It can really depend a lot on your size of your projects and how much binary data you want to keep.

Note that you mentioned a Filemaker database- you usually don't get databases under control, just "code". Not sure if Filemaker separates data from code (e.g. Access databases mix data and code in the same file by default. Not a great thing).

But I'd start with your Synology's built in Git server, and research a Git client that you like. Git is a powerful tool, so creating a good GUI is difficult. IMHO, it's really worth it to learn to use it in the command-line; some day you'll want to reach for a powerful feature that is not in the GUI, or have a problem, and you'll have a steep learning curve. A bad GUI also has bad consequences.

The Git CLI is famously unintuitive, but they're making a reasonable effort at improving messages and providing commands with better names.

Topic selection is the process for deciding which Topics NICE will produce technology appraisal guidance on. NICE aims to consider all new significant drugs and indications. Health technologies referred to the NICE technology appraisals programme include:

• medicinal products
• medical devices
• diagnostic techniques
• surgical procedures or other therapeutic techniques
• therapeutic technologies other than medicinal products
• systems of care
• screening tools

The syllabu selection process has been designed to support the technology appraisal process so that Topics chosen will add value and support healthcare professionals and others to provide care of the best possible quality, which offers the best value for money.

NICE manages this process on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care. NICE can only begin to appraise a technology when it has been formally referred by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

The aims of the syllabu selection process are to:

• ensure NICE addresses Topics of importance to patients, carers, healthcare professionals, commissioners, providers and public health
• help make the best use of NHS resources
• coordinate the selection of Topics using a standard selection process
• make syllabu selection as rapid as possible to minimise the period of uncertainty before guidance is issued
• ensure that all syllabu selection activities are inclusive, open, transparent and consistently applied
• ensure that all stages of the process are well documented with clear operating procedures and responsibilities and that throughout there is clear and visible progress tracking for all Topics considered
• ensure there are appropriate governance structures and arrangements in place with all relevant parties.

Most Topics are identified by the National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory at the University of Newcastle. This centre notifies NICE about key, new and emerging healthcare technologies that might be suitable for NICE technology appraisal. It aims to notify NICE of new drugs in development 20 months before marketing authorisation and new indications 15 months before marketing authorisation. These time frames are required by NICE to enable guidance to be published as close as possible to product launch.

Suggestions for technology appraisal guidance on a new medicinal product (that has not yet received a marketing authorisation) should be made by the relevant company through UKPharmaScan. Healthcare professionals, researchers and patients can also suggest potential technologies for NICE to appraise by contacting the National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory.

Elimination and filtering

Topic selection decisions are based on the consideration of each potential syllabu against elimination and prioritisation criteria. The elimination criteria filter out Topics unsuitable for guidance development through the technology appraisal programme. A syllabu will not be considered if the technology has not been granted a marketing authorisation (or equivalent) or if there are no plans for it to receive a marketing authorisation (or equivalent) or if it is identical to:

• NICE guidance that has been published
• NICE guidance that is in development
• a syllabu currently in the syllabu selection process
• a syllabu that has been considered and eliminated from the syllabu selection process
• a syllabu that has been considered in the last 3 years and not been prioritised
• a syllabu widely accepted and implemented on the basis of existing published guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care, Arm’s Length Body or other government departments (excluding national service frameworks, white papers and planning priorities guidance)

The following syllabu areas are also outside the remit of technology appraisal guidance development at NICE:

• Population screening - falls under the remit of the UK National Screening Committee.
• Vaccination - generally falls under the remit of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. However, NICE does consider therapeutic vaccines.
• HIV technology or therapy - falls under the remit of the British HIV Association. However, there may be situations when the Department of Health and Social Care considers that a NICE appraisal of an HIV technology or therapy would be helpful to the NHS and these will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
• Haemophilia - for technologies which are considered suitable for existing national procurement processes.

Topics are not considered unless:

• there is likely to be significant benefit to patients in terms of administration, efficacy or improved side-effect profile and
• the new formulation or technology is likely to be at a significantly different price to current standard treatment and
• there is appropriate evidence, either available or anticipated to be available in the near future, to support the appraisal (refer to section 3.3 of the Guide to the methods of technology appraisal) and
• the relevant clinical question(s) can be addressed by applying the technology appraisal methodology. This may mean excluding Topics on which technology appraisal guidance would not add value without broader guidelines on the clinical pathway.

