In tech, and in life, you need to always be learning

Learning (in tech) never stops In my quest to become a superstar in the tech world I feel like I stagnated at times, especially at learning in my early career (as evidenced in my posts regarding how Canada belongs at

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Should your startup take VC money?

Should your startup take VC money? Speaking with fellow investors, we often chat about whether we are always doing the right thing by investing in the businesses we do.  It’s not that we do or don’t believe in the specific

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Startup hypergrowth – year one; idea to MVP

Growing a tech startup 30 employees in less than one year This is something that I have now done many times over in my personal career, being a very early engineer at many places that required my expertise, not only

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Tech Veterans Weigh in on Best Workplaces for Women in Canada – Techvibes

2017 was the year of #MeToo – let’s keep the momentum going #HappyInternationalWomensDay The employees surveyed at the companies on this list had a minimum 90 per cent positive response to the statement “I am treated fairly regardless of my

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Structured and organized tech management teams lead to profit and valuation

 Full on alignment required The way high-performing organizations operate today is radically different from how they operated 10 years ago. Yet many other organizations continue to operate according to industrial-age models that are 100 years old or more, weighed down

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