• RT @enoss: startups create > jobs than bigcos govts need put jobs>contributions take note @mpjamesmoore & @CRTCgcca http://bit.ly/bzTSRZ #
• CFOs in a startup need to OWN the cash problem http://bit.ly/baUSGg by @fdestin cc: @startupcfo #
• New Event: Toronto Blackberry Developers Meetup hosted by @xtremelabs showing BB 6.0 http://bit.ly/9Z7wnG #aug19 6-8pm #
• RT @davidcrow: New Event: Toronto Blackberry Developers Meetup hosted by @xtremelabs showing BB 6.0 http://bit.ly/9Z7wnG #aug19 6-8pm #
• New job posted: Sr QA Analyst – Media Platform – Software Company / Client of Grossman Dorland Recruitment / Toron… http://bit.ly/aPnUsK #
• New job posted: .NET Developer – Perm & Contract – New App Dev / Client of Grossman Dorland Recruitment / Richmond… http://bit.ly/9hSww3 #
• .@howardgwin responds to my recent post on VC in Canada: http://bit.ly/a1ifYr #

• RT @joshdavey: Burstn is a recommended app in iTunes right now under photography. http://bit.ly/bjvgaM #toronto #startup #
• RT @DoAndroidsDream: Share: Q&A on Micro-VC Funds, With Someone Who Actually Invests In Them http://bit.ly/cTUPwB #
• made up stat of the day RT @CVCACanada: Waterloo Region holds 2/3s of Canada’s startups — Conference Board CEO http://eqent.me/bM8ylM #
• New job posted: BlackBerry/Android Developer / Mobiroo Inc. / Thornhill, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cTdToY #
• New job posted: ASP.NET/C# Developer / Mobiroo Inc. / Thornhill, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/d9S6b9 #
• New job posted: Web Portal Designer/Developer using .NET (Contract/Full Time) / Mobiroo Inc. / Thornhill, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/b6Ddoc #
• New job posted: Software Developer (Python) / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/aW4jau #
• RT @byosko: RT @macournoyer: The Zero Dollar, 5 Minutes Market Research – http://bit.ly/a8k3Yh #mustread #marketing #
• New job posted: Senior .NET Developer / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cWPog4 #
• A great startup in Canada RT @markrmcqueen: The great roll continues @visioncritical. Blog post: http://bit.ly/9FPvmW #
• RT @afrognthevalley: Working on a new round of funding for @Praized to scale our awesome @NeediumHQ Social CRM product #
• RT @bwertz: Check out one of the most important tech people on the East Coast! RT @techvibes 5 Questions w/ @DavidCrow http://su.pr/1hWmK7 #
• RT @rubsun: Our subtenants r moving out. 900 sq ft of open concept loft space nr Adelaide & John w/ shared boardroom, etc. $2k/mo. all in. #
• RT @kenseto: $100K in 4 months: a niche app's path to App Store success http://bit.ly/dgmI2C #imockups #ipad #mustread #
• Product without customers does not a startup make. #
• RT @aprildunford: Blog post: Startups: 10 Reasons Customers Won't Switch to Your Product http://bit.ly/ae6CW6 #startup #prodmgmt #
• RT @chrisarsenault @markfdegroot Montreal-based Managing Partner sought for international tech VC launching new fund http://bit.ly/avULcr #

