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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Canada is North Americas up and coming startup center</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] BY Conrad Egusa (@ConradEgusa), Victoria Stunt (@vgstunt)- a big picture look at the various startup ecosystems across Canada</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/canada-is-north-americas-up-and-coming-startup-center/" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/20/canada-is-north-americas-up-and-coming-startup-center/</a></li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2017-04-20</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
Canada(Canadians) is/are used to being overlooked, because of its/our good nature, this is a mistake!
Canada also boasts incredible support for entrepreneurs, both homegrown and international. Many household names, such as Slack, Hootsuite and Shopify &mdash; which may be mistakenly considered as U.S. products &mdash; hail from north of the border. This proves Canada is capable of delivering on startup success.
- Sure, there is less access to VC funding and the persuasive call of Canada&rsquo;s southern neighbor, but the Canadian government is working hard to build and keep successful startup ecosystems. <a href="http://www.mentorworks.ca/what-we-offer/government-funding/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">There is a huge selection of government aid available to small businesses</a>, some of which includes grants that don&rsquo;t have to be paid back.
- world class universities
- hiqh quality of life
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origin story
&nbsp;In 2010, Ryerson University founded the Digital Media Zone (DMZ), a combined incubator/accelerator program that has assisted more than 130 companies.
The opening of the <a href="https://www.marsdd.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MaRS Discovery District</a> in 2005 &mdash; a 1.5-million-square-foot complex located in Toronto&rsquo;s downtown &mdash; provided entrepreneurs with skills via its venture program, and included a network of 1,000 high-potential-growth startups that collectively generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue from 2008-2015. Just two years later, <a href="http://mapleleafangels.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maple Leaf Angels</a> set up shop in the city center, with a focus on investing in early-stage companies.
&nbsp;toronto waterloo corridor
- <a href="https://freshbooks.com/about" target="_blank">Freshbooks</a>, <a href="https://wattpad.com" target="_blank">Wattpad</a>, <a href="https://askfortask.com" target="_blank">AskForTask</a>,
vancouver
- hiqh quality of life,
- large tech sector, growing 
montreal
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ottawa and others
- Ottawa
- Edmonton, Victoria, Kelowna 
conclusion
CON - Canada&rsquo;s ecosystem is still in its early stages.
CON - Companies tend to exit too early rather than focusing on growing something sustainable.
CON - Similarly, sub-zero temperatures scare people to warmer areas, leading to a brain drain and serious demand for startup-orientated marketers.
CON - Many current marketing staff are not au fait with startup performance, due to their backgrounds in more traditional industries.
CON - Canadian investors have historically looked at minerals and mining companies, which attract much of the capital. People tend to invest in other industries rather than startups because of their prior experience.
PRO - On the other hand, Canada provides affordable development talent, and thousands of people graduate each year from some of the best universities in the world.
PRO - Founders are now beginning to enter the startup market again after their first exits, and there is a growing sense of community.
PRO - In recent years there has been impressive growth in the number of people interested in startups.
PRO - Government tax incentives reward companies for investing in research and development.
PRO - the Trump ? aka Canadian VS US immigration policy, process, .. With 20 percent of Canada&rsquo;s population already <a href="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-402-x/2011000/chap/imm/imm-eng.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">born elsewhere</a>,
PRO - the country now offers a startup visa to encourage international entrepreneurs to immigrate, with permanent residence status.
This is crucial to Canada&rsquo;s future success. By 2019, there will be <a href="http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/labour-market-outlook-2015-2019-press-release/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">182,000 tech jobs</a> up for grabs and nowhere near enough people to fill them. So while Canada&rsquo;s tech scene is growing, there is yet more to come.
<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] SRC = best-of-HN-2017-04-20, (#)comments(#)</li>
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<h2>[RELATED]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=4888" target="_blank">contents-startup-ecosystems-canada</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="/view/article?id=5702" target="_blank">Toronto-is-poised-to-become-the-next-great-producer-of-tech-startups</a></li>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">comment mine</h1>
the overwhelming majority of comments are devoted to discussion of the DISPARITY in tech INDUSTRY SALARies between US markets and Canadian. YES canadian wages are lower than US wages.
many canadians (working in us) commenting on low salaries, no talent, lack of challenging work, ...
some discussion on the FACTS about the TN visa - it's not as cut and dried as some would suggest, it has no gurantees and it not a path to residency in the US.
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