Very, very carefully. Hiring people is the biggest, most challenging decision a business owner has to make. This is even more true for entrepreneurs starting new companies. When hiring people, there are two ways to do it: Build a core, passionate team. Or don’t. Very few people would admit to choosing #2 as an approach, […]
Archives for April 2007
Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast – April 10th
It’s short notice, but we secured a location for the next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast. Bistro, Etc. has agreed to open for us on Tuesday, April 10th at 9am. Please note the time change – it’s 9am *NOT* 8am. In the future we’ll probably swing it back to 8am, but we’ll test this new place […]
A Day of Inspiration, Motivation and Learning at The Power Within
The Power Within is a day long event with a variety of different speakers aimed to inspire, motivate and teach. In Montreal, I attended the conference on April 3rd, 2007. It was well worth the price of admission (app. $220). There were 7 speakers in total, each one accomplished, successful and worth seeing. Some brought […]
An Interview with 5min.com Life Videopedia Founder Ran Harnevo
5min.com is a new video site geared towards answering questions. You’ve got 5 minutes to teach people something of interest and answer their questions. “How to make a Surfer on Acid cocktail?” “How to make the Jackson Cube?” “How to make your own home video projector? These are all burning questions. And now we’ve got […]
Great Montreal Blogs for April Blogtipping
A day late, but worth the wait. Blogtipping is the invention of Easton Ellsworth. Smart guy that Easton. A community builder, blog evangelist and generally nice person…Easton created blogtipping to give people a chance to do 2 things: Promote cool blogs by picking 3 blogs you like and listing 3 great things about each; and, […]