(Editor’s note: This is being reposted here from shiftMode) By the end of this week I’ll have organized and hosted 13 DemoCampGuelph events. Along the way I’ve seen some incredible demo’s. I’ve learned, I’ve been impressed but I’ve also been embarrassed and outright skeered. People often ask for tips and information related to demo’ing but […]
Metrics, metrics metrics. While there’s one metric I can’t get enough of, the rest have been pissing me off for a while now. This growing wave of overreacting to data analysis needs to crest, we may be in a metrics bubble folks. I’ll differentiate between data and metrics. Except for the associated development and storage costs, […]
I had a great discussion the other night with a friend about what our city will offer our kids as they grow. What will they gravitate to? What will they think is cool? As Logan points out in this great video, when kids are asked what they’ll be when they grow up… “See, us kids […]
This infographic titled “Everyone Will Have to Become an Entrepreneur” is awesome! I wish we’d created it as it could likely be our entire landing page for Startupify.Me. So that’s great, we should all be entrepreneurs, or at the very least be more entrepreneurial, but how? All the successful entrepreneurs are busy telling us to […]
Our Startup Train last year was good. 50+ of us travelled together and by the time we returned home, most of us had met and knew a bit about each other’s projects. We speak with a lot of train alumni who have stayed connected and are even working together on projects. This year we’d like […]
I gave a short talk last year at GWMM titled “How To Quit Your Crappy Job“. It was a tongue in cheek way of pitching Startupify.Me. In the talk I discussed Josh Kaufman’s definition of a successful business: Creates or provides something of value that…(Product Development) Other people want or need. (Marketing) At a price they’re […]
For those who were with us last year, you’ll know about the Glen Fraser car we had on the return trip home. Our plan this year for the trip there, is to have two full first class cars plus the Glen Fraser placed in between those two cars. Everyone will have a seat on one […]
An idea for a hackathon event I’m looking for some feedback on…. What’s liberating about kid’s games like Yamodo is the lack of fear of the blank page. You’re provided the beginnings of a sketch along with a made up word. You need to write the first line of it’s definition, add to the sketch and then […]
The NHL returned to the ice recently. An entire season of professional hockey in North America was almost wiped out entirely in order to develop a collective bargaining agreement(CBA) all parties were equally unhappy with. The CBA has almost nothing to do with the sport of hockey. It has everything to do with the business […]
Last year we took a small leap here. We commissioned a private first class Via rail car for a round trip to Montreal. The destination was the International Startup Festival. For a peek at last year’s trip, check out Qasim’s post and photos. Why? I still don’t know the answer to that. It seemed like […]