CDN budget talks about fairness but it targets ambitious people who take a huge risk (that can benefit lots of people). What would be bad is labelling ambitious people as being against fairness. Building a business is more often a loss. Now it’s a smaller win?

As of this morning, more than 600 CEOs, tech leaders and citizens have signed CCI's open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Freeland, calling for a stop to the capital gains tax hike. Read the letter here, and add your name: prosperityforeverygeneration.ca

Canada is in trouble. This is the ninth budget in a row that depends heavily on excessive borrowed money managed by an obesely bloated federal bureaucracy that is now 40% larger and 68% more costly than when the Liberals took power in 2015. Unwilling to live within the tax

1/4 🧵 The recent capital gains tax hike is a classic case of politics over policy. Instead of meaningful consultation with business leaders and investors, the government chose a path that paints these crucial players as villains. #TaxPolicy #Canada nationalpost.com/opinion/benjam…

“2019 study of 32 countries found that higher capital-gains taxes leads to a reduction of startups receiving venture capital in statistically & economically significant way.”Freeland defends capital gains hike despite widespread criticism from tech leaders theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Over the past week, I have thought a lot about the #Budget2024 decision to increase the #CapitalGainsTax, specifically for Canadian innovators. I’d have had NO issue with this choice had efforts been made to increase access to domestic investment in Canadian digital and

Raising funds? Time to find out if you're ready. On this week's Tech About Town podcast, Vartika 🕊 Senior Advisor at MaRS & Mike Kirkup CTO of EnPowered, share what founders need to know about venture capital, US vs. Canadian investors, and more. Find us on all the

On Oct 25th, I am playing in a great hockey tournament for Hockey Helps the Homeless that donates all money raised to help 6 local charities focused on homelessness. I'm hoping you will consider donating to a worthy cause. hhth.akaraisin.com/WaterlooRegion…

We are three days away from puck drop and I am $300 short of my fundraising goal. For those who missed my previous post, the homeless within Waterloo Region would appreciate your support. hhth.akaraisin.com/WaterlooRegion…

🚀 Launch: collecting 175 laptops/tablets for House of Friendship centres. Got a spare device? 👉 techbridgewr.com #TechBridgeWR #TechForGood

Mistake #1 I made at Arlo: Started with a solution, not a problem Even with an internal tool that worked great for us and positive customer feedback, we still built the wrong thing for months The real problem was hiding in plain sight mikekirkup.com/blog/2025/08/a…

Mistake #2 I made at Arlo: Choosing features over product quality Spent a week designing a feature customers wanted. Scrapped it. Because I knew it wouldn't actually matter. That's the feature treadmill for you. mikekirkup.com/blog/2025/08/a…

We recorded every sales call at my startup. 15 demos/month 2 closed 13 ghosted Never listened to a single recording to figure out why. Expensive mistake: mikekirkup.com/blog/2025/09/a…

I'm co-founding Elderella with Jacqui Murphy. 25% of North Americans will be 65+ in 5 years. The elder care tsunami is here. Share your elder story at elderella.com Read more at: mikekirkup.com

Lost 3 accounts because our AI failed in customer demos. We were blind to the failures because we had no evals. Here's how eval complexity nearly killed our startup mikekirkup.com/blog/2025/09/a…

"We have an API you can use to integrate with Arlo" Worst answer I gave to customers. Not one company asked for our API docs. For B2B software, integrations aren't features - they're how you fit into existing workflows. My latest startup mistake ⬇️ mikekirkup.com/blog/2025/09/a…

Lacing up Oct 24 for HHTH - Waterloo Region! Proud to support House of Friendship —they help 42K+ in our community yearly. 100% of donations stay local. Help me shutout homelessness in Waterloo Region! 🏒 hhth.akaraisin.com/ui/WR25/p/da77…

Last mistake from Arlo: Forcing humans to change. The lesson: Find customers already looking to change, or meet them where they are. mikekirkup.com/blog/2025/10/m…

2 DAYS LEFT! I'm just $400 away from my goal for HHTH - Waterloo Region! Every dollar supports House of Friendship+ 5 local shelters helping 42K+ people. Can you help me cross the finish line? 🏒 hhth.akaraisin.com/ui/WR25/p/da77…

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