BlackBerry Inventor Says Canada's Challenge Is Keeping Techies

Re:BlackBerry Inventor Says Canada's Challenge Is Keeping Te... by allengeorge on Friday September 15, 2017 @11:08AM (#15257742)

It's not just money (though it is a big factor). The lower variety of jobs, the smaller startup pool, the more risk-averse investment community and proximity to the US all play a role.

I'd also wager it's harder for consumer-focused companies to take off in Canada: geography and our small population work against gaining scale. It's much easier for a US company to gain scale and move North. To do the equivalent, a Canadian company would have to learn to become global fairly early.

Oh, and, apropos of nothing, Canadian management talent is poor.

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Re:BlackBerry Inventor Says Canada's Challenge Is Keeping Te... by TimPC on Saturday September 23, 2017 @03:37AM (#15318673)

I think starting a company in Canada has a first addressable market problem which leads to a revenue problem which leads to a VC investment problem which leads to a talent problem. I want this to be fixed because I like living in Canada better than the US but won't do it at less than half the savings per year.

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Re:BlackBerry Inventor Says Canada's Challenge Is Keeping Te... by whipoodle on Friday September 15, 2017 @01:27PM (#15258991)

The money is a sine qua non. You won't have the startup pool, therefore investors, without the well-paid employees who go on to start the startups.

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