Advisory Email – Apr-Jun 2022

In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month:

*snip snip* Finally coming up for air since this happened.

UPDATES 📖
Rectxt

• A Vancouver-based recruitment software company started by 2 seasoned recruiters.
• Candidates respond 60x faster and read 98% of via text vs. emails.
• They improve the candidate communication experience + recruiter productivity by shifting from cell phones to a direct integration with most major ATSs.
• Supported with building & optimizing their LinkedIn outreach process and setting up a basic CRM.

TechYukon’s NorthernX Innovation Challenge

• AirView Yukon & REPLIC8 Technologies has been approved for follow-on funding for their projects!
  • ColdAcre still pending but very likely to also pass.

Startup Fuckup Podcast

• Delayed with all that’s been going on, but it’s still in the pipeline!
• Tentative episodes include: Benny Giang from Futureprimitive and Arnaud Bussieres from Clearly.ca.

Other activities:

• Judged Round 2 for the New Ventures BC Competition.
• Took on the role of strata council President for my new apartment.
• Participated in NWT’s BDIC feedback session.
• Facilitated a workshop on customer discovery for Spring’s ISV cohort.
• Looking for a job? Here’s the list of actively recruiting companies
  • Fill this if you’d like to be notified of potential opportunities.
  • Reach out if you know of opportunities that should be added.

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LESSONS 🎓

• Distinctiveness vs. Differentiation vs. Bonding (5 min read)
• Zen and the Art of Persuasion (10 min read)
• 8 Reasons Why Cell Phones Suck For Text Recruiting (5 min read)
• The Do’s And Don’ts Of Text Recruiting (5 min read)
• Interesting Tools:
  • PhantomBuster for data extraction/enrichment automation.
  • Talin.ai to automate candidate connection requests & follow-up messages using LinkedIn Recruiter (instead of Sales Navigator).

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GRATITUDE WALL 🤝

• A safe & healthy delivery of our new baby boy (Geralt)!
• Smooth transfer of possession and mortgage for our new apartment.
• My wife & the in-laws for supporting with the baby so that I can furnish the house and squeeze in some work.
• Brian Thompson from Rectxt for involving me as their sales partner.
  • and Marco Lee for referring Brian.
• YES Montreal for having me speak about creating a launch plan/go-to-market strategy.
• Yukonstruct for having me run a workshop on doing customer research & interviews.
• Rohit Kasbekar for being very responsive and professional with data strategy work for the NorthernX Innovation Challenge.
• Izzy Gesell & Roger Killen for the great workshop on using Improve Theater techniques to improve engagement.
• Alexei Schwartzman for making my 2021 tax filing as painless as possible.
• Jeremy Shaki from Lighthouse Labs and Arnaud Bussieres from Clearly for the exploratory call for the Startup Fuckup podcast.
• Ryan Liu for connecting me with Allen Goh.

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FOR LAUGHS 🤣

Keyword stuffing in Anime:

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Got a favourite startup related meme/joke? I’d love to hear/see it!
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P.S. If any fellow daddy-preneurs need an outlet to vent/share experiences, I’m always happy to chat.

Next: Jul 2022 Advisory Newsletter