Montreal’s annual TechNoël is back
Montreal’s Holiday tech party is back again. Less than a week away, organizers confirmed having sold more than 250 tickets. This year the ..
Startups urged to respond to Startup Genome survey
Montreal startups are being urged to respond to a survey being put out by the Global Entrepreneurship Network for the Compass Global Start..
To vest or not to vest cofounder shares
It’s common knowledge that employees must vest their stock options over time.
When I first got started in the startup world over 10 yea..
How I’m leaving my mark on Notman House
I have a long affiliation to Notman House: I joined Real Ventures in 2011 and I moved in to their offices, at Notman; I started building F..
This five letter word will make your startup
No, M O N E Y ain’t the word…
In my last post I wrote the key to a startup’s rapid growth is its capacity to exploit the success..
Startups that exploit… Win!
In my recent post called Growth Hacking Will Kill Startup, I summarized what your early growth strategy should be:
- Build a product tha..
Growth Hacking Will Kill Your Startup
Launching a product is easy. Building a company with fast growth is brutally hard.
Every waking moment you spend on your startup, y..
As The Donald likes to say, “you’re fired!”
In a recent post I shared the three main responsibilities of founders:
- Build a great team
- Set the vision
- Keep money in the ..
What Montreal must take from the Valley
Growing up I was very, very, very competitive.
I was raised in the era of the “I will eat your lunch” school of thought and winning to ..
It ain’t easy…anywhere!
My father was a business person who worked in a corporate environment his entire life. He did well for himself, my mom, my brother and I, ..
You’ve raised money…Buckle up!
On September 16th Lightspeed announced a new $61M round of funding. On September 17th Breather announced $20M in new financing. And yester..
This is how to nail your elevator pitch
In my last post I wrote about why you should “Stop pitching your startup”. Today I’m going to tell you how to craft an amazing elevator p..
Stop pitching your startup
Wait, what? Don’t pitch your startup?
Yup, you read right.
You’re probably thinking that goes against everything you’ve ever been told…
This is who you should hire next
Last week I published a post to explain why everyone in your startup should have stock options.
In it I mentioned that CEOs have 3 main ..
A message to founders in the city
Over the last 10 years of running and building tech startups, I’ve built up my fair share of experiences. I’ve had businesses in Montreal ..