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June 25, 2019
Vonk Interactive Entertainment – The Startup List
Vonk Interactive Entertainment is a creative technology studio, passionate about crafting brand experiences that go beyond the usual. We’re a bunch of interdisciplinary professionals operating at the intersection of art and technology. We like to merge the real and the virtual, and create unique, memorable experiences. We combine computing, design, art and our creative juices […]
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June 25, 2019
True Blue Eco – The Startup List
True Blue Eco is a Completely sustainable ecommerce that clearly showcases a garments ecological impact. Fashion forward and sourcing internationally. True Blue Eco
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June 25, 2019
HalalMeals.ca – The Startup List
HalalMeals is the first startup in North America to deliver home-style and healthy cooked meals once a week to the niche Halal market. HalaMeals
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June 25, 2019
Docoh – The Startup List
Docoh is The fastest way to research companies and stock ideas from company reports. Find crucial information faster, explore themes and technologies, research company information and financial statements, and stay updated on changes. DOCOH
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June 25, 2019
OutLoud Speakers School – The Startup List
OutLoud Speakers School is an agency of actors/educators teaching public speaking, communication skills and empathy training to business professionals and entrepreneurs. OutLoud Speakers School [tu_countdown id=8635 design=11][/tu_countdown]
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June 25, 2019
OpenDigits – The Startup List
OpenDigits is a cloud bookkeeping solution designed for tech startups. By combining industry-leading software with the expertise of real accountants, OpenDigits takes bookkeeping off your to-do list so that you can focus on scaling your business. OpenDigits
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June 25, 2019
Equivesto – The Startup List
Equivesto is a new equity crowdfunding platform focused on helping innovative and exciting businesses to get funded by people who believe in their vision. EQUIVESTO
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June 25, 2019
Pegmatis Inc – The Startup List
Pegmatis is an advanced product design and engineering company with unique insight into manufacturing. We are based in Burlington, Ontario. We are a team of hardware and software engineers with considerable experience taking advanced consumer electronic and connected products from design, through the full manufacturing process. With a full compliment of both software and hardware […]
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June 25, 2019
Cloud 9 to 5 – The Startup List
Happy people perform better. Cloud 9 to 5 helps organizations tap into their potential by creating a happier (and more productive!) workplace, regardless of their budget. We rely heavily on research in psychology, neuroscience, and management science to guide our training programs, workshops and one-on-one sessions and tailor each program to a team’s specific needs. […]
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June 25, 2019
Love Coach Lee-Anne – The Startup List
Hi, I’m Lee-Anne! A once divorced, now happily re-married 30-something who was match-made herself! I’m a professional matchmaker, accredited love coach and dating expert. I coach singles how to find loving and lasting relationships, and introduce them to their one through matchmaking.My focus in the dating industry is to help singles change their beliefs and […]
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June 25, 2019
Alex Andrite Design Inc. – The Startup List
Alex Andrite Design manufactures personalized & changeable cabinet doors enabling interior designers and kitchen manufacturers the option to give their clients a more individualized room design. Because the design is personalized, end users can embrace more adventurous designs. Made with a digital print, the door can be made with artwork, custom coloured solid colours or […]
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June 25, 2019
Very Canadian – The Startup List
Very Canadian is the place where Canadians can find authentic Canadian made products from food, books, apparel and everything in between. We created the marketplace to do away with the question “Where is this made?”. Our goal is to promote Canadian made products while helping our local and national economy VERY CANADIAN
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June 25, 2019
CJ Rating – The Startup List
CJ Rating is a Financial Data Analytics Startup that calculates the credit ratings of publicly traded companies to provide an alternative risk outlook. CJ RATING
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June 22, 2019
Pentesto – The Startup List
PentestO is a trusted offensive security firm that specialises in penetration testing. Security engineers at PentestO have thousands of hours of penetration testing experience discovering vulnerabilities in applications of Companies like in Google, Facebook, Amazon and many more. We offer Web Application, Mobile Application and Network penetration testing. Pentest0
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June 22, 2019
MY CFO PORTAL – The Startup List
