These aren’t my pants — and other ways I’m bootstrapping my way to the top.
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These are photographs of me at various events that I’ve spoken at. None of these outfits are mine. The pants are my sister’s, the s...
July 21, 2017
“The legal sector will probably, very likely never change”
If there is one thing I am sure I have in common with Clausehound founder, Rajah Lehal, it’s that I am positive, that when starting his own company, he was told by nearly everyone he bumped into t...
July 13, 2017
Diminishing Returns
Here’s something you learn when building teams: at a certain point, growing the team adds to its capabilities by frustratingly less than you thought.
Richard Branson is fully aware of thi...
July 7, 2017
No More Wax On, Wax Off
I was recently asked to speak at Big Data Toronto on the topic of machine learning and AI, and I decided to speak to a question on my mind that I have been struggling with: what are the implicat...
June 26, 2017
Name a social impact business!
I recently chatted with some folks at LinkedIn and their messaging around business vision really stuck with me:
Create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
...
April 7, 2017
Getting unstuck
Do you sometimes feel like your job is repetitively getting more boring? In my years of working in big business, the snails pace of decision-making combined with rigidity around roles ...
March 3, 2017
Be it resolved
Be it resolved that I will go with the flow.
Be it resolved that I will not walk around all year with red, exhausted eyes. I will energize with higher quality fuel (goodbye holiday treats..you w...
January 5, 2017
My Journey into Social Consciousness
Part One: Feeling Shaky
We took our eye off the ball. I’m writing, of course, about the current political turmoil south of the Canadian border in the United States and its r...
November 15, 2016
From briefcase and shiny shoes to backpack and sneakers
Some say you don’t become an entrepreneur - you’re born an entrepreneur, but I certainly didn’t start my career as one. After a dozen years climbing the monkey bars of larg...
October 12, 2016
Trends on the Horizon: Five Drivers Transforming the Legal Industry
There has been a lot written up about changes to the legal industry. As a start-up lawyer, upstart small law firm founder, and legal tech CEO, I have often thought about, argued, discussed, observ...
July 25, 2016
Journey Out of Net Neutrality
I took a journey into the internet see-saw and tried to journey back to a neutral place.
For days, months or years, I have heard the term “net neutrality”, and, with very little effor...
June 3, 2016