Category Archives: Startups
The Sad and Positive Side of Startup Failures
As the Canadian startup landscape becomes increasingly active and entrepreneurs get more bullish about their prospects for success, it’s important to remember startups are also high-risk propositions. It means there are far more failures than successes. I was reminded of … Continue reading
For Startups, Patience Can be a Virtue
Just after launching my consulting business in late-2008, one of my first clients was Bryan McCaw, who had just launched a new service called WineAlign to provide consumers in Ontario with a better way to discover and learn about wine. … Continue reading
Why Registration Forms Need to Delight
I talk a lot about how startups need to delight users to have any chance of success in a fast-moving world with no lack of competition. The delight needs to happen throughout the user experience, not just when someone starts … Continue reading
When Technology Struggles to Find a Solution
In the wake of Zite’s success and sale to CNN a few month ago, Zite founder Ali Davar made an interesting comment at the meshwest conference earlier this week when he said the company spent “five years in start-up hell” … Continue reading
Eternal Optimism and the Startup Entrepreneur
In Saturday’s Globe & Mail, Margaret Wente had a good read on how most people tend to be optimistic even when it’s pretty obvious they’re not going to be successful. “Optimism is the engine of capitalism,” she wrote. “It is the signal … Continue reading
Pressly Pressing the Right Buttons
In addition to writing this blog, I write a twice-a-week online column for the Globe & Mail’s “Start” section about entrepreneurs and start-ups. With the growing number of interesting start-ups, I’ve been writing profiles on a growing number of companies. … Continue reading
