Tag: British Columbia

Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail

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From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…

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Vancouver entrepreneurs turned around a struggling online platform – The Globe … – The Globe and Mail

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The challenge When James Clift and his team at WorkStory Inc. bought the online résumé and portfolio platform VisualCV, it had over 200,000 members. Having those members already in place sounded like a dream come true for the young startup, but with only 1,000 active…

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