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Interesting — looks like an opportunity for some enterprising, entrepreneurial Venture Debt firms. techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/pri…

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Your North Star Metric must not be a financial metric. Those are lagging, multi-input, and the output of right-strategy and right-execution by the whole company. NSM is an immediate measure of customer value. More on the right KPIs: longform.asmartbear.com/product-metric…

Are you angry about the proposed changes to Canada's tax laws? It looks like someone is finally doing something about it! The crowdfunding site below can hopefully make a difference. saveourceos.com

WATCH: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke (tobi lutke) fireside chat and AMA with Satish Kanwar (Satish Kanwar) at last night's #BKtownhall. #CDNtech betakit.com/watch-shopifys…

🇨🇦 If you’re in Toronto building software tools and/or open source products, I’d love to provide some assistance if I can (e.g. advice, be a sounding board, connections, whatever). No agenda besides a desire to see more things happen here.

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#CVCA2016 afterparty at Home of the Brave (589 King St W) sponsored by @SorryVC - facebook.com/events/1022310…

Bigger, riskier bets is what the Canadian startup ecosystem needs according to Fidelity Investments’ Mark Schmehl bit.ly/2gFeVkq

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“VENTURE CAPITAL DOESN’T SCALE…UNTIL IT DOES” by Chamath Palihapitiya medium.com/social-capital…

“Diligence at Social Capital, Epilogue: Introducing the 8-ball and “GAAP for Startups”” by Jonathan Hsu medium.com/swlh/diligence…

“VENTURE CAPITAL DOESN’T SCALE…UNTIL IT DOES” by Chamath Palihapitiya medium.com/social-capital…