March 2020, what life looks like in Bali and why we're settling in here.

Why doesn't AWS vertically integrate more to create a new category of tools for product people?

We’re using GraphQL, and leveraging the Apollo project’s server and client platform to rapidly prototype and deploy a Node GraphQL server. Apollo has been fantastic, I’ll post separately about the technical ...

The second chapter from Extreme Ownership: How Navy SEALS Lead and Win(that’s a mouthful) that I’ve found valuable starts with a story where everything ...

This deck from sales and marketing experts at A16Z looks more MBA than most startup manager resources, but does a really good job of covering the critical path to marketing for growth. Product marketing ...

Let’s say every company gets about three innovation tokens. You can spend these however you want, but the supply is fixed for a long while

Between work and family I seem to be in a state of constantly-swamped, so I’m working hard to simplify my work habits to allow myself more time for thoughtful, focused work.

We closed angels and VCs that we were working with, we moved back to Vancouver feeling like heros, and got to work on the reality of building not a pitch or an idea but a real business.

I promised during a talk I did at the Accelerator Rally (thanks @ianmtl!) in MTL last month that I would lay out here a series of articles on where, as a founding CEO, I got the most value from our accelerator during ...

This discussion springs from Boris Mann‘s post today, which touches on the need for “fail money” in Canada. I agree with nearly everything he says, and it can’t be disputed that more active capital is required to ...

As part of my Queen’s MBA we don’t do a thesis, each student crafts a new venture business plan. Because I’ve been excited by the potential of the startup accelerator model, I created a plan for an accelerator based ...

There are lots of dads in the startup scene, and perhaps more than anyone else, we need to keep fit while pushing ourselves hard – building a business and raising a family require not just time...

The basics of personal investing...

How to accomplish anything...

There are three common patterns of stressful conversations in this article.

I was having a beer with a friend yesterday, discussing how I’ve crammed my life close to the breaking point.

A list of the top books for startup founders

How to establish and keep trust as a small business

Riffing on HBR's "What Really Motivates Workers"

From the book New Venture Creation, which lists common responses when entrepreneurs are asked an open ended question about what they believe to be the most critical concepts and skills...