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Not a fan of the the use of the phrase "Silicon Valley North", but good press for the Canadian startup scene is ... good. One of the great points made in the a
by arach 16y ago
Not a fan of the the use of the phrase "Silicon Valley North", but good press for the Canadian startup scene is ... good.
One of the great points made in the article is about the pick-up mechanism:
"""“Say you’ve got three brilliant young people graduating – one from Waterloo, one from Ryerson, one from U of T. They’re best buddies, and they start a company – and it fails.”
When a region has a thriving ecosystem, talented workers land on their feet instead of decamping.
“In Silicon Valley, they just pick up the pieces. Others say, ‘You’re fabulous people, come work for us now.’ We don’t have that pick-up mechanism.” """
Toronto is getting closer to this. Montreal too. Almost there.
- alex_c 16y agoI'm Toronto-based. While I was working on my first startup, I received many more job offers than when I was salary-based. A large part of this is, of course, that when you're working on a start-up you do a lot more networking, by necessity. The offers were from other startups or small companies, though... are large companies in Toronto willing to pick up entrepreneurs? I don't know.