jrodgers

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Theory: Wearable tech (hardware) company is a software company(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
1 points by jrodgers 12y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 13y ago
I think that is a problem they create ;) The terms are insane.
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by jrodgers 13y ago
My thought there was there are rankings and historical data on employment success. Sure, it could be disguised as brand success.
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by jrodgers 13y ago
That's me!
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A Perspective on Investor/Mentor Whiplash(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
1 points by jrodgers 13y ago|0 comments
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The “Accelerator Bubble” will pop but not for the reason you think it will(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
1 points by jrodgers 13y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 14y ago
This will be fun... hope I can actually make it! Reading his book now. Some interesting stuff. Keep drawing parallels to Waterloo and Toronto in my head which makes reading less fast.
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Managing perceptions and product at RIM like Apple did(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
1 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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Meaningful metrics for incubators and accelerators(startupnorth.ca)
1 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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Why RIM could and should bounce back: Mobile needs to innovate(francis-moran.com)
1 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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Understanding the metrics that drive incubators or accelerators(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
2 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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Canadian startup talk: Waterloo's next 5 years(startupnorth.ca)
2 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 14y ago
Woohoo gets the karma on my post! Unfair ;)
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Early stage companies don’t need money, they need customers(startupnorth.ca)
2 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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Why employers shouldn't ask for access to your Facebook account(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
2 points by jrodgers 14y ago|0 comments
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Harnessing the power of peer pressure in the form of mentorship(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
1 points by jrodgers 15y ago|0 comments
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Two types of successful startup incubators in the world: YC or TechStars(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
7 points by jrodgers 15y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 15y ago
Sensational, yes, but it is possible that being more than just a pr0n collector made Hollywood pay more attention to them as there is some strategic advantage to shut them down. They may have assisted with the investigation to speed things
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by jrodgers 15y ago
I could have sworn that 37 Signals did this 'first' in that they popularized the idea of 'lean' or iterative product design around a SaaS model in 2004ish. It is the whole philosophy around the birth of Rails as I remember it. If you go way
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Tech companies in Waterloo to keep an eye out for in 2012(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
2 points by jrodgers 15y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 15y ago
MoBeers was also mentioned in this Globe and Mail article about RIM: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/in-rims-waterl...
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Understanding burnout and reflecting on my experience with it(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
2 points by jrodgers 15y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 15y ago
I think a concept video, as long as it isn't too outrageous, is a decent way to inspire people. Some people watched minority report and said "I want to build that" -- concept videos could achieve the same. At the end of the article he menti
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Why I think Higher Education should experiment with an incubator model(whoyoucallingajesse.com)
2 points by jrodgers 15y ago|0 comments
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by jrodgers 15y ago
My thought on why that works for YC is that you are an educator. This thought is influenced not by your credentials but by students that I have known go into YC and what they seem to get out of it from an observers point of view. I don't th
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Trying to understand incubator math(startupnorth.ca)
41 points by jrodgers 15y ago|13 comments
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by jrodgers 15y ago
It's Canadian sarcasm... the best kind.
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by jrodgers 15y ago
You can't really blame RIM for being slow on IM apps given they are suing Kik with one patent claim around IM on mobile devices (I wonder if they will sue Apple with iMessage). Most other IM apps on BB were on there before the lawsuit and y
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by jrodgers 15y ago
Lots of other events in Waterloo too: http://watcamp.com/calendar ...for those unaware of how much more awesome Waterloo has become.
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by jrodgers 15y ago
Some perspective on the houses... have you noticed how bad 85 is every day? That is all the RIM employees that live in Milton or further away. Most of them did not move to town. Sure RIM laying off all employees would kill Waterloo but they

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