Archive for February, 2009
More than founders at Co-Founders Monday
by Olivier Cabanes
This week, I attended Co-Founders Monday, and I was very pleased to meet a crowd that was composed of passionate individuals with a desire to learn, share, and talk about anything related to tech businesses.
Everyone came to the event with different goals in mind, and it made for a very interesting meeting. I met university students looking for work experience within a dynamic startup environment, developers looking for a project that would light up their interest, entrepreneurs looking for a partner in crime, investors looking for promising ventures, etc. I’m glad to see that this event is helping to create new relationships and new business ideas, as this kind of diversity is something we had hoped for originally .
It is great to see that this gathering emphasizes execution behind great ideas (i.e. finding a partner or a person that has a specific skill set, gather advice, etc.) rather than promoting secrecy. It shows that members of the community realize that ideas are important but that efforts also need to be directed toward the development and execution. Otherwise, amazing ideas will never even have a chance of becoming reality.
I’m sure the Co-Founders Monday meeting format will evolve over time, and I hope the positive things I noted above will keep on being part of the event’s formula.
Thanks to everyone for their involvement and I hope to see you next time!
1 comment February 19, 2009
3 Steps to Getting a Great Logo for your Startup
by Magali Janvier
The logo is often the main visual element of the business, and it’s the first item people spot when they land on your website. For these reasons, your company’s logo is one of the fundamentals you can’t disregard when building a startup.
The logo itself can fall into a much greater scheme of brand and marketing, but often in a startup, there’s no time to think of the entire business marketing plan before having your logo designed. But what is the right time to spend on this? When does it become too much? How can you make sure you do the right steps and end up with a logo you find great? These are some of the questions I will cover in this post. continue reading…
3 comments February 18, 2009
Co-Founders Monday: Find Projects & Partners
by Martin-Luc Archambault
We will be hosting the next Co-Founders Monday, this upcoming Monday, February 16, at 6:30pm. We hosted this event for the first time last month, and it was fun and very productive. In case you missed it, here’s a wrap-up of the last event.
The goal of Co-Founders Monday is to mix people and create partnerships that transform ideas into reality. The event is open to people who:
1) do not have a specific idea in mind and would love to hear about other cool projects and maybe join one and help it succeed;
2) have an idea and are looking for help to make it happen.
At the last event, a great majority of the participants tended to lean toward presenting their projects, so we are certain that if you are interested in joining a startup, you will be in high demand at the Co-Founders Monday.
So, if you are interested in learning about new projects, or if you would like to share your own projects with others, please register here as spacing is limited.
Add comment February 11, 2009
Issues with the ArtFox logo
by Olivier Cabanes
Putting time and effort into a company’s corporate identity is very important, as it allows emotions between customers and the brand to emerge, and we thought we were off to a good start with ArtFox.
Yesterday, we learned that the logo David Pache created for ArtFox (one of our companies) is the subject of a dispute. A claim was made by another designer, Michael Erickson of Logo Motive Designs, that the concept had been plagiarized. continue reading…
22 comments February 3, 2009
