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BC entrepreneurs most confident in Canada, says CFIB
UCW News Team | November 10, 2016
UCW current and prospective students, and alumni dreaming of starting their own business should be encouraged by a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). It shows that as of 2014 there were not only more than 380,000 small businesses in B.C. Most of them are keen to hire because their confidence in their potential for prosperity is soaring.
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Vancouver technology start-ups have a lot to cheer about
UCW News Team | November 07, 2016
A new joint funding initiative to spur robotics start-ups, involving a Vancouver-based, clean technology venture capital firm and a Dutch accelerator, exemplifies the new novel funding support that technology start-ups are attracting in Vancouver.
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Canada’s Head of State begins Innovation Tour of the US
UCW News Team | November 03, 2016
At the kickoff of his Innovation Tour of the US, Canada’s Head of State David Johnston cites examples of how Canada-US trade innovation and business entrepreneurship are fostering economic success and partnership in both countries.
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GoDaddy’s Flare to help aspiring Canadian entrepreneurs realize their dreams
UCW News Team | October 31, 2016
GoDaddy Canada Vice President Jill Schoolenberg predicts the technology provider’s recent rollout of Flare, a mentorship-based app to help entrepreneurs get impartial credible feedback on business ideas, will help small business owners realize their dreams.
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Alternative lenders looking at users’ social media habits to ascertain creditworthiness
UCW News Team | October 27, 2016
The use of social media is becoming more prominent and because of this alternative lenders have decided to check prospective borrowers social media interactions to determine their creditworthiness.
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