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Respect the Game, Love the Grind!
You have David saying we can’t all be founders, you have Jevon being honest about why he’s a founder, and then you have me ranting about vomiting on your footwear and then there’s Debbie Landa‘s “club of crazy“. Start reading the comment sections…
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6 Tips for Selling to Big Business
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by entrepreneur Aydin Mirzaee (LinkedIn, Follow @aydin), who is a cofounder and the Co-CEO of Chide.it creators of FluidSurveys.com and ReviewRoom. Some rights reserved by paul bica When founding a startup, everyone involved gets used…
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A Conversation with Brad Feld
We’re excited to be hosting a conversation with Brad Feld tonight in Toronto. There is still time to grab tickets before the event. The conversation is based around Brad’s Boulder Thesis and specifically how we as individuals, entrepreneurs can…
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Jump into Bin 38: Founder Books
Some rights reserved by caruba Anyone remember the Bin 38 debacle? Well this is not anywhere near as interesting. Daniel Debow and a group of startup CEOs had dinner last week. They each shared their must read books for founders.…
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Event – Mint Chip Challenge & David Wolman #mustattend
Interested in changing financial services, identity and the changing role of currency. The folks at the Mint Chip Challenge are hosting their awards ceremony this week. I was fortunate to be a judge for the submissions. And the awards…
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GrowConf’s Entrepreneurs: Breakdowns & Breakthroughs
This video is part of an ongoing project where Debbie Landa and the folks at Dealmaker Media ask entrepreneurs and founders about their greatest fears, failures, and the lessons learned. It’s a great watch.
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The gale of Creative Destruction at University of Toronto
Some rights reserved by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center University’s play a role in startup communities. Brad Feld’s Boulder Thesis (and I bring it up because he is coming to Toronto on October 30th) says that the people that attend…
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The Boulder Thesis – A Sketchbook
The folks at the Kauffman foundation have put together a Sketchbook video of Brad Feld talking about the Boulder Thesis. We’re hosting a conversation with Brad Feld on October 30, 2012. We hope that you will join us.…
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Crowdfunding for Notman House
We’re big fans of Montreal. There is a lot of really exciting things going on in Montreal. Founder Fuel. Real Ventures. c2mtl. Rho Ventures. iNovia Capital. MtlNewTech. Next Montreal. Grand Prix du Canada. And Notman. Notman is conceived as…
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A Conversation with Brad Feld – Oct 30, 2012 in Toronto
On October 30, 2012 we are hosting an event with Brad. The event starts at 6:00pm. It is at the Toronto Reference Library. Tickets start at $25/ticket and include a copy of the book (either hardcopy or a…
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Brokers, Smokers and Midnight Tokers
Some rights reserved by hollowcrown_ In the past couple of days, I have seen a few emails from what could be best called funding brokers. They “facilitate” deals between early stage companies and potential investors. All for a consulting fee,…
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Toronto Startup Event List Fall 2012
Getting ready for startup event fatigue? Toronto is an active ecosystem (based on total activity in the Startup Genome database). But there are a lot of upcoming events, here is my inital tracking of Toronto startup events list for…
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Waterloo Region StartupFest
Update: The team at Communitech recognize the gafoo. They are rebranding the event Tektoberfest (which I think is an amazing fun brand that is a fun play on Oktoberfest). Great work by Phil, Iain and a group of…
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Waterloo mafia invade Toronto
I’m guessing this is confirmation that Waterloo Region is really just part of the Toronto ecosystem. Some rights reserved photo by nadiakushnir I have seen The Communitech HubSpot space. Not a bad name given the facility that houses…
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For Startups, Target Audiences can be a Challenge
Bullseye by Joe Prosperi Within a marketing strategy, it goes without saying that target audiences are a key consideration. For all the focus on nurturing an idea, addressing a point of pain and developing a product, the ability…
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How to get the most out of AngelList: As a VC and as an Entrepreneur
I love AngelList. I truly believe it is disrupting the way early stage deals are being discovered and funded. When I was with BlackBerry Partners Fund (now Relay Ventures), I used AngelList to virtually meet and screen tons of…
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Startup Ping Pong TO
The team at massively scaling Wattpad is hosting a ping pong tournament. The event is intended to bring together the startup community in Toronto by creating a inter-company ladder for ping pong. “We really want to start creating…
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Don’t Panic: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Toronto Startup Ecosystem
Rob Go published his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, and it got me thinking about how much of the Toronto Tech scene has changed over the years. This is a my view of the players and…
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Creating a Referral Engine for Your Startup
This post is recap on some of the highlights from a how-to created by Ilya Lichtenstein of mixrank.com. I feature some of the most impressive startup strategies we encounter at StartupPlays and share them free, here at StartupNorth.ca. Enjoy. We recently did…