Many business books have been written.  Some great, others less so.   I enjoy reading the chronicles of successful start-ups either contemporary or historic.

As I am an investor in the Ottawa based on-line alternative payment company www.ebillme.com, I read with great interest The PayPal Wars by Eric Jackson.  Eric has a unique perspective being an early employee.  Given my twelve years in the venture business I read these stories [...] read more »

The disease is rampant in Canadian venture. It's highly infectious. It does not kill its host. Rather, it actively works to infect all who come in contact with the host. It does this when the host speaks. It works by corroding the fabric of ambition and accomplishment. If someone with the disease comes in contact with your start-up, a quarantine, a perimeter and ultimately removal is absolutely necessary because it has killed many start-ups, but more on this later. The host of course is a human being. And the disease, of course, is projected doubt. Doubt about direction, decisions, delivery. Doubt [...] read more »