Months, maybe a year ago I made the recommendation that Nexopia develop a product to “import” profiles from other websites. This was of course brushed off as “hard to do” and “illegal” because it would require the scraping of data from other social networks. There was also the issue of privacy and our lead developer [...]
Over a TechCrunch, Michael Arrington wrote a post agreeing with some parts of Jason Calcanis’s post on how to save money running a startup. The two great points Arrington brings up strike a cord with my small startup experience with Nexopia here in Edmonton.
Arrington says that startups must:
Watch every penny, and
Hire the right people
I’d like [...]
Today my friend Timo had his unicycle at work. His parents picked it up at a garage sale for $30. It’s in decent shape.
Right now myself and Timo are the only ones brave enough to try it out. It’s a lot of work trying to stay balanced and I’ve only managed to [...]
First of all a big thanks to Rob Davy over at Cadence Creek Equine Centre for a mention in his blog. Rob is one of my best friends and we both share the entrepreneurial spirit. Rob and his wife Caitlin run a horse boarding and riding lesson facility just east of Edmonton. [...]
A few readers may be aware that I am seeking to take something on, be my own man, run my own business.
I’ve been eying a nice cozy Internet cafe on Whyte Avenue since October. With school out of the way things are finally starting to take shape. I’m in the throes of finding [...]