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I had a version of this conversation with someone trying to recruit me for their “pre-revenue” startup. The startup is now post revenue and doing well 😂

Which Canadian founders are submitting applications for the upcoming Y Combinator batch? Would love to help where I can (user, customer, network, funding...). DMs are open 🇨🇦🚀

Team Canada’s shining in Silicon Valley, but our startups need corporate Canada to fuel the next unicorns. 💰 Watch why we’re losing talent south and how to build a tech powerhouse at home Build Canada Evan Solomon daniel debow

Imagine starting a road trip with the wrong map and no fuel gauge. That’s what it’s like to run an organization on bad data. And it's the fastest way to wreck your org health. Companies chase agility, roll out reorgs, and launch workforce plans… but if the underlying data is

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.” – Daniel Burnham Burnham was a 10x thinker before we had the term. An architect and urban planner who thought in city-sized blueprints before it was cool. He designed the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Mapped entire

Another great reason to apply to Y Combinator

inspiration perishes. Act on it before it does

It took me too long to realize this. The real problem isn’t bad tools or messy data. It’s the theatre. 🎭 The sexy slides no one believes. The “final” numbers that quietly change. The reorg no one owns. We keep trying to fix it with shiny frameworks, more approvers, and more

My favourite mental model: Type 1 vs Type 2 decisions. Type 1 = one-way door. High stakes. Hard to reverse. Type 2 = two-way door. Reversible. You can course-correct. Most orgs treat everything like a Type 1 decision. Slow. Cautious. Too many people involved. The best teams

Top 5 things that happened in this week: 1. Had a customer say, “I finally know who owns what.” Took 3 years and one platform 2. Saw a headcount plan change quietly over 2 quarters —no one noticed. That’s the problem. 3. Realized AI isn’t just saving time. It’s surfacing who

Most days, it feels like we’re messing it up. Slack’s on fire. Emails unanswered. Features nearly-built but not quite. But then I zoom out ... Two years ago we had less than $100K in revenue. Now enterprise customers are joining faster than ever—and demanding more. Progress

I used to be terrible at sales. I’d jump on calls and start problem-solving immediately. Build custom demos. Offer integrations. Bend over backwards. I thought being helpful would close the deal. We lost a $1M opportunity doing exactly that. No signed SOW. No clear

One of my worst hires came with the best reference checks. Something felt off. I couldn’t explain it, so I overcompensated, I called everyone. Former boss? “Oh man, are they on the market? I’d hire them back today.” Everyone else? “Super dependable.” “Great communicator.” “Team

Great panel at the CHRO Summit with Amy Coleman, Matt Rosenbaum, Sonia Vora, and Rick Hefner, PhD on what AI actually means for orgs and culture. Three takeaways that stuck with me: – Real AI fluency isn’t about training a few specialists. It’s about making AI part of how

More of what I’m hearing at the CHRO Summit from Kari Knight Stevens, Judy Werthauser, Blair Jones, and Rita Meyerson, Ed.D. talking about CHRO as a strategic partner. Here’s what stands out for anyone thinking about where HR and leadership are headed: - Boards expect CHROs to

Why is Apple so bad at voice transcription?

Are we at that point yet where people should disclose that AI wrote this? I'm seeing a lot of slop (more on X & LinkedIn) than other networks and I suppose it's only going to get worse. My friends, instead of lazy thinking, just write what you think make it thoughtful, useful

HR can feel like a dog’s breakfast to some. That’s why we built Agentnoon. It takes the mess out of the process and gives you back your time.

I met a Harvard professor 27 years ago who told me, “Harvard only bets on winning horses.” That 30-second conversation flipped my view on success. I used to think: if you got selected, won an award, or got into a top school, that meant you were really good. Now I know: if you