At MY CFO PORTAL We provide accounting solution and source CFO to SMEs MY CFO PORTAL
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June 22, 2019
Poseek Branding Inc. – The Startup List
Poseek is a Toronto-based branding and social media marketing agency who builds successful brands through innovative marketing strategy. We are a group of experienced, enthusiastic and certified branding and digital marketing specialists. Our specialists had worked with Fortune100 List companies e.g. TD Bank, top brands like Hearts On Fire and Uber, and organizations like the […]
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June 22, 2019
Wish & Give – The Startup List
Wish & Give, www.wishandgive.ca, is an online invitation and ticketing platform, think Evite or Eventbrite but with a social conscience. On the invitation side, guests are asked to contribute to a group gift and a donation to charity in lieu of individual gifts. On the ticketing side, every ticket includes a donation to charity WISH […]
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June 22, 2019
Boss Insights – The Startup List
Boss Insights predicts private company performance in real time. The smart portfolio manager offers private investors the same access to company data that public investors have and the verified artificial intelligence models predict private company performance. Offering debt and equity capital to private companies is a science and an art. The science is the data […]
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June 22, 2019
Chiamigos – The Startup List
Chiamigos is a dry-mix chia pudding. It’s paving the way for simple and healthy products that taste great! This chia pudding comes in two delicious flavours: cinnamon almond coconut and crunchy peanut butter. Both are made with quality, organic, vegan, and gluten-free ingredients. Just add some water or milk and it’s ready to eat! The […]
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June 17, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 20 KLIPPERS
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More Direct from the Six, world renowned, Canada’s largest city, with Canada’s biggest thinkers, visionaries, and hustlers. This is Startup Talk podcast episode 20 Klippers, featuring the founders, funders, innovators, and community leaders who have led Canada’s startup ecosystem right here in Toronto. You’ll hear the challenges, the failures, the […]
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June 11, 2019
STARTUP NEWS AND EVENTS JUNE 11 2019 with the Startup Coach
This week on Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast I talk to Shawn Finder CEO & Founder of Autoklose, about building his his business getting more leads, growth hacks to close deals, get meetings, avoid the spam box and how he got $46k in sales on launch. May’s Friday Founders was a great success. Lots of […]
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June 11, 2019
TELUS Surprised Entrepreneurs with a chance to Pitch for $100k to Arlene Dickinson
What happens when you surprise a group of entrepreneurs with a chance to pitch to Arlene Dickinson for one minute in an elevator for a chance at $100,000? The Startup Coach was on hand when Workhaus hosted the filming of the TELUS Pitch 2019 promotional video. With special invites to Workhaus and TorontoStarts members to […]
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June 10, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 19 AUTOKLOSE
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More Direct from the Six, world renowned, Canada’s largest city, with Canada’s biggest thinkers, visionaries, and hustlers. This is Startup Talk episode 19 Autoklose, featuring the founders, funders, innovators, and community leaders who have led Canada’s startup ecosystem right here in Toronto. You’ll hear the challenges, the failures, the successes. […]
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June 4, 2019
Startup News & Events June 4, 2019
Collision 2019 has come and gone leaving in its wake the many connections it made while in disrupting Toronto. TorontoStarts leadership team was there and determined not to miss anything. Check out Collision 2019 with The Startup Coach highlights. This week on the Startup Talk Podcast I talk with Ryan and Alex, the co-founders of Equivesto, […]
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June 4, 2019
Collision 2019 with The Startup Coach
Collision 2019 was an incredible event where over 25000 innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs descended on Toronto. The The Startup Coach and the TorontoStarts Leadership team were there taking it all in. While Andrea and Meagan were following the different content tracks and there was something for everyone. The Startup Coach spent most of the conference […]
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June 3, 2019
Startup Talk Episode 18 Equivesto
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More Direct from The Six, world-renowned, Canada’s largest city with Canada’s biggest thinkers, visionaries, and hustlers, this is Startup Talk episode 18 with Equivesto. The Startup Talk podcast features the founders, funders, innovators, and community leaders who have led Canada’s startup ecosystem right here in Toronto. You’ll hear the challenges, […]
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May 27, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 17 What is Intellectual Property?
