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• Navigating Change in the World of Work

  

  Header image: Lara Speirs, Executive VP General Counsel, Randstad Canada On May 8, I co-hosted the first #RandstadTechTalks Twitter chat with Randstad... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Getting the Most out of Startupfest as a First-time Attendee

  

  The first time I went to Startupfest, I had just quit my corporate job and was about six months into my journey as a founder of Crescendo. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Linode Brings Data for Good to Toronto with the Launch of Their New Datacenter

  

  When I first discovered programming, I was drawn to it because of its limitless nature. In the physical world we are bound by nature’s rules, restricted to... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Young Entrepreneurs Plan for Global Change at the G20 YEA Summit in Fukuoka

  

  As a Canadian delegate at the G20 YEA Summit 2019, I brought Canadian perspectives to the global stage and learned a lot about the state of innovation in Japan... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• First Impressions of Japan – Three Days in Tokyo

  

  Growing up in North America, I had a skewed vision of Japan. It seemed that every time it came up, it was portrayed as colourful, fast, extreme, shocking, and... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Protecting Your Eyes as a Developer – Why I Choose Felix Gray

  

  As a developer and entrepreneur, I spend the majority of my time in front of screens. Every morning I’m awoken by my phone playing the latest tech news, all... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Crescendo in Montreal

  

  I lived with my co-founders in the early days of our startup and, contrary to popular expectation, it was the BEST thing for our team dynamic! Here's how. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• My Guide to Winning Over a Potential Mentor

  

  As a startup founder, I meet hundreds of people each month. When my startup was going through Techstars, there was a period when we met 80 people in back-to-bac... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• I’ve Been Chosen as a G20 YEA Delegate!

  

  I'm thrilled to announce that I've been chosen to be a member of the 2019 G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance (G20 YEA) Canadian Delegation to Japan! Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Focals by North – Getting Fitted for Smart Glasses

  I’ve long been an enthusiast of augmented reality headsets and, as early as the tech still is, I believe that AR will truly take off when we have head-mounted... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2019 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• I Want to Meet You in 2019 — Yes, You!

  

  If there’s one thing I’ve learned on my startup journey, it’s the value of a network. Over the last year I’ve met hundreds of amazing people who have opened... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• My First Year as a Founder — Crescendo’s Journey

  

  This weekend marks one year since my co-founders Stefan, Tuba and I sat in a hotel lobby and first brainstormed Crescendo. In the last twelve months we’ve gone... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Toronto Hackers & Capital One ‘Use Digital For Good’ to Support Canadian...

  

  Capital One's Gift the Code hackathon saw over two hundred Toronto developers join together for a 48-hour hackathon - but instead of competing for a top prize,... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Founding a Startup Amidst Loss and Grief

  

  Around this time last year, I wrote a post called On Working While Grieving. It feels like an eternity ago, because so much has changed; yet here I find myself... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Announcing Crescendo – Inclusive Workplaces

  

  It's time we stop treating diversity as a checkbox and start building inclusion into the core of tech culture.  Introducing my startup, Crescendo - Inclusive... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• To the Youth on National Walkout Day

  

  BANNER IMAGE CREDIT: ANDREW GOMBERT/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK This is not a post about guns. This is about our future. When I was in middle school, I didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Booking.com Partners with Ladies Learning Code to Support Female Developers...

  

  The tech industry has matured to the point where working in tech no longer necessarily means knowing how to code – but giving code a try can help non-devs in... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• 5 History-Making African Americans in Technology

  

  The Importance of Diverse Role Models Written by: Jamie Berger American computer science Ph.D. candidate at Michigan Technological University... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Goodbye, Microsoft! My Next Chapter

  

  For the last four years Microsoft has been my world, my launchpad, and my home. When I first started, I was an eager young university student developing... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 FASHION, GADGETS, LIFESTYLE, TECH

• Reflections on My Two Week Digital Detox

  

  This past December I did something I haven’t done in years: I took a full two-week digital detox. As soon as my vacation started I deleted all my social media... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2018 LIFESTYLE, TECH