Many of you know this already, but I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to the USA – Canada Gold Medal Hockey Game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Words really can’t describe it. I wish I had taken more photos and videos, but it’s hard to do that and really soak it all in. Plus, […]

On February 18th, 2010 I’ll be speaking at Internet Marketing Conference in Montreal. My talk is at the end of the day. I’ll be expanding on my previous presentation on social media and inbound recruiting. Actually, since I know that the speakers before me will spend a good chunk of their time focused on social […]

The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9th at 8am. Remember: The location is Boccacinos on McGill St. And for the first time ever we have 2 sponsors! Both Nestor System and Sun Microsystems are sponsoring this event. (Both have sponsored previous breakfasts too!) As a result of our sponsors combined […]

April’s Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is fast approaching, and I’m pleased to say that we’ve got a sponsor — Nestor System. Nestor is a local Montreal software company. Here’s the scoop: Nestor System is a leading Cross-Cultural Communications & Technologies company. Nestor System is specializing in localization of software, video games and websites in more […]

On Saturday, April 18th I’ll be speaking at the YES Montreal Entrepreneurship Conference, doing a couple of roundtable discussions on pitching and presenting your business. The conference is being held for the day at the SAT, which is a great, easygoing location. The conference is $50 to attend, and I’d recommend it for anyone thinking […]

For the first Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast of 2009 I’m pleased to announce that we’ve landed a sponsor: BDO Dunwoody. BDO has been very active in the local startup community, participating at (and sponsoring) numerous events. They work closely with Montreal Startup helping recently with a couple of MSU events. The details of the sponsorship […]

Defensio, which provides an excellent anti-spam plugin, was acquired by Websense, Inc (publicly traded on NASDAQ). The news is all over the Web, including the Defensio blog. Why is this important? For starters, I was Defensio’s first big user. Carl Mercier (founder of Defensio) asked me to help him early on with beta testing of […]

We’ve decided to move the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast to every 2 months. You can see an update at Montreal Tech Watch. This will make it a bit easier to organize (even though it’s already fairly easy to do so) and allow for increased attendance. With two months separating each event it should encourage more […]

The next Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast is scheduled for October 14th at 8am. Please note — the location is Boccacinos on McGill College The last breakfast had the biggest turnout ever. That was in part thanks to Sun Microsystems for sponsoring the breakfast. Thanks again to Sun and Sandra and Michal for organizing that. There’s […]