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Re:Startups in Montréal by JamilD on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:34PM (#11425362)
I find this is a culture that pervades most of Canada (with perhaps the exception of Waterloo). It's a culture that follows, not leads and innovates.

We're all for pretending to be like Silicon Valley… but not trying anything new :)

Re:Startups in Montréal by schwap on Monday April 04, 2016 @05:26PM (#11425813)
In the tech sector, I would agree. In other industries, however, I would strongly disagree.
Re:Startups in Montréal by JamilD on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:01PM (#11426447)
I'm just curious; which other industries?
Re:Startups in Montréal by schwap on Monday April 04, 2016 @08:41PM (#11426954)
Resource Extraction. For instance, just about every oil well drilled around the world likely has Canadian-developed equipment on it.
Re:Startups in Montréal by toomim on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:46PM (#11425496)
Exactly! Like in Seattle: a culture of fitting in, rather than standing out.