How does one decide to leap and become and entrepreneur? Well … I’d say there are a few ways to decide; – you decide right after graduation to jump right in, (these are natural entrepreneurs) – Sometimes you gradually migrate that way, (these are people with entrepreneurial tendencies) – Other times maybe life decides forContinue reading →

Students want meaningful and relevant employment. Start-ups want energetic and enthusiastic employees. Sign up for SNS-12 is here: www.sns-12.eventbrite.com This is the premise of Students and Start-ups. We have had 11 previous events with 24 confirmed hires many of which are on our YouTube Channel (TheCodeFactory). There are 6 start-ups signed up for SNS-12: BlindsideContinue reading →

I’ll be speaking toward the end of February on transitioning to entrepreneurship and what to expect. The presentation will be turned into an ~15 part blog post series that I’ll start writing today. So … where to begin … well at the beginning of course. I like to use mind maps and find for aContinue reading →

I received this picture in an email today entitled smart and I must say after reflecting on it a bit I am truly inspired. The sentiment I took from it was “Don’t work hard … work smart”. My initial reaction was great point it is important to work smart. The person in the picture thatContinue reading →

Long before starting TheCodeFactory I had blogged extensively about the challenges and opportunities facing the Ottawa Tech community. Topics covered everything from funding to entrepreneurial support systems. One of my favourite posts and IMHO one worth revisiting is called; The Entrepreneurial Hockey Analogy written on April 3rd, 2007 (roughly the same time as TheCodeFactory ahaContinue reading →

When is Students and Start-ups 12? Date: Tentatively Monday February 13th, 2012 Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm Location: @TheCodeFactory of course! Who is it for? Student registration is here: http://sns-12.eventbrite.com computer science, engineering and programming STUDENTS are looking for work in the next 3 months. START-UPS looking to hire technical students in the next 3 months.Continue reading →

The closest I came to meeting Steve Jobs in person is watching his convocation speech on YouTube which is without a doubt one of my favourites. He is a person that I have immense respect for and a very rare individual the type of person that comes along maybe once per decade. Anyone that can;Continue reading →

I believe I am the first person to use this term with respect to start-up success. Googling “Learn Rate” yields results with respect to algorithms, math and artificial intelligence but, nothing with respect to start-up founder’s ability to learn. IMHO ”Learn Rate” is likely the single most important factor in start-up success … perhaps nextContinue reading →

All start-ups face a multitude of challenges and obstacles on the long and bumpy journey to success. The key to start-up DNA success is not really all that mysterious and could quite possibly be boiled to: Passion, People and Persistence. However, understanding the bonds and genetic code that holds the strands of start-up DNA togetherContinue reading →

I have been thinking about this concept for quite a while now but the way to describe it came to me over coffee with an aspiring entrepreneur. Do you remember a problem from math class where a frog jumps half the distance to a point in the distance each time? How many jumps will itContinue reading →