Alexander Norman @alexandernorman
Toronto tech enthusiast: Partner at @N49Pvc, co-founder @TechTO, @angellist Canada. #Wharton & #McGill alum who likes to #run #TechTO techto.org Toronto Joined January 2009-
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What we now know as @Plaid started out with a consumer budgeting product. What’s perhaps less well known is that @zachperret and @williamhockey spent quite a bit of time on this initial idea, building 6 different versions of tools for budgeting, expense management, and analyzing…
Still the Leafs' last Game 7 win, courtesy of the Pat Quinn era. Exactly the 20 years later, they start a postseason with a Domi up front, a McCabe on the blueline and a Joseph in goal. Let's do this.
Big launch - improved Intent classification that uses an NLU + LLM hybrid approach. It's WAY more accurate and able to understand subtle conversational nuances. The hybrid NLU + LLM approach allows for both scale and accuracy :) youtu.be/47HgM-TmFBc?fe…
One las thought about the capital gains change. Capital decisions are made with long term horizons. When a government changes that impact your calculation without phasing them in it makes future decisions more risky and less likely to be happen.
A story of Capital Gains Friend is a plumber Started own business working out of his truck Was moderately successful, worked very hard Had to take a job working in a bar at night to make ends meet Eventually plumbing business could stand on its own
Last nights federal budget was a signal to Canadians that the government believes it believes only government can directly solve problems and it can always increase taxes to finance it. It is a patronizing attitude that takes agency and incentives away from its population.
Instead of trying to boost productivity via incentives the new federal budget focuses on buying votes and viewing the world as the rich vs everyone else. It is almost as our government does not believe in capitalism.
Reducing red tape and regulatory burden should not only be free to do, but would require less people to manage, so would save funds in future budgets. This would have a real impact to help long term growth and attract capital. #Budget2024
Why doesn’t the federal government make it easier for the market to solve the housing problem than trying to spend money themselves. They continue to distort the market with this budget.
I pay what I owe. Tomorrow I will wire transfer to the IRS $288,000,000.00 This country has done so much for me, I’m proud to pay my taxes every single year. Tag a former president that you know doesn’t
Always excited when a portfolio company builds something I use. @JordanMenashy built @strut_ai which the @TechTO team uses.
I made my money in innovation and invest in innovation. I’ve paid millions and millions in taxes. More than my fair share and more than most. If they enact a wealth tax, I’m out.
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In this clip from @CBCNews the mayor of Niagara falls says: - only 200k people showed up to watch the eclipse (not ~1M) - there was no emergency - the region's emergency declaration kept people away and led to hotel cancellations... - and that he can't disagree with the…
Torontos view of the solar eclipse was like our sports teams for the last few years. All hype and no results.
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5K Followers 881 Following VC @CMDCapital, Where we Focus on AI & B2B SaaS. 😇 in Telecom, Semiconductors and Marketplaces.Ameet Shah @ameetshah
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330K Followers 765 Following Co-founder & CEO @bloomtech: the school that invests in you. Will tweet as I wish and suffer the consequences.Chris Neumann @ckneumann
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7K Followers 3K Following word czar. two-guard. currently: @BetaKit previously: @MobileSyrup @BlackBerry and a bunch of dead sites you might remember fondly. "Wildly out of control."Sam Parr @thesamparr
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5K Followers 2K Following CEO @VoiceflowHQ // The collaborative platform to build AI Agents. 🇨🇦Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan
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74K Followers 1K FollowingAlex Iskold | 2048.vc @alexiskold
44K Followers 2K Following VC | Lead Pre/Seed 🧬🤖⚙️ @2048vc | Pitch me https://t.co/7RMuMRnXF1 | Coach @HarvardHBS | Blog https://t.co/0DoDmSLmNZ | Systems ThinkerLP Perspectives @LP_Perspectives
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78K Followers 297 Following Daughter of Iran // Attorney, activist, artist, and other such labels that belie the illimitable dimensions of human existenceVictor Li @viczli1
