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Re: Rethinking The Local Paper

Denis Canuel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:02:04 -0000

Fred,

I'm working on this and I'd really like to hear about what you think. I think I have a decent model and perhaps we could exchange notes. Please contact me to discuss further about this.

Re: » TimmyOnTime - Time Management via Instant Messenger | StartupNorth

Denis Canuel — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:33:30 -0000

Good luck Dan and Frank!

Re: » StartupCamp Toronto - Thank You | StartupNorth

Denis Canuel — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:00:11 -0000

Guys,

You're most welcomed to join us in Montreal. Montreal's weather in January is, ehh superb!

Seriously, it will be very fun and I hope many of you will join us for this event! Thanks for mentioning about it!

Re: » StartupCamp Montreal - January 23 2008 | StartupNorth

Denis Canuel — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:53 -0000

Jevon, I hope you guys will come visit us! It will be very interesting..!

Re: » Canada Needs to Realize The Technology Business is a Race | StartupNorth

Denis Canuel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:51:57 -0000

Great stuff however the picture is slowly changing. There are more and more startups in Canada (especially in Vancouver) and we need to stop saying that in order to be successful you need to move south. I think a great idea will work regardless of where you are, good ideas will require some work and bad ideas will require you to move to Silicon Valley in order to get financed.

Re: This morning at Montreal Tech Entrepreneur’s Breakfast (MTEB)

Denis Canuel — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:03:59 -0000

Nice...! I'll have to get my dusty board out so that we can go for a session together :)

Re: Upcoming Events

Denis Canuel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:02:05 -0000

Sylvain, I got you covered for your outing at Club St-James:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/319Ihcdtv...

Re: My "Demo" Are Fans of Firefox?

Denis Canuel — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:24:34 -0000

We're geeks looking for startup tips :)

Re: TimmyOnTime - Time Management via Instant Messenger

Denis Canuel — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:33:30 -0000

Good luck Dan and Frank!

Re: StartupCamp Toronto - Thank You

Denis Canuel — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:00:11 -0000

Re: StartupCamp Montreal - January 23 2008

Denis Canuel — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:53 -0000

Jevon, I hope you guys will come visit us! It will be very interesting..!

Re: Canada Needs to Realize The Technology Business is a Race

Denis Canuel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:51:57 -0000

Re: Bloggers: Are You Ready For Writer’s Block?

Denis Canuel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:04:13 -0000

Great article..! I think this list will help me..! I always have this problem unless something "major" is going on. And this made me think that an hybrid between Blog and Twitter would be nice for me. Sometimes I would like to talk about something but don’t feel like writing a lot so I skip until I have a topic which I can discuss in a lengthy way.

Re: Bloggers: Are You Ready For Writer’s Block?

Denis Canuel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:21:20 -0000

Ben, I was actually considering writing a plugin for Wordpress because I can’t find exactly what I’m looking for. However I just don’t have the time anymore :( Maybe a quick hack will do the work…

Re: Bloggers: Are You Ready For Writer’s Block?

Denis Canuel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:50:50 -0000

Ben, that’s a good question and in fact a great topic so let me write down my wish list as I want a lot of things :)

Re: 3 Easy Ways to Treat Your Customers Right

Denis Canuel — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:01:50 -0000

Timely post considering what I had to go though last week (and still going through)...

http://quebecvalley.com/2007/10/04/why-do-we-ta...

McDonald's can treat its customer badly - people will return anyways as they know they can't expect full customer service from a 15 years old teenager. But getting bad service when you buy top of the line equipment (knowing very well the margin they made) is one sure way of losing customers.

Just yesterday, I read a newspaper article about Canadians buying cars in USA. Well it said that Honda Canada (among a few other vendors) ignored the US warranty if people imported their cars. The journalist speculated that Honda wanted to keep selling higher margin cars in Canada. Well if someone were actively looking into importing a Honda and were to find out about that, then they wouldn't buy a Honda in Canada knowing they would get screwed up many $1000's. They will buy another brand in USA (that's what I would do anyway).

