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  • Say Hello to Mkama

    A new addition to my Kiva portfolio, Mkama is a 43 year old Tanzanian entrepreneur. He started his clothing business 8 years ago. Mkama works 12 hours a day, has taken one Kiva loan already and is now looking to scale his business.
    He’s also the first entrepreneur in a developing country that will benefit […]

  • Songs of the Year - Best of 07: Number 5

    I’ve moved a lot over the past 5 years. 7 times. There’s something about the first night in a new place. Anticipated excitement. The thrill of daydreaming about what the place can look like.
    There’s always a tradition I follow that first night: plug in receiver, hook up speakers, and listen to the song of […]

  • Songs of the Year - Best of 07: Number 6

    The lethargic pace with which I’m working through this list has little to do with the minimal attention I’ve given this site. It has everything to do with public taste catching up to my eclectic ear.
    Kidding, of course.
    Although, I do continue to believe there will be a day when the world understands the brilliance […]

  • Incentives

    Remember when this blog was relevant? Me either.
    I do remember when it was fun. And alive. What happened? Life. Sadly the asset that was DisruptiveThoughts has slowly eroded. Gone. I want to invest into it - to build it up while enjoying a hectic life.
    What to do?
    Follow the advice a Nobel Laureate gives to […]

February

This is the archive for February, 2008.

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.

Here's what I'm doing right now:

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