The life and ramblings of Canada's most innovative Technology leader
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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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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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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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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Gaining the experience to build data, ETL, ML and AI pipelines in the real world For years and years, I have been progressively building my way up to this. From the times early in my career where I was simply
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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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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
Read moreNext week we will be opening our doors to the community for the Start-up Open House (www.startupopenhouse.com). This is a city-wide event where 150 companies across Toronto will be opening their doors for those who want to come in and
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