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For the third consecutive year, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) and Canadian innovative children’s toy and entertainment company Spin Master Ltd. have teamed up to launch the Spin Master Innovation Fund (SMIF), with up to $50,000 in start-up financing, a hand-matched mentor from CYBF’s industry-leading mentoring program and a trip to the Spin Master offices in Toronto to attend a two-day Innovation Launch Pad Workshop, with exclusive access to senior Spin Master executives. Applications open today and will offer qualified 18-39 year olds the opportunity to kick-start their innovative start-up business and are invited to apply online before May 21, 2013.

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The Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) is working with Nordicity to carry out a study of the video game industry in Canada.  ESAC is calling on all Canadian video game studios to complete a survey that will help evaluate the size, composition and economic impact of this industry on the Canadian economy. Read the rest of this entry »

Recognized as the largest English-language entrepreneurship conference of its kind in Quebec, and now in its 16^th year, the Youth Employment Services (YES) Montreal Entrepreneurship Conference brings together more than 250 entrepreneurs at various stages of business development, as well as seasoned veterans of the Quebec entrepreneurial scene, for a full-day of informative and inspiring workshops and discussions. This year, English-speaking entrepreneurs all over Quebec will now be able to connect, share knowledge and actively participate in this month’s YES Conference: Today’s Insights for Tomorrow’s Business via a new live stream option. Read the rest of this entry »

The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada has announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, showing that an upsurge in cable, concerts and international performance helped drive compensation to songwriters and music publishers. Read the rest of this entry »

Careerleaf has announced that the company has released its latest suite of mobile job search tools for candidates and services for career sites. Careerleaf’s career platform enables job seekers to track and manage their entire job search process right from their favorite device and across the ecosystem of career sites. Read the rest of this entry »

Averna, a Montreal-based test solution provider to electronics and communications OEMs, has announced Release 6.2 of its award-winning Proligent® Test and Quality Management software, featuring a personalized environment that incorporates new and improved reports, a landing page for quick user help, customizable dashboards for user-based report summaries and powerful report-sharing tools. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based online training software vendor SkyPrep released its eCommerce platform at the beginning of 2013. Since its release, the company has implemented many new features to its training platform. There are currently over 350 companies registered with the eCommerce platform looking to sell their courses online. Read the rest of this entry »

Themis Solutions Inc., creator of cloud-based legal practice management platform Clio, has announced a deep integration with cloud-based accounting service Xero, providing a sophisticated accounting platform that is suitable for both small- and mid-sized law firms, including real-time financial reporting, payroll, bank reconciliation, invoicing, expense claim management, and accounts payable. Read the rest of this entry »

Kashoo, the makers of simple cloud accounting software for small businesses, has released a new version of its industry-leading accounting iPad app. Version 2.1 includes a number of great new features, namely Attachments, easy mobile printing via AirPrint, faster data entry, a variety of beautiful, client-ready invoice templates and more. Attachments lets Kashoo customers snap a picture of a receipt with their iPad’s camera (or upload an existing image) and attach it to an expense, directly within the app. This capability makes the Kashoo iPad app all a small business owner needs to stay on top of their accounting. Read the rest of this entry »

Themis Solutions Inc., creator of cloud-based practice management platform Clio, is pleased to announce an integration with NetDocuments, streamlining the creation and sharing of documents among staff, co-counsel and clients. Small and mid-sized law firms get the benefits of practice management through Clio, managing their practices from intake to invoicing, and the power of NetDocuments for storing, organizing and searching documents. Read the rest of this entry »