On September 24th I’m officially joining AdaptiveBlue. Why?

It’s not because the semantic web is one of the biggest emerging web trends (or even because The Economist is interested in semantic web). It’s not because the company’s service is a recommended Firefox plug-in, with more than 900,000 downloads. It’s not because Alex, the founder and CEO, was named a top 40 under 40 technologist. Nor is it because of the quality of the investors. It isn’t the adventure that will be living in NYC nor is it the strong web community that exists there. It’s not due to the number of people I know there but haven’t met yet. And no, Leigh, it’s not so I can spend more time with Howard.

It’s not any one of these things, although they all contributed to the decision.

What it came down to was the amazingly talented team that’s passionately working to fulfill a vision that I believe strongly in. It’s going to be an adventure.


COMMENTS / 14 COMMENTS

Welcome on board Fraser! It is awesome to have you. Alex

Alex Iskold added these pithy words on Sep 16 07 at 4:44 pm

As Alex just reminded me via skype… it’s not because of the pending recession :)

Fraser added these pithy words on Sep 16 07 at 4:57 pm

Welcome on board Fraser! It is awesome to have you.

Alex

Alex Iskold added these pithy words on Sep 16 07 at 7:44 pm

As Alex just reminded me via skype… it’s not because of the pending recession :)

Fraser added these pithy words on Sep 16 07 at 7:57 pm

we should sell homes semantically and telepathically. they wont sell anyway else :)

howard lindzon added these pithy words on Sep 16 07 at 8:23 pm

we should sell homes semantically and telepathically. they wont sell anyway else :)

howard lindzon added these pithy words on Sep 16 07 at 11:23 pm

Congratulations. Drop me a line when you get to NYC and we’ll go grab a celebratory/meetup drink . . .

Noah Brier added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 6:54 am

Congratulations. Drop me a line when you get to NYC and we’ll go grab a celebratory/meetup drink . . .

Noah Brier added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 9:54 am

Well, it’ll be hard to find the same quality Burlington bars like filthy mcnansties in NYC. Good luck and have fun! and as I always say, the more friends i have in NYC the better :)

Leigh added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 1:18 pm

Well, it’ll be hard to find the same quality Burlington bars like filthy mcnansties in NYC.

Good luck and have fun! and as I always say, the more friends i have in NYC the better :)

Leigh added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 4:18 pm

Best of luck! congrats on the new start :)

Darren Herman added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 7:10 pm

Fraser joins Adaptive Blue the same day the new “Heroes” returns…coincidence?

Vada added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 7:15 pm

Best of luck! congrats on the new start :)

Darren Herman added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 10:10 pm

Fraser joins Adaptive Blue the same day the new “Heroes” returns…coincidence?

Vada added these pithy words on Sep 17 07 at 10:15 pm

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I’m Joining AdaptiveBlue

Welcome to the conversation.

Hi, I'm Fraser and this is my personal site where I write about the things I'm interested in: start-up strategy, the web, music, and life.

My days are spent commercializing emerging technologies. Currently I'm helping to deliver the promise of semantic web to the consumer market at AdaptiveBlue. Previously I was at Trivaris, a Canadian seed stage investment firm.

I am a co-founder of Innovation Night, a community driven event supporting entrepreneurship in Canadian and US cities.

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