Comments on: Toronto’s Challenges, if it Tries to Become More Seattle- or Silicon Valley-esque http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-challenges-if-it-tries-to-become-more-seattle-or-silicon-valley-esque/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:06:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-challenges-if-it-tries-to-become-more-seattle-or-silicon-valley-esque/comment-page-1/#comment-13663 Tim Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:42:37 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6705#comment-13663 always keep politics out of your business...unless your selling weapons!!! promote activities that attract smart people. ie geekfest, furry conventions..you know stuff like that. Spread your money around A LOT. Hard to say what the next big thing is but 9 times out of 10 you'll never recognize it...cause its new Hi northern Devils!!! always keep politics out of your business…unless your selling weapons!!!

promote activities that attract smart people. ie geekfest, furry conventions..you know stuff like that.

Spread your money around A LOT. Hard to say what the next big thing is but 9 times out of 10 you’ll never recognize it…cause its new

Hi northern Devils!!!

]]> By: DaveP http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-challenges-if-it-tries-to-become-more-seattle-or-silicon-valley-esque/comment-page-1/#comment-13591 DaveP Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:03:55 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6705#comment-13591 "Socrates was a philosopher. He went around pointing out errors in the way things were done. They fed him hemlock." -Gil Amelio, quoting a "young philosophy student" For some reason that's the first response that popped into my brain. “Socrates was a philosopher. He went around pointing out errors in the way things were done. They fed him hemlock.” -Gil Amelio, quoting a “young philosophy student”

For some reason that’s the first response that popped into my brain.

]]> By: M http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-challenges-if-it-tries-to-become-more-seattle-or-silicon-valley-esque/comment-page-1/#comment-13586 M Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:06:24 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6705#comment-13586 It's pretty bad out there for tech companies in Toronto, and there are many reasons. The big successes (Delrina and others) were a decade ago and there have been spinoffs of talent and capital. But the VC industry in Canada really lags the US. We'll see spinoffs from RIM, but unless the investment climate improves, those returns will be diminishing as well. Other problems are that universities are not producing entrepreneurs, Canada is not attracting talent, and the financial companies are poaching talent and not giving them any of the skills needed to succeed in private industry. It’s pretty bad out there for tech companies in Toronto, and there are many reasons. The big successes (Delrina and others) were a decade ago and there have been spinoffs of talent and capital. But the VC industry in Canada really lags the US. We’ll see spinoffs from RIM, but unless the investment climate improves, those returns will be diminishing as well.

Other problems are that universities are not producing entrepreneurs, Canada is not attracting talent, and the financial companies are poaching talent and not giving them any of the skills needed to succeed in private industry.

]]> By: Sean Galbraith http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/06/05/toronto%e2%80%99s-challenges-if-it-tries-to-become-more-seattle-or-silicon-valley-esque/comment-page-1/#comment-13571 Sean Galbraith Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:57:56 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/?p=6705#comment-13571 RIM = Waterloo = University of Waterloo Computer Engineering Juggernaut RIM = Waterloo = University of Waterloo Computer Engineering Juggernaut

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