• Woah! Congrats to PartSelect on a new redesign! http://bit.ly/bPsxMI #
• RT @byosko: StatusNet raises new financing round led by FirstMark Capital in New York: http://bit.ly/99H8JC #
• RT @rogerchabra: $20MM financing for Montreal-based @Accedian (Rho Canada) led by top tier investor Summit Partners http://bit.ly/b9fWBx #
• Game mechanics, invitations & product launches: how to get 10,000 users b4 launch http://bit.ly/dauQuy by @blueleafcom #mustread #
• New job posted: Web Designer / Emerge2 Digital / Waterloo, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/abOhcl #
• Congrats to the Postrank team on the launch of PostRank Connect this morning! http://bit.ly/bIlByh a big step #
• "$22,484 pledged of $2,000 goal" http://bit.ly/99a6Bp << The internet is a crazy place #
• RT @GrowConf: #plan GROW Op – A pre-conference meetup (Century Restaurant) Wed, Aug 18, 2010, 6-8:00pm http://planca.st/6K9 #
• New job posted: Technical Support Engineer / Norada / Canada http://bit.ly/9iZFJd #
• RT @byosko: New Montreal event – Tap in Tuesday for startup mentoring with @sebprovencher – http://bit.ly/bGkPs0 – August 10th #
• RT @aprildunford: New blog for internet startup folks that I'm enjoying – Check out @Foundora http://www.foundora.com/ #leanstartup #
• RT @sgblank: The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors: http://wp.me/prGQZ-1EO #
• RT @mtw: Videos of latest mtlnewtech demo http://bit.ly/bpSdH3 #
• This is how you're supposed to demo at #DemoCamp complete with code RT @fredwilson: How to pitch a product http://bit.ly/bYSzp9 #mustwatch #
• New job posted: HTML/CSS developer / One Street Digital Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9f7ZRn #
• New job posted: Great Lead Developer / Stealth mode Startup / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/byivm0 #
• New job posted: Documentation Specialist to Detail our Technology! / Kontagent / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/diJVWv #
• New job posted: Software API Engineer ~ Interface Genius With A Client Focus / Kontagent / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dfNNeZ #
• New job posted: Customer Support Engineer ~ Social Network Analytics Start-Up / Kontagent / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/diYQ3p #
• "Startups die for not having customers, so STOP thinking about how to scale" http://bit.ly/a24SUg understand your stage of corp dev #

• New job posted: Senior Software Developer / Bering Media / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9Aiwwu #
• New job posted: Intermediate Software Developer / Bering Media / Toront, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bhWN8t #
• Screenscape adds Foursquare support. Cool http://bit.ly/aXW85x #
• New job posted: Editor/Writer/Producer Extraordinaire / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bkqiPf #
• New job posted: iPhone/iPad Developer / MiiToU / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cBGzpy #
• New job posted: ASP .NET LEAD DEVELOPER / MiiToU / Torotno, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/ccyshf #
• StartupDrinks tonight in Toronto, Saskatoon, Regina, Montreal, Moncton, Calgary, Halifax, Fredricton, and Saint John – http://bit.ly/2oTK #
• RT @davidcrow ExtremeU open house/patio party http://guestlistapp.com/events/26760 hosted by @ExtremeVP @fnthawar find the next Bumptop #
• "Problem, not solution. Customer, not technology. UX, not code. Distribution, not PR. Acq cost, not revenue projections." /via @davemcclure #
• New job posted: User Interface Web Developer / Great Ideaz On Demand Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9ehdHS #
• New job posted: Programmeur iPhone Web Mobile / Confidential / Montreal, QC, Canada http://bit.ly/cfZ1Dz #
• New job posted: Junior ASP.NET Developer / MiiToU / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bwCOZT #
• New job posted: Junior iPhone/iPad Developer / MiiToU / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dxVMHv #
• New job posted: Senior iPhone Application Developer / Interaxon Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/c7j41B #

