We are super excited to announce that we have closed a new round of funding from three reputable investors in Vancouver — Boris Wertz (CEO of W Media Ventures), Vik Khanna (COO of Faronics Corp), and Pankaj Agarwal (CEO of Optimus Information Inc). With this new round, we will be executing on our plan to …
Read more »SilkStart is very excited that Ian McLeod joined us as our newest Software Developer. Ian came to Vancouver from Halifax to study astrophysics at UBC but fell in love with programming instead and hasn’t looked back. With a bachelor of science from UBC in computer science he has worked at such diverse tech companies as …
Read more »A few days ago, I had breakfast with one of my ex-colleagues, who is now the SVP of Member Engagement at a fairly large membership organization with over 800,000 active members. He told me that growth-oriented membership organizations almost always ask themselves this question regularly: Why are we still relevant to our members? In his …
Read more »Member engagement is one of the key factors to affect your organization’s membership renewal rate. Low engagement will entail low renewal rate. Everybody knows this. However, not many people know what is causing the low member engagement. Here are 3 tips about how to improve member engagement to help you improve your membership renewal rate …
Read more »SilkStart is very excited that Filip Elazar joined us on Tuesday as our newest Software Developer. Filip Elazar’s first passion is software development. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from the University of Belgrade and joins the team after a semester studying Computer Programming in Seoul, South Korea. Always interested in different cultures and perspectives, …
Read more »SilkStart is extremely excited to announce that Tony He who will be joining us as a Software Developer on August 29th! Tony is a fresh graduate from the University of British Columbia; full of passion and energy, Tony is dedicated to the field of computer science, an interest since high school. During school, he focused …
Read more »SilkStart is extremely excited to announce that Kellan Higgins who will be joining us as Operations Manager on August 15th! Kellan is a dedicated, hardworking young professional. Born to a family of scientists, Kellan proceeded to take the path less travelled and obtain a degree in History from the University of British Columbia. His passion …
Read more »Echoing Press Release along with the Digital Media & Wireless Association of British Columbia (DigiBC) Vancouver, BC, July 22, 2011 — The Digital Media and Wireless Association of British Columbia’s (DigiBC) core focus is to help build a strong – globally competitive — digital media and wireless community. DigiBC has several members that are leading …
Read more »Here is a straightforward way to explain how we help our clients launch their websites powered by our product after a deal has been signed. There are four stages: 1. We set up a requirements meeting with the client to determine what kinds of feature requests and basic requirements their organization needs in order to …
Read more »Press Release (June 21st – VANCOUVER) We are pleased to announce that Version 2 of the SilkStart platform is now released. Our main goal is to help membership organizations get more happy members. This new version significantly improves on the SilkStart user experience – better functionality, an intuitive and user-friendly interface, and so much more. …
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