So ignoring your customers BEFORE a sale is made is not an interesting option either. Honda Canada has some lessons to learn regarding customer satisfaction.

Re: 3 Easy Ways to Treat Your Customers Right

Denis Canuel — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:49:41 -0000

Ben: Getting off topic but who cares :) FYI, I imported my car a few years ago when I left the USA and moved back to Canada. Unless things changed radically since 2003, it's very easy, trust me.

Re: An Introductory Guide to Startup Funding

Denis Canuel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:32:08 -0000

@Sylvain, yes please. It is definitively interesting!

@Ben, I already mentioned it in my blog, but 2 thumbs up for you on that one (and all posts as usual!)

Re: 7 Ways to Guarantee Customers Never Buy From You Again

Denis Canuel — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:13:32 -0000

Not that I went, but heard exactly the same thing. I just couldn't believe the 500$+ picture package. I guess it IS real... Better spend that money on a photo course and do it yourself.

Re: Paying Lip Service to Failure Is Not Enough

Denis Canuel — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:51:13 -0000

Great post Ben.

I read Phil's blog and took many mental notes. You can't learn to ride a bicycle without falling a few times. If you don't then you're just lucky or damn good. Most people will fall, some even AFTER they learned to ride.

Some people will laugh at you when you fail. However these people rarely take initiatives like Phil did. They would rather work at Mcdonald's and one must learn to ignore them even though it's very hard. If you think that you did the right thing then no one can make you change your true belief.

@Daniel: nice way of seeing this. It's kinda true. We're looking for the golden ticket and we don't know when (or if) we'll even get it.

We need to keep trying. Failing to keep trying is not an option! Hang in there phil!

Re: Paying Lip Service to Failure Is Not Enough

Denis Canuel — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:57:58 -0000

Michelle: there is a Blitzweekend coming up in early 2008. It's going to be very similar.

Re: Are You Testing the Effectiveness of Your Website?

Denis Canuel — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:40:57 -0000

There are many notable examples of bad design that works. Craiglist is another one. A lot of people will judge a site by its look; it’s the human nature. Would you trust a car seller dressed like a vagrant? Now that being said, if the vagrant looking seller is of exceptional help, you might return and talk to your friends about him.

Some sites have amazing design but have very bad usability. You don’t know what to do. My mantra is to think Apple. Look at the iPod. How simpler can it get? Even my mom can use it. The design? Nothing really amazing about it…

Re: How To Launch a Startup: Ideas, Acceleration, Raising Capital and More

Denis Canuel — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:09:29 -0000

Ben, it was great..! Thanks for coming, it's always great to have entrepreneurs encouraging the future generation :)

Re: Kudos to Marc-Andre Cournoyer: Speaking at MeshU

Denis Canuel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:48:21 -0000

Awesome! Congrats Marc-André!

Re: Google Street View à Montréal!

Denis Canuel — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:53:14 -0000

Intéressant... Montréal est finalement une ville d'intérêt après tout..!

Re: Grab Cool Gifts For Under A Dollar With DailyDollarDeal.com

Denis Canuel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:12:45 -0000

Hey thanks for the idea and talking about us. We'll consider this, it's a great idea! We encourage people to contact us with more ideas..

Re: Vacation Deal Packages - Niche WordPress Blog Sold

Denis Canuel — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:08:14 -0000

Congrats! My question is how do you manage to publicize your site? This is the hardest part for me. I can make 100 blogs per month but if I have no visitors, what's the point? :)

Re: Vacation Deal Packages – Niche WordPress Blog Sold

Denis Canuel — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:08:14 -0000

Congrats! My question is how do you manage to publicize your site? This is the hardest part for me. I can make 100 blogs per month but if I have no visitors, what's the point? :)