Alec Saunders SquawkBox

One of the frequent sources of confusion in startups is how much equity stake employees should get.  If you get it wrong you might find yourself giving up too much control of the company, or not having motivated employees.  Fortunately ,Don Dodge has done a great job of explaining, rationally, how to divvy up the equity stake.

There was a time when I was a skeptic about the idea of marrying a phone and a camera, or a phone and a music player.  In fact, I had heated discussions during the late 90’s with colleagues at Microsoft where I argued that a single function device was the better choice.

But then there are days like today where I am glad I lost the argument.

Sitting at the parking lot of the Giant Tiger store in Manotick, waiting for the scouts to drop off my son Peter after a four day canoe trip, I snapped these photos using my BlackBerry Curve at the tail end of a late day downpour.