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The opening night gala for the OAG's Give to Get Art Auction painted a very rosy picture of our city's arts and cultural scene as hundreds of art lovers and collectors turned out.
Working at Shopify inspired many employees to start their own companies. Here are some of the most notable startups founded by ex-Shopify employees.
Despite 2021 being a boom year for venture capital in both the U.S. and Canada, female founders saw their share of the VC pie shrink. For Backbone Angels, this just shows there is a lot of work to be done.
Shopify helps customers build online shops, but it’s minting tech founders and investors, too Last month, Jean-Michel Lemieux, the chief technology officer of Shopify, and the company’s chief talent officer, Brittany Forsyth, both announced that they are stepping down from their roles. Chief legal officer Joe Frasca is also set to step down, with all three ending their tenures next month. In their next chapters, all seem keen to advise, invest in or even launch startups, joining a growing number of former Shopify executives and employees to do the same. For an enterprise of Shopify’s s...
As rising tech executives who help entrepreneurs build online storefronts, Atlee Clark and Konval Matin know that taking a business from a concept to a viable entity can be a lonely and frustrating journey – especially for women. The numbers tell a stark tale: women founders are much less likely to receive capital than men – according to business data platform Crunchbase, women-led businesses brought in just 2.3 per cent of all global VC funding in 2020, down from 2.9 per cent in 2019 – and when they do, the cheques are typically smaller. “We see these statistics, and it is a big m...