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Covers:  technology, biotechnology, innovation policy, entrepreneurship
Storyteller. Newshound. Co-wrote Losing the Signal, about BlackBerry. I cover Canadian tech/biotech/innovation for Globe & Mail. Verified.

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Sean Silcoff’s Biography

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Sean Silcoff writes about technology, biotechnology and innovation for the Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper. He is the winner of three National Newspaper Awards and is the co-author of Losing the Signal: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry, which was released in May 2015. Losing the Signal won Canada’s National Business Book Award and was shortlisted for the international Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year. Sean joined the Globe and Mail in January 2012; he …

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Losing The Signal

Losing The Signal

I co-wrote the acclaimed bestseller about the rise and fall of smartphone pioneer BlackBerry. The book was sh…

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Waabi closes in on US$750-million financing, valuing driverless truck company at US$3-billion

Waabi closes in on US$750-million financing, valuing driverless truck company at US$3-billion

Khosla, G2 Ventures and Uber among big investors in deal expected to close as early as this month

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Innovator of the Year: Geotab's Neil Cawse goes from techie to powerhouse strategist

Innovator of the Year: Geotab's Neil Cawse goes from techie to powerhouse strategist

Neil Cawse, this year's Innovator of the Year, founded Geotab 25 years ago as a new arrival from South Africa…

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Zymeworks wanted to be Canada's first Big Pharma. Despite two blockbusters-in-the-making, that's ...

Zymeworks wanted to be Canada's first Big Pharma. Despite two blockbusters-in-the-making, that's ...

CEO Kenneth Galbraith wants to buy streams of royalties from other drug developers for treatments nearing com…

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Janet Bannister brought caring and sharing to venture capital. It's paying off

Janet Bannister brought caring and sharing to venture capital. It's paying off

Her Staircase Ventures raises $32-million for second fund anchored by RBC, Northleaf after backing 12 startup…

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Cash from away: CoLab raises $72-million as hot St. John's tech scene draws global investors

Cash from away: CoLab raises $72-million as hot St. John's tech scene draws global investors

St. John's may be far from the tech capitals of Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal and Vancouver, but it is home to …

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General Fusion completes SPAC merger despite high redemptions to become public company

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General Fusion go-public deal to close Friday - but amount contributed by SPAC partner a mystery

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U of T, McMaster anchor new venture capital fund to back life sciences spinouts

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Editorial assistant at Canadian Press. I got fired; my future wife then got my job.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

of course! I learned to type on one.

How is social media changing news?

in far too many ways to list here.

Awards

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National Newspaper Award

2018 - Politics

National Business Book Award

2015

For Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise & Fall of BlackBerry

Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year - finalist

2015

finalist for Business Book of the Year. Award went to Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford

National Newspaper Award

2013 - Business

National Newspaper Award

2012 - Business

Hon. Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for Young Canadian Journalists

1995

Hon. Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for Young Canadian Journalists

1994