DISQUS

Providing a free service allows you to "test" what you've created and see if your target audience bites. It's a great way to get feedback and incorporate that feedback into your product development. You deliver something for free to gauge its value to the market. Then fine-tune it from there. As a consumer, it's unlikely I'll pay for something I haven't had a chance to try yet.

I completely agree we need to support our own communities. Whether it's through friendly competition between Canadian cities or some other means, we need more of a grassroots approach to this effort. DemoCamps and BarCamps are certainly one way but there needs to be more awareness about what Canadian startups are doing. Our Canadian startups need to be more vocal.

I completely agree we need to support our own communities. Whether it's through friendly competition between Canadian cities or some other means, we need more of a grassroots approach to this effort. DemoCamps and BarCamps are certainly one way but there needs to be more awareness about what Canadian startups are doing. Our Canadian startups need to be more vocal.