Communcation… Ownership – How it can go wrong – Part 2 7 Jun 20235 Jul 2023 This is a five-part set of blog posts on Ownership. The first you can find here. No approach is perfect, most things can be done wrong with unintentional consequences. I…
Leadership… Scaling for Small and Medium Technology Companies 27 Apr 202314 Jun 2023 I've noticed many articles, books, and blog posts for Technology Leadership / Management are written by people who now or recently worked in Big Tech (Maybe they have more time…
Community… Building a tech/startup/knowledge friendly government in BC 5 Dec 201510 Dec 2015 There are those in the Startup/tech community who often say “stay out of my way and let me do my job mentality” to Government. Take this article for example: JUSTIN TRUDEAU…
Startup… Building an open source program for technology co-founders 29 May 20131 Jun 2013 In February I wrote a blog post about the lack of support for technology co-founders in BC, Canada. I have decided to pull together an open source program/set of courses…
Startup… Is Vancouver missing the vital component to create enough tech co-founders? 21 Feb 201329 May 2013 If only somewhere Vancouver,BC would offer a course in Startup Engineering/Architecture? Like this http://startup.stanford.edu but maybe it could be something better, that trains up developers into potential tech co-founders? Where they can…
Startup… Good blogs to read for tech startups 26 Nov 201227 Nov 2012 I was recently asked what are the sites or the blogs you keep up to date with. I will not add the solely programming sites I follow. Happy to take…
Design… Good books to read if you want to create a web startup 27 Jun 20121 Dec 2014 These are books that have made a difference to my thinking. I have read them all. They are not all perfect but sometimes we learn lessons from imperfection as well.…
Branding… Choosing a name for your startup 29 Feb 2012 Through my marketing career I have helped companies name themselves and their products. Each journey is unique, sometimes it is quick and sometimes not, it should not be rushed. More…
Communcation… A cold startup weekend in Seattle – The rise of the designer 18 Jan 201221 Feb 2019 After Vancouver Startup weekend, I pretty much decided to head to the next Seattle event. Mujtaba Badat @MujtabaBadat (he presented Duke Nuke - one of the winners) and I became…
Community… Startup Vancouver Weekend 2011 22 Nov 20115 Dec 2011 Most of this academic term I have being teaching (4 courses - marketing, advertising, public and government relations) and being a student (3 courses all - HTML/CSS/Java/Systems Design) in the…