by Juan Gavasa | Feb 1, 2021
Retail giants like Amazon are blurring the boundaries of consumption. But thanks to platforms that link online consumption to local interests, the desire to buy local, a trend fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, is now giving rise to a new phenomenon known as...
by Juan Gavasa | Jan 29, 2021
It’s becoming all too clear that ignoring climate change has a real-world cost — and it’s only getting more expensive. Climate change is a threat multiplier — it makes extreme weather events more frequent and intense, which in turn displaces populations, destroys...
by Juan Gavasa | Jan 27, 2021
A popular meme going around during the summer was a joke stating that COVID-19 has done far more for digitizing the world of business than any Chief Technology Officer out there. This widespread digital adoption is very true on a superficial level—we are all now...
by Juan Gavasa | Dec 17, 2020
Canada’s hot streak on the prestigious Cleantech 100 list is still going strong. For the past four years, Canadian ventures have cleaned up on the annual ranking of the world’s most innovative cleantech companies, and this year is no exception. Eleven Canadian...
by Juan Gavasa | Dec 1, 2020
Canada, and especially Toronto, have rolled out a red carpet for highly skilled tech workers who are encountering more and more legal problems to pursue their profession in the United States. As graphically titled by Wired, a magazine specialized in the sector,...