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Rick's Rants
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A Just a Loonie with a Toonie.
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...
Date Published: Jan 22, 2010 - 4:15 pm
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...
Date Published: Jan 18, 2010 - 4:42 am
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...
Date Published: Jan 18, 2010 - 4:27 am
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...
Date Published: Jan 18, 2010 - 3:54 am
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...
Date Published: Dec 29, 2009 - 11:46 pm
[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,...
Date Published: Dec 29, 2009 - 11:04 pm
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...
Date Published: Dec 28, 2009 - 4:44 pm
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...
Date Published: Dec 28, 2009 - 2:30 pm
[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...
Date Published: Dec 19, 2009 - 7:26 pm
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...
Date Published: Dec 17, 2009 - 8:07 pm