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Lead to Win: An Open source Business Accelerator
| June 8thHere’s an interesting idea: take a city that is experiencing high-tech job loss, create a program that helps laid-off workers create startups, run it like a summer school program using local experts, charge nothing for… Read More
Lead to Win: An Open source Business Accelerator
| June 8thHere’s an interesting idea: take a city that is experiencing high-tech job loss, create a program that helps laid-off workers create startups, run it like a summer school program using local experts, charge nothing for… Read More
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Competitive Analysis for Startups: Being Better, Not Just Different
| May 25thIn the last post I talked about the goal of competitive analysis. In this post I’ll talk about why (and when) it’s ok to compete head-on. Let’s review why startups spend so… Read More
Competitive Analysis for Startups: The Goal
| May 22ndOne of the hardest things for emerging companies to get a handle on is analyzing the competition. Investors grimace when we hear “there is no competition” because outside of the world of patents, it’s just… Read More
Startup Drinks – May 27, 2009
| May 19thIt’s great to see so many startup enthusiasts out in force and we’re set to do it all again, as we do on the last Wednesday of every month. You are most welcome to bring… Read More
A Follow Up On Project Olympus
| May 18thThere was quite a lot of interest in our post about Project Olympus, the startup incubator at Carnegie-Mellon University. I think it’s a (good) sign that many people are trying… Read More
Project Olympus: A University Incubator That Works
| April 28thIt’s rare that I come across a tech incubator that can claim any more success than the square footage they’ve rented out. It’s not that incubators can’t work, it’s that most confuse office space with… Read More
Reminder: Startup Drinks al fresco, Wednesday, April 29
| April 27thCome on out this Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30pm to Brutopia (Crescent St, just south of Ste-Catherine) for beers and startup mayhem. The terrasse will be in full effect! All are welcome!… Read More
Startup Drinks April Edition: Next Wednesday
| April 22ndDepending on weather, next Wednesday could be the first “Patio Edition” of Startup Drinks. Hope to see you there and please spread the word! The details: Startup Drinks at Brutopia (Crescent St, just… Read More
Business Planning Without Business Plans
| April 15thI recently ran a couple of business planning seminars at the 5th Annual Inventing the Future Conference put on by Young Inventors. Since it was a no Powerpoint affair (yeah!) I… Read More
Students Invent the Future at Young Inventors Conference
| April 13thNobody needs to be reminded how important students are to our startup ecosystem. I started my first Web consulting company in the McGill Music computer lab (which was probably against the rules!) along with two… Read More