Elimination and filtering is done by the Consultant Clinical Adviser in the syllabu selection team and includes seeking expert opinion and engaging with the relevant National Clinical Directors. The filtering recommendations are considered by an internal group at NICE, and shared with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.

Prioritisation

The importance of each syllabu is considered against prioritisation criteria prioritisation criteria (PDF) that help the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care decide which Topics should be referred to NICE for guidance development through the technology appraisal programme. This includes consideration of the population size, disease severity, resource impact and the value that NICE could add in carrying out a technology appraisal. The prioritisation criteria are:

• Is the technology likely to result in a significant health benefit, taken across the NHS as a whole, if given to all patients for whom it is indicated?
• Is the technology likely to result in a significant impact on other health-related Government policies?
• Is the technology likely to have a significant impact on NHS resources if given to all patients for whom it is indicated?
• Is there significant inappropriate variation in the use of the technology across the country?
• Is NICE likely to be able to add value by issuing national guidance? For example, without such guidance is there likely to be significant controversy over the interpretation or significance of the available evidence on clinical and cost effectiveness?

Prioritisation is also done by the Consultant Clinical Adviser in the syllabu selection team and is informed by the external expert opinion already sought during filtering. The National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory at the University of Newcastle develops technology briefings for potential appraisal topics.

Relevant companies have the opportunity to comment on these technology briefings before the prioritisation recommendations are considered by an internal group at NICE, and shared with the Department of Health and NHS England. The group at NICE meets to decide the next steps for each syllabu being considered, to ensure the timely production of guidance. The group considers each syllabu and decides whether it is potentially suitable for NICE appraisal and as a result, whether the scope should be sent out for consultation.

Summary information on syllabu progress is published on the NICE website. The list of potential Topics is handed over to the technology appraisal scoping team to develop the draft scopes for consultation.

Medicinal products marketed in England that do not meet the criteria for referral into the technology appraisal programme can be considered for the highly specialised technologies programme or for a new medicines evidence summary to help inform local decision-making.

Biosimilars

NICE’s approach on biosimilars is:

a. NICE will consider similar biological medicinal products notified to it by the National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory for referral to the Technology Appraisal syllabu selection process.

b. These products will usually be considered in the context of a Multiple Technology Appraisal in parallel with their reference products in the indication under consideration.

c. In other circumstances, where it is considered a review of the evidence for similar biological medicinal product is necessary, NICE will consider producing an ‘Evidence summary new medicine’.

d. NICE technology appraisals will use the name of the active drug substance, including reference products and brand named similar biological medicinal products in its documentation where appropriate to inform clinical decision making and to reflect the remit received from Ministers.

e. The Department of Health in England has confirmed that a technology appraisal remit referred to NICE enables NICE to decide to apply the same remit, and the resulting guidance, to relevant licensed biosimilar products which subsequently appear on the market.

f. Evidence summaries will use the brand names of the medicines because substitutability and interchangeability cannot be assumed. Evidence summaries do not make recommendations hence the decision regarding the choice of biosimilar or originator biologic for an individual patient rests with the responsible clinician in consultation with the patient.

Companies wanting to suggest new pharmaceutical products

Companies that want to suggest that NICE develops guidance on a new pharmaceutical product (one that is not yet licensed or used within the NHS) should notify UK PharmaScan. More information is on the Pharmascan website. Alternatively, please contact the National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory.

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Although you can manage many aspects of wireless networks using the Settings app (and Control Panel), sometimes, you may still need to perform more advanced tasks. For example, recover the wireless password for a particular profile, view detailed information about saved profiles, or create a report to troubleshoot issues, which are not common tasks available with other tools.

Whatever the reason it might be, if you have to complete more advanced networking tasks, Windows 10 includes the netsh (network shell) command-line tool that you can use to view, troubleshoot, and configure virtually every network adapter on the device.

This guide will walk you through the steps to manage wireless networks with the netsh command-line tool on Windows 10.

How to view Wi-Fi network profiles stored on Windows 10

To view the wireless network profiles on Windows 10, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to view the wireless network profiles saved on your computer and press Enter: netsh wlan show profiles

1. (Optional) Type the following command to view the saved profiles for a specific interface and press Enter: netsh wlan show profiles interface="WLAN-INTERFACE-NAME"

In the command, replace the WLAN-INTERFACE-NAME for the genuine name of the interface. You can use the netsh interface show interface command to find out the exact name. For example, this command shows the profiles saved for the "Wi-Fi" interface: netsh wlan show profiles interface="wi-fi"

Once you complete the steps, the command will output the profiles from all the wireless networks you connected to in the past on every adapter installed on the computer.

