How to accomplish anything...

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 ...

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 ...

The basics of personal investing...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.