I’ve been involved with SaaS businesses (Software as a Service) for just about 9 years. My previous company to Standout Jobs was a SaaS vendor. And in many respects, so is Standout Jobs. Byron Deeter from Bessemer Venture Partners recently published his 10 Laws for Being “SaaS-y”. Ten rules to live by when startup a […]
How To Launch a Startup: Ideas, Acceleration, Raising Capital and More
I was very glad to see that someone recorded the recent Blitzweekend presentations. Stephane Daury did a great job recording everything, and I’ve enjoyed watching the presentations I didn’t see. I gave a presentation at Blitzweekend about starting a company. It was a mixture of a few things including: how Standout Jobs started from within […]
Keeping a 20,000 Foot View One Day at a Time
How do you maintain a 20,000 foot strategic view of your startup and business, while frantically managing the day-to-day efforts? I’ve been thinking about this a lot, because it’s something I’m dealing with now. Immediately after launching Standout Jobs, things accelerated incredibly. And that should be the goal of every startup. Prior to launching you’re […]
What Do You Want To Know About Social Media Recruiting?
Are you interested in social media recruiting? Do you want to understand how to leverage social media & social networks to reach a higher quality, targeted candidate? Are you curious about how to leverage marketing and sales principles to hire top-talent? If so, come listen to me and colleague, Chris Russell speak on Thursday, March […]
March Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast
The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is coming up soon — scheduled for: Tuesday, March 11th @ 9am Location: Bistro, Etc. – 1291 Avenue du Mont-Royal, E. Facebook Event Listing: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13575190029 Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5502019497 We run the breakfast on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Anyone involved in technology + entrepreneurship (developers, startup entrepreneurs, curious […]
I Love Customers
Customers are great. If you don’t think so, you’ll never succeed. Surprisingly, a lot of people consider their customers to be “the enemy” or a nuisance they’re forced to deal with. Just remember that customers: pay the bills provide good feedback find bugs you’ll never find on your own use your product in new ways […]
Alain Wong Biking for a Great Cause
The latest addition to the Standout Jobs team was Alain Wong, who joined us late last year for the big push to DEMO 08. I knew Alain was a world-class dancer, but I didn’t realize he was a hardcore biker as well. Turns out he isn’t…but he will be biking from Vancouver to Tijuana, Mexico […]
Speaking at Blitzweekend This Friday
Blitzweekend is coming up this weekend, and I’ve been asked to speak on Friday, February 29th. Looks like I’ll be doing the first presentation of the evening around 6pm. Blitzweekend is a great event for entrepreneurs and soon-to-be entrepreneurs that want to test their mettle in a weekend of coding. Can you build an application […]
Standout Jobs is Hiring a Senior Business Development Guru
Standout Jobs is hiring. We’re looking for a Senior Business Development Guru. We need someone with recruiting industry experience that’s interested in working at a startup. We have a ton of opportunity at-hand, and need someone to convert that opportunity into reality. If you’re interested please apply (link below). If you know someone that would […]
Is a Lack of Experience Really Such a Bad Thing?
Young entrepreneurs don’t have a lot of experience. That’s a given. And in many cases this is rarely brought up as an issue. But in certain industries (especially in “older industries” or B2B-related industries) that lack of experience will be a sticking point. At least for many people inside the industry. It’s certainly been a […]
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