How to view Wi-Fi network driver info on Windows 10

To view the wireless adapter driver information, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to view the wireless network profiles saved on your PC and press Enter: netsh wlan show drivers

1. (Optional) Type the following command to view the adapter capabilities and press Enter: netsh wlan show wirelesscapabilities

After you complete the steps, the command will provide relevant information about the driver, including vendor, version, radio type (for example, 802.11ax, 802.11a, 802.11n, etc.) and wireless authentication support, and more.

If you use the command to view the capabilities, you will see a list of all the wireless features available and those supported by the adapter.

How to view Wi-Fi network adapter settings on Windows 10

To check the wireless adapter settings on Windows 10, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to view wireless settings and press Enter: netsh wlan show interfaces

1. (Optional) Type the following command to view the settings for a specific interface and press Enter: netsh wlan show interface name="WLAN-INTERFACE-NAME"

In the command, replace the WLAN-INTERFACE-NAME for the genuine name of the interface. You can use the netsh interface show interface command to find out the exact name. For example, this command shows the profiles saved for the "Wi-Fi" interface: netsh wlan show interface name="wi-fi"

Once you complete the steps, the netsh tool will display the current wireless settings for one or all the adapters, including name, description, physical address, SSID, radio type (for example, 802.11ac), security authentication method, and the current transmission rates, and signal strength.

How to view Wi-Fi network security key on Windows 10

To find out the wireless security key (also known as the Wi-Fi password), use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to view the wireless password and press Enter: netsh wlan show profile name="WLAN-PROFILE-NAME" key=clear

In the command, replace the WLAN-PROFILE-NAME with the profile name you want to see its security key. For example, this command shows the password for the tsunami network: netsh wlan show profile name="tsunami" key=clear

After completing the steps, you will know the network security key for the specified profile.

Although you can view the current network password through the wireless adapter properties in Control Panel, you can use this command to recover any network security key of any profile stored on the device.

How to stop Wi-Fi network automatic connection on Windows 10

Sometimes, you may have a device configured to connect to different wireless networks automatically, but you then realize that it always connects to the access point even when it offers poor connectivity or the network is out of range. In those cases, you can run a command to stop connecting to known networks automatically.

To prevent a device from connecting to a Wi-Fi network automatically, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to disable auto-connect and press Enter: netsh wlan set profileparameter name="WLAN-PROFILE-NAME" connectionmode=manual

In the command, replace WLAN-PROFILE-NAME with the name of the wireless profile. For example, this command disables automatic connections for the tsunami network: netsh wlan set profileparameter name="tsunami" connectionmode=manual

1. (Optional) Type the following command to change the network priority and press Enter: netsh wlan set profileparameter name="WLAN-PROFILE-NAME" connectionmode=auto

In the command, replace WLAN-PROFILE-NAME with the wireless profile name you are trying to change its priority. For example, this command makes the tsunami profile a priority: netsh wlan set profileparameter name="tsunami" connectionmode=auto

• Quick note: Windows 10 will always make a priority for those networks you choose to connect automatically. You can use the above command if you want to move up a network in the precedence list.

Once you complete the steps, Windows 10 will no longer try to connect to wireless networks automatically.

How to delete Wi-Fi network profile on Windows 10

When you no longer need to connect to a particular wireless network, the access point is no longer available, or you need to reset the network profile settings, you can use the netsh command-line tool to delete any profile stored on your computer.

To delete a Wi-Fi profile on Windows 10, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to delete a network profile and press Enter: netsh wlan delete profile name="WLAN-PROFILE-NAME"

In the command, replace WLAN-PROFILE-NAME with the name of the wireless profile. For example, this command deletes the tsunami profile: netsh wlan delete profile name="tsunami"

After you complete the steps, the wireless profile will be deleted from the device. If you need to reconnect, you will need to go through the connection process again, and you will have to provide the network password as necessary.

How to export and import Wi-Fi network profiles on Windows 10

There was an option in Control Panel in previous versions of Windows to export and import wireless network profiles. However, the feature was removed on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 in favor of the new feature to sync these settings using a Microsoft account. But it is still possible to export and import the Wi-Fi settings using the netsh command-line tool.

