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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

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The tech job landscape across Canada has continued to grow. In 2018, Canada had a record-low unemployment rate and as a result we are seeing more companies, startups and online-based businesses dedicated to serving the niche-jobs industry. The prediction was that Canada would face a shortage of programmers and IT professionals.

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My Advice To Entrepreneurs: Consider Canada For Your Startup

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Photo credit: Canada flag from Shutterstock. The access to some of the world’s brightest minds in technology, the proximity to some of the industry’s most influential brands, and the vast networking opportunities in both start-up and investor communities is hard to ignore. Immigrating from Canada to the U.S.

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[Interview] Jonmichael Moy, Silicon Valley Veteran On Leading Digital Products To Market

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Moy helped lead the launch of PayPal Canada and directed the relaunch of the flagship Wheels.ca Today’s entrepreneurs have easier access to information, whether it be data via Google, networking through platforms such as LinkedIn, or virtual collaboration. There is a growing vibe and energy in the tech scene.

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[Singapore] Location Based Marketing Association Launches Local Chapter

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The Ontario, Canada-based Location Based Marketing Association (LBMA) earlier this month launched LMBA Singapore, its new regional chapter focused on promoting and supporting Asian companies working on location-based services (LBS) market through collaboration, education and research.

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Are You Putting Your Rock Star Customers To Work?

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SAS Canada “customer champions” helped the firm restore declining customer retention rates—which had fallen as low as the mid-80s percent — back to the firm’s traditional high retention rates of 97-98 percent. Third, they have access — and want to gain more access — to influential networks that contain more buyers like them.

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Global Multichannel Consumer Behaviour (Research/Purchase) Analysis

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It is a repository of global data that has as its primary purpose to quantify the role of digital in the consumer journey from research to purchase. But during the 30% of the time that I spend outside the US (or on global brand strategy), the other column and the contrasts you can draw are very meaningful. Come on Canada!

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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

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These addresses appear as string of numbers (for example: “192.149.0.4”) in computer and network configuration files. < ARIN is one of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that collectively manage IP addresses for the global Internet. ARIN’s region consists of Canada, the US, and parts of the Caribbean.

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