Disqus - Latest Comments for dossip

Re: Hustle ventures

dossip — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:45:33 -0000

David

I see it differently. I agree Canadians are risk adverse which means it is hard for Canadian startups to get local financing and even harder to find Canadian accounts. However, creating a safe environment for entrepreneurs will not lead to more successful startups. In fact, it may have the reverse affect as it could make it too easy to walk away. Most successful companies are the product of many failures and rejections, and successful entrepreneurs are those who have the persistence to keep going. What we need more than anything are more examples of successful entrepreneurs so that people know that success, while perhaps not immediate, is possible.

Re: Hustle ventures

dossip — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:59:18 -0000

Economic protectionism would be handing large government contracts to established Canadian corporations. I doubt that tax credits of less than $100,000 would fall into this category.

I would define a startup as a Canadian Controlled Corporation incorporated in the last three years with revenues of less than $1,000,000.

To me - nothing is more important than helping startups get reference accounts as this helps to attract financing and to win additional accounts.

Re: Hustle ventures

dossip — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:26:41 -0000

Dave we have discussed this several times. My feeling is that if the government could easily create a rich startup environment by simply giving the tax credits to companies that purchased from new ventures instead of giving the SREDs to the new companies. This would help startups get customer references as well as cash flow.

Re: Workbrain Children

dossip — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:10:43 -0000

A couple others to add to the list - Sparkroom (Charles Barton, Steve Smith) and Versult (Ray Nunn.) All good teams!