Search Engine Optimization versus Social Media Marketing
Image by dannysullivan via Flickr In the past couple of months many people started claiming that Social Media Marketing is becoming more important than search engine optimization. While there is no doubt about the fact that Twitter, Facebook et al. are driving an increasing amount of traffic to websites, it is also not as simple […]
It has never been a better time to be an angel investor
Paul Geyer – one of the most successful and respected Vancouver-based angels – won the AngelForum “BC Angel Investor of the Year” award yesterday and sent a very simple message in his acceptance speech: “This is a fantastic time to be an angel investor”. Paul (who focuses most of his investments in the medical device […]
“All in” is not a wise strategy
Image by Jam Adams via Flickr I have seen my fair share of entrepreneurs that were “all in” – mortgaged their house to the max to get their start-up going, using their credit card limits to make the next payroll, close to personal bankruptcy at any moment. There are probably tens of thousands of cases […]
Vancouver: Wonders start here
It is really great to see how Vancouver’s tech community has developed over the past couple of years – events like GROW or Launch Party, organizations like the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society, BCIC or the VEF and media outlets like Techvibes played a key role in bringing everybody together. Now Vancouver also has a video to […]
After Angelgate, a good moment to go back to the basics
By now, everybody should have heard about Angelgate, from Arrington’s initial walk into the secret meeting of Silicon Valley super-angels to Dave McClure’s blog post as a response to Ron Conway’s email distancing himself from whatever was going on. A lot of drama during these past 3 days, too much drama in my opinion. And […]