Author Archives: Yasmin Ranade

Where Does the Money Come From? Funding options for Entrepreneurs

By Yasmin Ranade
They have ideas. They have passion. They have business plans. They have an extraordinary work ethic. They are featured characters in popular Hollywood movies like Jennifer Lawrence’s role in Joy. But, where does the startup money come from?

Kickstarting Entrepreneurial Business Opportunities in Canada: The French Tech Tour Canada 2016

By Yasmin Ranade
Yesterday marked the start of three weeks of business acceleration in Canada for 10 French startups, coordinated by Business France, the national agency supporting the international development of the French Economy. The first French Tech Tour 2016 networking event takes place in Toronto on Wednesday, June 8th at the DMZ: anyone can register to join

Microsoft Partners With the Missing Children Society of Canada

By Yasmin Ranade
In Canada, 41,000 children are reported missing every year, and the first hours a child is missing are by far the most critical.
That’s why the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) knew they needed the social media alerts from their Most Valuable Network™ (MVN) application to go out faster to Canadians to help recover missing children

Ekko Entrepreneurs Design The Digital Time Capsule

By Yasmin Ranade
Fuelled by a passion to uniquely connect people to one and another and over time through memories, Ekko has created what it labels, “the world’s first digital time capsule.”

MasterCard Start Path™ Opportunity for Entrepreneurs: Apply By March 21st

By Yasmin Ranade
MasterCard has launched its second year of Start Path and is now calling for applications in Canada. Since 2014, Start Path has provided more than 60 startups a variety of operational support, mentorship and investment to develop the next generation of commerce solutions.

Entrepreneurism: Vision, Skill and a lot of Tenacity

By Yasmin Ranade
WhatsYourTech is excited to launch its Women Entrepreneurs series. Our focus is to explore the world of start ups and entrepreneurism in Canada, and will feature interviews with small business owners and start-up thought leaders as well incubators, support networks, corporate programs and educational offerings.

Canadians Making Social Media Safer for Kids

By Yasmin Ranade
VISR is a mobile and desktop app that aims to create a safer online world for families. Parents are notified in a time-sensitive manner when relevant safety issues come up across six supported social networks, including YouTube, Instagram, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, and KidsEmail.