Personally, I just find it to be a good way to find out about Canadian startups, especially since there are also regional lists. For comparative purposes the a

Personally, I just find it to be a good way to find out about Canadian startups, especially since there are also regional lists. For comparative purposes the absolute positions are out of whack since each company can be so different, so you're seeing a lot of apples-to-oranges comparisons. But if you can pick out companies in your specific field then it's actually not a bad way to gauge relative success as a benchmark. For service-companies like Shopify and FreshBooks to come in at top 30 in this list is actually mighty impressive. Not everyone appreciates that, but I do :)