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Montreal received over $450 million dollars in 2011 vs $270 million dollars in 2010 in venture capitalist money. This ranks it almost on par with Toronto this year. This also represents an increase of 70% from previous year. Good times to live in Montreal and wonderful province of Quebec. As you can imagine a big chunk of the money went to technology / software / internet companies. 

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La région de Montréal a attiré des investissements de près de 459 millions de dollars l'an dernier, en hausse de 68,7 % par rapport aux 272 millions de dollars recueillis en 2010, révèle un rapport de l'Association canadienne du capital de risque et d'investissement (CVCA), rédigé en…

Great summary of Montreal Startup Weekend 2012 by Alain Wong.

Startup Weekend Montreal is a 54 hour startup event that provides the networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch.

Startup Weekend Montreal, organized by Antoine Delacressonniere (@delacrouz), Alexandre Adou (@alexandreadou), Sergio Escobar (@SergiusEscobar), Marc-Antoine Baril (@m_antoine_baril) and Heri Rakotomalala (@heri), is a 54-hour mad race where developers, designers, marketers and startup enthusiasts come together to brainstorm, form teams, build products and launch a startup.



Trying to report on a Startup Weekend is a bit like standing on the platform and trying to describe what passengers are eating on a passing high speed train, but after having spent a few hours at Startup Weekend…

Paula Rainford, Account Manager at TEKSystems in Mississauga, ON speaks about industry trends as they relate to the .NET development community. Paula shares specific networking and job hunting techniques to assist in landing that next opportunity. Plus: Paula zeros in on what employers are looking for in candidates and what should be expected out of recruitment firms.

Video: Current IT Market Conditions and Hiring Trends in Canada

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• [02:24] Current IT market conditions in Canada
• [04:50] The debate of going into contracting or full time…

Après avoir séduit Google et la Silicon Valley, avec près de 300 startup weekends organisés mondialement, l’évènement le plus couru des entrepreneurs arrive au Québec, en exclusivité à Montréal, le 3,4 et 5 février 2012.

Startup Weekend, c’est quoi ? |

Facebook, Twitter, Groupon… Derrière chaque grande startup se trouvent une idée et un porteur de projet, entouré des meilleurs conseillers. Beaucoup voudraient créer leur startup mais peu savent comment s’y prendre ! Oser se lancer, bien s’entourer, développer son projet et se faire connaître demande du temps et de l’énergie… Là où d’autres mettent normalement des mois, voire des années, Startup Weekend vous permet de faire tout cela… en 54 heures ! Et avec des résultats exceptionnels !

À une époque où l’entrepreneuriat est mis en avant, où beaucoup voudraient créer leur entreprise, Startup Weekend répond à ces défis par une aventure entrepreneuriale qui vous fera…

A Canadian man who realized he forgot his passport as he approached the U.S. border found a new way to gain entry — his iPad.

Martin Reisch said Tuesday a slightly annoyed U.S. border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented a scanned copy of his passport on his Apple iPad. Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to try to gain entry rather than turn back and make a two-hour trek back home to Montreal to fetch his passport.

He told the officer he was heading to the U.S. to drop off Christmas gifts for his friend's kids. He said that true story, the scanned passport and his driver's license helped him get through last week.

He said the officer seemed mildly annoyed when he handed him the…

Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, created in 2006. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes (UFP) and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led by Françoise David.

At a recent Quebec Solidare party's meeting, party members took a stance on big issues like education, health care, social justice and the French language in Quebec society.

Party members have decided among other things that when they come to power in Quebec, they would immediate make companies operating in Quebec prove to the government authorities that the knowledge of English is absolutely necessary for the position (in order to make English one of the requirements). If it is not proven but in effect, companies could…

Startup technology accelerator office opens its doors in Calgary’s trendy Inglewood

AcceleratorYYC, a ‘Day 1’ space for local technology startups and entrepreneurs, officially launched today. Several local startups have already taken up residence including Insight Emissions, Community Point, eSchedule, and QRZap.  AcceleratorYYC is calling all other local first stage tech companies to apply and participate.

The entrepreneur led co-work space is tailored to the unique needs and challenges of pre-launch and pre-product startups. The first of its kind in Calgary, this new technology space is about providing the resources needed to answer the question 'I've quit my job - I'm in a startup - what now?'

Located on 9^th Ave…

A Canadian maker of a Wi-Fi turnkey network management solution for hotels is being bought by AT&T.

Superclick Networks Inc. of Montreal said Monday that it has agreed to be purchased by America's biggest phone company for $15 million if the Montreal company's shareholders agree. The sides hope the deal with be approved in the fourth quarter.

For co-founder Sandro Natale, the deal means the firm has come quite a long way since the day 10 years ago he and a partner thought of delivering high speed Internet to Montreal hotels.

"We never really thought that this was going to be something big," he said in a telephone interview. "It started up with a small office on St. Laurent (Street). We had some makeshift desks on a bunch of boxes. Our board room was held…