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271 Followers 869 Following Investor @GeneralCatalyst. Prev @CapitalG, @BCG. Ever curious. Proud Canadian 🇨🇦Paul Ainslie @cllrainslie
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3K Followers 2K Following 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 Investing in early stage founders @Southpkcommons | DM's open | Ex @Expa @foundersfactory 🇬🇧 | Founder @theforwardmove | “Habitual dot connector”Braden Dennis @BradoCapital
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65K Followers 4K Following Canary Mission exposes hatred and antisemitism on college campuses and beyond.Tristin Hopper @TristinHopper
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6K Followers 401 Following Building a more inclusive Canada by sharing the lessons of the Holocaust, advocating for human rights and combatting antisemitism and hate in all its forms.Documenting Antisemit.. @AntisemitismCA
9K Followers 435 Following Documenting Antisemitism in CanadaSince surviving the Oct 7 terrorist attack at the nova festival I have made it my life’s mission to speak out against Hamas and be a voice for all those who no longer have a voice since that horrific day, all those who were murdered and taken hostage. This photo is just one of…
📖 🕰️ A Short History Lesson about Student Uprisings in Iran and how the Same is happening in the USA. Most of you will probably not know or recall how the #Iran Revolution started in 1979. A key contributor was the student uprisings. For years Islamic radicals (Ayatollah…
AngelList pricing is such a win. You get cap table management, a 409A, and an RUV for the typical setup cost of an RUV. If you want to get friends on small checks, this is great.
Here's the setup, yall! The big items: - This treadmill is rated for 300lbs and cannot be heard by other Zoom participants: a.co/d/6helIUv - This motorized standing desk is tall enough that you're not looking down at your monitors while treadmilling:…
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Here's the setup, yall! The big items: - This treadmill is rated for 300lbs and cannot be heard by other Zoom participants: a.co/d/6helIUv - This motorized standing desk is tall enough that you're not looking down at your monitors while treadmilling:…
As a B2B-focused seed-stage investor, and a B2B Product Marketer before that, I've spent substantial time helping early-stage companies find and select their first ten customers. While some of this is bespoke to each company, certain questions are universally helpful, eg:
Over the past week, I have thought a lot about the #Budget2024 decision to increase the #CapitalGainsTax, specifically for Canadian innovators. I’d have had NO issue with this choice had efforts been made to increase access to domestic investment in Canadian digital and…
In a Knicks group chat I'm in... Person 1: Attending a Seder… what are the rules about the hosts putting the game on lol, I’m only part Jewish and non practicing Person 2: My Seder will have the game on, as I always remind my family that the Jews wandered in the desert (40…
“In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us“- Passover Haggadah They didn’t succeed then. They will not succeed now. "Let my People Go!" echoes the plea of Moses to Pharaoh, when pleading for the freedom of the Jewish People. Ever since, Passover has become a…
@alexandernorman Cobbled it together over years. I'll break it down tomorrow.
@alexandernorman Desperately in search of the stoic party of Canada.
Chag Kasher V’Sameach to those of us celebrating. 🫓🫓🫓 Am Yisroel chai! ✡️
imagine being able to share the health data you want to share (meds, diagnosis, etc.) to get a more refined reading. @Flexpa will be the primary way patients personally consent to sync their health data to gain insights from hardware and software solutions in the future.
Recently Health Checking Urinals have begun popping up in Men's restrooms all over Shanghai. A private company is offering the urine analysis for RMB 20. Naturally I tried that out. Here's how that went.
So. Do. Something. About. It. You are the Prime Minister. If you don’t know what to do or are too scared, then step aside for those who WILL act to stop the glorification of terrorism & hatred on our 🇨🇦 streets.
There is a difference between peaceful protest and hateful intimidation. It is unconscionable to glorify the antisemitic violence and murder perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th. This rhetoric has no place in Canada. None.