word czar. two-guard. currently: @BetaKit previously: @MobileSyrup @BlackBerry and a bunch of dead sites you might remember fondly. "Wildly out of control."
Toronto, Canada
Joined March 2007
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We had a good run, didn’t we?
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You knew this was coming once he started signing boobs
Breaking News: Nvidia opened an investigation into Jensen Huang, its CEO, after he acknowledged to the company’s board that he had been intimate with a business executive who U.S. intelligence determined to be a Chinese spy. nyti.ms/3ViPMAt
The number of people who think they're dunking on the feds by saying 'Carney just discovered e-transfer' shows how deeply ingrained Interac (and anti-competitive, oligopolistic behaviour) has become in Canada.
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Nothing is ever as bad as you think it is because no one cares about you as much as you think they do.
Come hang out with me and @float_financial in Montreal!
The fastest way to learn how to build is to sit in a room with people who are doing it.
Join Float on Thursday, November 19 for @BetaKit Talks: Québec’s Productivity Engine. On stage, some of Canada’s top founders will open their playbooks to discuss building with leaner teams, finding capital, operating efficiently and creating for global markets:
- @rkhazzam, my co-founder and CEO of @float_financial
- @aiouy, co-founder and CEO of @shakepay
- Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, co-founder and CEO of Deck
- Moderated by @tron Editor-in-Chief of BetaKit
Expect candid conversation on scaling lean, using technology and AI well, and doing more with less. Then drinks, canapés and real conversations.
Space is limited and registration requires approval: luma.com/betakit-tbby
Policy Power Panel... ASSEMBLE!
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You knew this was coming once he started signing boobs
Breaking News: Nvidia opened an investigation into Jensen Huang, its CEO, after he acknowledged to the company’s board that he had been intimate with a business executive who U.S. intelligence determined to be a Chinese spy. nyti.ms/3ViPMAt
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A very good deep dive on what the @cohere $1.6 B deal means and how it’s been covered by @tron and @noorazrieh97 on @CANADALAND podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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Really good summary. Some positive changes there to spur on innovation and investment in Canada!
BDC employees at @SAASNORTH audibly gasped when they learned about the future of #CDNtech's most important Crown corporation.
#Budget2026 was a crazy day. @BetaKit has 3,500 words on everything you need to know.
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An excellent betakit publication. What an amazing time to be an entrepreneur in Canada given these changes. I also agree with the merger of EDC and BDC. In my recent experience with both, it’s blurry trying to understand their separation of roles. All great services and people, but having them under one banner makes sense from my user perspective.
BDC employees at @SAASNORTH audibly gasped when they learned about the future of #CDNtech's most important Crown corporation.
#Budget2026 was a crazy day. @BetaKit has 3,500 words on everything you need to know.
betakit.com/whats-in-budget-…
BDC employees at @SAASNORTH audibly gasped when they learned about the future of #CDNtech's most important Crown corporation.
#Budget2026 was a crazy day. @BetaKit has 3,500 words on everything you need to know.
betakit.com/whats-in-budget-…
For a budget that was more of a refinement of last year's massive spending commitments/investments, #Budget2026 is not without surprises.
@BetaKit has you covered with what #CDNtech needs to know; reactions + breakout stories to follow.
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Thank you to ecommerce baddie @noorazrieh97 for asking me on to talk about an important policy shift that isn't getting the nuanced attention it deserves.
Buy Canadian! Now available in tech billionaire!
@tron joins @noorazrieh97 on Carney’s $1.6B bet on Cohere, and how you sell an AI company as a national treasure.
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We noted this in our newsletter this week. If you're surprised by what the Feds are doing, you haven't been paying enough attention to what they've been saying. Don't make me tap the sign! #CDNtech #CDNpoli
.@FP_Champagne says the country taking equity stakes in tech companies is “strategic,” and that the government is open to more deals like its $1.6-billion investment in @cohere.
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Wild that Y2K went smoother than western Canada’s foray into permanent daylight saving time.
