I come from a family of entrepreneurs, which makes running a lemonade stand a rite of passage in our family.

My name is Chris. And I’m an instigator. Here's the story of Vancouver Founders Day.

The stereotype that local investors don’t lead rounds but "foreign investors" do exists all over the world. But is it true?

To increase fundraising success with generalist VCs, hard tech founders must show that your startup fits the traditional VC model. Here's how.

When I graduated from Stanford more than 20 years ago, nobody aspired to "be a VC".

Connecting on LinkedIn can be the easiest way to open a direct line of communication with a potential investor. But you have to do it right.

Pitching an investor at a party is very different from pitching in an office, a coffee shop or over Zoom. Here are 6 tips for pitching a VC at a party.

Is summer really a bad time to fundraise? And if so, why?

Q2 has come to a close and we’re into that sweet, sweet Canadian summer. Here are 5 Things I Think I Think: Q2 2024.

Canadian founders are amongst the most ambitious in the world. Seriously.

Founders and VCs both want valuation comparisons when fundraising. But the truth is, there is no such thing as accurate pre-seed valuation data.

There’s plenty of debate around whether or not founders should talk to associates at VC firms. But there’s another, more subtle fundraising dynamic at play that most founders are completely unaware of: the dynamic between partners.

Here are 5 misleading metrics that have no place in your fundraising deck.

Here are 5 tips for starting your fundraising process on the right foot and signalling to investors that you’re in control of the timeline.

How data analytics startup Glean raised a $1M pre-seed round…in 2012.

Fundraising is hard enough before we add power dynamics and egos to the mix. So let’s try to be better as investors.

How often do you meet someone new and within 10 seconds get the feeling that they’re a transactional person?

Could Canada’s productivity crisis serve as the breaking point for a tech industry that historically stayed out of politics?

The secret to perfectly creamy, silky-smooth scrambled eggs is patience.

As an early-stage investor, velocity is the #1 thing I’m trying to measure when I meet with founders.