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The Best People are Leaving the Big Companies
How Often Do You See Smart People Leaving a Big Company? Here’s a typical article from a couple of days ago: Microsoft Loses Key Public Sector, Visual Studio and Bing Execs (UPDATED) The article starts...
View ArticleCanada’s Most Valuable Company – RIP
My previous post discusses some of the reasons the best and brightest are leaving big companies to work in startups. One factor is that the employees in the world’s greatest software, chip and...
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Startups Create ALL the Jobs
I was a little sad listening to President Obama talk about his job creation plans last week. Most of us in North America would agree that our highest economic priority is finding ways to create more...
View ArticleBeing an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century -Part 3
Highlights of Being an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century – Part 3: Many big companies have so much cash that it’s a problem. Big companies are not the only buyers. There are many more medium and small...
View ArticleBeing an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century -Part 2
Highlights of Being an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century – Part 2: Uh, Oh. These are our friends and family! And we really need their money. The solution: Fairness, Alignment and Governance. All built...
View ArticleBeing an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century -Part 1
Highlights of Being an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century – Part 1: Everyone living here has enjoyed a very high standard of living. Unfortunately, that’s changing. The economy has changed. The whole...
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Being an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century
Being an Entrepreneur in the 21st Century Video Series Presented at New Westminster, BC ByzHub Meetup on October 20, 2011 The PowerPoint for this talk is available here. Highlights of Being an...
View ArticleThe Exit Strategies Workshop 2011 Part 1The Economy Has Changed
The first presentation at The Exit Strategies Workshop 2011 describes why this is a “Golden Era for Entrepreneurs.” Highlights of Part 1 – The Economy Has Changed: The whole world has changed. The big...
View ArticleStart Up Now Keynote Speech at Enterprize 2009
Start Up Now – Keynote Speech at Enterprize 2009 As part of putting something back, I often speak to students about starting companies – ideally while they are still at university. This is a video of...
View ArticleWhy Big Companies Can’t Innovate
When I was in grad school I co-founded a company that grew to become the second largest manufacturer of cable television headend equipment in the world. For the ten years after I graduated, I woke up...
View ArticleDouble Your Exits – 6th Angel Summit Dunedin, New Zealand
I believe Angel Investors could double their number of exits. This would double the returns on their portfolios. Yes, double. This video is from the 6th Annual Angel Investor Summit, Dunedin, New...
View ArticleThis Golden Era for Entrepreneurs UBC Sauder School of Business
Lecture to the MBA class: Growing and Exiting a Venture at the UBC Sauder School of Business on why I believe this is a ‘Golden Era’ for entrepreneurs. Topics include: There has never been a time...
View ArticleAn Early Exit is Better than a VC Financing
Recently, at an Exit Strategies Workshop in Victoria, someone asked me to compare the pros and cons of an early exit versus a traditional Venture Capital financing. The scenario we used for our example...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Venture Capital? UBC Sauder School of Business
This was a lecture to the MBA Entrepreneurial Finance Course at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business. Here’s what happened to the Venture Capital industry: Intel, Microsoft and...
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