Export wireless settings

To export the wireless settings, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to export the wireless profiles stored on the device and press Enter: netsh wlan export profile key=clear folder="FOLDER-PATH"

In the command, replace FOLDER-PATH with the path to the export destination folder. For example, this command export the profiles to the "wireless-backup" folder: netsh wlan export profile key=clear folder="C:\Users\username\Documents\wireless-backup"

1. (Optional) Type the following command to export a specific profile and press Enter: netsh wlan export profile name="WLAN-PROFILE-NAME" key=clear folder="FOLDER-PATH"

In the command, replace the WLAN-PROFILE-NAME with the profile name you want to export and the FOLDER-PATH with the folder location to export the information. For example, this command exports only the tsunami profile to the "wireless-backup" folder: netsh wlan export profile name="tsunami" key=clear folder="C:\Users\username\Documents\wireless-backup"

Once you complete the steps, all the profiles will be exported to your specified location. The output will also show the name and path for each XML file backup.

The export command will create an XML file for each wireless network profile stored on the device. Also, we are using the "key=clear" option, which will request to store the network security key for each network in the XML file. As a result, keep these records secure, as they can easily be viewed or edited using any text editor.

Import wireless settings

To import the wireless settings on Windows 10 with command lines, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to import the wireless profiles and press Enter: netsh wlan add profile filename="FOLDER-PATH\WLAN-EXPORTED-FILE"

In the command, replace FOLDER-PATH\WLAN-EXPORTED-FILE with the path and file name for the exported file. For example, this command imports a specific profile stored in the "wireless-backup" folder: netsh wlan add profile filename="C:\Users\username\Documents\wireless-backup\Wi-Fi-tsunami.xml"

• Quick tip: If you have multiple profiles, then repeat the steps and make sure to update the file path and filename of the exported profile.

1. (Optional) Type the following command to import a profile to a particular wireless interface and current user and press Enter: netsh wlan add profile filename="FOLDER-PATH\WLAN-EXPORTED-FILE" Interface="WLAN-INTERFACE-NAME" user=current

In the command, change FOLDER-PATH\WLAN-EXPORTED-FILE for the exported file's path and name containing the profile information and WLAN-INTERFACE-NAME with the name of the interface you want to import the settings. For example, this command imports the settings to the Wi-Fi interface: netsh wlan add profile filename="C:\Users\username\Documents\wireless-backup\Wi-Fi-tsunami.xml" Interface="Wi-Fi" user=current

After you complete the steps, the profile will be imported, allowing the device to connect to the wireless network without additional configuration.

How to create Wi-Fi network adapter report on Windows 10

If you need to troubleshoot the wireless connectivity to an access point, netsh also includes a command to create a detailed report with many important details.

To create a wireless report, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to create a wireless adapter report and press Enter: netsh wlan show wlanreport

1. Type the following command to open the report and press Enter: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WlanReport\wlan-report-latest.html

Once you complete the steps, the report will open with the default web browser.

The wlan reports contain a graph of the connectivity status, including information such as when the connection started, when it got disconnected, errors, and more. The report also summarizes the network adapters' information configured on your system, successful and failed sessions, disconnect reasons, and more. It is a detailed report that can help you ping point many Wi-Fi connectivity issues.

While you can manage many wireless settings through the Settings app, the netsh command-line tool gives you more advanced tools to view, configure, and troubleshoot Wi-Fi and Ethernet connections.

We only focus on the most common commands, but you can always use the "netsh wlan" command to view all the available options.

More resources

For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10, visit the following resources:

Windows comes with a built-in utility that can be used to gather the laptop’s configuration details. Follow these steps to know your laptop’s configuration in detail.

Press the Windows Key. This will open the Start screen.

Type in "Run". Choose "Run" from the list of results you will see on the screen.

In the Open field, type in "msinfo32". After this, click on "OK". This will open the system information window on the screen. Here you will find the detailed information about the system configuration. On the left pane of the window you will find the list of categories and on the right side of the window pane you will see the description pertaining to every category you see.

From the right pane of the window you see now, you can get to know the general configuration of your laptop including BIOS version and the physical memory.

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Click on ‘System summary’ and you will see the details regarding the operating system installed on the computer, the details of the processor and the basic input and output systems and the RAM details.

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Click on the Start button, right-click on "Computer" and then click on "Properties". This process will display the information about the laptop’s computer make and model, operating system, RAM specifications, and processor model.

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In a Windows laptop, you cannot see the information bout the motherboard make and model. You can however use third party applications like CPU-Z or SiSoftware Sandra to know the details about the motherboard.

