{"id":3097,"date":"2008-07-01T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2008-08-13T12:08:33","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T08:08:33","slug":"canada-start-up-index-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/canada-start-up-index-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Canada Start-up Index – July 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CanadaThe Start-up Indexes are a monthly ranking of start-ups based on an average of Alexa<\/a> and Compete<\/a> rankings. Originally inspired by Marcelo Calbucci’s<\/a> Seattle Startup Index<\/a>, I’ve been producing Techvibes’ Start-up Indexes<\/a> for half a year now. First started as an offhand post idea, the Indexes were well received, appealing to every geek’s inner motivation to appear on high score lists. Starting with just two, Vancouver<\/a> and Toronto<\/a>, we responded to demand and suggestions and last month posting Indexes for nine cities\/regions. A Canada-wide index had been requested a number of times, so coinciding with today, the one hundred and forty-first anniversary of confederation of the Dominion of Canada, I’m pleased to post our first Canada Start-up Index. The criteria for companies to appear on the list:<\/p>\n