Innovation Toronto

There were no venture-backed IPOs in the second quarter, and M&A deals are down. The last time there were no VC-backed IPOs in a quarter was in 1978. The liquidity drought for venture-backed startups is so bleak that the National Venture Capital Association is calling it a “crisis.” Last quarter there were only 5 IPOs [...]

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“We get a ton of pitches at TechCrunch every single day. It is a deluge we can hardly keep up with. Some are amusing, some are horrible, and a select few rise to the level of deserving a post. The large majority, though, never see the light of day. We thought: Why [...]

Is This What It Takes for StartUp Success?
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman wrote a blog post a couple of days ago comparing Silicon Valley unfavorably to the Seattle tech scene.
I spend a lot of time in both places, and I think some of his observations are correct (people here compete to the death, people there go [...]

Here is the beginning of the plan . . .

Starting next Wednesday, we will begin holding weekly informal brainstorming sessions exploring innovation, startups (both for profit and not-for-profit), alternative energy, problem solving (if you need help with a particular project) and whatever else the attendees decide is most interesting :-)If you like to get on [...]

Wishing everyone a very Happy 2008!
We would like to thank everyone who participated in our first forays into the wonderful world of startups. It has been a fascinating time and a vertical learning curve
To those who don’t know some of the background, we were not scheduled to initiate any activities until well [...]