Last Wednesdays of every month are a great opportunity for a get together with entrepreneurs and software developers of Montreal and beyond. Startup Drinks took place at Brutopia, which is the premiere brewpub in downtown Montreal, located on Crescent Street, were you can find all sorts of irish pubs and international restaurants. 

"Tribal Leadership" is one of the books that some of us have placed on the night stand. I haven't read it fully yet, but I have already found something interesting just by reading the homepage of the book, and this is the concept of tribes.  I find this idea very inspirational for the kind of work we do.

Free relationships, no children, drama-free, acquaintances... these days, in our society, nobody seems to be willing to engage.  And not only is this happening in personal relationships but it is also happening in the business arena, in the relationships that we all know as B2B.

"Employees are the engine of every business.  Ensuring they’re inspired is critical to motivation and success.  A democratic culture creates a foundation of belief and togetherness that allows passion and inspiration to bloom"—Dave Balter

At DreamHost one thing is very clear, "motivation leads to more productive employees and it is fostered by organizational democracy". 

During our search for companies with similar values we found BetterWorld Telecom, a company with a very unique business model. Better World Telecom and Nearsoft are both part of the WorldBlu's list of Most Democratic Workplaces 2009. We interviewed Matt Bauer, President and Co-founder.

We had the opportunity to interview Tim Besse, co-founder of Glassdoor.com, which is not only based on transparency, but also offers transparency as an online free service.

We want to spread the word about "Democracy at work". Just like Nearsoft, Brainpark is also one of the most democratic workplaces (WorldBlu List) in the world. Here is an interview with Mark Dowds, CEO of Brainpark.   

TIECON is the largest convention in the world dedicated to entrepreneurs. TIECON 2009 took place in Santa Clara Convention Center on May 15-16. This post is about the highlights for us during this event.

What had started as a simple invitation of a friend to play video games turned out to be a “Business Tour” and a very interesting interview with the Chief Designer and Workflow Manager of Alebrije Estudios in Monterrey, Mexico.