The life and ramblings of Canada's most innovative Technology leader
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 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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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
Read moreCrazy! China payment gateways making their way to Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver (areas) – makes sense, look at the demographics here. “With many CF shopping centres designated as official tourist destinations, tourism continues to play a big role in our
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A slight uptick in #Toronto tech #salaries in 2017. Let’s hope for a surge in #2018 When it comes to Toronto, tech salaries are finally on the rise. Between 2015 and 2016, average salaries dipped $1,000 (all figures USD) from
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This is part IV 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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Yes, it’s true. Funny that #Trudeau mentions the “#brain drain” days after I had published a lengthy article about it here. Mr. Trudeau has lamented a “brain drain” of #Canada’s best tech minds, saying at a recent #Google event in
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Living in the suburbs has been fruitful for your property value however that (#bubble) is about to deflate. As for numbers specific to the entire #GTA, a detached house in the 905 currently costs about $879,048 (way down from $910,216
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