Web Summit 2015: The Davos of Geeks

Shelby Challis This month  marked the 6th annual Web Summit, the largest technology conference in the world, held annually in Dublin, Ireland. The conference welcomed a record-breaking 42,000 attendees from 134 countries across the globe. On offer were hundreds of speakers discussing a range of topics that included Big Data, cybersecurity, clicktivism, neuroscience, and, of…

Equity Crowdfunding Could Boost Canadian Startups

Wesley Anam Imagine you’ve just come up with a great idea for a new product and you can’t wait to start designing, building, and selling it on the market. There’s only one problem: you need money to start your project. You’re still paying off student loans, your parents are saving up for their retirement, and…