Advisory Email – January 2022

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

Committing 2022 to #givefirst and add more value to my community.

STARTUP WORKSHOPS 📖
Vancouver’s startup community is stagnant and COVID has decimated the few remaining quality in-person events.

Yet, more people have left their careers to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams amidst the pandemic. No one should navigate that complicated journey alone. I need your help with revitalizing our vibrant and supportive entrepreneur community.

WIth no end to the pandemic in sight, let’s rethink the way we foster virtual communities. Join me in this 2D metaverse for an upcoming series of workshops:

Upcoming Workshops:

• Jan 18:  How to allocate and divide equity amongst your startup co-founders
• Jan 25:  How to build a Go-To-Market strategy for your business
• Feb 8:  Tech Startup 101: The jargon and norms of starting a technology business (via TechYukon)
• Mar 15:  How to set/optimize price for your product/service

Tentative future sessions include:

• How to find a mentor or advisor
• Fundraising from investors vs. Bootstrapping
• Vancouver’s Incubator/Accelerator/Venture Studio Showcase

Or fill out this form to suggest a topic/speaker(s)/have me link to one of your events.
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LESSONS 🎓

• How to approach Blockchain, Crypto, and NFT Investments (5 min read)

From my blog in 2021:

• What is AI? Will it displace humans? How have organizations used it to improve decision making? (10 min read)
• Shorter sales cycles for consultants (5 min read)
• How to Price your products/services (15 min read)

Top picks of articles/videos/webinars I consumed in 2021:

• Building Presence & Connection via Zoom (1 hr on-demand webinar)
• Charisma on Command (YouTube channel)
• Email templates for partner & sponsor outreach (7 page Google Doc)
• How Does One Educate a Customer? (15 min read)

View the public and categorized list of over 300 startup/personal development tools, articles, videos, and books that I’ve put together here.
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GRATITUDE WALL 🤝

• Nicky Rosenberg, Isaac Dent, and Karen Cancino for feedback on a product idea that’s been sitting on my mental shelf.
• Kenneth Ip for brainstorming ways to better support our startup community in 2022.

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ASKS🙏

1. Looking for a co-host/volunteers to help with future workshops and community building. Reply if you’re interested!
2. Are you a content creator/instructor/teacher who shifted to creating/facilitating a lot of virtual sessions in 2021? Here’s a product idea I’m entertaining:
   • 
   • Thoughts? (Simply click one of the answers below to vote)
     • Yes, it’s a real problem to not be able to look at my screen and my webcam/DSLR at the same time.
     • Meh.
3. I’m putting together a Top-10 list of Anti-Procrastination tips.

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GIFTS🎁

1. I’m looking to volunteer more time on advisory boards. Reach out if you’d like to have me involved.
2. Looking for a job? Fill this out. I’ll share responses and candidates with companies I know who might be a fit.
   • If you’re hiring and want to see this list, let me know too!

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RANDOM PERSONAL TIDBITS 💁
Happy to have a friendly chat and share my top-of-mind experience/lessons on the following if you are going through it:

• Wisdom tooth extraction (all 4) and recovery was a lot less painful than expected.
• Closed a mortgage for a new apartment that’s completing this/next month.
  • More complicated as a self-employed individual with <2 years of business operation.
  • Leveraging the RRSP Home Buyers Plan to minimize taxes for your first time home purchase (thanks Alexei Schwartzman for the advice – if you need your taxes done, I also highly recommend him).
  • Shoutout to Paul from MortgagePal for mortgage advice and education (I can connect you with him if you need a professional mortgage broker to negotiate the best rates).

Next: February 2022 Advisory Newsletter