How being a realtor and investor made me better at business

How being a realtor and investor made me better at business It’s a bit odd, I must admit.  Those things aren’t really tied together, I mean, sure there is tech in #realty (some) and in investments (more) but they aren’t

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Why are Canadians (in tech) so risk averse?

Why are Canadians (in tech) so risk averse? It comes off as a bit odd actually, we live in a country that is huge and has a ton of opportunities to branch out and do something amazing, yet we’re an

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Do you really need an MBA in tech?

Is an MBA useful in tech? Let me preface this by stating that this post relates to SMB (small and medium-sized #business – including startups) and not at all in the Enterprise, as those are two completely different beasts.  In

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Founding a startup – if I would’ve had one million dollars

If I had a million dollars – I’d be rich!  (Would I???) What may seem like a very long time ago for many of the people reading this, there was a song by the Barenaked Ladies – If I had

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What is AI – specifically what is deep learning? (and the internet of things – IoT)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series What is AI once and for all?

#Artificial intelligence is the future. Artificial intelligence is science fiction. Artificial intelligence is already part of our everyday lives. All those statements are true, it just depends on what flavor of AI you are referring to. Most of us are

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What is AI – specifically what is machine learning?

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series What is AI once and for all?

#Artificial intelligence is the future. Artificial intelligence is science fiction. Artificial intelligence is already part of our everyday lives. All those statements are true, it just depends on what flavor of AI you are referring to. Most of us are

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What is AI – the definitive guide

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series What is AI once and for all?

#Artificial intelligence is the future. Artificial intelligence is science fiction. Artificial intelligence is already part of our everyday lives. All those statements are true, it just depends on what flavor of AI you are referring to. Most of us are

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Are developers getting smarter or dumber?

Are developers getting smarter or dumber? I personally didn’t start coding because it was a huge passion.  I wanted to go down the road of building super cool things for NASA (or CSA – the Canadian Space Agency) and while

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Unicorns distract tech founders from the grave

Unicorns distract tech founders from the grave This week’s article will be much smaller and lighter to consume, it is merely a warning to all #founders and investors out there about #unicorns. Lee calculated that 1 in 1,538 software and

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The best decisions I’ve made in my career

The best decisions I’ve made in my career I have always had a bit of an edge, something super competitive in me that drove me to be better than my self of yesterday. It’s an unrelenting hunger that I use

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