• RT @fredwilson: We Are Discussing Opportunity Costs On #mbamondays today http://bit.ly/atNUfY #mustread #
• New job posted: iPhone/iPad/BlackBerry/Android Developer / Homick / Waterloo, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9iKVNf #
• New job posted: SharePoint Developer / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9ZQ1mp #
• New job posted: Interaction Designer / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bu9RSN #
• New job posted: Senior Network Engineer / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9tOWNc #
• RT @yegg A Board of Directors is not an advisory board #fb #in http://ye.gg/board #
• RT @invoker RT @invoker: HootSuite seeks VP Business Development Superstar – http://ow.ly/2dxF8 #
• #waterloo startup RT @melle: @PostRank is a launch partner for the new Google Buzz firehose API! Integration live: http://bit.ly/beG7dw #
• Ontario Investment Accelerator Fund – Take 2 http://bit.ly/9B9iFM by @suziedingwall wonders if investment committee matches opportunity #
• New job posted: Software Developer / Recoset / Montreal, QC, Canada http://bit.ly/bF51tC #
• New job posted: Business Development Intern (paid) / GridCentric Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bbgyIK #
• New job posted: HIRING JUNIOR AND SENIOR DEVELOPERS / BNOTIONS / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dk01rL #
• RT @whitneyhess: A peek into how 3 startups and 1 VC think about UX: http://bit.ly/cyhc5v #startups #ux #
• RT @rww: The Phone Pitch: Should You Make the Call? http://bit.ly/arGTF3 #pitching #
• All entrepreneurs are in sales RT @sgblank: The Phantom Sales Forecast – Failing at Customer Validation: http://wp.me/prGQZ-1DL #
• New job posted: Designer's Designer / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/b5n4oV #
• RT @aprildunford: Blog Post: Messaging for Startups http://bit.ly/ddlfBS #prodmgmt #
• RT @michele_perras TO awesome for mobile startups http://bit.ly/axSghh @polarmobile @fixmo @extremevp @xmgstudio @endloop @fivemobile #
• New job posted: QA Analyst (.net) / Telmetrics Inc / Mississauga, ON, Canada ($300 Referral Reward) http://bit.ly/clAo0x #

• RT @jrodgers: StartupCampWaterloo9 July 14 supported by @freshbooks @Rypple and @ACWaterloo it will be fun! http://bit.ly/bmEXmR #
• RT @aprildunford: blog post: Vertical Marketing 101 http://bit.ly/cvlHTC #prodmgmt #mustread #
• RT @hnshah: 5 ways engineers are like hot chicks http://kiss.ly/cfVvO8 #
• RT @msuster: @venturehacks 2 funny. just wrote about today! (including a heated debate on office space is important) http://bit.ly/cNY91G #
• "In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen" – Marc Andreessen @pmarcablog via @msg http://bit.ly/cKsxMk #
• RT @mtlnewtech: #video CloudHoist @ Montreal NewTech July 2010 http://63sq.rs/861 cc @cloudhoist #startup #
• RT @startupifier: RT @evanpro http://ur1.ca/0lr71 Heri has some good thoughts about growing #montreal tech community. #
• RT @bwat 5 Simple Strategies for Finding Your Own Angel Investors: | The Funding Guru http://bit.ly/9N61zi <– Not bad suggestions. #
• Commercialization model flawed: profs more likely to be consultants than founders http://bit.ly/cMCqgu not true @sysomos via @gvwilson #
• RT @startupcfo: Post: VC is about acceleration http://bit.ly/bg76q4 cc/@fredwilson #
• New job posted: iPad Developer / Confidential / Markham, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9jZWFL #
• Canadian strartup Poly9 ( @poly9group ) acquired by Apple http://tcrn.ch/crJuJu #
• New job posted: Office Administration and Reception / Destiny Solutions / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bGRF0D #
• RT @bfeld: The Discussion About The Lack of Women In Tech http://bit.ly/9Px77m cc: @hypatiadotca #
• RT @sgblank Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO's and VC's): http://wp.me/prGQZ-1B2 #
• RT @bwertz: New blog post: What kind of company can you build outside of the Valley? http://bit.ly/db7o9X #mustread #rockstar #angel #
• Quant based marketing for startups aka How to get 100,000 users in 6 months http://bit.ly/cvIb6f by @noahkagan #mustread #consumer #startup #
• RT @chrisalbinson: @building43 talks all things Tynt! Professional publishers: copy & paste now can be tracked with Tynt http://is.gd/dtycN #
• RentDonkey is expanding http://tinyurl.com/2eghk8l #
• New job posted: Business Development Manager / Client of Grossman Dorland Recruitment / Toronto, ON, Canada ($1,0… http://bit.ly/cJSRQB #
• New job posted: VP Operations / Bering Media / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bMwbia #

