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Comment #1740383
Startup Weekend Vancouver is coordinated by Shauna, Melody, Lyndi from Seattle. They contacted us looking for space, and we said no problem. They're volunteering to make something …
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Comment #1737872
Some stuff happening. (by no means is this everything) Mozzilla Thunderbird is developed in Vancouver Stewart Butterfield's TinySpeck is half here and half in SFO. Facebook has a b…
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Comment #1737852
Completely agree that Vancouver could use more technical founders , but we do have plenty of "technical people", and you're right, lots are in the gaming industry. (the compass eng…
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Comment #1284273
You're right! I will continue to work with everyone involved. Another accelerator was interested in possibly taking Status.ly in for their summer program, and I let Jamie know.
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Comment #1267049
Other accelerators get the same fee as well. There are expenses to operate the accelerator plus an investment in the startup, which is exchanged for % in the startup. Often 5%-6%. …
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Comment #1266872
As a manager of Bootup, I can assure you that we haven't been personally paid anything. The $50k is funnelled through the company to maximize canadian tax credits, which can amount…
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Comment #995435
Please help us tell the Canadian Government to let founders start up here without the red-tape.