The inaugural #BFUTR by BPTN summit took place in Toronto and welcomed over 1,000 attendees including c-level executives from the big banks, venture capitalists from across North America, and Toronto Mayor John Tory.
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Among those curated to attend were over 35 scaling startups, bringing in millions in revenue and hundreds of millions in VC dollars to Toronto and across Canada.
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How League hopes to make enterprise health benefits as easy as ordering takeout
by Stefan Palios October 21, 2019If you work at a big company and have health benefits through your job, you’ve probably felt the same frustration as millions of others. You’re grateful to have the coverage but you can’t stand how annoying it is to actually use your benefits.
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WealthBar wants to be your private, automated hedge fund: Review
by Stefan Palios October 11, 2019Vancouver-based WealthBar, however, takes a different approach. While their platform uses similar investing strategies that other robo-advisors invest in, they take it up two notches. One notch focuses on unique investments outside the traditional low-cost investing strategies while the other focuses on getting you more involved, not less, in your financial future.
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How to make magic and capture people’s attention for your world-changing idea
by Stefan Palios October 2, 2019Unfortunately, though, a good idea is not enough to capture the world’s attention. Competing economic interests, political rivalries, and other social divisions act as the opposite army, fighting to keep people away from much-needed change. To break through the noise, the experience of the idea must resonate as strongly as the intent of the change.
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Most tech conferences have pitch competitions; here’s how Elevate’s was different
by Stefan Palios October 1, 2019The pitch competition, Elevate-R Pitch, is one area where business acumen ruled over social media following. Split over two days and conducted March Madness style, 32 startups competed against each other in head-to-head battles.
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Millennials want to know about what they are buying, just like anyone, but the habits that have formed are different than those of previous generations and this is why these noted industries are important to follow.
More millennials want to own a business, but see multiple obstacles
A new study from RBC found that it’s not millennials who are actually starting businesses.