February 2009
45 posts
WatchBusinessWeek’s Stephen Baker on the latest location-tracking software, Sense Networks and Google Latitude, and how companies may target advertisements to users of these programs
"Boot Camp for ICT Start-ups: Apply now"
http://blog.marsdd.com/2009/02/20/boot-camp-for-ict-start-ups/
Is your start-up looking for better access to Silicon Valley and US venture capital, angel networks and Fortune 500 ICT companies? Apply now to be one of the companies taking part in the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service’s Regional Boot Camp for ICT Start-Ups being held at MaRS on Thursday, March 19th, 2009.
This one-day boot camp...
WSJ: The Navy Has a Top-Secret Vessel It Wants to... →
Just wrote a post comparing CoverItLive and... →
How to Build a Web App Business workshop at... →
Posted on Techvibes: Notes From FacebookCamp... →
FacebookCampToronto 5 today evening @ MaRS
WSJ: So, You Want to Be an Entrepreneur →
What VCs Want (and why they call it 'Vulture... →
Speaker: Charles Plant, MaRS Advisor — We know what you want: money. Now, you probably think that a VC will give you money and leave you alone. Sorry, it’s not that simple. In this lecture at we look at : (1) How VCs make money (2) What they want in return for their money (3) How they structure deals (4) And why they call it ‘Vulture Capital’ Charles Plant is an entrepreneur...
Venture Capital Activity In Canada At Its Lowest... →
Just finished blogging about this on Techvibes. Pretty depressing VC scene in Canada! BC fared better than Ontario and Quebec. Internet sector is generally a bad place to be in Canada, Cleantech is up slightly. 36% drop in Canada VC vs 8% drop in US VC scene.
WSJ:How Heart Handles Anger Predicts Irregular... →
happiness = good
anger = bad
“…And Thousands of Their Closest Friends” →
discussion on greg wilson’s blog about democamp, etc
New Block Of Networking-Only Tickets For DemoCamp... →
via David Crow
CoverItLive →
globeandmail used coveritlive to live blog the oscars
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090220.woscarliveblog_0222/BNStory/Entertainment/home?cid=al_gam_mostview
toronto-based startup success story…next post on techvibes :)
Xtreme Labs - the closest T.O. has to a product... →
Located in downtown toronto, at yonge/king, Xtreme Labs is one heckuva place. Churning out app after app, and backed by a VC fund…I still haven’t figured out what really is going on there. Whats the reason of existence..
BootupLabs - startup accelerator in Vancouver →
Nothing like that exists here in Toronto..
Slumdog ? How come no one mentioned Gran Torino..
Ok, I skipped the Oscars completely and heard that Slumdog won big, including best picture. And I don’t get the hype.
I saw Slumdog, and found it to be a ‘touching’ movie in parts. Child actors, who actually were from the slum, were great; so was the initial cinematography. After that the movie tapered off. Sure, the script was unique as well, but overall, out of 10, I’d...
Toronto-based FreshBooks' CEO Mike McDerment At... →
A Stimulus Plan For Venture Capital? No Thanks. →
Create 50,000 companies for $1B →
Start Up the Risk-Takers →
My 10 favorite web applications
10 of my favorite web-based software applications (‘web apps’). Simple, elegant, effective and just plain beautiful! Check out the list:
Evernote: Task management. Perfect way to organize your life (if used effectively!). Write small notes, tag them, search through them.
Google Calendar: How online calendars should have been all along. Why did it take so long for someone to get it...
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Alertle ver2.0 coming soon
Some finishing touches and Alertle’s ver2.0 would be out pretty soon. Looking forward to enjoying the feed reading experience again, and of course, sharing it with others :)
3:15am…time to stop tweeting and tumblring
My review of MasalaART on Yelp Toronto →
http://www.cringely.com/2009/02/wheres-steve/ →
google's toronto office1 →
http://www.early-exits.com/Early_Exits_Chapter_1.pd... →
Stimulus bill requires RSS feeds of how the money... →
http://www.torontocodecamp.net/ →
@AccordionGuy:
A write-up of the first “Coffee and Code” day — coffeeandcode.org/2009/02… Next one: Tuesday at Le Gourmand, Queen & Spadina.
UFO sightings soar across Canada →
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Alertle In The News
Press
Toronto firm scopes out enterprise RSS space - ComputerWorld Canada
Alertle - Simplified and Customizable RSS reading - StartupNorth
Alertle Wants to Make RSS Mainstream - ReadWriteWeb
Find New Feeds and Browse Favorites with Alertle - Lifehacker
Feed Reader Alertle - Google Blogoscoped
Alertle’s Basic Custom Feed Reader - Mashable
Alertle makes RSS easy - Techvibes
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Early Exits →
Vancouver-based angel investor. Basil is writing the book on Early Exits, due out in March ‘09, which will be available in hard cover as well as ebook formats.
The TechCrunch 2008 Year in Review →
Weekend Reading: Early Exits - Canadian... →
Readers Share True Stories of How Their Partners... →
'Nationalize' the Banks →
How California Became France →
About me
The Core:
I like to start and do new/challenging things, like startups, products, ideas, discussions, debates & groups. Love software, humor,creativity, competition and simple things in life.
Location:
Toronto, Canada.
Some regular stuff:
Founded a startup called Zytran which developed a RSS news aggregator called Alertle.
Worked as a Community Manager for Techvibes, covering...