New Business Idea – Help in “Cutting the Cord”

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A recent post in Techvibes quoted a CTAM Canada survey indicating 60% of Canadians own HDTVs, but only 26% have set-top boxes for HD content delivery.  While I have a problem with CTAM (the MSOs’ old boys club) claiming that you need a set-top box to enjoy HD content, it does point out a fundamental truth in the market – many, many consumers don’t have a clear understanding of the new digital TV …

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Growth Versus Profitability

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Mark Suster posted his take on a very important consideration for early stage ventures – the trade-offs on profitability versus growth.   I have lived through this dilemma more than once and have taken different paths, depending on the situation. The one assumption I’ll make here is that we’re talking a company with a proven revenue model – this is not a discussion for pre-revenue, or pre-product/market fit startups. So here’s …

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Season’s Greetings

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All the best of the season from Donna, Sophie, all the horses of Chinook Arch Farm, and me – TractorBoy.

I said I’ll be back!

I'll Be Back! by Toni Kaarttinen on flickr

Okay, after a long hiatus, I’m back in the blogosphere. It’s been a couple of years since I actively blogged – and  and even then “active” might be stretching it a bit. My blogging was somewhat sporadic, and it seemed only the spammers were interested in what I had to say  ;-) So, it’s a new year and I’m going to give it another go. I’m not certain of the …

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