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Calling All Area C#, .Net Senior Programmers to Startup Drinks!
| February 23rdI want to meet all qualified C#, .Net senior programmers looking to flex their leadership muscles with a venture backed startup. I’m looking for someone with 4-6 years of experience in web application development on… Read More
Calling All Area C#, .Net Senior Programmers to Startup Drinks!
| February 23rdI want to meet all qualified C#, .Net senior programmers looking to flex their leadership muscles with a venture backed startup. I’m looking for someone with 4-6 years of experience in web application development on… Read More
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Skills Entrepreneurs Lack: Part 1 – Accounting
| February 23rdI’ve had a lot of thought-provoking conversations lately about how to develop the skills entrepreneurs need to be successful. Although building a successful startup depends on luck, timing and passion, it also depends on skill. Read More
Startup Drinks February
| February 17thThe last Wednesday of the month comes around faster than you realise and suddenly, it’s time for Startup Drinks again! January’s drinks was pretty gregarious and good fun, which can only be good for business. … Read More
Why startups don't need more pitch coaching
| February 7thIf alien economists went to startup events they’d conclude that all startups fail because they don’t know how to pitch VCs. (Some people think that all economists are, in fact, aliens, but I digress). The… Read More
Translating Strategy Into Action
| February 3rdIn previous posts I talked about how to create a simple, strategic plan without falling down the rabbit hole of arguing about mission, vision, objectives, goals, strategies etc. I also talked about… Read More
Reminder: Startup Drinks this Wednesday
| January 26thStartup Drinks is back! Come to local fave Brutopia (1219 Crescent St, South of Ste-Catherine) on Wednesday, January 28 and bring anyone you think might enjoy kicking back and talking tech. Drinks start… Read More
StartupDrinks Jan 28 – Mixing Startups with Pleasure
| January 16thNetworking, community building, socializing – call it what you will – it’s what we’re doing. Raymond told me about an interesting observation on the part of some Torontonian delegates at Startup Empire last year. Read More
Tips for Running Effective Strategy Sessions
| January 12thThe previous post talked about Really Simple Strategic Planning, a way to cut through the buzzwords and create a practical strategic plan for your company. This post provides some tips about how to… Read More
Really Simple Strategic Planning
| January 7thMark has a great post about 2009 being the year of execution. Great execution doesn’t mean shying away from strategic planning but most people either don’t know how to create a… Read More
When does $5 million = $50 million? Comparing entrepreneur payouts.
| December 8thThere has been a lot of healthy discussion about the true implications of VC investments. Markus Frind (plentyoffish.com) wrote about it a year ago and Basil Peters (AngelBlog) has been analyzing how… Read More