Comments for Montreal Start Up http://montrealstartup.com venture investor Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Co-ed Start-Up Soccer! by daniel http://montrealstartup.com/events/co-ed-start-up-soccer/#comment-3928 daniel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:38:56 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=145#comment-3928 Absolument! Absolument!

]]> Comment on Co-ed Start-Up Soccer! by Patrick http://montrealstartup.com/events/co-ed-start-up-soccer/#comment-3927 Patrick Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:08:52 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=145#comment-3927 Station C c'est-tu assez un startup pour jouer? Station C c’est-tu assez un startup pour jouer?

]]> Comment on Co-ed Start-Up Soccer! by daniel http://montrealstartup.com/events/co-ed-start-up-soccer/#comment-3909 daniel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:44:09 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=145#comment-3909 Absolutely! Thanks for volunteering :-) Don't forget to sign up, so we can keep you in the loop. Absolutely! Thanks for volunteering :-)
Don’t forget to sign up, so we can keep you in the loop.

]]> Comment on Co-ed Start-Up Soccer! by Roberto Rocha http://montrealstartup.com/events/co-ed-start-up-soccer/#comment-3908 Roberto Rocha Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:15:41 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=145#comment-3908 And the ref should be a tech journalist :) And the ref should be a tech journalist :)

]]> Comment on The world is NOT broken! by Étienne Thouin http://montrealstartup.com/uncategorized/the-world-is-not-broken/#comment-3860 Étienne Thouin Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:44:31 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=140#comment-3860 Well, there *are* new tech startups built on something else than just a product idea built using current technologies. Sometimes a completely new technology is what drives the company and it doesn't follow (or builds on) the industry's standards. Agreed, these branching techs are rare and they're probably a very low percentage of the pitches you might get. Green entrepreneurs eagerness put aside, I think it's dangerous to think of innovation as a predictable thing. Maybe your best investments will be in pitches that *justifiably* start with these words... 'Just my 2 cents. Well, there *are* new tech startups built on something else than just a product idea built using current technologies. Sometimes a completely new technology is what drives the company and it doesn’t follow (or builds on) the industry’s standards.
Agreed, these branching techs are rare and they’re probably a very low percentage of the pitches you might get. Green entrepreneurs eagerness put aside, I think it’s dangerous to think of innovation as a predictable thing.
Maybe your best investments will be in pitches that *justifiably* start with these words…
‘Just my 2 cents.

]]> Comment on Seedcamp Mentoring by Montreal Tech Watch » TechCrunch don’t know what they are talking about http://montrealstartup.com/y-combinator/seedcamp-mentoring/#comment-3698 Montreal Tech Watch » TechCrunch don’t know what they are talking about Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:43:23 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=142#comment-3698 [...] another interesting post related to this is John Stokes at Montrealstartup “Seedcamp mentoring“. There’s one interesting line co-opetition, which is also what one of first [...] [...] another interesting post related to this is John Stokes at Montrealstartup “Seedcamp mentoring“. There’s one interesting line co-opetition, which is also what one of first [...]

]]> Comment on 2008 by Jonas Brandon http://montrealstartup.com/uncategorized/2008/#comment-2431 Jonas Brandon Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:04:46 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=132#comment-2431 Nicely done! Looking forward to cheering on your portfolio companies major successes in 2009. Nicely done! Looking forward to cheering on your portfolio companies major successes in 2009.

]]> Comment on 2008 by Mark MacLeod http://montrealstartup.com/uncategorized/2008/#comment-2358 Mark MacLeod Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:47:17 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=132#comment-2358 Congrats on a great year! Mark Congrats on a great year!

Mark

]]> Comment on Solidarity Fund QFL invest $2Million in Montreal Start Up by Chris Advansun http://montrealstartup.com/finance-dept/solidarity-fund-qfl-invest-2million-in-montreal-start-up/#comment-2315 Chris Advansun Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:16:16 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=129#comment-2315 Bravo, gentleman! Bravo, gentleman!

]]> Comment on Solidarity Fund QFL invest $2Million in Montreal Start Up by Mehdi Akiki http://montrealstartup.com/finance-dept/solidarity-fund-qfl-invest-2million-in-montreal-start-up/#comment-2292 Mehdi Akiki Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:21:17 +0000 http://montrealstartup.com/?p=129#comment-2292 Congrats! Congrats!

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