dstein @dstein

Managing Partner @ Leaders Fund. Formerly VP @ https://t.co/dUR9DSanZN; co-founder of Rypple and Workbrain. leaders.vc Toronto Joined February 2008

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tobi lutke @tobi

4 weeks ago

This is a going to be a great week in Toronto! torontotechweek.com

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Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4

4 weeks ago

for anyone who hasn't been paying attention... C-22 is a terrible idea C-22's architecture is most similar to laws in place in China, Russia, India and Vietnam among allied democracies, the closest analog is Australia's TOLA Act (2018), which Australia is now amending due to the economic harm it caused

Globe Politics @globepolitics

4 weeks ago

Google warns lawful-access bill could create major cybersecurity risks theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

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dharmesh @dharmesh

2 months ago

Congrats! Thrilled to be on board as an indie investor.

akash · vellum.ai @asharma_53

2 months ago

We’ve raised 25M to build the world’s first Personal Intelligence. Introducing Vellum: AI that belongs to you. My assistant @ash_vellum has his own X (like grok), tag him and he'll answer.

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Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4

2 months ago

disappointing to see that there is not a single founder, startup CEO, tech entrepreneur, VC, or innovation-economy builder on this committee this is an old-economy 🦕 list: > 12 legacy-industry executives or industry association leaders (aluminum, auto parts, steel, rail, pipelines, mining, agri, dairy, forestry, manufacturing, chamber) > 5 former politicians or current provincial premier > 2 labour leaders > 1 bank CEO > 1 Indigenous business association CEO > 1 cultural industry executive > 1 academic / US-politics specialist

Laura Stone @l_stone

2 months ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations has been announced. To be chaired by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. #cdnpoli

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Harley Finkelstein @harleyf

2 months ago

Lindsay and I wrote a piece for the @nationalpost on the Montreal hospital (@HGJF_JGHF) building faster and cheaper than government, and why that builder mindset may be the future of healthcare and philanthropy. nationalpost.com/opinion/opinio…

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Harley Finkelstein @harleyf

2 months ago

If bigger government meant better results, Canada would be crushing it. We’re not. So what are we actually optimizing for?

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tobi lutke @tobi

3 months ago

Ridiculous idea

The Globe and Mail @globeandmail

3 months ago

Majority of Canadians open to joining EU, new poll suggests theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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tobi lutke @tobi

3 months ago

Make Canada too business friendly to ignore. Especially for our own most capable.

Charles Lammam @CharlesLammam

3 months ago

Canada's startup exodus is accelerating. Nearly one of every two Canadian founders who raised over $1 million in 2024 are now based in the U.S. That's up from about one in five just a short time ago.

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Drata @DrataHQ

4 months ago

The New Drata Experience is here. 🔭 We rebuilt the Drata platform on a modern foundation designed for enterprise-scale GRC+A, connecting people, processes, controls, and AI-driven insights into a single constellation. When you can clearly see how everything relates, you can move faster and make better decisions with confidence. A more powerful way to manage trust. 💫 Explore what’s new and why we built it: okt.to/2F5XVR

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Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4

5 months ago

i’ve seen from inside government how challenging it can be to move from intention to progress our latest @build_canada memo, signed by 40+ of canada's leading entrepreneurs, is a call to push beyond that discomfort, move fast, and focus on delivery

Build Canada @build_canada

5 months ago

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Build Canada @build_canada

5 months ago

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Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4

5 months ago

one more thought, in the spirit of pushing us to be bold. if the government is actually serious about grocery prices, the hard call is dairy and eggs. supply management there amounts to state-backed price setting. roughly 10–15% of grocery spend goes to dairy and eggs, more for lower-income households. fix that and you lower prices. keep avoiding it and grocery costs stay politically managed, not market-based.

Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4

5 months ago

what most Canadians don’t realize is that this GST credit expansion will cost taxpayers approx. $9.4B. it will juice demand in a grocery market with tight supply and a few dominant players, with a real risk that prices will adjust, rather than providing relief. it's a measure

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Gideon Hayden @Gideonhayden

8 months ago

@dstein and I were asked by the Canadian government to testify on the health of the startup ecosystem in Canada. Last week we showed up to share our views. This quote sums up our message well: "Just imagine if the vast majority of comp sci graduates from @Harvard and @MIT moved to Canada to start their companies. The US gov't would be doing everything in their power to reverse the trend" @RaquelDancho @leadersfund

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dstein @dstein

9 months ago

Potential is here. Let's look aggressively to harness it!

daniel debow @ddebow

9 months ago

“National pride is not enough to keep founders here. The only real solution is to make Canada a place where ambitious entrepreneurs believe staying is the best choice for their company and their future.” wisdom from @dstein leaders.vc/canadianstartu…

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Canada Spends @canada_spends

a year ago

🚨 GC STRATEGIES AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT OUT TODAY $64.5M in federal IT contracts went to a company that doesn’t do any IT work. GCStrategies was a middleman—subcontracting all the actual work. And 46% of the time, the gov’t couldn’t prove the work was even done.

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dstein @dstein

a year ago

Post election, while politicians are focused on "elbows up," Canadian tech needs to stay "heads down" to outperform in 2025. Thoughts on key focus areas: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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dstein @dstein

a year ago

After 20+ years co-founding and backing 20+ tech startups, I'm launching "Tales from the trenches," a column about company building. We'll cover recent issues within our portfolio, the solution, and results realized. Minimum jargon, maximum reality. Launches Thurs. #Startups

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Ben Mulroney @BenMulroney

a year ago

The group Canadians for Free Enterprise have decided to release a series of statements in the next few days on why they are endorsing @PierrePoilievre for Prime Minister. They’ve asked me to share them. In this fifth and final piece, energy executives Adam Waterous and Sue Riddell Rose explain what Canada must do to develop its natural resources.

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National Post @nationalpost

a year ago

Liberals promise $130B in new spending and no timeline to balance the budget nationalpost.com/news/canada/ma…

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Shane Parrish @shaneparrish

a year ago

Many Canadians don't realize their favorite media outlets receive significant government funding from the very politicians they're supposed to hold accountable. When one candidate wants to cut this funding and support free speech, while the other wants to increase it and regulate what can be said, how can we expect truly impartial coverage? Something to consider when consuming news.