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The True Enterprise

Posted on November 30, 2010 | Leave a comment

This Saturday my son and I had a nice boy’s day out. The day started off with a nice breakfast at the restaurant followed by a visit to the bookstore. We staid there a while and headed out to see the new Harry Potter. On our way back home, my son chatting along sitting in the back of the Jeep, I realized what my life’s true Enterprise is. My son. It’s ironic that we often call a new business “your baby” – you nurture it and give it all you have to make it grow and succeed. Although I will be spending much of my life starting businesses, the one and only true enterprise is my child – to help him grow and better himself, to go beyond imaginable borders, to succeed, to live a wonderful life.

I raise my hat to all dedicated parents out there. Never forget what your true enterprise is.

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The infamous business plan

Posted on August 15, 2010 | 4 Comments

When it comes to the business plan there are multiple trains of thoughts. Some consider it a must, an undeniable requirement. While others see it as an impediment to achievement. Since I’m in the process of working on a business plan of my own, I actually agree with both sides. On one end the structured approach of a business plan forces you to consider and analyze your project thoroughly. On the other end, this time consuming process may prevent you from efficiently moving forward and executing. It seems you’re constantly in a planning phase. This is especially relevant when you’re starting your business on the side, working outside your day job. This may result in delayed execution.

The problem here is that investors usually make the business plan a requirement – especially if you’re looking at getting government backed loans or grants.

From your own experience, do you feel the BP is a must or a timer waster?

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Where are the Canadian Gamers?

Posted on July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments

I’m no hardcore gamer, that’s for sure. But I have my share of gaming history. I think my first game was Rygar, which I played on a pc with a monochromatic monitor (yellowish). That was in the late 80′s. Then eventually, as many kids of my generation, we had the Nintendo. Wow, that was high tech. In any case, I’m not here to talk about my childhood. The gaming industry has tremendously progressed and although I’m not a hardcore gamer, I do appreciate the creativity and brains that are put in making game titles. There’s some really awesome stuff out there. For instance, the other day I stumbled on this article that shows a video of a physics engine. Wow, that is just insane. Having a physics background, I’m no stranger to particle systems and numeric simulations, so this kind of stuff gets my attention.

Well, another aspect of gaming that got my attention lately is gaming tournaments. There’s a huge gaming community out there and there are some companies that specialize in organizing video game tournaments – some of which are HUGE. Take the World Cyber Games for instance.  It’s literally the Olympics for e-sports. In addition to the WCG, you have multiple other organizations and events of varying size that hold live tournaments. But what I noticed is that most of them, as far as I can tell, take place in the USA or different places in Asia and Europe. What about Canada? Aren’t there enough hardcore gamers to participate in such events, or is it just that we don’t have organized events?

Thankfully though, there’s one tournament taking place this fall in Montreal, and promises to be quite nice with over 400 participants. It’s the WCG Canada tournament organized and hosted by LAN ETS (http://wcg2010.lanets.ca/). It’s taking place September 3 – 5 at ETS school. I’ll be passing by to see the action. But that’s one event. What about others?

Is it just that I haven’t heard about other serious events? Are Canadians just not hardcore gamers? Let me know what you think.
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