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More Direct from The Six. World renowned. Canada’s largest city. With Canada’s biggest thinkers, visionaries, and hustlers, this is Startup Talk podcast episode 17 featuring the founders, funders, innovators, and community leaders who have led Canada’s startup ecosystem right here in Toronto. You’ll hear the challenges, the failures, the successes. […]
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May 20, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 16 BooknBrunch
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More Direct from the six, world renowned, Canada’s largest city, with Canada’s biggest thinkers, visionaries, and hustlers. This is start up talk, featuring the founders, funders, innovators and community leaders who’ve led Canada’s start up ecosystem right here in Toronto. You’ll hear the challenges, failures, the successes. Toronto’s start up […]
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May 15, 2019
Startup News & Events May 15
The Startup Coach – Tuesday Wednesday Update It’s Wednesday May 15 2019, and it’s already been an awesome week, this is your Startup Coach update. This week on Startup Talk I talk to Erika J Murray founder of Ji App about starting a dating app in Toronto, building traction, and exiting. She also mentions how […]
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May 13, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 15 Ji App with Erika J Murray
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More Direct from The Six, world-renowned, Canada’s largest city with Canada’s biggest thinkers, visionaries, and hustlers. This is Startup Talk episode 15, featuring the founders, funders, innovators, and community leaders who’ve led Canada’s startup ecosystem right here in Toronto. You’ll hear the challenges, the failures, the successes. Toronto’s startup podcast […]
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May 7, 2019
Startup News & Events May 7
The Startup Coach – Tuesday Update It’s Tuesday May 7 2019, and that means another Startup Coach update. This week on Startup Talk I talk to Emily O’Brien founder of Cons & Kernels about losing everything and starting a company from prison. What is NRC IRAP Funding is the topic of this week’s Ask The […]
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May 6, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 14 CONS AND KERNELS
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In Startup Talk episode 14 I speak with Emily O’Brien founder of Cons and Kernels about growing up entrepreneurial. Emily gives us 3 great Instagram tips and talks about how losing everything turned her life around. We also discuss how she got a Dragon as an Advisor, the Dragons […]
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May 2, 2019
What Do You Need to Do to Start a Business in Ontario?
Every corporation in Canada is required to maintain an official record of its activities including records of any annual meetings conducted by the directors and shareholders of the company as well as any change within the corporation
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April 30, 2019
Startup News & Events April 30
The Startup Coach – Tuesday Update Hey it’s the Startup Coach here with another Tuesday Update This week on the Startup Talk Podcast I talk to Will Greeblatt of OutLoud Speakers School about going to acting school, traveling and teaching in Spain and China, and how an injury turned into starting OutLoud Speakers School and […]
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April 29, 2019
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 13 OUTLOUD SPEAKERS SCHOOL
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In Startup Talk episode 13 I speak with Will GreenBlatt co-founder of OutLoud Speakers School on going to acting school, traveling and teaching in Spain and China, and how an injury turned into starting OutLoud Speakers School and training executives and entrepreneurs on pitching, selling, and public speaking. Will teaches Techstars, DMZ, and TorontoStarts Startup […]
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March 13, 2019
Startup News and Events – March 13, 2019
Startup Drinks Open Pitch Open Bar Grab a drink and meet Toronto’s Startup Community, talk funding with BDC, TokenFunder, Equivesto and more! Practice your pitch during open pitcb and get great feedback from the community including OutLoud Speakers School, Potato Chip Communications, Clutch PR, and The Startup Coach connect with exciting early stage startups, mentors, […]
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March 11, 2019
Importance of Maintaining Corporate Records
Every corporation in Canada is required to maintain an official record of its activities including records of any annual meetings conducted by the directors and shareholders of the company as well as any change within the corporation
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March 5, 2019
Welcome to the TorontoStarts News March 5 2019
FFCON19, COLLISION, AND THE FUNDICA ROADSHOW HOME COACHING CONTACT FFCON19 The National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association of Canada’s 5th Annual Fintech and Funding Conference and Expo (#FFCON19) is back in Toronto this April 3-4, 2019. #FFCON19 remains one of the most engaging platforms in Canada for high growth and emerging startups and professionals in […]
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October 11, 2018
STARTUP CRASH COURSE BUILDING YOUR BRAND with TREVOR SHORTE
[ulp id=’LuDHieDB7evEmakd’] BUILDING YOUR BRAND Managing director of SongBird Marketing Communications. Trevor Shorte up here to talk about building your brand, welcome Trevor. Trevor: Hello, hello, hello, every time I hold one of these things, I wanna break one of these beat bot up whatever sorry that’s me. Apparently, I’m the example that Craig decided that he […]
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October 9, 2018
STARTUP TALK EPISODE 9 SOBIE SYSTEMS AND CANARIE
[powerpress] STARTUP TALK EPISODE 9 SOBIE SYSTEMS AND CANARIE GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In this episode I interview Sobhan from Sobie Systems about building a B2B business, getting your first customers, and winning pitch competitions down at the CNE Innovation Garage. I also took time out from the amazing Fundica Roadshow to talk to Canarie about how they are […]
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