Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
How not to pitch a venture capitalist
Respect.
No Comments » - Posted in Fundraising, Humor by austin
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Oh Captain, my Captain Canucks - Web 2.0 Summit Canadian round up
Unfortunately even with my identification of a few incognito Canadians on the Web 2.0 attendee list, Canada was one attendee shy of being the 2nd largest country in attendance at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco last week.
The top five countries in attendance were,
#1 United States: 915 | #2 United Kingdom: 42 | #3 [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Canada Tech Scene, Conference, Silicon Valley by austin
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
How World Wide was the Web 2.0 Summit ?
Photo from Veryweb.it via Mathew Ingram
There have been a lot of good wrap up posts of the Web 2.0 Summit. Particularly check out Read/Write Web’s wrap up, Fast Companies posts and of course Michael Arrington’s wrap up of the launchpad companies at TechCrunch.
I was interested in just how global the crowd was at Web [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Conference, Silicon Valley by austin
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Bubbleshare about to pop?
Mike Arrington at TechCrunch is reporting that Toronto based Bubbleshare is in rumored aquisition talks with News Corp. for about $ 5 million dollars. Bubbleshare was started by Canadian serial entrepreneur Alberta Lai.
I loved deals like this. Albert and his team have been getting some great press for their simple and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Canada Tech Scene by austin
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
Startup Review - Facebook Case Study
Earlier this summer I ran across a great blog Startup Review by Nisan Gabbay, who was until recently an analyst at Sierra Ventures and now has a startup in stealth mode.
Nisan has done some great case studies detailing various startups stories. As a resource for technology entrepreneurs, case studies on successful Internet companies are not [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Startup Resources by austin
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Blogging the Web 2.0 Summit
I was interested to see if I could both attend and blog about the Web 2.0 Summit at the same time given how I like to network at conferences. I’ve decided that I’m NOT [updated - I forgot the NOT] that kind of blogger
I’m having great conversations with various friends, venture capitalists, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Conference, Startup Resources by austin
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Canada’s Startup Camp gets rolling
I met with Rob Hyndman last week in Toronto - where we had a great discussion about the state of the Canadian startup industry. Rob is one of the organizers of Canada’s Mesh Conference and an advisor & lawyer for technology startups.
By the end of the day, we had a conversation going with [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Entrepreneurs, Startup Resources by austin
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
There’s gold in them thar crowds - goldsourcing?
BLOGGER ETHICAL DISCLOSURE: I find gold jewelry looks tacky on me and I refuse to wear it. This opinion in no way influenced this article.
I come from a large family. I have seven siblings and by the time I was a teenager the idea of a family vacation where all ten of [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Community by austin
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Change the World, Win a Prize, Step right up…2007 TEDPrize winners
Attending the TED conference is the highlight of my conference year. The environment, people, discussions and speakers are all incredible. Years ago I spoke at the TEDCity conference in Toronto which was an incredible experience. Attending these last two years in Monterey has been a mind opening experience.
I blame Chris Anderson and [...]
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