How the Canadian Tech Scene Encourages Finite Gameplay
Disclaimer: Clearly biased, I am from Montreal.<p>&gt; <i>That’s part of why I think that if any city in Canada has the potential to actually develop a Bay Area grade startup scene (smaller, sure, but actually the real thing), it’s clearly Montreal</i><p>I would have to agree with the conclusion of this article, Montreal has:<p>(i) 5 universities very close to each other(i.e. 10 to 20 minutes walk from each other) + Great public transport<p>(ii) Lots of government subsidies for startups, on municipal, provincial and federal levels<p>(iii) Small tech companies and startups can afford rent downtown (or in the mile-end), where other tech companies and universities are located. (I also have a 1200sf apt downtown for 1&#x2F;6th the price of SF)<p>(iiii) It&#x27;s an amazing market where to fail quickly. Quebec is some sort of small scale self-sufficient society where you can experiment before scaling. And outsiders tend not to look at failures in the Quebec startup scene<p>(iiiii) It&#x27;s surprisingly easy to get funding from the massive government investment funds(IQ, CDPQ, BDC), and they have been focusing more on the startup scene lately.<p>(iiiiii) The french Canadian &quot;culture&quot; tends to be bolder and more dynamic than what you would expect in the rest of Canada. Can&#x27;t hurt the ecosystem if you&#x27;re expected to move fast and fail quick<p>(iiiiiii) Move to MTL already, we want more startups!