Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes is returning to the CEO role, stepping in as interim chief executive as the Vancouver-based social media company navigates a period of leadership change and public scrutiny. Holmes announced the move today in a LinkedIn post, confirming he will replace outgoing CEO Irina Novoselsky, who shared in a separate post that […]
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Hootsuite Continues to Work with ICE Amid Protests in Street
Hootsuite is caught between a rock and a hard place. The Vancouver-born social media management firm appeared to be on an unstoppable rise in the 2010s before competition, social media shifts, and the emergence of AI tools altered the market forever. Today’s Hootsuite, arguably a shadow of its former self, probably can’t afford to drop […]
North House: A New Hub for Vancouver’s Startup Scene
North House, a new 8,000-square-foot coworking hub for early-stage founders, has opened in a Mount Pleasant space owned by Hootsuite co-founder Ryan Holmes — a full floor in Hootsuite’s headquarters that the company previously occupied. Operated by the League of Innovators (LOI), North House is designed to give Vancouver’s earliest-stage startups a centralized, affordable place […]
Hootsuite Lays Off Hundreds Days After BC Tech Recognition
Just days after being celebrated as one of B.C.’s “anchor companies” — though not quite taking home the trophy at this year’s BC Tech Association awards — Hootsuite is back in the headlines for a less flattering reason: layoffs. The Vancouver-based social media management company confirmed to Business in Vancouver this afternoon that it is […]
Hootsuite Acquires Talkwalker to Innovate at Intersection of Social and AI
After Hootsuite’s 2022 rebrand, the longstanding Vancouver social media firm found itself laying off staff in 2o23 (alongside, of course, a lot of other tech companies across the continent). Since then, the storied pioneer launched an AI product and, most recently, announced an acquisition. Hootsuite this week acquired Luxembourg’s Talkwalker, an AI-powered “social listening solution” […]
Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 Event To Unveil Hall of Fame Recognizing City’s Most Notable Changemakers
Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 has recognized esteemed individuals across the city over the past 23 years, and this year they are changing the game again with a new honour: the Hall of Fame. Those who have received the recognition for 5 years or more will be unveiled at the awards ceremony on February 1st in support of their […]
Hootsuite Unveils OwlyWriter, an AI That Helps You Get Creative with Content
Hootsuite, a prominent player in the ever-evolving field of social media management, today introduced OwlyWriter AI, a content creation tool powered by artificial intelligence. Recognizing the growing demand for speed and agility in social media content creation, Hootsuite has developed OwlyWriter AI to help social marketers overcome creative block, a common challenge they face on […]
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 […]
Latest Hootsuite Cut Reflects ‘Current Economic and Market Realities’
This week, Hootsuite let go of a few more staff. “Today, Hootsuite made the difficult decision to go through another round of layoffs, and unfortunately I was affected,” a former product manager for the Vancouver company revealed on LinkedIn earlier this week. A Hootsuite spokesperson informed Daily Hive that roughly 5% of staff were cut. […]
Article, Bench, and Certn Among B.C. Startups Added to Team True North
Earlier this summer, Communitech unveiled the first ever Team True North. The Kitchener-based hub for entrepreneurship created the list to spotlight “the best of Canadian tech”—which by their measure is defined as high-performing tech firms tracking to $1 billion in annual revenue with growth rates that match the top 1% of companies in the world. The list—which […]