Archive for June, 2008

“I’m a marketing major” - what school granted this degree?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Best Practices | 1 Comment »

I write a "gadget" column for a newspaper and a magazine in Waterloo region (www.gadgetcolumn.ca). Like most product reviewers I will contact marketing departments to ask for product information and ... Read more..

"We Have Attitude" an Interview with Rod Foster, CEO of Covarity

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Portfolio Company | 3 Comments »

We often get asked about our portfolio companies -- what they do, what stage they're at, whether or not they have customers and are ... Read more..

Bootstrapping

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 2 Comments »

One of the biggest issues we have to deal with as venture capitalists is saying "no" to a lot of people. At Tech Capital Partners we fund about 1% of ... Read more..

Experience-Driven Product Strategy

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Best Practices, Conferences | 5 Comments »

I thought for my first post I'd share some points from one of the sessions I attended at Web 2.0 Expo a few weeks ago. The session was held by ... Read more..

It’s All About the People…!

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Human Resources | No Comments »

I have been considering what to write about for my first Human Resources blog post. Many topics come to mind – HR best practices, hot topics in the various functional ... Read more..