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Cisco informed customers on Thursday that it’s working on patches for a high-severity vulnerability affecting some of its IP phones.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-20968, impacts 7800 series and 8800 series (except 8821) Cisco IP phones. There are no workarounds, but Cisco did provide a mitigation that can be used until patches are released by the company.

CVE-2022-20968 has been described by the networking giant as a stack buffer overflow related to the Discovery Protocol processing feature.

An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending specially crafted Discovery Protocol packets to the targeted device. Exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Cisco IP phones running firmware version 14.2 and earlier are impacted. A patch is scheduled for January 2023.

The company says it’s not aware of any malicious attacks exploiting the vulnerability, but noted that the flaw has been “publicly discussed” and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is available.

SecurityWeek could not immediately find the PoC and public disclosure. However, the vulnerability was reported to Cisco by Qian Chen of Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Chinese cybersecurity firm Qi'anxin Group and the information might only be available in Chinese.

Qi'anxin researchers have reported vulnerabilities to several major software and hardware vendors over the past years, including Oracle, Moxa, HPE, Apple and Google.

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Research group IDC on Thursday reported in its Trust Perception Index that the most frequently cited security weakness of the largest cloud providers was configuration controls and management, with a large proportion of respondents wanting the ability to monitor and restrict unprovisioned access to resources — and finding it lacking.

The Trust Perception Index aims to help security teams identify perceived strengths and weaknesses of their cloud vendors, highlight differences between those who bought and those who did not buy for any given organization, and offer guidance on how organizations can maintain and increase their trust positions.

Grace Trinidad, research director, future of trust at IDC, explained that IDC applied the Trust Perception Index to the top six cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers: IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and Rackspace Cloud. Using end-user trust perception survey responses to measure four areas of the IDC Trust Framework — security, privacy, compliance, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) — IDC calculated final scores for each provider. Leading findings include:

“The IDC Trust Index is a measure of customer or client trust in their cloud vendors, providing not only a total score, but trust perception scores for security, privacy, compliance, and ESG, said Trinidad. “We measure and examine trust because high trust mitigates the effect of negative events such as data breaches, engenders customer loyalty, and impacts customer willingness to share personal information.”

The anecdote that the cloud is “just someone else’s computer” remains true today, said Davis McCarthy, principal security researcher at Valtix. But trusting someone else with confidential data means business leaders need confidence in their vendor’s security, business practices, and privacy policies, McCarthy added.

“An index that analyzes trust relationships through data or public perception may help foster accountability or, better yet, competition between cloud-service providers that favors the customer,” McCarthy said. “It’s no surprise to learn that business leaders think weak configuration and control management tools are lacking in the cloud. This could be because of a shortage of skilled cloud professionals, difficulty navigating complex UIs, or low confidence in the capability of a service’s features.”

Fictionary co-founder and CEO Kristina Stanley has worked in a wide variety of different jobs, from manager of broadband planning at Nortel to the director of employee, safety, and guest services for an Eastern British Columbia ski resort, to author of mystery novels.

But one of Stanley’s most difficult jobs was figuring out how to edit her own manuscripts while writing The Stone Mountain Mystery Series. As she told BetaKit in an interview, “it’s really, really difficult to edit a book from a story level. You’ve got thousands and thousands of elements that you have to keep track of and make them work together.”

“We’re trying to help the average person who doesn’t have an ‘in’ in the publishing industry get a really good book out there, get an agent, or get a publisher.”
-Kristina Stanley, Fictionary
 

Initially, Stanley tackled this problem using a combination of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and graphs. But she soon realized that other authors likely faced the exact same issue, and set out to build a better way by combining her tech and writing background.

Today, Stanley’s software startup Fictionary aims to offer an alternative. Amid a wide field of solutions that help writers and editors with specific parts of the process, like spelling, grammar, style, structure, and publishing, Fictionary hones in on perhaps the most important and challenging part: producing a good story.

Fuelled by $1.8 million CAD in seed funding, Fictionary aims to help writers and editors around the world produce quality stories more quickly and affordably. With this capital, the Inverary, Ontario startup, based just north of Kingston, plans to move into non-fiction and start selling to other publishers and agencies to expand its community of users.

The startup’s all-equity round, which closed in September, was co-led by StandUp Ventures and BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund, with support from The51 and a group of angels that includes Women’s Equity Lab general partner Sally Morris. For newly launched Thrive, Fictionary marks the fund’s third investment to date, after investing in Acerta and Private AI.

