We’ve been attending Entrepreneur Week at the Accelerator CEnter in Waterloo this week.
Danielle’s been attending a fair number of the talks by speakers such as Tim Bray of XML fame and David Caputo of Sandvine.
Tim Bray’s presentation agreed with my predjudices, so I loved it: 3D internet didn’t work out, it’s amazing we have the internet in our pockets and “avoid flash”. David Caputo reminded us that “sometimes when people say it’s a bad idea, it’s a great idea” and not to market technology but to market what’s being made easier or cheaper.
Startupcamp Waterloo is usually my favourite tech event, and this time it was flavoured by Entrepreneur Week. Suprisingly the change of seating arrangement to auditorium seating from tables and chairs made a lot of difference (I’m not sure it was for the better). Also, the audience seemed nicer and less critical on average, and much more willing to accept presentations with no demo.
I also liked TribeHR, which I’d heard Joseph talk about a few times before but is gorgeous live. I’m withholding judgement on TechStartup.ca until I’ve used it more.
(And yes this post is more than a little late)
