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On The CounterPath to Success

If you want to build a perfect business plan, sometimes it makes sense to look at what has been successful in other markets and apply the same techniques in another space. McDonalds showed the world that a restaurant could become...

Posted on June 30, 2008 6:41 AM

Leaving Vancouver

I feel weird writing this entry as I never told you I was in Vancouver to begin with. After leaving NXTComm, I came to the west coast of Canada because there are a number of companies in the area worth...

Posted on June 20, 2008 10:28 AM

Day One in Canada

I had an amazingly smooth trip up to Canada considering the weather in New York was stormy when I left. It felt like 40 degree weather with 40+ MPH gusts. Somehow we took off and had a flight that wasn't...

Posted on May 12, 2008 9:09 PM

Sun Reenters Telecom

With all the fanfare surrounding Microsoft’s reentry into telecom, I thought it worth mentioning Sun is doing the same thing. Microsoft has integrated their applications into communications (or vice versa) and even designed new devices such as phones and even...

Posted on September 23, 2007 10:54 AM

Inter-Tel

Inter-Tel executives Aron Aicard (Director of Product Marketing), Jon Young (Director, Softswitch Technology) and Rick Ringel (Strategic Solutions Engineer), gave me this exclusive interview. They talked to me about Inter-Tel’s new corporate initiatives, the impact of SIP technology, and the...

Posted on August 28, 2007 5:17 PM

Mihaylo Bids for Inter-Tel

There is a higher bid for Inter-Tel than what Mitel initially offered to pay. The bid is being led by Steve Mihaylo who is a major shareholder of Inter-Tel and the former founder. Rumor has it Steve who has been...

Posted on May 16, 2007 10:26 PM

Fractal Edge

I spoke with Richard Laughton the founder of Fractal Edge today. Fractal Edge is part of the Wesley Clover family of companies and as you may have surmised is funded by Sir Terry Matthews.   The company displays large, complex,...

Posted on February 28, 2007 9:25 AM

Solace Systems

Yet another Terry Matthews company I recently visited is Solace Systems who provides products for service providers and large enterprise customers. The company is in the value-added services routing system business and in case you are wondering what this means...

Posted on January 7, 2007 9:52 PM

Mitel

By now it is no secret I spent some time in Canada recently and met with a number of companies in the Terry Matthews family. One of these companies is Mitel and over the decades this company has proven...

Posted on January 7, 2007 9:48 PM

Kanata's Landlord

A sidebar to: Sir Terry Matthews Aside from being a successful serial entrepreneur Terry owns much of Kanata, Ontario and is a major landlord owning seemingly every building in site -- some were sold to Alcatel a few years back....

Posted on January 3, 2007 10:24 AM

Sir Terry Matthews

Terry Matthews is a living legend in communications and I suppose the only person I will get to meet with a “Sir” in front of their name. For years many people have told me I must meet Terry and for...

Posted on January 3, 2007 10:22 AM