Navigating change in the world of work
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
Header image: Lara Speirs, Executive VP & General Counsel, Randstad Canada On May 8, I co-hosted the first #RandstadTechTalks Twitter chat with Randstad Canada, and heard from dozens of Canadians on topics surrounding the Canadian role in the globalizing future.This 2-part blog post was inspired by the topics discussed in that Twitter chat, a conversation with Randstad’s Executive VP & General Counsel, Lara Speirs, and my own experience as CTO of Crescendo and research in the Future of Work.   Part 1: The future of work is flexible and diverse.  Nowadays, especially for peopl ..read more
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Getting the most out of Startupfest as a first-time attendee
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
The first time I went to Startupfest, I had just quit my corporate job and was about six months into my journey as a founder of Crescendo. My co-founders and I were part of the Next 36 founder development program at the time, and we made the roadtrip from Toronto to Montreal to attend the conference. We knew it would be chock full of all the must-know people in and around the Canadian startup ecosystem, but we had no idea what we were in for. This year, I’ll be speaking at Startupfest and emceeing the Founding Stage Workshop! From one founder to another, here are my top tips for getting the mo ..read more
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Linode Brings Data for Good to Toronto with the launch of their new datacenter
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
When I first discovered programming, I was drawn to it because of its limitless nature. In the physical world we are bound by nature’s rules, restricted to operating within the capacity of our human body; in the digital realm, we are free. Free to roam, free to build without regard for the laws of physics, and free to reach the universe with a keystroke. As developers, each one of us has the power to make widespread impact – and in today’s world of open available data, I believe it is our responsibility to use that power to influence positive change. Last month, independent cloud provider Lino ..read more
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Young Entrepreneurs Plan for Global Change at the G20 YEA Summit in Fukuoka
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
Every year, the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance brings together top young entrepreneurs from around the world to a summit to share their ideas for change with the B20 and G20 leaders. This May, I was one of 35 entrepreneurs selected to represent Canada at the Summit in Fukuoka, Japan. Since my personal work with Crescendo and Trendy Techie revolves around empowering underrepresented individuals, I knew it was important for me to bring more than just my own perspective to this global stage. In the months leading up to the Summit I visited schools to talk to young innovators about th ..read more
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First Impressions of Japan – Three Days in Tokyo
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
Growing up in North America, I had a skewed vision of Japan. It seemed that every time it came up, it was portrayed as colourful, fast, extreme, shocking, and futuristic. When I was selected to be part of the G20 YEA Summit in Fukuoka this year, I knew I had to stop in to see Tokyo for myself. Neither I nor my life partner Christian had been anywhere in Asia before, so we decided to go together, and since we had little time to prepare for the trip we booked flights and hotels and went in with an adventurous mindset. We arrived in Tokyo on Friday after a 13-hour flight from Montreal. Once we fi ..read more
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Protecting your eyes as a developer – why I choose Felix Gray
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
As a developer and entrepreneur, I spend the majority of my time in front of screens. Every morning I’m awoken by my phone playing the latest tech news, all day I rotate between my phone, my laptop, and my big external monitor, and each night I wind down by reading threads on r/AskReddit. I would say, like many people my age, I have an unhealthy amount of screen time in my life. And my eyes feel it. 60% of all Americans report symptoms of Digital Eye Strain, and this is increasing 7% per generation In 2016 I discovered what was then a budding startup, Felix Gray. They’d identified the gro ..read more
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How living with my co-founders made us a strong founding team
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
My co-founders and I started our company with little common ground aside from our shared passion for inclusion and a commitment to making the world a better place. While co-founders are often friends, colleagues from a previous job, or even family, we were strangers – and we signed our incorporation documents just two months after we first met. It’s been over a year since we went full-time on Crescendo, and the single most repeated piece of wisdom I’ve heard has been that most startups fail because of poor team dynamic. Many early-stage startup failures can be traced back to the founders havin ..read more
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My Guide to Winning Over a Potential Mentor
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
As a startup founder, I meet hundreds of people each month. When my startup was going through Techstars, there was a period when we met 80 people in back-to-back 20-minute meetings over a span of 10 days. And as a mentor myself, too often I’ve seen people come to meetings unprepared and ask surface-level questions that don’t really get to the core of their challenges, and in those scenarios it can be hard to help effectively. Suffice to say, I’ve had a lot of practice meeting people and have honed in on a strategy for preparing for that first meeting with a potential mentor, and winning t ..read more
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I’ve been chosen as a G20 YEA Delegate!
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
Over the last year I have learned firsthand what it means to build business in Canada, from an idea on the back of a napkin to an incredible team with a successful product, paying customers, and a pre-seed round under our belts. Now I’m ready to broaden my impact on the global stage – I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been chosen to be a member of the 2019 G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (G20 YEA) Canadian Delegation to Japan! The G20 YEA is a collective of organizations from the G20 countries, dedicated to promoting youth entrepreneurship and fostering global connections between young entr ..read more
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Focals by North – Getting Fitted for Smart Glasses
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by thetrendytechie
3y ago
I’ve long been an enthusiast of augmented reality headsets and, as early as the tech still is, I believe that AR will truly take off when we have head-mounted devices that find the right balance of usefulness and style. The balance between functionality and wearability is a long-standing struggle for AR manufacturers, but now a new player is on the market: Focals by North. North, formerly known as Thalmic Labs, is the company behind the hackathon favourite Myo armband, and founder Stephen Lake is known in the Canadian tech startup scene to be a wunderkind hardware founder. The company’s pivot ..read more
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