21 hours ago
Sharing because I don’t think enough people in the Canadian startup ecosystem are aware of this blatant cash grab attempt ($40M!!!) by the organizers of Collision. If this pisses you off, as a taxpayer and member of the startup community, let your local MP know. ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago
Hi folks,
As we continue to move to fully remote, I’ve got a few questions:
1. Any recos on mailing address services for things like Revenue Canada, etc?
2. Any best practice / playbooks that you might recommend as a starting point for operationalizing such a shift?
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For mailing addresses UPS, Canada Post and several coworking companies offer mailing address services. I’ve used a couple in the past. Last year I negotiated an arrangement with a neighbourhood business to use their mailing address in exchange for an hour of consulting services/year. I offered to pay them and they asked if I’d consult for them instead.
Check out anytimemailbox.com
studio.staples.ca/studio/torontomidtown check out all services and they have a mailing service. Happy to grab a call and catch up and share how my company has been remote for 7 years x Nat
1 week ago
Has anyone done an “asset deal”? We are planning to acquire a small software project owned by an indie dev.
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We haven't done one, but I can highly recommend Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
Yup - this is done extremely frequently, especially in cases of “acquhires”, where select assets are acquired and team members are given employment agreements. Any of the local law firms with tech practices will be able to execute efficiently, but I’d recommend Chad Bayne or Jeff Dennis and their respective teams.
Yes, I've done this exact type of asset deal in 2016 with an indie dev (who I also hired) and didn't get an attorney involved. I figured because the deal amount was just $21K USD it wouldn't be worth it. In 2020, I was starting to think about exiting and got nervous about the validity of the 1-pager agreement that I drafted myself and had an attorney look at it. They attached a "bill of sale" but largely the 1-pager was fine. I can send you a copy if you like.
Daniel Rizzi is excellent and very startup-friendly!
2 weeks ago
ASK: Does anyone use Vault for corporate credit cards?
I need to switch from Jeeves and this came up but not sure. (tryvault.com) ... See MoreSee Less
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Have you checked Float?
Hey Najeeb Khan, check out Loop Financial. We offer credit cards like Jeeves does with better terms as well as a number of other products to support your business. Happy to chat directly if you want to learn more!
Yes, they're great! Give them a try, I know many founders who have switched over and are very happy with them
2 weeks ago
Looking for recommendations for good immigration lawyer or consultant, and specific supports for Ukrainian refugees.
Vantage has hired some awesome folks from Ukraine that came in fleeing the invasion. They are now considering applying for permanent residence, but some of their original documents were lost in Ukraine (they generally do have scanned copies). I’d like to help these folks get a consultation about their chances and the consequences if they try to apply without those original documents… probably doesn’t matter, but just in case: we are in Toronto ... See MoreSee Less
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I’m working with this co to get an LMIA sorted.. Calver Immigration Consulting Inc. 289-677-0108 | j[email protected] calverimmigrationservices.com
2 weeks ago
Does anyone want to partner up and host some offsite / evening events during Collision?
StartWell has two venues available for ~200 people each during June 26-29 with full AV and everything we need for presentations, branding, bar etc - literally steps from the main conference. ... See MoreSee Less
3 weeks ago
Does anyone have an office in downtown Toronto (suitable for 35 people) that they would like to sublet one day per week? Thanks! ... See MoreSee Less
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Qasim Virjee might have that at startwell. Or perhaps 111?
Space for 35 people or space for 35 people to work
We totally have that!
I’m surprised I don’t see this question more often. Most ad agencies are 2 days a week - and never on Fridays. There’s a big business to be built on renting out full offices only on Fridays.
Sendy Shorser
Ryan Speers - Workhaus!
Hi Jeremy - I have a great spot at king/Spadina that could be great. Happy to show it to you!
4 weeks ago
I'm looking to connect with Edmonton technology companies to share knowledge of grants around marketing and sales. Please DM me. ... See MoreSee Less
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There's a company called Rewardful, where the founder is based in Ed. But they sold the business. There's another company called Showbie, which looks like is doing really well. You can hit up both CEOs on LinkedIn and they are both responsive/friendly.
3 weeks ago
Anyone have an experience creating a search fund or going public on the otc, cse or creating a canadian cpc for a business acquisition? ... See MoreSee Less
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I know someone who has gone public on the CSE, is there a specific question?
sent you a dm
1 month ago
Hey folks! Any one know a startup friendly lawyer who can help with employment contracts for a reasonable price? Or if there are solid templates that are detailed enough, I'd be open to those too! ... See MoreSee Less
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Darielle Mandy
Hi Nouhaila Chelkhaoui ! We used Richard at brookslaw.ca, he was great. Small shop in Toronto very supportive for early stage businesses. Happy to make a direct intro of you'd like.
SpringLaw are awesome too!
Dhruv Pal has helped me with several Employment Contracts and NDAs.
Goodlawyer might be able to help. Brett Colvin, you can maybe confirm?
Goodlawyer for sure
Goodlawyer would be happy to help!
1 month ago
Are small business required to pay quarterly HST installments?
