Mike Van

Toronto/NYC - CEO & co-founder of @hifurnishr. XRC Labs & Metaprop alum. CPA. basketball fanatic. fitness enthusiast. burger eating my way around the world.

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@demirdjiantwins Nano

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@byosko Please send. Thanks!

[Ken Jeong @kenjeong]

Just hearing Ariana DeBose say his name made me cry. Love you, Ke Huy Quan. 💛💛💛💛💛 #Oscars

[Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn]

The Suns are sending Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks, a 2028 pick swap for Durant and TJ Warren, sources tell ESPN. Durant wanted move and new owner Mat Ishbia pushed to get deal done tonight.

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@2KSupport need help with redeeming the bonus content. it's not showing up on my PS5

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

Being CEO of a startup is so hard and lonely.

One day you're on cloud 9 and the next day you're losing your shit over nothing.

Shout out to all the crazy ones that choose this path and have learned to love the ride.

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@alexandernorman Wow! Glad to hear you're okay! Never imagined that would happen especially in that area

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@TaylorSicard @FurnishR

[Shervin @shervin]

I met with Kobe Bryant in late December 2019. Kobe wasn’t happy with Nike and was going to leave it in 2020. Kobe was going to start Mamba, a shoe company owned by players. He passed away weeks later. What he was about to do in business was going to eclipse his sports career.

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@Startup_Canada @ciranews The top 3 that come up for me are Canada Goose, Lululemon, and Roots #StartupChats

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@Apple your customer service is ridiculously bad. I've placed 4 online orders so far, have had them all cancelled with no explanation. They all defer the issue and continue to not figure out the problem. Incredibly frustrating and disappointing @tim_cook

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@erinbury Interested!

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@Startup_Canada @Ceridian A3: Asana, Slack, Google Suites (Gmail/Calendar/Sheets/Slides/etc), GDrive. Take the time early on to set up a good infrastructure on these platforms and you'll be able to run with it for a long time.

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@Startup_Canada @Ceridian A2: Communication, opportunities to give feedback, and to provide a strong support system for the team. With these elements in place, you can develop accountability and trust.

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@pooja_chitnis @Startup_Canada A1: Resource planning and communication.
You need to understand the workload, timelines, and what additional resources are needed.

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@Startup_Canada @scotiabank Some businesses don't break even for a long time. The key is what is the vision you have for the company and if you're not breaking even, why and what is your plan to get there and by when.

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@Startup_Canada @scotiabank Research, research, research. A lot of grants, subsidies, and programs you can take part in as a CAD biz to get started. Spend time learning the ecosystem. Others in the startup space are open to chatting and helping you figure things out. We've been there before as well!

[Mike Van @iammikevan]

@Startup_Canada @scotiabank No matter what you build into your budget and finalize, just add 30% to the budget. You're going to underestimate it. In terms of how to stick with it, tracking expenses is important, do a weekly review, and when off track address right away

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@Startup_Canada @scotiabank For a product business vs a software/platform business, your product is going to be where costs vary. In a product business, it's going to be production related and for a software/SaaS business, it's going to be human related (developers creating the software).