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Top Trends Impacting Retail in 2022
A comprehensive new report delves deep into what the future holds for businesses with invaluable input from thought leaders and Canadian entrepreneurs. Over the last couple of years, the pace of change has increased, especially for consumer shopping, selling and payment habits. Businesses are in the midst of a shift in overall methods of commerce....
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Businesses and Consumers Embrace Digital Payment Technology
Thought leaders and global businesses share their thoughts in a new report on what’s shaping the world of commerce. The pace that commerce has accelerated during the pandemic has changed the way businesses and consumers transact. With no sign of slowing, the continued reliance on digital payment technologies has been a keyfocus among businesses. Consumers...
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KPM Power’s Battery Management Systems a Catalyst for Cleantech Innovation
Getting cleantech innovations to market can be challenging. KPM Power’s Battery Management Systems are helping to remove major barriers to electrification. When Karen Lai established KPM Power in 2017, getting lithium batteries to market was a huge challenge. “Dealing with lithium is a very expensive process and a lot of the government funding was being...
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Entrepreneur Support Organizations: Helping to Understand the Ecosystem
Unlike learning a new skill or hobby, there is no “how-to” handbook for entrepreneurship – that’s where non-partisan, well-connected support organizations come in. In an ecosystem filled with hyper-specialized, regionally diverse entities, there is a benefit in having access to a “30,000 foot overview” of the resources and opportunities within the startup landscape. Support organizations...
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Helping Companies Upscale As They Outgrow their Paper Workflow
Businesses have been talking about paperless workflow for decades, but it’s a hard leap to make without the right tools. The changes of the last two years have put those tools to the test. Since the very first modern computer appeared in office, we’ve all been asking, “Do we still need all this paper?” It’s...
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How Abbotsford Is Supporting Businesses with Critical Market Intelligence Data
Oftentimes, entrepreneurs and business owners find themselves hampered by a lack of robust market intelligence. With that in mind, the City of Abbotsford, BC, has set out to provide tools that business owners need — online, interactive, mobile-friendly data to guide their decision-making, especially when crisis hits, such as a pandemic or natural disaster. Nicknamed...
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Why Canadian Startups Need to Look Beyond Borders
Canadian startups need to think internationally in order to succeed. Learn how the DMZ can help mitigate the risk involved in expanding to new global markets. Despite Canada’s small market, many Canadian startups are not exploring the potential that global expansion may bring to their company. While every founder wants their company to access new...
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Small Towns Are Friendly — And Startups Succeed with Lots of Friends
Strathmore, Alberta has established itself as a community focused on making companies successful. Community boosters are worth a lot. Schools, arenas, parks, and libraries in Strathmore share stories of people pulling together to get the project finished. More businesses are discovering that the community is proud to help them grow, too. Investments in agri-business, manufacturing,...
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Canadian Innovators: Breaking Through the Pandemic
Many working and operating outside of the entrepreneurship space have the common misconception that Canadian startups and scale-ups primarily serve local markets, and do not have global scaling potential.
