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I founded Castek almost two decades ago, on a couple of credit cards and a dream (at the time, we referred to it as a “wing and a prayer” … now we prefer to remember it as a “vision for global leadership” *lol*). After 2 economic cycles, 3 major rounds of financing, 3 business model changes, and 2 “perfect storms”, I have reached the conclusion that “success” and “failure” are
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Parsing the Venture landscape
I have been searching for a practical breakdown of the various sources for venture capital, in a way that can be easily digested by typical entrepreneurs as they navigate through each of the major breakpoints in the life cycle of their ventures. This post by Manu Kumar from K9 Ventures, probably does the best job I’ve seen of making this [...]
The countdown is on!
All hands on deck at Fuse Powered during March Madness – fourteen days and counting to the commercial launch of Fuseboxx™ 2.0. The public version of Fuse Powered’s publishing technology platform for iOS and Android apps, is making its’ debut at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco at the end of the month. Fuseboxx™ 2.0 provides app publishers [...]
Here Is What Is
Entrepreneurs are different–people who see possibilities where others see limitations. But best ideas seldom win, and paraphrasing my friend Daniel Lanois in his film “Here is What is”, people would be surprised how much Creativity comes from Shit. Put into the context of how startups evolve into successful companies, it has become clear to me that the key to later [...]
NFQ !!
I founded Castek almost two decades ago, on a couple of credit cards and a dream (at the time, we referred to it as a “wing and a prayer” … now we prefer to remember it as a “vision for global leadership” *lol*). After 2 economic cycles, 3 major rounds of financing, 3 business model changes, and 2 “perfect storms”, I have reached the conclusion that “success” and “failure” are
Plan for the Worst … Hope for the Best !!
Most entrepreneurs that I have met have the innate gift of being able to “Hope for the best”, to suspend disbelief and to trust in their personal ability to build successes out of their ideas. Their belief in their ability to turn “perceived limitations” into “enabled possibilities” is a key trait that fuels entrepreneurs to travel where others fear to [...]
Enterprise innovation cycle (the next “wave” on a Rising Tide)
Most Enterprises have taken their medicine over the past 4 years, since the big crash of 2008, and don’t have much more room to optimize performance through cuts and austerity measures alone. Our bets are that Enterprises are cautiously and selectively starting to explore CAPX and strategic investments — especially in areas that can drive customer acquisition and growth. New [...]
Long live entrepreneurs !!!
Perhaps a contrary point of view, but I believe that the current market and economic turmoil makes it a very exciting time to be an entrepreneur and to bet on entrepreneurs, and will eventually be quite beneficial to their businesses. Gone are the days, especially in the B2B environment, when customers can afford to ignore a “better mousetrap” (especially where they drive in-year cost reductions or productivity improvements), or make
Happy NFQ Holidays !!!!
And now, we at NFQ Ventures, would like to wish all of our friends and associates a Happy “Never Fu@#ing Quit” Holiday season !!!
Toronto Raptors and NFQ?
For the first time in 15 years of being Raptors seasons ticket holders, my wife (@KatTheBadOne) and I left a game early, at half-time last night, while the OKC Thunder utterly wiped out our Raptors. I don’t think that I have ever quit on a single thing in my life (ergo the name of this blog!!), and so I had to reconcile my inability to stomach sitting through the remainder
Rocco Rossi for Mayor challenge – Announcing winner of Platinum Raps tickets !!
Just as I feared … the decision on best post has been much more difficult than I had originally anticipated. You guys really have a lot of very valid perspectives, priorities and questions on your mind, when it comes to the future of our town !! Actually, this bodes very well for the city, because we do need more people who think seriously about where we can and should
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