July 25, 2011—As many people in Ottawa know, Mercury Grove has been a huge supporter of local startups ever since we moved our “headquarters” here 5 years ago. Over the last five years we’ve opened our office to local entrepreneurs to hang out …
July 14, 2011—Last night we arrived in Montreal for StartupFestival – an inaugural conference for startups in Montreal Canada. Judging by day 1 (of 3), this conference is going to become an annual event for the Mercury Grove team. The excitement and enthusiasm of everyone there was palpable, and with an …
June 23, 2011—We here at Mercury Grove stumbled upon an interesting article in the New York Times about what differentiates us from the lower primates. Our ability to collaborate, and form social networks is one of the key drivers pushing the evolution of man in a unique and entirely separate direction from …
March 30, 2011—Companies are flocking to social media in droves trying to figure out how to “get in on the action” of what’s happening online. Some are finding a good balance, but most are (literally) very socially awkward. Consider the following scenarios – I hope your company
March 30, 2011—Here is one of dozens of emails I get daily from twitter: This drives me nuts! Here is what I (now) know about Doug Scott: He is the President of OgilvyEntertainment – which I assume is part of Ogilvy & Mathers He has a lot of followers and follows a lot of people He
March 2, 2011—Last weekend I was a judge for a local geek-a-thon called HackOTT (Hack Ottawa). The concept, started in Toronto by entrepreneurs Leila Boujnane from TinEye and Cory Reid from Freshbooks, brings together extremely talented developers for a day (a Saturday, no less) to prove their technical …
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