On Human Trafficking in Canada and Beyond: Part One. Of all the human tragedies that occur in our modern-day society, it seems none match the inhumanity of sex trafficking. Poverty,…
Skyworker’s Co-Founder, CEO on War, Ukraine, Guilt, and the Startup Dream
Imagine creating a startup and then a war breaks out in your home country. Then you move to an underground shelter, only to move to another city and eventually settle…
Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet at Collision Conference; Corporate Empathy and the Secret Sauce to Mentoring Startups
I’m guided around a black curtain by a Techstars rep who tells me Maëlle Gavet is now free for her interview. I see Gavet sitting in a black leather chair. It…
Various National Flags At Toronto Protest Shows Emotional Reach Of The War In Ukraine (Lithuania, Georgia, Belarus, Poland, Estonia, Taiwan, Netherlands, et al.)
On the way into the downtown core, a gentleman driving a black Mercedes had two flags rolled up on his dash. One was the Ukrainian flag, while the other—perhaps less…
Facebook, Algorithmic-Based Rankings and ‘The Perfect Storm’; Frances Haugen Testifies to Congress.
The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, and former product manager for Facebook (now Meta) testified at yesterday’s U.S. Senate hearing. Regarding her testimony, Sen. Blumenthal (D-Conn) remarked in his opening statement that Haugen was…
With A Possibility For CRISPR To Cure “All” Diseases, Should All New Biotech Companies Be Designated Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) To Thwart Potentially Specious Big Pharma Takeovers?
A neoteric philosophy on CRISPR (Cas9 and other variants): biotech startups; takeovers; Big Pharma (potentially comprised with executives susceptible to unscrupulous profit motives); a designate known as 'PBC'; and China. It…
BlackBerry World Tour 2019: Girl Guides of Canada; CylancePROTECT; AI; IoT
BlackBerry partners with Girl Guides of Canada announcing launch of ‘Digital Defenders’ program at Toronto leg of WorldTour2019, along with first public demos of CylancePROTECT mobile cybersecurity.
Toronto’s Spacefy Set To Make Noise: Lights, Camera, Action!
If you think your home, loft or commercial space would make for an interesting backdrop for a movie; an event space; a studio or for other audio/visual production content, then…