From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Next Montreal Tech Breakfast on February 10th Sponsored by BDO Dunwoody

January 29, 2009

For the first Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast of 2009 I’m pleased to announce that we’ve landed a sponsor: BDO Dunwoody.
BDO has been very active in the local startup community, participating at (and sponsoring) numerous events. They work closely with Montreal Startup helping recently with a couple of MSU events.
The details of the sponsorship will be [...]

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Congratulations to Defensio on Acquisition by Websense

January 29, 2009

Defensio, which provides an excellent anti-spam plugin, was acquired by Websense, Inc (publicly traded on NASDAQ). The news is all over the Web, including the Defensio blog.
Why is this important?
For starters, I was Defensio’s first big user. Carl Mercier (founder of Defensio) asked me to help him early on with beta testing of their anti-spam [...]

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Is the Venture Capital Model Broken?

January 15, 2009

Lots of people are asking this question: Is the VC model broken?
It’s an important question, regardless of what you believe, because it creates debate and change. Few things ever stay the same, and the VC model is no different. And without a doubt, I believe the VC model and startup investment in general will undergo [...]

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You Can’t Build Authority and Thought Leadership via Twitter

January 12, 2009

I’m a big fan of Twitter. It’s clearly gone mainstream in a number of ways and brings significant value for maintaining relationships, finding new ones, etc. But you can’t build authority and thought leadership through Twitter or other microblogging services (or aggregator-type services) like FriendFeed. Not unless you previously had some authority and reputation through [...]

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