When a CEO of a publicly traded startup natural resource or technology company changes the colour of his or her shirt, it can be material to its share price. I can’t remember who I stole that line from. Many investors stay on top of investments in micro-cap companies by creating a portfolio at Stockwatch.com. Some… Continue Reading
I spent a couple hours re-skinning EnergyandGold.com this weekend. I co-created the site 6 weeks ago with two of my best pals, Scott Armstrong and CEO Technician, and it has already clocked over 25,000 pageviews! The idea behind it is to do two things well: commodities charts and profiles of compelling junior companies. EnergyandGold will differ… Continue Reading
Could a chat app save Canada’s venture markets? After four years of declines in financing activity driven by falling commodity prices, Canada’s once-proud public venture capital system is on the ropes. Startups south of the border are waiting longer and longer to go public, if ever, with strong secondary markets for private companies providing nearly… Continue Reading
CHAT.CEO.CA is now live… I have a confession to make: I have never been a confident writer. Seriously, for someone who is supposed to be a blogger, I am finding increasingly that I often spend hours editing sometimes even the most basic of posts, with the outcome being only marginally better than the original. The… Continue Reading
I enjoyed catching up with the James Altucher Show this morning, and thought I would share some of the program with CEO.ca readers. Altucher’s had a diverse career as an entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, and angel investor, and he has a penchant for spilling his guts out. As a writer, he’s become something of a… Continue Reading
Like it or not, we are all Internet marketers now. Chances are you own a domain name or two and even host a web site for your business, hobby or personal brand. About five years ago, I set up a shared server to help a few family, friends and non-profits host web sites. One of… Continue Reading
When Apple CEO Tim Cook sits around the Thanksgiving dinner table on Thursday and some lame relative asks what he’s thankful for this year, he won’t have to dig too deep to come up with an answer. Already the world’s largest company by market capitalization, Apple stock traded as high as $119.75 today, giving the… Continue Reading
If you’re looking for a career with a great young company, you should consider Slack, who are soon going to be hiring in Vancouver. Never heard of Slack? Time you did, because according to a recent post by Gabe at MacDrifter, “Slack just sucked the oxygen out of the collaborative work-room”. For those of you… Continue Reading
Travis and I went to the Lighthouse Labs graduation/Demo Day in Vancouver last night and we are so glad we did. The event was an inspiring chance to meet some up-and-coming web development talent, and see what they’re working on and learn about what matters to them. Web development is an in-demand job, as more… Continue Reading
I joined it, I tried it, and I just don’t get what all the fuss is about. Here’s how it started: I was noodling around on Facebook early last week, when something unusual jumped off the page at me. It was an update on my newsfeed by my oldest son, Adam, referencing something called ‘Ello’.… Continue Reading
Netscape founder and iconic American venture capitalist Marc Andreesson shared some wise high-growth startup lessons on his blog page, one of which rings especially true for me today (post excellent Sprott conference hang over). #9 Confusing the conference circuit — and especially the party scene — with actual work. This also creates a toxic culture… Continue Reading
This is a stock that definitely used to get a lot of hype but lately the noise surrounding it has quieted down. We like that. After a 30% rally from last month’s lows, prices are now approaching that key $40 level that had previously served as support twice last November and again in April. On… Continue Reading
Good evening, Tonight we launched a redesigned CEO.ca. There are still a few kinks to be worked out, but it was time for us to get this puppy live (this is CEO.ca version 2.0 if you were wondering). The goal of the redesign was to make the site faster, and more mobile friendly, as well… Continue Reading
Spritz will change the world. This screen you’re “reading” is essentially just a digital stone tablet. Think about how far communication tech has advanced. From carrier pigeons carrying tiny notes, to fibre optic cables carrying zeros and ones. One thing has remained constant, acting as a bottleneck to the speed with which a literate human… Continue Reading
Proponents of the relatively new crypto-currency, Bitcoin, have long boasted that the system was secure. Onlookers at the recent Vancouver Resource Investment Conference might have seen a company called Greenbank Capital (GBC:CSE) on display, with Director Mark Wettreich telling attendees that his company was betting on Bitcoin because, among other things, it was secure. “How… Continue Reading
