Mark Evans
Spin Master gives back through innovation fund
The founders of one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies worked with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation to create the Spin Master Innovation Fund to support other entrepreneurs
Incubators
Small Ontario county lures Silicon Valley startup
Prince Edward County, which has mostly attracted retirees, is trying to attract young entrepreneurs
Mark Evans
The great disconnect: Funding fails to keep pace with startups
It’s a simple supply and demand problem: Canada’s growing number of startups need more financial support
Markets
Eased IPO laws prompt memories of dot-com bubble
Obama enacts regulatory framework that has some investors nervous
Financing
Venture capital rejection leads to funding record
Eric Migicovsky failed to secure traditional financing for his Pebble watch, so he shifted his efforts to the online community
Entrepreneurs
What funding challenges do startups face in Canada?
David Ossip, the founder of Dayforce, says the angel community is active, but access to these investors is the challenge
Guest Column
Dig deep to find nuggets in federal budget
What matters now is what you do with them, and how you use some of the smaller measures to push ahead
Mark Evans
New fund gives clean-tech startups needed boost
$30-million MaRs CleanTech Fund will co-invest with angels and other institutional funds in early-stage green-technology companies
Federal Budget
Small business group cheers budget’s hiring credit, EI cap
Extension of job-creation incentive will affect almost half a million companies
Federal Budget
Small business reaction to the federal budget
We asked five entrepreneurs and industry watchers to weigh in on the government’s Economic Action Plan 2012
