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Entrepreneurship

Setting a Meeting on Fire

A few years ago, during my first start-up adventures at Sunnybrook Technologies, a prototype fire taught me two important tech entrepreneur lessons: 1. Good entrepreneurs don’t panic. 2. Adversity is an opportunity, not a problem. We had just finished the first prototype of what would become the world’s first...
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Entrepreneurship

5 Guidelines to Evaluate Accelerator Programs

For the last month I had three people independently ask me for advice on selecting (Web2.0) Accelerators. Two of them were student entrepreneurs contemplating their first venture. All where attracted by the Accelerators promise to kick-start their business but a bit confused by the choices between different Accelerator programs. Students, inventors...
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Startups & Economic Development

Why We Do What We Do

For the last few months I have shared stories and opinions about university entrepreneurship. I figure it’s time to talk about the “why” rather than the “how”. Specifically, why do we try so hard to bring university technology into the world? First same background: I spent my career commercialising...
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Venture Capital

Confidentiality and Investors

“I have a world-changing, disruptive idea in the multi-media space! Can you sign an NDA so that I can tell you more?” I get variants of this every week. And it never works. Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) are legal documents that require effort to review and create long term liability....
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