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We Should Be Building Empires

We Should Be Building Empires

By Jevon MacDonald on September 17, 2014

We don’t build a lot of empires around here. Empires are big, they grow fast, and they use momentum to determine where to apply resources. Empires don’t respond, they set the new rules. Carnegie. Rockefeller. Gates. Zuckerberg. Lutke. McDerment. Baker. We’ve had empires come and go, but we haven’t built the sort that stick around […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Canada, events, startups

Should you pay to pitch an angel group? What the data says

Should you pay to pitch an angel group? What the data says

By Jevon MacDonald on March 14, 2013

We have seen a pretty amazing wealth of information about financing models and structures come to light in the last 10 years. It wasn’t that long ago that VC and Angel financing were dark arts which few entrepreneurs understood. We have always worked hard to demystify startup financing on StartupNorth and have done a long series of articles which was focused […]

Posted in Business | Tagged angel investors, Canada, Entrepreneurship, StartupNorth, startups

The only model that matters: Founders First

The only model that matters: Founders First

By Jevon MacDonald on February 27, 2013

There are a lot of models that people throw around for how to build a strong startup community. There are a handful of types of players in each community, so there are many permutations of “who gets what” and how resources are moved around. It gets complicated, fast. So there is a model that I […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Canada, Entrepreneurship, Founders, startups, Venture Capital

Going Paperless On A Small Scale

Going Paperless On A Small Scale

By Sandy Kemsley on January 14, 2013

Earlier this week, I linked to the Paperless 2013 website, a vendor-sponsored initiative that encourages businesses to cut paper, ostensibly for environmental reasons. The products featured by the sponsor vendors – Google Drive, HelloFax, Manilla, HelloSign, Expensify, Xero and Fujitsu ScanSnap – can certainly assist with this, although I run a completely paperless office using […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged BPM, Business process management, Canada, ECM, Google Drive, modeling, Paperless office, QuickBooks, Rackspace | 9 Responses

Canadian VCs are being cut loose, and that’s a good thing

Canadian VCs are being cut loose, and that’s a good thing

By Jevon MacDonald on May 30, 2012

Mark MacLeod just wrote a post about Canadian VC that cuts to the chase If there are any clouds on the horizon, they relate to the disappearance of the US / Canadian border when it comes to VC. When I first entered the startup World, you had no choice but to raise seed and series […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Canada, startups, Venture Capital

Canada’s Next Five Years

Canada’s Next Five Years

By Jevon MacDonald on April 11, 2012

1997-2012: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. 2012-2020: Optimism, Opportunity, Execution. I’ve been bullish for a while now, it’s no secret. It was 5 years ago that I was writing off VC in Canada and explaining how startups needed to step up to create an environment to bring them back. And like a bowl of Sea Monkeys, the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Canada, education, Silicon Valley, startups, vc funding, venture funding

Ladies Learning to Code is Not About Women

Ladies Learning to Code is Not About Women

By Jevon MacDonald on February 29, 2012

There is this small but fierce not-for-profit called Ladies Learning to Code. It has pretty straightforward but profound ambitions: “designed to help girls see technology in a whole new light – as a medium for self-expression, and as a means for changing the world.” (Girls Learning to Code camp). I started my first tech company […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Big Ideas, Canada, startups

Joining the Board of the Empire Club of Canada!

Joining the Board of the Empire Club of Canada!

By Maggie Fox on July 27, 2011

I’m so very pleased to announce that I have been elected to the Board of the Empire Club of Canada, effective September, 2011! In case you’re unfamiliar with the Empire Club, it’s: “One of Canada’s oldest and largest speakers’ forums with a membership comprised of some of Canada’s most influential leaders from the professions, business, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Blog, Canada, Empire Club, news | 3 Responses

Coradiant acquired by BMC software

Coradiant acquired by BMC software

By Jevon MacDonald on April 28, 2011

On the heels of yesterday’s acquisition of Tungle, BMC Software has announced today that they have acquired Montreal’s Coradiant, which was co-founded by Year One Labs partner Alistair Croll. We are happy that Montreal has managed to win something in the last few days. The price is currently undisclosed, but the back of the napkin calculation tells […]

Posted in Business | Tagged BMC, Canada, Coradiant, Entrepreneurship, Exits, Montreal, Quebec, startups

Startup Festival coming to Montreal – Why it’s important

Startup Festival coming to Montreal – Why it’s important

By Jevon MacDonald on March 31, 2011

I know that David just posted about the upcoming Startup Festival, but I thought I would add my own thoughts: I have definitely been getting the feeling that the whole “startup conference” format is getting a little stale. The same formats in the same cities with most of the same speakers. The real benefit of […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Canada, conferences, Entrepreneurship, events, Montreal, Quebec, StartupNorth, startups

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