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Oh Canada! Olympic Hockey Gold is Ours and I Was There

March 2, 2010 by Ben Yoskovitz

Many of you know this already, but I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to the USA – Canada Gold Medal Hockey Game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Words really can’t describe it. I wish I had taken more photos and videos, but it’s hard to do that and really soak it all in. Plus, […]

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Speaking at Internet Marketing Conference in Montreal on February 18

February 8, 2010 by Ben Yoskovitz

On February 18th, 2010 I’ll be speaking at Internet Marketing Conference in Montreal. My talk is at the end of the day. I’ll be expanding on my previous presentation on social media and inbound recruiting. Actually, since I know that the speakers before me will spend a good chunk of their time focused on social […]

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Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast on June 9th

May 27, 2009 by Ben Yoskovitz

The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9th at 8am. Remember: The location is Boccacinos on McGill St. And for the first time ever we have 2 sponsors! Both Nestor System and Sun Microsystems are sponsoring this event. (Both have sponsored previous breakfasts too!) As a result of our sponsors combined […]

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April Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast Sponsored by Nestor System

April 6, 2009 by Ben Yoskovitz

April’s Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is fast approaching, and I’m pleased to say that we’ve got a sponsor — Nestor System. Nestor is a local Montreal software company. Here’s the scoop: Nestor System is a leading Cross-Cultural Communications & Technologies company. Nestor System is specializing in localization of software, video games and websites in more […]

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Speaking at YES Entrepreneurship Conference

April 2, 2009 by Ben Yoskovitz

On Saturday, April 18th I’ll be speaking at the YES Montreal Entrepreneurship Conference, doing a couple of roundtable discussions on pitching and presenting your business. The conference is being held for the day at the SAT, which is a great, easygoing location. The conference is $50 to attend, and I’d recommend it for anyone thinking […]

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Next Montreal Tech Breakfast on February 10th Sponsored by BDO Dunwoody

January 29, 2009 by Ben Yoskovitz

For the first Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast of 2009 I’m pleased to announce that we’ve landed a sponsor: BDO Dunwoody. BDO has been very active in the local startup community, participating at (and sponsoring) numerous events. They work closely with Montreal Startup helping recently with a couple of MSU events. The details of the sponsorship […]

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Congratulations to Defensio on Acquisition by Websense

January 29, 2009 by Ben Yoskovitz

Defensio, which provides an excellent anti-spam plugin, was acquired by Websense, Inc (publicly traded on NASDAQ). The news is all over the Web, including the Defensio blog. Why is this important? For starters, I was Defensio’s first big user. Carl Mercier (founder of Defensio) asked me to help him early on with beta testing of […]

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Tuesday, Dec. 9th: Next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast

December 1, 2008 by Ben Yoskovitz

The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9th at 8am. Remember: The location is Boccacinos on McGill St. And, we have a great sponsor for this event as well! Google Montreal has stepped up to sponsor the breakfast. Google has offered $8/person – which means each person attending will receive a […]

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Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast Update

November 8, 2008 by Ben Yoskovitz

We’ve decided to move the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast to every 2 months. You can see an update at Montreal Tech Watch. This will make it a bit easier to organize (even though it’s already fairly easy to do so) and allow for increased attendance. With two months separating each event it should encourage more […]

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Tuesday, October 14: Next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast

October 10, 2008 by Ben Yoskovitz

The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is scheduled for October 14th at 8am. Please note — the location is Boccacinos on McGill College The last breakfast had the biggest turnout ever. That was in part thanks to Sun Microsystems for sponsoring the breakfast. Thanks again to Sun and Sandra and Michal for organizing that. There’s […]

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Ben Yoskovitz

Founding Partner at Highline Beta, a hybrid venture studio and VC firm that works with large, ambitious companies to identify new areas of opportunity through internal and external innovation.

Previously I was VP Product at VarageSale and GoInstant (acq. $CRM), and Founding Partner at Year One Labs.

Angel investments include: Breather, Spoiler Alert, SendWithUs and others.

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