Archive for 'investissement' Category
Why startups fail?
3 December 2007Interesting post on Union Square Ventures’s blog regarding why startup fails. Idea, adaptation, proper funding are critical. Too much money might lead to failure and so is lack of adaptation.
Too old to succeed?
27 November 2007A very interesting post by Fred Wilson about how old you must be to succeed. Does it really matter what age the founder is? Marc Andreessen believes that the internet is being shaped by a very young generation and that we must listen to them. The older generation has been trying to shape the Internet […]
Le plus beau technoparc au Québec?
6 October 2007La ville de Trois-Rivières espère créer le plus beau technoparc au Québec. Nul besoin de mentionner que les coûts de vie sont très bas mais que la main d’oeuvre qualifiée n’est peut être pas aussi abondante que dans les grands centres. Déjà certaines compagnies locales on fait part de leur intéret dont Xittel, une firme […]
Praized raised some
12 September 2007Praized.com, started by Sébastien Provencher, Sylvain Carle et Harry Wakefield received 1M$ funding from Garage today.
Good luck guys and keep up the good work!
Micro financing in Montreal..?
10 September 2007MontrealTechWatch has a great post regarding Angel financing in Montreal. I spoke to a VC analyst some time ago and it’s true that VC’s want to invest as much money as possible in as little projects as possible. It only makes sense to them. If you have $100M then you’d want to minimize the workload […]
Silicon Quebec + BarCamps
5 September 2007Nice article in Technaute today about Montreal being the northern silicon valley. It also seems that VC is easily obtainable(?)
It’s great to hear about this type of news. This makes me wonder why Montreal is such a great place? Not to sound pessimist but I would think that Vancouver or Toronto are better positioned. Is […]
