical Importance Of Women In STEM
As countries around the world begin to ease restrictions and we begin to feel that sense of relief we’ve been so desperately waiting for, I can’t help but reflect on the remarkable leadership and selflessness shown by women over the past two years. From doctors and nurses to researchers, technologists, and policymakers, women have undoubtedly […]
Solving the Problem of Digital Team Transparency
Whether your team is remote, hybrid or just digital-first, chances are you’ve felt the disconnect—the pain of trying to see and understand the work being done across your team. It’s a problem that affects you whether you’re the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company or a brand new hire just starting your career in a […]
How Innovation Is Putting The Brakes On Runaway U.S. Healthcare Spending
By optimizing America’s provider and payer marketplace, new healthtech is already healing a fragmented and overpriced system. When a technology platform is working to solve a problem as enormous and unwieldy as American healthcare spending, having a similarly oversized impact needs to be the ultimate goal. As tempting as it is to take a business-as-usual […]
Why Data And Automation Are The New Cornerstones Of Predictive Dialers
The last time I checked, “Evolve or Die” is the title of a remarkable number of business management books, leadership videos, industry studies, corporate keynotes, and so on. And for good reason: It’s succinct, straightforward, and most importantly, it’s true. While the pithy phrase applies to just about every aspect of business these days, it’s […]
Best Practices for Marketing Tech Companies Seeking M&A Action
By Alkali Partners’ Chris Skubic and Derek Heinonen In January 2022, Vancouver’s Unbounce made news with its acquisition of LeadsRx, a U.S.-based marketing analytics SaaS platform that evaluates marketing performance across touchpoints and channels. The marketing technology (martech) acquisition has potential to be a game changer for the small- and mid-sized businesses composing the bulk […]
Technology Has Changed The Way We Shop, And The Automotive Market Needs To Keep Up
We live in an age of disruptions, and sometimes those unforeseen interruptions to our regularly scheduled program converge in curious ways. The biggest disruption in recent memory is, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a major public health crisis the world over, and its impact has been felt in just about every area […]