I was using Google today and I didn’t know that you could play Pac-Man on it!!! http://www.google.com Share and Enjoy:
Author Archives: Chim
Six hours in Vienna (Wien)
It was a fun quick trip in Vienna. It is the first European country that I ever visited in my life. Share and Enjoy:
Little Sheep – Chinese Hot Pot
I was really impressed to find a Chinese Hot Pot restaurant in Montreal. Not even Toronto has one! The Little Sheep is specialized in hot pot and the restaurant is great. It is a all-you-can-eat system. They give you a hot pot soup in your … Read More →
Au Pied de Couchon – My Fanciest Poutine Ever
One of the reason why I quit Google and moved to Canada is because of Poutine. It is serious! In 2006, I lived in Montreal to study French at University of Montreal and I discovered one of my favorite food: Poutine. It is a very … Read More →
Startup Camp 6 Montreal – Pictures
Yesterday, I was in the Startup Camp 6 Montreal and it was an amazing experience to meet with highly motivated people in the Montreal’s community. It makes entrepreneurship to be highly contagious! Share and Enjoy:
DailyDinner.TV – Practical Dinner in the Right Time
I met with Peter from DailyDinner.tv and I was delighted to hear about his entrepreneurial story. He did not have any previous experience in programming, video editing nor starting up a business, but he is an example of a true entrepreneur who is self-reliant and … Read More →
Sametags.com – Relevant Twitter Search Engine
I met with Alain Lavoie and Nicolas Gosseline and they have this great Twitter Search idea of using relevant data from Twitter to display relevant profiles for the subject you are looking for. Differently from other searches, it uses more “sticky” data such as the … Read More →
Embrase – Business Consulting
I met with David Chabot who is one of the partners from Embrase, a business consulting firm that helps startups to grow, and I highly recommend their services for those more technical focused entrepreneurs. In my experience, a lot of programmers and engineers have great … Read More →
QuantumWhisper.com – The Missing Link Between User Feedback and Code
I met with Barry Pâquet and I was very impressed and amazed by his story of how he started up his company. He was working as a consultant for another software company and eventually, he had a great opportunity to come up with a product … Read More →
Habit Shaper – a goal and habit-tracker
The Startup Camp 6 in Montreal was a great event and I could see some very promising entrepreneurs and startups. The scene in Montreal is hot currently and it was a great experience to mingle in the community. My first blog post about what happened … Read More →
Summer Break!
Wow, the May cohort MBA students just graduated last week. It is impressive to look back and see that I have been into the Ivey MBA program for about nine months and I only have three months to go. The main feeling that I have … Read More →
MaRS – Videos and Resources to Entrepreneurs
http://vimeo.com/channels/ent101 MaRS offers a complete set of videos that provides business 101 to those who want to create a startup. The videos are pretty straight forward and the speakers are experienced entrepreneurs or people in the industry who provides great insights and share experiences. Share … Read More →
Venture Capitalists Continue to Take It Slow
Despite new signs of life in Silicon Valley, venture investing slowed in the first quarter. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/venture-capitalists-continue-to-take-it-slow/ Share and Enjoy:
Warren Buffett’s Punch
This picture was taken on March in Omaha. I was in this event where we had a Q&A with him. Most of the questions were related to the U.S. and China economies. Also, there were some other interesting topics about his story as a successful … Read More →
Brazil is launching new banknotes soon!
The Central Bank in Brazil is launching a new set of banknotes after 15 years with the launch of Real. They are good looking. I can’t wait to have all of them. You can read more about the launch here. Share and Enjoy:
Google Homepage in Canada (Olympics), Brazil (Carnaval) and China (New Year)
Today is a special day for Google’s Doodle team. It had to create and publish three different doodles. Except in Brazil and China, Google is showing the Winter Olympics doodle. In Brazil, Google is showing a Carnaval doodle and in China, it is showing the … Read More →
Startup: Kwedit – a promising way of payment, how about Habbo?
Kwedit is a strange name for a payment company. This is a startup that offers a new form of payment to social and interactive games that allows people to buy virtual goods. The strange thing is that it allows people to “promise” to pay for … Read More →
Startup: CrowdFlower
CrowdFlower is a company that allows companies to outsource their repetitive tasks such as data verification and filtering. I think initially this can be very useful for internet companies that need to have content verification and data check services. Usually, it is not cheap to … Read More →
Canada at 11th in Quality of Life Index 2009
I found out a quality of life index of over 100 countries. Canada is positioned at 11th together with other 8 countries. Read more here. Share and Enjoy:
Google Nexus One – the PC of smartphones?
The smartphone industry is moving to follow the same path of the personal computer (PC). Both industries have a lot of manufacturers. For example, Dell for computers and Motorola for smartphone. PC and smartphones have operating systems. For PC, the major OS is Windows and … Read More →
ArticStartup – 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Often Make When Raising Capital
This is very helpful for my New Venture Project timeline. Quick summary: Trying to raise money too late Trying to raise money too early Lacking a realistic assessment of the companys’ value Not building enough substance before approaching investors Not splitting the message into smaller … Read More →
Canada’s Venture Capital Firms – January 2010
January update 2010. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! = A must see. = A firm dedicated mostly in early stage companies. = Firm that invested in any startup in the last 3 months (from September 09). You can click the icon to see the news related to … Read More →
History Visualized @ biggerpicture.dk
Very very interesting way to see history, politics and graphics. These guys are great in doing info visual stuff. http://www.blog.biggerpicture.dk/our-history-visualized/ Share and Enjoy:
Spudaroo.com – an outsourcing marketplace for documents in general
Spudaroo.com is a website that allows people to pay 3rd parties to create website documents, business plan, blog content, slide presentation, and even resume for lazy people. This is a Canadian startup and I wonder how effective is to outsource this type of work to … Read More →
Nomaine.com – Interesting Domain Name Tool
It is so hard to come up with a nice name for startup or new blog when most of the basic names are all registered. Then, most people come up with strange or too creative names to their website which are hard to search. But … Read More →
Carnaval in Brazil – Comprehensive video about the biggest party on Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3mYDwRTALo Share and Enjoy: