While our American neighbors to the South would like to paint themselves as free traders, in fact, they are the probably world’s most successful protectionists. After two rounds of free trade deals in the last 30 years or so, we’ve lost a huge amount of manufacturing and processing jobs – most notably in softwood lumber … Read more
Five short decades ago, the economic landscape in Canada and the world was vastly different. Five decades before that farming was the dominant occupation, and Canada was primarily rural. In this overview, we’ll look at the accounting occupation in Canada and how it has changed during the last five decades and try and understand some … Read more
BEWARE THE WALKING DEAD: Tax Incentives for Angel Investors Twenty-five years ago, the government of British Columbia introduced the SMALL BUSINESS VENTURE CAPITAL ACT. After a quarter of a century, it’s probably time that we reflected on how effective that program has been. The BC venture capital credit is the granddaddy of all the provincial … Read more
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND (HUNTING FOR UNICORNS – PART 3) Government bureaucrats and high-tech CEOs from around the world make their bi-annual pilgrimage to Silicon Valley – DALL-E Image Creator As we’ve seen earlier, many factors probably contribute to a ‘healthy’ startup ecosystem. This article delves deeper into the private equity firms that fund … Read more
The Unicorn Kingdom A SURVEY OF FIVE COUNTRIES (AND THEIR STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS)(HUNTING FOR UNICORNS – PART 2) Hunting for Unicorns – Youtube.com According to CB INSIGHTS there are over 1,200 unicorns around the world. A unicorn company, or unicorn startup, is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion. As of July 2023, there … Read more
According to Wikipedia “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, “one of the best, and best-known” critiques of applied statistics. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent’s point. The phrase was popularized in the United States by … Read more
So, How Big is Small?Everybody seems to have a different definition the Globe’s Report on Small Business gets delivered to my inbox While the reports are often interesting, the businesses covered aren’t usually small. One of the latest reports featured MINDBRIDGE ANALYTICS INC. They’re an AI[1] ‘startup’ with between 130 and 201 employees, depending on … Read more
