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by liquimoon 13y ago
"A startup in Canada means going for profitability very quickly, and being doomed to a slow-growth strategy, as large chunks of cash are nowhere to be found." - This is dead on! That's for sharing!
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Had Google been sold to Yahoo through licensing, they would not have become a multi-billion dollar company. That was my point.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Completely agreed! Thanks for sharing the insight.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
If you think about the technology adoption lifecycle, you not only need a concentration of people, but more importantly a concentration of early adopters. So, from that perspective, you can see why a lot of B2C apps come out of Silicon Vall
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Don't get me wrong. Vancouver is a much better city to live in. I love it here, and it's where I will eventually settle down. My point is on the investors' side. Investors play a big role in the tech startup ecosystem. When y
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by liquimoon 13y ago
But the concentration is what counts here. After all, Silicon Valley is merely a region. You cannot compare it to the rest of the world.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
So, my startup is actually ramen profitable at the moment. I spoke with some local investors. The deal was to owe 30% equity in exchange for 10 enterprise clients (around $100/month)! Guess what, these are investors coming out of minin
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Except a big portion of the oil is owned by foreign companies. So, it's not like we are ripping all the benefits either.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
I mean when your company fails, you are not personally liable to pay off the debt. In some countries, this is not the case, and it creates a big legal barrier for being entrepreneurial.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
I think you will need a passport though. Visa no.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
That's a pity. Surprisingly, a lot of what makes innovation work has to do with the law. Bankruptcy law for example really plays a big role when it comes to innovation.
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by liquimoon 13y ago
I think technology should be distributed to leverage the economy of scale. But here, I am talking about the startup ecosystem. If you look at the big Internet companies, you will be amazed to see how many of them come out of the valley. Th
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Hey Jeff! Jerry here. Sorry to hear that. Should catch up soon!
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Thanks for commenting. Did you know about the Startup Visa? http://www.techvibes.com/blog/foreign-startup-visa-program-2...
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by liquimoon 13y ago
Wow, this is a pretty complete list! Thanks for compiling.
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Why Canada Has No Big Tech Companies(blog.contentdj.com)
94 points by liquimoon 13y ago|167 comments
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Ask HN: what's driven you to do startup?
2 points by liquimoon 13y ago|3 comments
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The Pace of Innovation is not Slowing Down(blog.contentdj.com)
7 points by liquimoon 13y ago|1 comments
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The inverse relationship - innovation and market cap of technology companies(blog.contentdj.com)
1 points by liquimoon 13y ago|0 comments
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Monetizing a Consumer Site By Selling Souls(blog.contentdj.com)
6 points by liquimoon 13y ago|1 comments
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Chrome marks inc.com as a malware distributor
1 points by liquimoon 13y ago|0 comments
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PBS Documentary on Silicon Valley(pbs.org)
4 points by liquimoon 14y ago|0 comments
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Thoughts on Heroku and Productivity Multipliers(blog.contentdj.com)
6 points by liquimoon 14y ago|1 comments
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DARPA's 1.8 Gigapixel Drone Camera Could See You Waving At It From 15,000 Feet(theatlantic.com)
5 points by liquimoon 14y ago|0 comments
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Why You Should become a Community Manager CEO(blog.contentdj.com)
9 points by liquimoon 14y ago|0 comments
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Here is my epiphany today: Focus on What Works(blog.contentdj.com)
1 points by liquimoon 14y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: A Facebook Group for Solo Founders
4 points by liquimoon 14y ago|2 comments
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by liquimoon 14y ago
So, I created a FB group for solo founders: http://www.facebook.com/groups/390441457703323/ It would be great to have a group where we can share experiences and motivate one another. Remember, just because you are a solo founder doesn't m
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by liquimoon 14y ago
The hardest part of starting up is at the beginning. I think once you raise lots of money and have reached product market fit, whether you have a cofounder is not all that important. Yet, the solo founder discrimination starts at the beginn
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by liquimoon 14y ago
True, but even marketing has become a lot easier. Like they say, the 1 million users is the new 100K.

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