GroundBreak Ventures

[GroundBreak Ventures @GroundBreakVC]

This is exactly right.

[J.J. McCullough @JJ_McCullough]

It’s fine, we’ll still call them “Canadian” for the rest of their lives, take credit for their accomplishments, award them the Order of Canada, and refer to them as “Canadian businessman” in their CBC obituary when they die in the US fifty years from now.

[GroundBreak Ventures @GroundBreakVC]

Housing on the moon. Not sure why, but today seems to be a coming out party. We get it! https://t.co/ES4kRGR9sq

[GroundBreak Ventures @GroundBreakVC]

Serious question. What do building codes look like within a moon context? Imagine the innovation possible if every new idea didn't take decades to go from IP to actual build.

[Anand Swaminathan @AnandSwa]

This is probably going to accelerate a self sustaining city on Mars by a decade.
The deltav difference to get to Mars from the moon is ~1/5th that of going from Earth to Mars.

If we did not have heavy industry on the moon, it means we would have to lift every single ton of material from the insane gravity well of the Earth for a Mars city.

If we do have heavy industry on the moon, then we only have to lift organics, people and Earth specific equipment to Mars. The rest, (metals, silicates, water etc) can be sent for 1/5th the cost from the moon.

Essentially, building a Moon industrial base is a compounding factor to a Mars city. Absolutely not needed if you want to visit Mars - but the Moon is a "planet" sized resource depo, close to us in time, but far from us in the gravity well. We should invest into developing it into a heavy industry base.

The gravity well of the Earth is a fools errand to fight, but the moon is our "all your base are belong to us".

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@aaronburnett The Moon would establish a foothold beyond Earth quickly, to protect life against risk of a natural or manmade disaster on Earth.

We would continue to launch directly from Earth to Mars while possible, rather than Moon to Mars, as fuel is relatively scarce on the Moon.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yes

[GroundBreak Ventures @GroundBreakVC]

Love that @elonmusk woke up thinking about housing. We're not surprised in the least: https://t.co/ES4kRGR9sq

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Civilization on the Moon!

[GroundBreak Ventures @GroundBreakVC]

@elonmusk Big tech will all over housing w/i a decade. Zero builders paying attention...

[John Ruffolo @ruffoloj]

Canada needs to own our digital infrastructure. Or stay the digital branch plant of the world—paying rent and following someone else’s laws, The US isn’t messing around. They’re throwing TikTok out of the house. Meanwhile, Canada’s still renting the basement from Netflix.

[Ivory Innovations @IvoryInnovation]

Think you can hack the American housing crisis? Hack-A-House is a national housing affordability hackathon where students tackle real-world challenges for a chance to win $5,000.

September 26–27, 2025. Learn more at https://t.co/Wif8vVZ56Y

[ISED @ISED_CA]

Canada and Sweden are strengthening ties on defence, space, AI, clean energy and more.

Learn more: https://t.co/BqmFbnEwfS

[SiteMax Systems @SiteMaxSystems]

Master the Chaos - Discover the awesome power of SiteMax Construction Software

[OREA @OREAinfo]

OREA President, Cathy Polan, spoke with @TheTorontoSun to emphasize the urgent need for housing affordability and how factory-built homes could be a “Made-in-Ontario” solution to help increase supply quickly. Read the full story at: https://t.co/o7g1rDp9Jk
@Quintehomes4sal

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Marc Andreessen on why we shouldn’t encourage people to be entrepreneurs

“The idea of being an entrepreneur has been a romanticized concept. There used to be TV shows talking about how fun it was. And people ask questions, ‘How do we encourage more people to be entrepreneurs?’ And my answer was always: no, we shouldn’t do that. People shouldn’t be encouraged to do something that painful. They should do it because they really want to do it. In fact, they should do it because they can’t not do it.”

Marc continues:

“It’s tremendously painful. Most of the experience of being in business as a startup is being told no. You need all these things: employees, financing, customers. Then you go around all day long asking people for those things and they tell you no. Half the time they don’t even respond. And then just when you think you get it working, a new competitor emerges and just starts punching you square in the face. The minute you think your product is working, there’s a problem in it, and you have to do a recall. It’s just this constant rolling horror story.”

Video source: @ChrisWillx (2024)

[PLOT Jobsite Command @PLOTJobsiteCmd]

Check out Autodesk's recent blog post featuring PLOT's Procurement tool!

https://t.co/tlnTpIhv53

[DMZ @dmzhq]

Thank you to The Honourable @MarciIen and @rubysahotalib for visiting DMZ HQ today to help launch our Centre for Housing Innovation (CHI).

Read more about our new housing accelerator made possible by a $3.5M investment from @FedDevOntario: https://t.co/SjSffHclPT

[DMZ @dmzhq]

The Government of Canada (@FedDevOntario) is investing $3.5M to launch our Centre for Housing Innovation (CHI).

With partners @GroundBreakVC, @CivicActionCA, & @NGen_Canada, CHI will tackle Canada’s housing crisis with an accelerator & more.

READ MORE: https://t.co/SjSffHclPT

[Toronto Metropolitan University Alumni @alumnitmu]

Abdullah Snobar, executive director of TMU’s @DMZhq, has a vision for a Canadian tech sector that’s both more innovative and more empathetic. https://t.co/wEL12tzOOu

[PLOT Jobsite Command @PLOTJobsiteCmd]

Our CEO recently joined the @startupsxyz podcast to share his story about how PLOT originated and how we validate product ideas with contractors.

Listen here: https://t.co/lO5U755KNM

#startup #construction #constructiontech

[Darabase @DarabaseCo]

🌐 Peter Pinfold just wrapped up his panel appearance at @WELLcertified's 2024 event, where he showcased our interactive #AR experience. Check out the video & get in touch for more info: https://t.co/PnHYXrWRjE
#WELL2024 #Sustainability

[Darabase @DarabaseCo]

Peter Pinfold from @DarabaseCo and Scott Kapanlis from @GroundBreakVC are at @goblueprint in Las Vegas! If you're around, come and say "Hi" and learn more about how AR advertising and technology can benefit your property #RealEstate #AR