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There is a great BBC Documentary (Docudrama) called The Last Days of Lehman Brothers. They are clear that lots of the dialog was invented but one such (likely) invented piece was spoken by Hank Paulson (played by James Cromwell) in a meeting with all the...
Date Published: Nov 22, 2009 - 8:48 am
Sometimes I just shake my head in wonder and disbelief. Before the story, yet another “If I did this to you during the past 8 years, I’m sorry” admission. A couple of VCs in the US heard about what I was doing and both (partners...
Date Published: Nov 09, 2009 - 9:43 pm
I'm on the plane back to Toronto right now and a women comes on to the plane carrying a little goodie bag with 'I visited the Microsoft Company Store' on both sides. Nice bag, actually. As she walks by a lady behind me turns to...
Date Published: Nov 06, 2009 - 8:55 am
Those wild and crazy kids at Growthworks (Roger, Scott, Jim, Andrew, Rolf, et al) decided to team up with SeaMark and make a godzilla company with over 3 billion in assets. Sweet, big is good and the b word is always fun to use. Why...
Date Published: Oct 29, 2009 - 9:19 am
The National Angel Capital Organization had their annual summit last week in Toronto. The summit is a gathering of angel investors and angel group managers from across Canada to discuss best practices and current trends in angel investing. Two main themes in this year’s conference...
Date Published: Oct 23, 2009 - 10:43 pm
One of the more important decisions startup types have to make is picking from: Pay for it. 30 day free trail – then pay for it. Freemium I stand before you and speak with all the gusto I can muster up and with apologies to...
Date Published: Oct 23, 2009 - 7:51 pm
Pat Moore, of Amplafi, put up a good response to my post regarding do you really want Venture Capital. I’ve 'promoted it’ here because it raises some interesting points which I’d like to expand/share. I’ve put my comments inline with his. Respect you a lot...
Date Published: Oct 22, 2009 - 5:15 pm
Lots of people bash Michael Arrington for all kinds of reasons. Most of the negative stuff tossed his way isn’t particularly fair or deserved but goes with the territory I suppose. He has a post up about a start-up called DotBlu and it’s death. There...
Date Published: Oct 22, 2009 - 6:04 am
If you are living here in the Toronto area, going to school, and need a little extra cash, read on. I have an opening for a business intern at my company. Actually, I can use two. You are in school, 2nd year, or 3rd, etc,...
Date Published: Oct 22, 2009 - 5:50 am
In 1897. Pete Warden has a great post up that I finally remembered to share with you. Check out the prose and Pete’s commentary. Talk about “we’ve seen this movie:” “The customers are their evangelists. Want to save on shipping? Here's some examples of how...
Date Published: Oct 20, 2009 - 12:03 pm
