StartupNorth

Canadian Startups

[Ben Vinegar @bentlegen]

🇨🇦 If you’re in Toronto building software tools and/or open source products, I’d love to provide some assistance if I can (e.g. advice, be a sounding board, connections, whatever).

No agenda besides a desire to see more things happen here.

[Jason Cohen @asmartbear]

Your North Star Metric must not be a financial metric.

Those are lagging, multi-input, and the output of right-strategy and right-execution by the whole company.

NSM is an immediate measure of customer value.

More on the right KPIs:

https://t.co/2eXJy4JkxV

[Ali Asaria @aliasaria]

Are you angry about the proposed changes to Canada's tax laws?

It looks like someone is finally doing something about it!

The crowdfunding site below can hopefully make a difference.

https://t.co/aBRTXMnPFk

[BetaKit @BetaKit]

WATCH: @Shopify’s Tobi Lütke (@tobi) fireside chat and AMA with Satish Kanwar (@skanwar) at last night's #BKtownhall. #CDNtech https://t.co/0njkZlicK3

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Get the latest in Canadian tech community news, straight from Startupnorth: https://t.co/cB15bwrV6C

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Tune in for a throwback to the origins of Startupnorth.

[Evan McCann @evansammccann]

New episode with @jevon from @tierdotrun! 🇨🇦

In this episode, we discuss...
-how two of his companies were acquired by Salesforce and Snyk
-founding StartupNorth and early tech scene days in Toronto
-why the timing is right for Tier

https://t.co/SfgPkfFXAV

[Mark McQueen @markrmcqueen]

Interesting — looks like an opportunity for some enterprising, entrepreneurial Venture Debt firms. https://t.co/wQMP6O2kFL

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“VENTURE CAPITAL DOESN’T SCALE…UNTIL IT DOES” by @chamath https://t.co/NejuZZyb0F

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“Diligence at Social Capital, Epilogue: Introducing the 8-ball and “GAAP for Startups”” by @jonathanhsu https://t.co/0ihmXzIuNT

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“VENTURE CAPITAL DOESN’T SCALE…UNTIL IT DOES” by @chamath https://t.co/qFMNS4x0ux

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Are you a founder based in Atlantic Canada? Take a few minutes to fill out this survey: https://t.co/bFMvsAoD2k

[Kim MacFarlane @KimMacfarlane_]

Products are lines, not dots: https://t.co/PWCadObvBM @startupnorth #productmanagement

[Ben Yoskovitz @byosko]

Bigger, riskier bets is what the Canadian startup ecosystem needs according to Fidelity Investments’ Mark Schmehl https://t.co/2MBMLxv8dR

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@sunil_extreme but can’t government just pick all the winners?

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#CVCA2016 afterparty at Home of the Brave (589 King St W) sponsored by @SorryVC - https://t.co/5IYpjTKEw5