I had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Wolfond back in late 2007 for the Entrepreneurship and Small Business course at U of T. He was the founder of Footprint Software Inc (IBM), 724 Solutions Inc, and intristingly enough is an advisor to Polar Mobile.

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I've been itching to start a blog for a while. Here are some potential posts that I'm considering:

• Passion Diarrhea. Ramblings about self-actualization.
• Getting the government to wipe out your student loan; the hypothesis and why it would work.
• A Biography of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur: Greg Wolfond; interviewed Nov 2007.
• How hard is it to return an iPad 2: FutureShop's erroneous return policies and why Apple doesn't care.
• GooglePlusTweet's ridiculous spam creation for what was a nifty attempt at invite collaboration over twitter.
• An event organizer's dilemma: why not preparing for the unexpected hurts more than expected.
• Startups are a lot like hockey teams: inspirational quotes from some of the greats.
• A hyped and superficial Toronto startup scene; why it's still not on par.
• A two-line Ruby solution to one of BitTorrents interview questions: why you shouldn't do it.
• Tides shifting with recruitment practices; how it's quickly becoming more like the hockey system.
• Over-abundance of Opportunity: Why Startup-Life is the easy way out.
• "I'm not applying to jobs because my biggest worry is them telling me they want me." - Arwid
• 30 interviews in 30 days gets you an unpleasant phone call.
• The sociological and psychological investigation of BS.
• A recap of all the things I've wanted to be since birth; spaced on a timeline.
• Historical look at startups.

Some ideas to augment this blog:

• Create a page listing all my past "startup" ideas that failed to make the cut; free for anyone to take and develop.
• Create a page showcasing prototypes that didn't make the cut;
  • e.g. 3D Web Navigation browser plugin, Personal timeline from social feeds, Attendee Browser

Anything here sound interesting? Suggestions are welcome.

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