I was told that I had the choice of annual or quarterly filings ... I chose annual ... today I was told that my accountant just checked and I was fined 545.43 for NOT filing quarterly HST payments.
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You're probably an annual filer, but are required to make quarterly remittances if last years owing balance was over $3K.
If your net tax for the last fiscal year was $3,000+, it changes to quarterly installments from my understanding .
I'm a GST/HST Rulings officer at the CRA and the answers above are almost certainly the reason. You could confirm on MyBA if you are registered for that, or could try the Business Inquires line after the strike is over. Given that you're a new registrant I would pay the amount and then file an appeal. They will likely waive the penalty for a first time mistake. www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/31-0/objections-appeals....
Depends on revenues. I have to file quarterly. But even annual filers have to file estimates quarterly
This just happened to me, and kicker, I paid my 2022 taxes on time but it went toward 2023 so I was charged a penalty for that too! 😭
Phil Birnbaum that you can get fixed. I called and they fixed mine. Removed the penalty.
You get a letter from RC when they allow you to pay annual, until then its quarterly
3 weeks ago
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Hi everyone!
Looking for a full-service fulfillment house as we go fully remote. An organization that can ship and receive…and everything in between.
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1 month ago
Hi everyone,
Does anyone know of a good online training program for non-marketing founders to learn marketing and user acquisition?
Open to coaches too if I can afford their rate.
If it helps, I’m working on launching a DAO.
Thanks! ... See MoreSee Less
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Reforge has solid classes on growth / product
I'm launching a class with Founder Institute early next month. LMK if you want deets. :)
Hi Andre, I'd be happy to just give you some free advice. Sent you a DM
Hi Andre, Dayana Cadet is offering marketing mentoring at great rates (also freelance marketing services if you need). She’s pretty rad :) www.linkedin.com/posts/stephylittle_3-ways-a-marketing-mentorship-can-help-your-ugcPost-705442809...
1 month ago
Hey all, this is a bit off the beaten path, but i thought I'd ask my fellow biz members. I chair a non profit, and the auditors we used last year were horrible, and messed up on many levels, including sending us a confirmation of tax filing, even though they "forgot" to file it. It was one of the "top" accounting firms. And for the privilege they quoted us 30% higher this year. We need new auditors. We are a small charity (about 400K in revenues) , with a relatively simple return. Looking for referrals. The firm I use for my businesses is way to expensive for this lilttle charity. Looking for referrals, perhaps even someone willing to trade off some of the cost for sponsoship of one of our events (not a requirement, just a thought) ... See MoreSee Less
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Have you looked at BarterPay for this? You might find a firm looking to do exactly what you're thinking.
I’ve recommended Giles Osborne as the reviewing accountant for several of Mendicant Group s nonprofit clients - he knows Canadian nonprofit and charitable filing and is a solid guy. DM me and happy to share his contact details
Mike G. Goldfarb from MNP is great, I would try to connect with him and see what he can do
1 month ago
Hello everyone!
I'm organizing weekly co-work meetups at restaurants across DT Toronto. If you are tired of working from home, want to socialize, and work alongside other remote workers, please join us.
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Toronto social group for remote workers (Toronto, ON)
www.meetup.com
Hello Toronto remote workers!We're a local group hosting weekly or bi-monthly in-person work meetings at restaurants across downtown Toronto.Who should join?* Remote workers that live in Toronto that1 month ago
Any HubSpot users here? I am trying to decide whether I should use HubSpot for email marketing and CRM or a combination of MailChimp + CRM (Pipedrive) as a solution for an early-stage startup. Any advice would be great!
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I love Hubspot but it is spendy. What features are you going to need right now?
We used hubspot for a bit, now using pipedrive and mail chimp. Pipedrive is relatively powerful and has a lot of add ons for not a lot of money. My only concern is if we ever "make it" , it will be hard to transition to Salesforce or something bigger, but for now it's doing pretty good and is *way* less than the bigger players.
Hubspot is crazy expensive for marketing. Our sales team is on hubspot but I opted to do our marketing on mailchimp after seeing how spendy hubspot was for basic marketing functionalities.
We did a year with Hubspot but once you move from the 90% discount and have multiple team members using it, it gets really expensive. We moved to Pipedrive and use Flodesk for email newsletters.
Absolutely love Hubspot but going up a tier or adding hubs is really crazy expensive. Even when you negotiate (they have wiggle room!).
I'd choose Pipedrive > Hubspot, reason is automations and integrations.
HubSpot.
HubSpot for sure. Used it for the last 6 years, it just gets the job done well
2 months ago
Hi! We're looking for a QA group to help us test software deployments prior to production. Any recommendations? ... See MoreSee Less
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Hi Scott - check out qaconsultants.com/. Happy to make an intro if you need - they are great!
1 month ago
🇨🇦 Founders
Join us tomorrow morning at our free pre-Founder Assemble Summit virtual event featuring my favourite 'Dragon' and Clearco's Co-Founder & Exec Chairman, Michele Romanow.
We've opened up spots for 50 founders and have 8 remaining.
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Join us for an engaging conversation and don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn from one of the best in canadian tech.
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So sad I missed this!