People think they know what will make them happier โ€” chasing more money and prestige. In reality, those things make very little difference, said our VTJ Live guest Sahil Bloom on Friday night.

In front of a sell-out crowd at the Vancouver Playhouse, Bloom and Tiny CEO Andrew Wilkinson drilled down into whatโ€™s important in entrepreneurship โ€” โ€œtaking off the maskโ€, as they put it, to reveal the reality of what it means to sacrifice for success. And why we should be more like cockroaches.

Amid pitches from Vancouver tech leaders and a lively Q&A from the audience โ€” plus an afterparty that packed out the Ventura room next door โ€” VTJ Live delivered advice, tools, and tips from two business leaders with a combined worth of over $100 million, who have started, acquired, or invested in more than 80 companies.

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Now onto todayโ€™s briefing. Itโ€™s 955 words: a four-minute read.

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  • Univerus, a Port Moody-based provider of software solutions, acquired Varasset, a Vancouver-based software solution provider for communications industries.ย 

  • BDC announced an additional $50-million injection into its Seed Venture Fund, dedicated to supporting emerging Canadian startups with funding.

  • Avivo Biomedicalย announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic intended to improve the use of donor organs for transplantation.

  • WELL Health's Cybersecurity Business Unit, Cycura, has acquired Seekintoo, a provider of Cybersecurity Operations Center services.

  • Cycuraย has also acquired Proack, a provider of offensive security assessments, including high quality penetration testing, red teaming, social engineering, and infrastructure testing.

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