Stanley founded Fictionary in 2016 alongside her husband, Mathew (COO), who also previously worked at Nortel and has a background in tech, and her brother, Michael Conn, Fictionary’s former CTO, who has since left the company.

Initially, Fictionary focused solely on writers, before expanding to meet demand for a similar offering from editors. Today, Fictionary offers three subscription software products for writers and editors that range in price from $19 to $49 monthly, sells online courses, and provides a community for writers and editors to connect.

Fictionary’s software helps writers visualize their story arc by analyzing key story elements with artificial intelligence (AI) and gauging how their manuscript compares to fundamental storytelling components.

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“We’re trying to help the average person who doesn’t have an ‘in’ in the publishing industry get a really good book out there, get an agent, or get a publisher,” said Stanley.

On the editor side of the equation, the company claims its offering enables editors to provide better, deeper story edits in less time, increasing the quality and profitability of editors’ services.

The writing and editing software space features a ton of players, from Grammarly to Scrivener, Novel Factory, and Canada’s Wattpad. According to Stanley, Fictionary is unique within the sectors in terms of its focus on storytelling elements and its use of AI. “We’re it right now as far as, there’s an automated way to do this, and have software for it,” said Stanley.

“While there are other platforms endeavoring to address this gap in the market, there doesn’t appear to be a single player who is able to look at the writing and editing process in a comprehensive and meaningful way, which puts Fictionary at a sizeable advantage to lead the charge and expand into new markets and segments,” Michelle Scarborough, managing partner of BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund, told BetaKit.

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Fictionary previously secured $100,000 in grant funding from Creative BC and raised $245,000 in pre-seed funding in 2019 from a group of angels that included Shopify co-founder Scott Lake, Stephanie Andrew of Women’s Equity Lab, and FirstEditing founder and CEO JoEllen Taylor.

According to Stanley, following that pre-seed round, Fictionary reached breakeven cash flow and had to decide whether to keep going on its current track or set its sights higher.

Following some discussions with StandUp Ventures, Fictionary decided to embark on a new chapter and raise more venture capital to tackle the opportunity it sees in this space amid the rise of self-publishing. “We have a great product, we’ve got product-market fit, we’ve got a market, so let’s just go for it,” said Stanley.

“The love for the product Fictionary users articulate so regularly is rare, and indicative of the power and impact the tool brings to its customers,” said StandUp Ventures senior associate Lucas Perlman, who is joining Fictionary’s board as part of the round. “The self-publishing world has exploded, and we believe Fictionary is poised to become a de-facto part of the story writing toolkit for writers and editors around the globe.”

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For her part, Scarborough said the Thrive Venture Fund sees “a sizeable opportunity [for Fictionary] in the fast-growing creator economy space—a market with many dimensions—within writing and editing, screenwriting, non-fiction, and beyond.”

To date, Fictionary has focused entirely on fiction but Stanley said the startup’s roadmap includes moving into non-fiction, where the CEO sees plenty of potential to apply its tech to helping people tell their own life stories. Fictionary also sees an opportunity to help agencies and publishers clear the slush pile of submitted manuscripts.

As it looks to build out its own community of writers and editors, Fictionary follows in the footsteps of Wattpad, which parlayed its vibrant self-publishing community of writers and readers—and the content produced by them—into a $754 million CAD acquisition last year.

After discussions with StandUp, Fictionary decided to embark on a new chapter.

“Wattpad is very inspirational for us,” said Stanley. “They are different in the sense that people write their stories in the community, where we help writers take those stories and turn them into powerful stories readers love. Their community is a great lead-in to Fictionary for writers needing to edit their stories.”

As the startup charts its growth strategy amid an uncertain economic environment, Stanley is confident that Fictionary is well-positioned to grow during this period, noting that people tend to write more when they are stressed. Back when COVID-19 first hit and everyone was cooped up, the CEO said people begin writing more, and demand for Fictionary rose. Heading into what could be a deep downturn, Stanley believes Fictionary is in a good spot given that it offers a tool to help people do their passion without spending a lot of money.

What Perlman finds most exciting is the appreciation Fictionary’s customers have for the startup’s product, noting that writers “pour countless hours into their stories and writing books is an emotional and very personal thing to take on.”

“Fictionary has removed a major hurdle that stopped these creators from bringing their stories into the world,” Perlman told BetaKit. “The impact of that really comes through when you speak to their customers and see feedback from their community.”

Feature image courtesy Fictionary.