Archive for April 8th, 2008
Media hat tip
8 April 2008In case you missed it, Andy Willis, the Streetwise reporter at The Globe and Mail picked up on our “Rotating Tech Chairs: bull or bear sign?” blog post of earlier today. Here’s the link to Andy’s story.
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Starbucks backfills tax room
8 April 2008What Jim Flaherty giveth with a GST reduction, King Starbucks takes away. If you didn’t notice this morning, Starbucks (SBUX:NASDAQ) boosted Latte prices by a nickel.
Wasn’t Starbucks worried about lcompetition from Mickey D’s?
Perhaps Howard Shultz has figured out that whether you pay $3.65 or $4 for a Latte, you’re still going to return to [...]
The same tale in two cities
8 April 2008Two high profile VC-backed exits this week, one in each of Canada’s tech capitals. Waterloo’s Sirific and Ottawa’s Meriton were both bought by strategic investors after years of VC investing. At a time when VCs want the certainty SaaS and later stage opportunities (which means – limited partners want the certainty of SaaS and later [...]