Building a startup is hard.
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If You’re Not Prototyping with AI, You’re Going Too Slow
If you’re a founder in 2025, you need to learn about vibe coding. Here’s why.
Want to Improve Your Pitch? Stop Talking to Founders
A trusted group of peers is one of the most valuable resources a founder can have, but there’s one area where talking to founders can steer you wrong: your fundraising pitch.
Want to get the Most Out of Mentoring? Don’t be a Pushover
Here are 5 steps to ensuring that you get the most out of mentorship without being steamrolled by an overzealous mentor.
How to Setup a Minecraft Bedrock Server on a Mac
Here is a start-to-finish tutorial on how to setup and run a Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server on a Mac.
American VCs Aren’t the Reason Your Startups are Leaving
Instead of blaming American VCs for “taking” their high-potential startups, ecosystems should stop and look in the proverbial mirror.
Fundraising Sucks. Get Over It.
Each week, I get emails from founder expressing frustration about fundraising. My advice? Get over it.
Canada is pissed. So what?
This weekend, the U.S. shattered the trust of an entire nation. And Canadians are pissed.
DeepSeek was Inevitable
The emergence of DeepSeek R1 has shaken the tech industry to its core. But in hindsight, it was inevitable.
How to Write an Effective Fundraising Introduction Email
What makes an effective fundraising email and how do you create a request-for-introduction or a cold outreach email?
Where are the Builders?
Why does it seem harder to find communities of technical founders in some ecosystems than in others?
What’s It Called?
I’ve started to discuss my next project with people close to me and one question keeps coming up: “What’s it called?”
Things I Think I Think - Q4 2024
Out with the old, in with the new. Here are 5 Things I Think I Think: Q4 2024.
The Changing Startup Landscape According to Video Games
Believe it or not, the contemporary evolution of startups in many ways mirrors the evolution of video games. Here are 3 lessons founders should take from the history of video games.
10 Tips for UK Founders Going to San Francisco
If you’ve never been to San Francisco before, where do you start?
Here are 10 resources for UK founders landing in San Francisco for the first time.
10 Tips for Canadian Founders Going to San Francisco
If you’ve never been to San Francisco before, where do you start?
Here are 10 resources for Canadian founders landing in San Francisco for the first time.
Venture Capital’s Changing of the Guard
Venture capital is not broken. But it is evolving.
In Silicon Valley, No Answer is an Answer
No aspect of Silicon Valley etiquette is more jarring to newly-arrived founders than the fact that it is culturally acceptable to not reply to emails.
The Life and Death of Project Stag
There is a startup I cofounded that almost no one knows about. This is the story of Project Stag.
