No Place for Nerds
While we were busy toasting the energy boom, another could-be big technology slipped away to Silicon Valley. Will the brain drain ever be staunched?
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How a monthly meeting of high-tech entrepreneurs is supporting the startup community in Alberta >
While we were busy toasting the energy boom, another could-be big technology slipped away to Silicon Valley. Will the brain drain ever be staunched?
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Unlike the strong tech sector next door in B.C., Alberta firms can’t find the funds they need to take flight
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Barbara A. Richardson – Director and Co-founder, SpringBank TechVentures
Running the Boston Marathon and starting a high-tech venture capital firm hold many similarities for Barb Richardson, a director and co-founder of SpringBank TechVentures.
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When Calvin McElroy, president and chief executive of Calgary firm Cquay Inc., went in search of venture capital early last summer, the timing could not have been worse.
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