I can't help but disagree with the claim of how much it supposedly "kicks ass" to be a Canadian startup. I founded a Canadian company a few years ago (still go

I can't help but disagree with the claim of how much it supposedly "kicks ass" to be a Canadian startup. I founded a Canadian company a few years ago (still going) and am friends with a few of the founders of those other startups listed there. We're mostly on the same page: we're started here because we lived here, but being in Canada isn't exactly a hub for innovation. One thing Canadian tech companies are good at is growing to 20-30 employees and selling out to a US company. But that's very different - the innovation is sucked out in those circumstances. I feel that the "Revenue? We'll worry about that later" attitude is somehow important for innovation. Investors in Canada are really not one for high risk, high returns. I mean, it's not horrible here or anything, but I really don't think our startup environment holds a flame to the US.