Another great quote from The Messy Middle (and sometimes a hard truth) - "You are not your job" and "you are not your company". Your company may fail but that does not mean you have failed.

In my recent blog about founder traits, I mention the importance of being able to sell. That includes showing up to a meeting very prepared! It gives me confidence when a founder knows who they are meeting and what their meeting goals are. bit.ly/2CYbHBF

I have an idea for a new company, now what? link.medium.com/1Z0rJ2MKDV #startups #entrepreneur

"In the venture community today, we reward “visionaries” much more than executors." Interesting perspective on why not to meet start-ups in person bit.ly/2VnLa7X

Love this - "Hustle As Strategy" by Tomasz Tunguz bit.ly/2U6Hczc. Relates to my post on assessing companies based on their ability to execute bit.ly/2I762NP

My thoughts, and a few good articles, on how to keep the customers you just acquired" link.medium.com/02DLBWrZVV

Back to #collisionconf. Great day yesterday, especially love hearing from Tobias Lutke from Shopify. The company is such an inspiration, not only because it's a great Canadian success story but because of its mission to help small businesses.

Great Women in PropTech Toronto event this morning. Thanks for everyone that came out! #proptech

This is more related to consumer tech investing but it's an interesting article - The Dumb Idea Paradox: Why great ideas often start out by sounding dumb. eepurl.com/gsW-nD

CRE only invests 1% of sales on R&D - George Carras from R-LABS speaking on future of proptech at #proptechtoronto

Toronto tops North America crane count list! 120 vs 49 in each LA and Seattle. Crazy! bit.ly/2YBR3PJ

In Canada: Venture capital investments hit record high in first half of 2019 betakit.com/venture-capita… via BetaKit

From a 2001 HBS case study of the establishment of Accel Europe. Have things changed?

Swiss house built by robots - building in the digital age bit.ly/2lPjBHX

This looks about right...

A good post on who you are doing things for, for those just starting out in their careers, or perhaps good for anyone :) My fav quote: "You can’t live your life for the recognition of people who will never see you" mailchi.mp/weneedtotalkab…

Really great talk today TechTO (and great speakers) on the Canadian tech ecosystem. One thing I love about the Canadian tech group is how supportive it is and how we work together to improve the ecosystem. And I have no doubt that it will continue to grow because of this.

Congrats Koble for this article by The Logic ! Here's to building the future of family health.