The Montreal NewTech Group is a series of FREE monthly networking events for the startup community and tech enthusiasts.

Montreal Startup Tour

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech News | No Comments »

In September, the Montreal NewTech Meetup Group turns two years old. We’ve grown to over 400 members on Meetup.com, 600 on LinkedIn, 180 on Facebook, and 1300 on Twitter plus the people that occasionally crash the event.

On a personal level, it’s also been two years since I (Felipe) moved to Montreal. So, I thought about making a little video project to show different neighborhoods of Montreal. This project has evolved a bit to a Tour with a startup or somebody involved in the community.

I was keeping this somewhat under the radar because I wasn’t sure if I was actually going to do it. Well, I’ve done four so far (Guy-Concordia, Westmount, boul. St-Laurent, Mile End) and I’m discovering all kinds of new cool places.

The video is a mix of a quick interview/introduction with the startup/entrepreneur about: what they do, what they’re working on, events they’re involved and whatever else they want to share. Plus a walking tour around the neighborhood: interesting places, a bit about the history, their favorite places to go/eat, etc.

So, I still have a few places I’d like to show. I’m looking for a startup/somebody involved in the tech community or working on cool projects who knows one of the following areas (or if I’m missing any, let me know)

  • Old Montreal
  • Park Jean Drapeau
  • Chinatown
  • Atwater Market area
  • Jean Talon Market
  • Little Italy
  • St-Denis / Mont-Royal Ave
  • Downtown
  • Place des Arts
  • etc??

I’d like to finish recording these videos by Sept 8. Then I’ll post one every week until it’s over. Email me at coimbfs[at]gmail.com (Merci!)

As for the September events, make sure you sign up below:


Usability Fix #3

Posted: August 11th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Event | No Comments »

We had another great Usability Fix last night. Here are the Montreal Startups getting feedback:

  • ServiceVille
  • Cakemail
  • Lifeceyecle
  • DokDokInc
  • Couch Gamers
  • OnePlan.Me
  • MyVirtualLocker

Here’s a quick video about the event, so you can join us next month.

If you want to have your product tested, email alexandra[at]bolidea.com. We will post information about the next event soon. It will probably be on Sept 14.


If You Missed The Last NewTech Demo

Posted: August 5th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Demo | No Comments »

We will meet again, as usual, on the first Tuesday of September. And it’s the group’s Two Years Anniversary! :)

Here are the presentations from the last Montreal NewTech Meetup.

Couch Gamers is a highly flexible, feature-rich content management system that allows individuals, organizations and companies to easily create and manage their very own video gaming website. Follow @queenbmedia

Globetrooper is a social travel website where people build adventures together and travel globe. Follow @globetrooper.

MakeYourGirlfriendHappy.com helps boyfriends go from good to great: get reminders before her birthday, your anniversary and valentine’s and every week, get tips, ideas and deals to make her happy! Follow @makeyourgfhappy.

Skeedy is a free website that looks like a news aggregator but feeds are defined by users themselves. Follow @didierrano.


Another NewTech Demo…

Posted: August 4th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Demo | No Comments »

We had another great NewTech Demo last night. Thanks everyone for coming and for this month’s startups:

If you couldn’t make it, we’ll be posting each of their presentations later this week.

We’re also going to be announcing the September Meetup soon, so if you’d like to demo make sure you e-mail us @ demo[at]mtlnewtecho.com soon!


Lineup for NewTech Demo #21

Posted: July 29th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Demo | No Comments »

The next Montreal NewTech Demo is on August 3rd at 6pm at McKibbins Irish Pub (Bishop St)

RSVP @ http://twtvite.com/mtldemo21

Here are the startups presenting this month:

Couch Gamers is a highly flexible, feature-rich content management system that allows individuals, organizations and companies to easily create and manage their very own video gaming website. Follow @queenbmedia

Globetrooper is a social travel website where people build adventures together and travel globe. Follow @globetrooper.

MakeYourGirlfriendHappy.com helps boyfriends go from good to great: get reminders before her birthday, your anniversary and valentine’s and every week, get tips, ideas and deals to make her happy! Follow @makeyourgfhappy.

Skeedy is a free website that looks like a news aggregator but feeds are defined by users themselves. Follow @didierrano.


Join us for (Co) Founders Lounge next week!

Posted: July 14th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Event | No Comments »

Are you looking for a partner for your next venture? Or just want to network with other Startup founders? Join us on July 21 (Wed) at 6pm at Bolidea.

Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP @ http://twtvite.com/v7dmkr


Announcement: NewTech Demo #21 on Aug 3rd!

Posted: July 14th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Demo | No Comments »

Hello Montreal Startups! I have set up the event page for the next NewTech Demo. It will be on August 3rd (First Tuesday) at McKibbins Irish Pub (Bishop St)

Would you like to present?

Simply send us an email to demo@mtlnewtech.com by July 25.

If you’re like to attend, please RSVP @ http://twtvite.com/mtldemo21

If you’re new to the group, you can learn more about the startups that have presented in the past here and check out some of their presentations here.


Usability Fix was a success!

Posted: July 13th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Event | No Comments »

We changed the format of the second Usability Fix Meetup and this one was much more organized and productive than the first one. Thanks to Magali + Alexandra (Bolidea) and Nicolas Gosselin (UX Designer) for getting the event flowing so well.

I saw a lot of the startups with pages after pages of user feedback and overheard a lot of great comments from the testers.

So, keep an eye on the following startups, as they’ll be making some changes and improving their products in the next few week:

We’ll be posting more info about the next one so you can sign up if you’d like feedback about your product some time this week.


Express @ Montreal NewTech Demo July 2010

Posted: July 9th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Demo | No Comments »

Express is an iPhone app that makes it easy to publish to WordPress.
Follow by @olikenobi


CloudHoist @ Montreal NewTech July 2010

Posted: July 9th, 2010 | Author: Felipe Coimbra | Filed under: MTL NewTech Demo | No Comments »

CloudHoist allows you to provision servers across multiple clouds (EC2, Rackspace, Terremark, etc), configure them with various services (eg MySQL, Tomcat, Hudson), and deploy your applications.
Follow @cloudhoist