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Founders (and builders) on a Boat

Come join a small group of founders and people that build things (organizations, products, movements) on an adventure in Georgian Bay this…

2 min readAug 6, 2023

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Founders (and builders) on a Boat

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Looking at a portfolio of 50 early-stage investments

Analyzing a fund that made 50 investments from 2017 to 2022 using publicly available data offers some valuable insights into the state of…

3 min readMar 27, 2023

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Looking at a portfolio of 50 early-stage investments

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Avoid only focusing on your “toe drag, release” with your startup

It is good to celebrate important achievements but sometimes a certain type of achievement attracts so much celebration that it is all…

3 min readFeb 27, 2023

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Avoid only focusing on your “toe drag, release” with your startup

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Non-Profit is not the only way to support starting a company

Non-profit organisations are the primary tool supporting early stage businesses and developing high risk, often research based, ideas in…

6 min readFeb 2, 2023

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Non-Profit is not the only way to support starting a company

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Where to look for early stage investment in Canada

Finding that first little bit of investment is hard — it almost always consumes a founders thoughts and rarely goes as expected. The…

4 min readJan 9, 2023

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Where to look for early stage investment in Canada

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Early stage funding is missing in Canada.

Canada lacks a vibrant early stage funding network. Unless you have friends and family with significant personal wealth, raising that first…

8 min readDec 20, 2022

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Early stage funding is missing in Canada.

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What is going on with early stage startups in Waterloo and Canada?

R.I.P. Good Times. We seem to be heading back to 2008. There is a drop in the volume of early stage deals getting done in Canada, a drop in…

9 min readNov 22, 2022

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What is going on with early stage startups in Waterloo and Canada?

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Is There a Podium to Own in Tech?

Canada’s tech industry has often wondered if it could “own the podium in tech.” But what does that mean? It has commonly been used in…

6 min readJan 14, 2022

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Is There a Podium to Own in Tech?

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The Misaligned Support of Startups

Focusing on attention and credit is stalling Canada’s long term growth.

11 min readNov 5, 2021

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The Misaligned Support of Startups

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My Summer Project

For the summer of 2021 I took on an important project, coach a baseball team of 15 and 14 yr olds. These young men worked their butts off…

5 min readOct 13, 2021

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Kitchener Minor Baseball 15u T2 A2 team in 2021.

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Jesse Rodgers

Jesse Rodgers

Built some programs that support founders, founded a company, spend a lot of time thinking about innovation ecosystems and infrastructure to build the future.

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