• RT @WavefrontAC: Entrepreneurship@Wavefrontac with @bcic 12-month concept-to-commercialization program Apply by 7/16: http://ht.ly/26p2X #
• RT @spelton: really proud to announce that @sysomos has been acquired. Bravo to @koudas, @nileshbansal and all of their team! #
• New job posted: Intermediate PHP developer / One Street Digital Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dkGEbz #
• RT @rubsun: "Law firms cater to small business…" story in the Globe and Mail today featuring Cognition LLP http://ow.ly/27eaK #
• RT @byosko: RT @mgingras: @scobleizer @DonDodge @unmarketing @davemcclure @EllenLevy join @Tungle's Board of Advisors http://bit.ly/bWCLxJ #
• Our own @jevon in the Halifax Chronicle Herald http://bit.ly/a1tC2a "Software developer joins Innovacorp" #
• Hand-to-hand sales tactics http://tcrn.ch/baFXYX #mustread #
• New blog post: Getting Traction http://bit.ly/cM34E9 do more for less #
• listening @sgblank talk about Scalable Startups thinks to @bridgescale join us at http://bit.ly/aBgvoX #
• "A startup is a temporary organization used to search for a scalable business model" @sgblank #
• More on Durant vs Sloan http://bit.ly/9waYGx by @sgblank thanks to @bridgescale for the invite #
• New job posted: Software Dev Ninja / Rypple / Toronto, ON, Canada ($5,000 Referral Reward) http://bit.ly/dxxERX #
• RT @bgurley: My latest ATC post on Google, ITA, and its move into verticals…http://bit.ly/9XwW4A #mustread #
• New job posted: Front-end Developer / BrainPark Inc / Guelph, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cN0WoK #
• New job posted: PHP Developer / Client of Grossman Dorland Recruitment / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9p0kUP #
• New job posted: QA Analyst / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/8XAtfP #

• The Coming Super-Seed Crash by @pkedrosky http://bit.ly/9U1NoI #mustread #vc #angel #investing #ftw #
• New job posted: Executive Assistant / Xtreme Labs / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cd45Ln #
• BBC Startup Stories http://bit.ly/cvm6PN with @mlevchin @sevenbrands @tramp0 #uk #entrepreneurs #
• New job posted: Inside Sales Rep / Rypple / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bl9Nme #
• New job posted: Software QA Engineer / Rypple / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cGfckN #
• New job posted: B2B Sales Specialist / MiiToU / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9P02D9 #
• Ottawa's Civiside featured on This Week in Startups (at 0:41) – http://bit.ly/9CQpGh #
• RT @aliasaria: What was special about Paypal that made the ex-employees the most successful tech stars http://bit.ly/czNnGd #paypalmafia #
• RT @bwat: The VC Shakeout – Harvard Business Review: http://bit.ly/bRmkvw via @addthis #
• RT @SeanEllis: How do startups really grow? My new blog post: http://bit.ly/bucb2O #
• New job posted: Startup Software Engineer / Sokanu / Toronto/Vancouver, BC, Canada http://bit.ly/cghIzh #
• RT @Caterina: Great post: Why PayPal created so many great entrepreneurs, Insiders explain: http://bit.ly/9KcDMT #mustread #
• VoltDB looks great http://bit.ly/a1oCgm #sql versus #nosql Stonebraker is a god #
• congrats to @albertupdates and @kontagent raising $4.5M http://tcrn.ch/baaZyx from @aplee from @thec100 #
• RT @chrisarsenault: Serial Entrepreneur-CEO @sukornyk get's $1.4M Series A from @LewisGersh @gpjudge @johnelton for Demand-side platform #
• New job posted: Sales genius / Top Hat Monocle / Waterloo, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/aHk81M #
• New job posted: Evil genius / Top Hat Monocle / Waterloo, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/duQHZc #
• New job posted: Web Developer / ifoundthenext.com / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9psdIn #
• New job posted: Intermediate Brokerage Technology Analyst / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/ciiNTO #
• New job posted: Master Web Developer – Must Love Startups! / Confidential / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/d2l8Do #
• New job posted: Startup Business Development Manager / Confidential / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dhDvUO #
• Every startup should be watching "How to Make it in America" #startups #hustle http://howtomakeitinamerica.com/ #
• New job posted: Marketing Manager Dynamo / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cCPXYj #
• RT @rayluk: Angel investors thinking twice about funding pure-play startups: http://bit.ly/azCxrA /via @venturehype #

