The first 3 funds I ever picked blew up 💥
> Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
—Bruce Lee
I have just returned from a high-status
5 min read
Latest posts (Page 16)
VC returns suck even more than I thought
Andreessen Horowitz performance is not as high as you would think.
2 min read
Wealthsimple, OPM Wire and The Globe are caught in a Mexican standoff
Wealthsimple is employing some Trumpian exaggeration tactics.
5 min read
John Phillips and Shopify - the biggest angel score in Canadian history
Meet Canada's newest billionaire.
2 min read
Wealthsimple's new initiatives in banking and crypto
OPM Wire was first to report on these major new initiatives by Wealthsimple.
2 min read
An investment riddle for the Holidays
Dear disgruntled reader,
I wanted to leave you with a riddle to ponder over the Holidays. Let’s take two
1 min read
Philip Fayer of Nuvei - Move over Mike Katchen, there's a new king of fintech - with unicorn status
A financing last week minted Canada’s first fintech unicorn. Nuvei, a Montreal
based payments processor, raised US $270 million
2 min read
The secret to raising money
> Man is the most vicious of all animals, and life is a series of battles ending
in victory or
4 min read
That time I met Ron Mock, departing CEO of Teachers
> My career is the sum of my experiences. - Ron Mock
Ron Mock, President and CEO of Ontario Teachers&
3 min read
The Second Mouse Plan — Introduction
How the Unimaginative Can Thrive in the Age of the Unicorn
“Do not let the brevity of these passages prevent
8 min read
Jeff Banfield, Original Gangster of Arbitrage
Jeff Banfield is primarily known as an arbitrageur. After working for many years as a prop trader at banks, he
5 min read
What Wealthsimple can learn from Kevin O'Leary
> The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea. It
is far
4 min read