Well look who’s competing on price now. First there’s rumours of actually making coffee again, now reasonable prices?

While it’s fun to poke fun at the giant I have to say, this can’t be a good sign. I don’t know much about business but I do know that the buck’s have done a great job of making a cup of coffee a non-commodity. People rarely thought of the cost when they hit up a starbucks, it was about the beans, the cushy chairs, the whole experience man… It seems a business such as starbucks would be difficult to keep up if they compete as a commodity.

Chris, Ali, Jevon and Jonas launched StartupIndex this evening. I believe the launch was meant to coincide with StartupCampToronto2. Have a look around when you have time and check out what’s going on with Canadian startups.

You should really check this out. I’d suggest headphones or loud speakers. From Mark.

As mentioned, We’re looking for developers. I just wanted to say this explicitly, while it helps to have experience with a dynamic language such as python, that’s actually low on our list of requirements. We hire for people first so if you are missing some of the particular skills but interested in working for us then make sure you contact us. I hate the idea of people not contacting us because they haven’t dabbled in python or django.

A recap of some recent news of related to people who have demo’d at DemoCampGuelph. While you’re at it sign up for DemoCampGuelph6 which will likely be in July and contact me if you’re interested in demo’ing or have questions about the event.

• AideRSS partners with NewsGator
• Well.ca funded
• BrainPark selected to CIX

Mark is starting to write a bit more about BrainPark. Finally I’m a freedom fighter!

Oh, by the way, apparently I work for one of one of Canada’s hottest innovative startups. Is this considered bragging?

Back in my personus days before the dotcom blowup we built several online canadian pharmacies. I can’t recall all the names but I’m pretty sure they’re all dead now. Ali and his team at well have been working hard to fill that void and have pulled it off and then some.

Today Jonas and Ali announced that well.ca just landed the “largest investment the Maple Leaf Angels have made to date”. A big congratulations to Ali and his whole team. Our BrainPark crew has been lucky enough to share well.ca’s office space for the past few months and it’s been great getting to know them all. I’m just surprised to see they’re actually getting work done with all the damn fun they have there.

We’re after developers at BrainPark, description and more details here. We’re a startup operating in Guelph building primarily on a python based technology stack which I think offers some uniqueness. Experience with python is nice but not required. It’s all about you, skills can be learned. Feel free to contact me directly if you’re interested.

Just a quick thanks for everyone who came out last Wednesday, it was another great event. My quick poll says we had around 50 in attendance which is just about right. Keep an eye here or on our google group for DemoCampGuelph6 which will likely be sometime in July.