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@mattroberts
matt roberts
2 months
The final and 3rd Part of my History of Quebec VC answers the question I set out to answer at the beginning. What is Canada's most important VC fund? Fun fact, you've likely never heard of it. This one:
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matt roberts
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RT @markrmcqueen: Warrior mentality: Russell Harrison’s lessons in life — and banking — parachuting behind enemy lines on D-Day, by Rod McQ….
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thestar.com
Former CIBC CEO Russell Harrison would often regale colleagues with war stories — including killing 11 Germans — as a member of the elite 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. That combat
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matt roberts
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💯!!. $83 Billion Wasted: Showing Up At The Airport 3 Hours Before Your Flight Is A System Failure No One’s Trying To Fix - View from the Wing
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Maybe the biggest failure in air travel is something we don’t talk about at all. How is it possible that people are being told to show up at the airport 2.5 to 3 hours before their flight, and that...
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matt roberts
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RT @DFdavidfontaine: Montreal is underrated. Its talent density, founders quality, culture. All underrated.
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matt roberts
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As usual @mims puts something I already knew into a broad clear. perspective we should digest as pivot point of our generation.
@mims
Christopher Mims 🤌
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The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/. The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*. 1/🧵
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matt roberts
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Huge shout-out to my buddy Sean!!. B.C. mushroom-picking robot maker 4AG raises $40-million, led by European funds
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matt roberts
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RT @markrmcqueen: "Poilievre needs to surprise people. Carney is very talented, and the status quo ain’t gonna cut it." My advice to @CPC_H….
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matt roberts
8 days
Not good.
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matt roberts
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RT @JeanPFournier: Both ministers Joly and Champagne have mentioned the Avro Arrow in some shape or form over the last few weeks. I don’t k….
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matt roberts
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RT @erinotoole: This op-ed nails it. The civil service at present cannot seize this moment for national defence. A fusion of public-private….
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Ottawa lacks the culture Mark Carney needs to tie expenditures to the country’s economic health
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matt roberts
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RT @MeghanChayka: What are the best restaurants in Montreal? . I don’t want the typical food poutine, shaved meat or salads. I want diaboli….
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matt roberts
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I don't live in a serious country. Toronto's Boxing Day killer granted full parole 7 months before Montreal shooting
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Valentine was among several people convicted in the 2005 shootout in downtown Toronto between rival gangs that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba.
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matt roberts
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RT @colewhogan: "The @CDHoweInstitute put out a piece recently suggesting the deficit could be in the 80 billion plus range. That would be….
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matt roberts
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RT @mario4thenorth: 🇨🇦 Canadian Citizens:. Tamara Lich: Facing 7 years. Non-violent protest. Chris Barber: Facing 2 years, destruction of….
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matt roberts
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Toronto tech week was really Ottawa tech week.
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Fahd Ananta
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Turbopuffer is a goated company straight from the little town of Ottawa, Canada. Ty @Sirupsen.
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matt roberts
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RT @edsim: We're all gonna need a bigger boat . Number of deals <$5M down about 20% from 2015-2025. Jumbofication of venture continues and….
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matt roberts
21 days
Unpopular Opinion (but I believe true):. 🇺🇸America is objectively never been in a better position on almost all fronts. Subjectively, which is important, it has never been worse - but the metrics tell me that it’s best days are in front of it not behind.
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matt roberts
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RT @markrmcqueen: My friend & former PCO official Martin Green in the @globeandmail - "Canadian defence policy since the end of the Cold Wa….
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matt roberts
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RT @KirkLubimov: Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson:. "So what's the goal? .Well, it's two things: to make Canad….
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