What’s the best way to present financials to venture capitalists? You don’t want to pitch VCs with full-blown financial models. Venture capitalists assume your financials are pulled from your backside, totally fabricated, and based on wild assumptions. On top of that, you’ll probably tell them that your financial projections are “extremely conservative” which they’ve heard […]
Archives for May 2007
Get Out From Behind Your Computer
SOBCon07 is finished. But I doubt there’s many that walked away without a ton of inspiration, practical guidance, friendships and an appreciation for the people that put it all together. I played a small role, helping with the SOBCon website and speaking, but that’s nothing compared to what folks like Terry Starbucker, Chris Cree and […]
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Productivity
Dave Olson deserves special mention. He submitted his productivity post over a week a go, but each time I summarized the latest list of great productivity tips, productivity tricks and productivity secrets I forgot to include his submission. It wasn’t intentional on my part, it just happened. Please check out Dave Olson’s productivity post, 5 […]
5 Lessons Learned From Pitching VCs
Going out to get funding isn’t easy. You have to be a salesperson, dreamer, visionary, technologist, operations manager and relationship guru. And that’s just the beginning. By the time you’re done pitching VCs for money you’ll be a PowerPoint wizard and an Excel master. And that doesn’t guarantee anyone will write you a check. But […]
A Newly Discovered Benefit of Blogging and Social Networking
Since announcing the founding of my new startup — Standout Jobs — I’ve noticed something amazing from my network of friends and contacts that I’ve built through blogging and social networking. They’re acting as a real-time research team. In the last few weeks I’ve been sent tons of great information that’s of value to what […]
More Productivity Tips for the Lifehackers Among Us
Lifehacker is a great site. The bulk of its content can directly improve your daily productivity. A lot of it is quite technical, in terms of how to use technology to be productive, but there’s plenty of “general interest” discussions as well. I think our Ultimate Guide to Productivity would do the Lifehacker team and […]
Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast Tomorrow
The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is tomorrow at 9am. You don’t have to sign up or RSVP, but you can take a look at the event details on Upcoming.org. The breakfast is being held at Bistro, Etc. (same as last time.) It usually runs 2-3 hours. But come when you want, stay as long […]
Technorati Displays New Authority Ranking
Technorati just released a new feature. I went to check incoming links to Instigator Blog on Technorati and found the interface had changed. You’ll see that my blog has a new score called Authority. But the number of incoming links has been removed. My Rank still shows up although it’s gone up quite a bit […]
A Bonanza of Productivity Tips
The Ultimate Guide to Productivity continues to develop with more submissions and great productivity tips coming in. To-date we’ve had a total of 53 submissions, including the 14 listed below. Take a look at the previous submissions: The Secret to Being Productive – 28 submissions What’s Your Best Productivity Tip? – 11 submissions As previously […]
Standout Jobs is Hiring a Ruby Guru
My new startup, Standout Jobs is starting to build out its core team. One of the first people we’re looking for is a Ruby Guru. You can get more information about the specific job from our Ruby Guru job posting. At the same time, check out the video that Fred Ngo and I did for […]