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Haiti Relief App by Xtreme Labs

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My buddies at Xtreme Labs teamed up with MTV and Crackberry in putting together a Relief App for the BlackBerry device. You can read the press release here as well as heading over to the Crackberry store here to get it. Also from the TechVibes...

Failing 2010 - Fashionable?

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Wired Magazine is all about failure in the latest issue. The science of it along with the requisite people talking about the oops, never giving up, etc. I hope the VC community in Canada, the people who run start up programs in Canada, etc, all...

You Can Still Learn Stuff From Microsoft

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I leave all things philosophical to the professionals and my best friend. The good or evil debate that is Microsoft? Best handled by others. But from a Start-Up perspective, you can learn from MSFT every now and then. Change the Rules: When you are getting...

EYODF Part 13 - The Edge that is Canada

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For years I've been telling you about the amazing programs and services the Canadian Government offers businesses. Now, I get to practice what I've been preaching. The Canadian Trade Commission Service is a shining example of Government programs that not only work but exceed expectations...

EYODF Part 12 - Have an Amazing Partner

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Rule 1: Hire people smarter than you and get out of the way. Rule 0: Team up with an off the charts smart partner and increase your odds of winning by a factor of 100x. When I first kicked off this idea, the single most...

Inside the Crackberry Nation

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[Warning: Long post, sorry] It's been slightly over 24 hours since we kicked off the beta over in Crackberry Nation. I thought it would be useful to give you an inside look at what happened, what when right, wrong, etc. The objective here, as always,...

Fixmo: Time to Make the Doughnuts (Beta)

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I first met Kevin Michaluk of Crackberry fame over the Internet when the BlackBerry Partners Fund was first started. Kevin came up with a zillion ideas for contests, giveaways, and just about anything that would promote the developer community around RIM's BlackBerry devices. When I...

TorQuest Goes Gold

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My good buddy Michael Hollend has joined TorQuest Partners. Michael is probably one of the nicest and smartest investment professionals on Bay Street. TorQuest is a mid-market firm that invests in the big money rounds, typically in the dollarsignr15 - dollarsignr100 million range. They invest...

What's 2 Minutes Worth? Ask Jing and Say It Visually*

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[updated to fix methodology/method point made by Tim] One of the things Start Ups usually excel at is support. It is one of those weirdly inverse things I've seen over the years. A one or two person company goes nuts with respect to support, answering...

I Guess I Was NOT Supposed to Show Up

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Overhead while I was hanging out with a bunch of start-up folks: Her: "How was your holiday party last night?" Other her: "It was pretty good. We invited the VCs but they didn't show up so we really did have a great party, we could...