This Week in Canadian Startups: The Art of the Startup Exit

Mark Evans' This Week in Canadian Startups

	How to Sell Your Startup For startups looking for an exit, Real Ventures' Mark MacLeod has some advice on how it's successfully done. It includes building a killer team, getting the right VCs and growing like a weed.

Vancouver's Aegis Mobility raised $5-million from West Michigan and Chicago Angel groups. Aegis makes mobile software to prevent distracted driving.

For any company, including startups, having a good, if not great, Website is a must. Here are some tips on how make it happen.

Communitech and Google Canada plan to create a new digital collaboration space to mentor and host early-stage startups. Google also unveiled its fancy new Canadian HQ.

After a series of stops and starts, as well as lots of VC from Silicon Valley heavyweights, Tiny Speck, a multi-player gaming startup created by Vancouver's Stuart Butterfield, will be closing on Dec. 9.

For startups looking to create a marketing strategy, here are 10 key things to keep in mind.

After the euphoria of raising VC wears off, what's next? Matt Fates has a list of the 10 things an entrepreneur should do within the first 100 days.

If you're worried about a startup bubble, there appears to be concerns about startups running out of cash.

Wave Accounting's growth took another step forward with the launch of Wave Payroll into the U.S. for SMBs.

What do you do with old plastic bags? If you're Toronto's Green Mantra Technologies, you turn them into waxes and lubricants.

Vancouver "superangel" Mike Edwards was named CEO with Intensity Co. Inc. The publicly-traded shell will be renamed LX Ventures, which will invest in angel, seed and series A rounds.

In Alberta, the new Accelerate Fund received $10-million from Enterprise Alberta, while Calgary's AcceleratorYYC appointed Stephen King as its first entrepreneur-in-residence.

The Kolo Project is working to create a startup ecosystem in Saskatchewan. Here's a Q&A with Tanuya Woods-Richardson, who is involved in the project.

Why do so many high-potential Canadian startups fail? Mario Thomas argues it's a lack of focus to commercialize inventions.

After a startup gains some much-welcomed traction, then what? Jason Cohen (aka A Smart Bear) has some advice.

There's lots of buzz around product-market fit. Skillshare CEO Michael Karnjanaprakorn has an extensive post on how to reach the Holy Grail.

So how does VC really work? Christina Farr wrote a story with the provocative title: "The Idiot's Guide to Mastering the Venture Capital Game".

BufferBox, which offers pick-up lockers for people to easily get packages, was profiled in the Toronto Star.

- HyperDrive is accepting applications for next cohort, which will start in February.
- Interested in the C100's "48 Hours in the Valley" program? Here's how to apply.
- Lean Startup Day is happening on Dec. 3 at MaRS.
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