April 2009
7 posts
My video interview with a German startup in...
Read the full post and comments on Techvibes.
Powerflasher, a Germany-based startup is exhibiting at the FITC design and technology conference happening in Toronto currently. Their core product, FDT, is an Eclipse-based development tool for Flash developers which seemed to be getting a lot of buzz at the conference. I caught up with the Powerflasher team (Carlo Blatz, CEO; Frank Piotraschke,...
Venture Capital Funding in Canada (Techvibes)
My post on Techvibes about the VC funding environment in Canada:
Stephen Hurwitz, a partner at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston, recently wrote a great article on why venture funding outlook for Canadian startups is bleak and what needs to be done to improve the situation. Read the full article here (via Mike Middleton of Q1 Capital Partners). Stephen’s key points include:
Venture...
How / why not to use consultants for your startup
Came across an interesting article on why you shouldn’t use consultants for your startup, and if you must, how to effectively use them. Excerpt:
“To fully appreciate why consultants often do not fulfill a startup’s needs, it is important to understand the typical consulting engagement sales cycle.
When a consulting firm tries to get their hand in your pocket, they usually lead with...
Improving the performance of your AJAX web...
Various compression and other techniques can make your AJAX-based web application extremely fast for the user:
1. Concatenate your JS and CSS files. Don’t send out several files over the wire to the browser - the browser can only make 2 connections at a time. Be careful about JS dependencies - order is imp. in JS.
2. Minify and then compress the JS and CSS. Use Dojo’s Shrinksafe or...
ProductPlanner.com - Great new product for Product...
Great new product for Product Managers to visualize and communicate the flow of various workflows in software applications. Here is an example of Facebook’s sign up loop:
Sign Up LoopView more Facebook user flows.
My interview with BackType (YC '08) founders for...
Read more: The BackType Story: From Toronto to Silicon Valley - Techvibes Blog - http://www.techvibes.com/blog/the-backtype-story-from-toronto-to-silicon-valley#ixzz0CEpWYqDj
My Mesh coverage on Techvibes
Mesh, the largest Web conference in Canada, ended yesterday in Toronto after three exciting days of great presentations, discussions and workshops. Here is the complete Techvibes coverage:
Mesh ‘09: Bootstrapping Your Web Startup
Mesh ‘09: Gabe Rivera (Founder, Techmeme) on ‘Future of News’
Mesh ‘09: More Keynotes: Mike Masnick, Howard Lindzon and Paul Kedrosky
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