We caught up with Yahoo’s Martin Bryne, National Director of Search Marketing for Canada, recently and asked him to look into the near future from the Yahoo point of view. While Yahoo has been the subject of much press recently with on again, off again acquisition discussions with Microsoft and a losing battle with Google for Internet viewership and search engine market share, they certainly are still a major player and well positioned to provide our viewers with technology insights.
Tune into this exclusive interview by Reporter Shannon Kaplun and find out predictions on how mobile content will evolve and how accessible video technology has transformed independent content production. Learn how your PC will become the new utility, more like a furnace than an entertainment centre, as focus moves to your TV, your car or even your clothing! Just ask Nintendo and anyone who owns the Wii and we’re sure they will agree with Martin. We caught up with Martin at the Massive Tech Show in Vancouver and you can see our webisode on Massive here .
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by Bret Conkin
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fundfindr.tv was pleased to capture the excitement of the 2008 New Ventures BC competition (NVBC) at a recent seminar featuring Dave Thomas of RocketBuilders. Tune in as Dave and Angie Schick, NVBC Program Manager, shares more about the competition’s evolution, get a feel for the event from competitor Boyd Cohen of 3rd Whale and learn how the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) helps fuel the competition from BCIC Programs Director, Ross Waddell. Plus stay tuned for our announcement of the Pitchies WarmUp winners - this competition among NVBC competitors was also fierce!
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by Shannon Kaplun
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On April Fool’s day we launched www.fundfindr.com at the Massive Technology Show in Vancouver! And boy was it Massive. There were 5000 registrants and hundreds of exhibitors. Our team attended as both media to covert the event, and as an exhibitor to network and spread the word about fundfindr.
While Kevin and Bret manned the booth, Ben and Shannon roamed around playing with toys (from houle games and entertainment) and talking to other exhibitors (see links below) about their business ideas. We think that most of the people we spoke with will be of great interest to you, our audience, since they are all service providers with business or technology solutions for small business.
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Having heard the pros - and the cons - on producing full-scale business plans, I was unsure whether I was a believer or not in ‘The Biz Plan’. Some successful entrepreneurs I’ve interviewed for fundfindr.tv have indicated a strong Powerpoint and Pro forma will do the trick! Upon arriving at the Small Business BC 5th Annual Business Plan Competition on February 26th, I was still undecided. What I found out was an eye opener.
Our cameras captured the fun and reality of businss plans in this fundfindr.tv webisode as the finalists in the Growth and Start-up categories, fellow entrepreneurs, business associates and judges gathered to reveal the winners. Kudos to CEO Tara Gilbert, Jaeger Mah and the entire Small Business BC team for a first-class event and a record of 170 business plan entries. This was the first solo event I covered for fundfindr and I couldn’t help but get caught up in the excitement; there was a definite buzz in the air! Besides the cash prizes, finalists were awarded with feedback on their business plans from a panel of impressive organizations like Canadian Youth Business Foundation and the Royal Bank of Canada.
What really empowered the event were the entrepreneurs themselves who were so passionate and dedicated to the growth of their venture. Fundfindr.tv caught up with the Start-Up finalists, first place winner James Shearer from Peragro Media Inc. , whose ventures include Trail Canada, with Teena Legris, owner of NiMa’ma Maternity, a new maternity retailer built around an innovative approach and natural fabrics and with Art Hornal , of the Angry Spirits Beverage company readying to launch MacStewart Brewery, a souped up microbrewery based on historical ethnic origins.
Find how passion, dedication and a determination to expand your venture can be brought on and succeed through a business plan. Check out this webisode and like me you’ll be a believer! And check out the first cameo of our new fundfindr.tv animated characters - beware the buffalo!
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Some of the Canada’s best and brightest undergraduates gathered in Vancouver from February 1 to 3 for the national finals of the business plan competition Enterprize 2008. They competed for a top tier prize of $20,000 in cash and a shot at transforming their business idea into reality. VerifyRx, a federally incorporated company from the University of New Brunswick, took the top prize. The second place winner was Daily Splice a company from the University of Victoria who we’ve been following since the regional competition (watch for their pitch once we launch our Beta site.) Third place was awarded to TechTouch, from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Congratulations to all!
Charles Voon, Chairperson of Enterprize 2008 stated that “over 300 delegates from every corner of the country came to participate in interactive workshops, business case panel sessions and other exciting events held at the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver.” Indeed there were many diverse participants from students studying business, and practicing entrepreneurs, to VCs and Angel Investors. One of the conference’s speakers traded up from a paper clip to a house. . .
Current business leaders and successful investors and entrepreneurs like Ean Jackson, Wayne Edgar and Ralph Turfus speak to the event’s value and impact or as Ralph says “the type of students that attend this type of event” will help “Canada’s productivity problems.”
Karen Chan of Enterprize and Kunal Gupta, Board Chairman of the Impact Entrepreneurship organization; provide further insights on the contributions of the Facebook generation, events like Enterprize and, most importantly, taking action!
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