Bontis on Business: Snappay For Merchants!
For those of you who don’t know our local Hamilton Spectator and our business community, it might come as a surprise to you that in last Saturday’s paper, our own Nick Bontis’s column entitled “Bontis on Business” he covered our own Snappay mobile POS app! And we’re chuffed!
Dr. Nick Bontis is one of the world’s leading experts on intellectual capital and is a tenured Professor at McMaster University and writes a weekly Hamilton Spectator column on business that covers much of both the international business scene and yes, our local one too! And a short disclaimer that yes, I’m the CMO of Snappay and a proud member of the management team too!
Fabulous Friday: Infographics Rule!
Okay, it’s been a rough week – yeah, I know for you too… but especially since we’ve had everything from client fires to put out, new clients to pitch, clients to wine & dine (if that wasn’t you don’t worry, your turn is coming, eh!) and yes, doing the normal SEO practice work all week long too!
That said, I did find a couple of real infographic gems and would like to share same with you and surprisingly a couple of them are on WordPress & SEO….so let’s take a look/see at what I’ve found this week, shall we?
IF StartUp Spotlight: Our Snappay Founder
A new item now on our Hamilton based Innovation Factory website is their publication of local success strories and the lead off one is of our own Snappay Founder, Lorne Lantz!
I am so proud of this young man – and yes, a reminder that I’m also involved with Snappay as their CMO and have been working hard for Lorne to help market Snappay, our mobile POS application that allows a user to charge a customer’s credit cards with no hardware!
Breaking News:Startup Weekend Inspires Entrepreneurs in Hamilton Again!
54 Hour event brings together designers, developers, and more to launch companies quickly!
Hamilton, ON (April 30, 2012) – Last weekend, 95 developers, designers, marketers, business professionals, animators, and engineers came together in the Collaboratory at Mohawk College to spend 54 hours trying to launch new startups in Hamilton.
Fabulous Friday: SEO Infographics R Us!
Well, Thursday night really, but hey this is the only chance I’ll have in getting my normal Friday blog piece done and posted…because of my total commitment to our StartUpWeekend Hamilton:2 that begins tomorrow up at our Mohawk College and runs for three days straight!
Changing Suppliers: A Lesson in Poor Customer Service
Okay, it’s not a normal Monday morning and while I’ve slept on my frustration, I can tell you that I am totally pissed off at two of the countries leading telecommunications companies – Rogers and Primus.
But let me explain – calmly. Rationally. In moderated tones rather than the screaming that I’ve had to resort to to try to get somone to fulfill a change made to my accounts with both of these huge firms. Wait…let me count to 10 again…as I’m getting upset just reading my logs on these changes.
Uh…logs? Yes, if it’s one thing that I’ve learned it’s that when you wish to make a change to a service provided by any supplier – Rogers and Primus in this case – that it is a “carved in stone” need to document the requested changes and the reference numbers supplied by the cust service rep that you talk to….so that when something is wrong you have a reference point to get the latest cust service rep to refer to….sigh….
Innovation Night Success: Oxygen & Deals!
Innovation Night is Hamilton’s key event for innovators and entrepreneurs to share and develop their ideas, practice and perfect their pitch, and present to their peers and the local innovation community…and we were there on Wednesday night for the latest rendition of same….and what night it was!
First the “pitchers” who numbered more than a dozen and we loved the variety of the startup ideas that we heard! Well, to be totally honest, as we help mentor the Innovation Night workshops that occur a week earlier and last week we were there to listen and offer advice and counsel…and that alone is a real challenge.
Breaking News: Communitech Launches $30 million Hyperdrive Incubator!
The news is out and Communitech, the giant in the Ontario wide RIC network announces today that they’ve just launched Hyperdrive! It is a $30 million Incubator initiative that will offer up to Canuck startups the chance to be funded and mentored and incubated in the Kitchener-Waterloo area….and in my book, that makes it a true Canuck winner!
For more info pls go here – http://www.communitech.ca/communitech-launches-30m-hyperdrive-incubator/ and take a good read about the Program itself, it’s funding partners and while I didn’t see the online application there yet – I’m positive when it’s posted there’ll be one heck of a lineup for that first cohort, eh!
#Kudos Communitech….job well done!
The Harvard Business Review: An Entrepreneur’s Dream!
Okay, my title may be a bit of a stretch, but in fact – yes, it is true. And yes, the Harvard I’m talking about here is that Harvard….the University in Boston, MA that breeds brains and while I’ve never been to same I can get some of the same values as their students, just by visiting their online resources.
And what resources the Harvard Business Review has, eh!
#FabulousFriday is for Double Hits, eh!
Okay, the title is a bit muddy in it’s meaning, but what I did try to capture is that we – both myself and my latest startup – were featured in our local press and for that reason, it’s a #FabulousFriday! This is a double hit day and already we’ve had 8 phone call “congrats” too!
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First the media notice – the local press I’m talking about is the Hamilton Spectator, a daily paper here in the #HamOnt area that has a great business section and yes, I do read it daily and have been doing that since the 50′s, since I learned that from my Dad. I like the Spec as we call it and the reporting from my POV is always “spot-on” and I wanted to say thanks to the Spec!
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