The life and ramblings of Canada's most innovative Technology leader
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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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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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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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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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
Read more#Incubators and #Accelerators leading the charge to power (young) Canadian entrepreneurs One of the reasons #Canada’s economy is suitable for young founders to begin companies in is due to the rich incubator and accelerator system. Organizations like the #DMZ, #MaRS
Read more2017 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
Read more#Women, fathers and scientists can rejoice! #Canada‘s got your back There is a strong emphasis on gender equality, indigenous issues, #parental leave, tax reform and more, but from a #STEM standpoint, the #budget goes in-depth on topics of innovation and
Read moreMerely one week after my post about incubators and accelerators, DMZ named best in the world! In the seven years the DMZ has been running, they have supported 317 startups that have raised $357 million and created almost 4,000 jobs.
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The state of parental (and paternity) leave in Canada (vs other countries) I have been asked to write an editorial by my very good friend Tihomir Bajić, VP #Engineering at LTSE, who himself is a father of three (3) wonderful
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