• New job posted: Customer Support Analyst / Destiny Solutions / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/c3TznT #
• New job posted: QA Analyst / Destiny Solutions / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bepySM #
• New job posted: Software Engineer / Destiny Solutions / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dr3Hiy #
• New job posted: Lead Java/PHP Web Developer / Startup / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bBRTOj #
• Venture Capital is Broken http://bit.ly/bP7w6G by @sacca "we enable startups, fuel the ambitions of entrepreneurs, help them grow as people" #
• New job posted: Controller / b5media Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/a9Zg6t #
• New job posted: Lead Web Application Developer / Pspot Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9Oyjtg #
• RT @byosko @Brydon @rayluk @jefftala: We have @StartupDrinksCa in every province except PEI, Manitoba & NFLD. Any volunteers? #
• New job posted: B2B Sales Specialist / MiiToU / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9Tb7El #
• RT @rayluk: New Angel group: Hacker Angels http://bit.ly/aQliEn and http://hackerangels.com/ #angels #
• New job posted: IT Person with Web Development Experience / Skybound Software / Waterloo, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/aNXFDF #
• RT @SeanEllis: This Compete curve suggests Foursquare has jumped the shark – I'm guessing weak PM fit: http://bit.ly/9uWHBc #
• New job posted: Lead PHP Web Developer / E-axis Inc. / Markham, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/a3wZ7c #
• New job posted: SharePoint Developer / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/d7SLur #
• New job posted: Performance Quality Assurance Analyst / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bQe4S1 #
• OMERS & ABP announce €200 Million VC Fund (€100 Million in Canada) http://bit.ly/94d1MD #
• RT @byosko @rayluk: How To Run An Early-Stage Board Meeting by @bijan http://bit.ly/djx0pX #
• RT @startupcfo: Post: Fat hiring for lean startups! http://bit.ly/b8As1a #leanstartup #recruiting #
• New blog post: Integrity, hunger strikes and plagiarism http://bit.ly/9HRH2v @markrmcqueen shame on mainstream media #
• New job posted: Senior Brokerage Technology Analyst / Questrade / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cl6j1R #
• New job posted: VP of Technology / Confidential / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dwlIsC #

While everyone in Quebec and Ontario were doing the shake-rattle-and-roll, the Silicon Valley establishment was playing host to Russia’s  President Medvedev.

Apparently having your economy rely solely on exporting oil and mafia dons isn’yt considered sound economic policy so Medvedev got his buddy Ivan Danko to show him around the at likes of Twitter and Cisco.

In case you’ve been living in Siberia and haven’t heard, Russia wants to build its own Silicon Valley from scratch in a town outside of Moscow. So we guess Medvedev was asking around for the “how to” manual.

This reminded us of a brief discussion we had over at the C100 website a few weeks back. You can check out the comments over there, but we’ve also reposted here to continue to spur a bit of debate…

Does Canada need its own Silicon Valley?

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 03:37AM

OK, I’m going to pull the pin and lob a rhetorical grenade to get a discussion going…

Have you head of Skolkovo, Russia? No? Apparently it is somewhere near Moscow and is the future home of Russia’s Silicon Valley. What? You don’t believe it? Well some US investors sure do, to the tune of $250 million. And this isn’t the only government backed innovation center that is being built from the ground up. There may be a Silicon Valley being built up in Russia but the Dubai has its sites firmly set to be the 21^stSilicon Oasis. Century’s

Both these locations have or are attracting talented engineers. Both of these locations have or are attracting massive amounts of capital.

And they aren’t the only two countries that are trying to build their own flavor of Silicon Valley. There are probably a dozen similar projects in a dozen countries around the world. But one country that isn’t embarking on its own Silicon Valley master plan is Canada.

If a US PE can come up with  250 million reasons why Russia will successfully build the next hub of innovation, surely Canada, with its improving investment climate and its refreshing lack of mafia domination could convince investors to put some green in the Great White North.

Is Canada missing the boat? Does it need to create a chilly Silicon Valley somewhere near Alert in order to compete in the global high-tech market?

Discuss…..