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Inside Sir Terry’s start-up engine
By Leo Valiquette “Venture capital is dead. It’s gone.” Sir Terry Matthews didn’t mince words Thursday morning as the keynote speaker at OCRI’s Technology Executive Breakfast. Not that he ever does....
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Facebook: ‘Irrational exuberance’ all over again?
By Leo Valiquette The verdict is still out as to whether Goldman Sachs’ investment in Facebook heralds an IPO, but the $50 billion valuation it places on the popular social media platform is...
View ArticleHug an entrepreneur
A lot has been said about creating an Innovative Culture. Research labs, government departments and agencies are all trying to figure out just how to make us innovate. The thought being that innovation...
View ArticleGovernment: Picking winners, losers and champions
As someone who engages with entrepreneurs, investors, bureaucrats and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, it is clear to me that we don’t stimulate and nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in...
View ArticleChampionship: Making the most of the juicy leftovers
Last week, tech heavyweights from around the world lined up to bid for Nortel Network’s portfolio of more than 6,000 telecommunications and web-related patents [...] The post Championship: Making the...
View ArticleWaterloo will not commit suttee on any RIM funeral pyre
An article in The Verge this week posited the not uncommon suggestion that as goes RIM, so go the fortunes of its home town, Waterloo. Now, I've been travelling down to Waterloo every couple of months...
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