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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Canadian Students Found the Most Startups in the World – Techvibes

#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

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Rise of Incubators and Accelerators, Geoffrey Hinton’s influence, an AI National focus and looking to the future

This is the final of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada has with its lack of #funding for #technology startups. If you happen to have missed part I of Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the

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Rubikloud Expands AI Presence in Toronto With 60 New Jobs – Techvibes

Nice to see a peer company in Toronto getting big wins in the market (and hiring a ton). “The state of the enterprise AI market is nascent, with few companies deploying AI solutions to businesses,” said Kerry Liu, CEO of

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Lack of venture capital money, lack of visionary technology leaders and lack of Canadian exits

This is part III of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada has with its lack of #funding for #technology startups. If you happen to have missed part I of Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the

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