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Startup “ecosystems” in Canada are doing well but…
The Startup Genome released another report mapping top startup cities but this time a bit more specific than it’s heat map from April of this year. Canada did well depending on how you interpret it...
View ArticleHow does research spending in higher education translate to startups?
The issue of startup funding falling short in Canada is talked about in startup circles just as much as the weather in this country. This topic is something I have shared my opinion on before but that...
View ArticleFinally, this is the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman
Today Thalmic Labs announced it’s amazing MYO device is now available for pre-order. Techcrunch highlights their Y-Combinator backing, which is only part of the story. A community is supporting this...
View ArticleThe “Accelerator Bubble” will pop but not for the reason you think it will
The incubator/accelerator market has a growing number of people watching and waiting for it’s bubble to pop. The reasons sighted for this looming pop should be obvious: most accelerators aren’t going...
View ArticleAccelerator Metrics and Developing Entrepreneurial Talent
I spent a little time at StartupWeekendHamilton3 in April as a mentor and was talking to one young founder that proclaimed that there was one great accelerator in Canada. Who he said it was surprised...
View ArticleWhat is the Value of the ‘Alumni Success’ Accelerator Metric?
There is a rapidly growing number of support groups and organizations that fit into the category of accelerator or incubator. What is the value one of the core metrics many accelerators use today...
View ArticleIn Canada education has oversight and that isn’t always bad
There has been some dramatic attention brought to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and University over some attention it has given Bitmaker Labs. I have had a few tweets shared and I wanted...
View ArticleWhat is the problem accelerators are solving?
There is currently a preoccupation with accelerators in the entrepreneur world resulting in a large increase in programs. Arguably, the result of this frenzied growth is that ‘entrepreneurship’ is as...
View ArticleFounders, do not apply to that accelerator
It is that time of year again when all the accelerators start recruiting heavily for their new cohorts. Out they go looking for some great founders that ideally have some momentum already and the...
View ArticleThe “Tech Cluster” discussion must include Hamilton
There is no doubt in my mind that when we are talking about tech in Canada and the future of the economy, Toronto and Waterloo will play a big role. It is one big ecosystem and it’s growing. There are...
View ArticleProtected: The Market for Credit and Supporting Entrepreneurs
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View ArticleHow does research spending in higher education translate to startups?
The issue of startup funding falling short in Canada is talked about in startup circles just as much as the weather in this country. This topic is something I have shared my opinion on before but that...
View ArticleFinally, this is the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman
Today Thalmic Labs announced it’s amazing MYO device is now available for pre-order. Techcrunch highlights their Y-Combinator backing, which is only part of the story. A community is supporting this...
View ArticleThe “Accelerator Bubble” will pop but not for the reason you think it will
The incubator/accelerator market has a growing number of people watching and waiting for it’s bubble to pop. The reasons sighted for this looming pop should be obvious: most accelerators aren’t going...
View ArticleAccelerator Metrics and Developing Entrepreneurial Talent
I spent a little time at StartupWeekendHamilton3 in April as a mentor and was talking to one young founder that proclaimed that there was one great accelerator in Canada. Who he said it was surprised...
View ArticleWhat is the Value of the ‘Alumni Success’ Accelerator Metric?
There is a rapidly growing number of support groups and organizations that fit into the category of accelerator or incubator. What is the value one of the core metrics many accelerators use today...
View Article10 years of blogging: coder to dad to entreprenuer
In April 2004 I started blogging. When it started, I wrote about things that I would have posted on uw.general (the wild west of amazing backchannel at U of Waterloo once upon a time) – status updates...
View ArticleThe Role that Education Institutions play in Entrepreneur Education
The role education plays in entrepreneurship is a discussion built on the assumption that entrepreneurship is a skill that can be developed. I believe entrepreneurship is a label we place on the human...
View ArticleCreatively Destroying Higher Education: What have I learned?
The Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman, in just over 2 years, went from an idea to something that is having a very positive impact on students and founders in Canada. We focused at the broken market...
View ArticleBoltmade – where great software and products are built in Waterloo
For the last 6 months I have been getting to know an exciting new world that is Boltmade — after 15 years in higher education building programs that helps educate entrepreneurs at two of the top...
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