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Stop Pitching and Focus on Building

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Conferences, Events, Venture Capital | No Comments »

A few years ago, we (as a community) strategically decided that we would no longer have "pitch competition" events in Waterloo. Pitch competitions are events where a number of technology ... Read more..

Do or Die: Global Customers, Investors and Acquirers

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Best Practices, Events | No Comments »

Last week I attended one of the CVCA's professional development events in Toronto (full disclosure I am a member of the CVCA professional development committee). The topic for the session ... Read more..

A Career in Venture Capital

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in Venture Capital | 1 Comment »

People often ask me about how to become a venture capitalist and how I *decided* I wanted to be a VC. I must admit, a career in venture capital was ... Read more..

"Bragging rights after kicking your friends’ butts is the best prize going!"

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Portfolio Company | No Comments »

Continuing on in our series of profiling Tech Capital portfolio companies, I recently spoke with Dave Bullock, President of LiveHive Systems about some of the projects they've been working on. ... Read more..

It’s not what you know… Who do you know?

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Best Practices | 2 Comments »

Those of you who know me well know I'm passionate about people, always willing to meet new folks and figure out how they fit into my world. I'm sure this ... 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..

Startup Metrics at Web 2.0 Expo

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Best Practices, Conferences | No Comments »

I really enjoyed Dave McClure and Hiten Shah's Startup Metrics presentation at this year's Web 2.0 Expo a few weeks ago. What really struck a cord with me was Dave's ... Read more..

Here we go!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

Our first official blog post. And, as a first blog post, I thought I'd provide an overview of what we hope to accomplish by communicating with our community on a ... Read more..