Oh, Canada - Venture Goldmine

Posted on September 7th, 2007 in Venture Capital by Warren

When I think of Canada, maple syrup and mullets on skates are the first things to come to mind. However, since valuations for domestic ventures have been steadily increasing the past few years in the US - a result of too many VCs and too few breakthrough ventures - Canada (namely Quebec, B.C, Ontario and Vancouver) is increasingly becoming a goldmine for undervalued ventures in cleantech, bioscience and IT.

Since the Canada’s VC industry is still rather nascent and its campuses are burgeoning with technologies AND Sand Hill Road is pretty crowded with Harvard/Standford MBA associates, maybe I’ll look for a gig out there?

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Procrastinate more effectively

Posted on September 7th, 2007 in Personal Development by Warren

Saw a similar article awhile back.   Structured procrastination can be loosely defined as procrastinating by “Rather than doing nothing at all, take care of business that normally gets forgotten.” Here is another take on structured procrastination from LifeClever.

My favorite structured procrastination activities from the list:

  • Networking
  • Getting up to date

Both can be done quite effectively via Facebook. =D

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