Patrick McGinnis worked for the financial services giant AIG when the financial crisis hit in 2008. The aftermath of convinced him that he should take another look at investing in startups. In his book The 10% Entrepreneur, he talks about how he prospered devoting just a fraction of his time and money. For the first […]

As a startup founder or small business employee, you’re most likely working more than the average 40 hours per work. By staying late, going in early, and paying more attention to your work than your health, you’re going to end up getting sick at some point. When workers get sick, they tend to ignore their […]

When Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf were founding the mobile banking platform Number26, they decided to leave their native Austria. “Valentin and myself are originally from Vienna, but we felt Berlin offered what we needed to recruit top-notch talent,” Tayenthal says. “The location is a draw for many. We’re literally in the center of Europe. […]

A lot of people have probably heard the word “sprint” or been a part of a “sprint” process at work—solving problems with a systematic process that takes a few days out of your normal routine. Jake Knapp and his team at Google Ventures helped to define and create the sprint system. After running more than […]

 Sitting too much is killing us all. We’re sitting an average of 9.3 hours a day, and this lack of activity has been linked to health problems like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. We’re getting heavier and sicker just by having full-time office jobs. Is there any way to stay fit at work? However, there […]

Montreal, with its continually rising influx of capital and number of startups, has staked its claim as a tech city. According to a recent report from Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, the province of Quebec received $693 million in venture capital in the past year; most of these spoils went to the city’s […]

You know that great employee who goes above and beyond, sending emails on the weekend with an idea, proactively suggesting improvements for the company, or just spreading goodness about your brand? This kind of employee is what makes a business, and I have had the good fortune to work with many of them. What I […]