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I love how this came out....

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Look back at every social network success, and you'll see this kind of confused, dismissive condescension, before, during, and even after the product is adopted by millions of norm…

Everything is suddenly an app because the world is rapidly moving to mobile, and mobile web is shitty.

There's 8 thousand startups trying to 'help you meet people.' Few, if any, work out. It's just not a burning need for real people. Navigating the physical world around you? Huge se…

...sorry, it's hard to hear you through that massive chip on your shoulder.

Saw this in Singapore a month ago. Clever and interesting, though I thought the commentary alongside the work wasn't very deep. Worth checking out if it's easy and affordably price…

Instagram, and other social networks, are fundamentally different than wordpress sites in a number of important ways. 100 million users didn't join because it was an alternative to…

Even a hit rate of half that is pretty solid. 30% close rate on pitches is ridiculously high. Keep rocking.

Love how clean this app is.

True for harder drugs, yes, but not marijuana. Canada (and BC specifically) produces billions of dollars of marijuana per year. It's a fairly well known fact.

A little UI weakness is not going to allow disruption of a strongly networked, community-driven product like SoundCloud.

The Canadian auto industry (as well as the American one) feels that the friction caused by the current congestion is slowing down their industry enough that it's worthwhile, even t…

Lower cost of talent (than large tech ecosystems in US), rebates on R&D talent, delinking of health care and employment, etc. There are also advantages to living in the US of cours…

I think it's great. Obviously it'll iterate as you work with more users, but it's already quite clean, and and serves a real but until now hidden need.

Yes. This is a great point. I've been involved in a startup and advisory capacity with a handful. The good ones are clearly working for their startups. They gain success through th…

good call

It's a great start. Keep rocking it.

Perfect. You communicated it much better than I could. Thanks.

You've touched on a challenging question. Daniel and I spent some time trying to figure that out. Studying additional startups would help. Our guesses: - The connections are able t…

Love it. This, plus user-created apps, could be powerful.