The rising interest rates and eye-popping inflation, combined with the sharp economic downturn and the fears of prolonged recession — already brought huge layoffs to Silicon Valley. And the VC capital of the world was quick to call for radical cost-cutting measures, spending reductions, and a greater focus on profitability…

If you ever wondered, what does it take to become an “entrepreneur” and you simply Googled the “e-word” — the familiar search engine returns 4,180,000,000 results. Yes, it is not an error: Four Billion, One Hundred Eighty Million references… The Oxford dictionary offers some additional definitions such as: “a person…

For the last 6+ years, I solemnly declared that the Canadian Housing Bubble is far worse than the similar bubble in the USA. And that’s the case for several reasons… But beyond the above thesis, a more important question to ask is as follows: what can entrepreneurs learn from how…

When the music stops and the sound of bursting bubbles prevails… the world of venture capital takes notice. And as a consequence, we are being bombarded almost daily by the alarming messages by Crunchbase describing in great detail the acceleration of tech layoffs and the hiring freezes. Perhaps it is…

I wrote about the benefits of securing CVC investments in the past. And in my LinkedIn posts, I emphasized the benefits of bringing the CVCs onboard — to a young startup. It was all told from a startup’s perspective… For example, in “Corporate Venture Capital — The Most Underutilized Factor…

Last month, I introduced a truly innovative and ground-breaking service — SmartAB™. And I declared right from the outset, that Canada Green ESCO (CGE) designed SmartAB™ to turn advisory costs into… profit centers. And at the times when all the major stock indices are in a free-fall and crater before…

Is Metaverse On Fire? In my LinkedIn post “Content Is Eating The World”, I wrote: “Exactly 10 years ago, Marc Andreessen from Andreessen Horowitz, coined his famous phrase “Software is eating the world”. …

SmartAB™ is a truly revolutionary concept. And IMHO, it is time for the Institutional VCs to look at themselves in a mirror and ask the following question: Are Most Of Your Investments Doing Well? Well, if not, let us turn your portfolio losers into… profit makers, at a very low…

Redefining Entrepreneurship — one Advisory Board at a time… If you followed my LinkedIn posts over the last 6 years, you must have noticed a great deal of REINVENTION advice. I offered my recommendations to companies and associations of all sizes — large and small. The list includes: · Reinventing IBM · Reinventing Virgin · Reinventing MEC · Reinventing…