by Chris Massot | Feb 15, 2016 | Investor, SaaS
Uncertainty and Pivots Being an investor is not for the faint of heart. Investing both time and money into people, ideas, or companies is always a risky endeavour with no guaranteed returns. While every business evolves and develops along it’s own course, pivots...
by Chris Massot | Feb 12, 2016 | Entrepreneur, SaaS
When YUPIQ, the first team Alacrity recruited to the Entrepreneurship@UVic program made the decision that they needed to pivot, much was uncertain. The entrepreneurs, the employees, the investors, and the organization all had difficult decisions to make with regard to...
by Chris Massot | Feb 3, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Investor, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: This is part one of a two-part interview with Owen Matthews, co-founder of The Alacrity Foundation. — The Origins of Alacrity The Alacrity Foundation is deeply rooted in tech entrepreneurship. Owen Matthews, a founding member of Alacrity and investor based in...
by Chris Massot | Jan 28, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Trends
In an effort to increase and facilitate the expansion into new markets, Canada’s federal government recently announced the launch of the CanExport program. This new program will provide up to $50MM in financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
by Chris Massot | Jan 26, 2016 | Entrepreneur, Technology, Venture Capital
British Columbia’s provincial government recently announced a new BC Tech Strategy, focused on supporting the expanding tech sector. The strategy has three main pillars: capital, talent, and markets. The first pillar is comprised of a BC Venture Capital Investment...
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