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The Heavily Discounted Value of a University Degree. What Has Happened?
When I graduated from a prestigious public university in California, my future was so bright I had to wear shades. Even with a seemingly worthless degree in the Humanities and Social Sciences, I...
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Can Accelerate Okanagan’s Report On Local Tech Industry Economic Impact Be...
AO Tech Industry Report Lacks The Rigor Necessary To Give It Much Credibility Read the AO press release and access the full report here The AO report’s “economic impact” conclusions are based on 2014...
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UBC Faculty Joins Other Prestigious Universities Calling for Fossil Fuel...
The University of British Columbia is following the lead of faculty and students at Harvard University, the University of California, Stanford University and many other universities across North...
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Moore’s Law at 50: At Least A Decade More To Go And Why That’s Important
Gordon Moore, now 86, is still spry and still given to the dry sense of humor for which he has always been known. In an Intel interview this year he said that he had Googled “Moore’s Law” and...
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What Is The Point Of A University Degree, Anyway?
Years ago as a young buck, I sat on the university commons grass and pondered WTF it was all about. I made an immediate decision that I no longer cared what others thought of me. My mind would only be...
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10 Best Industries To Target For Internships and Entry Level Positions
Let’s be frank. Finding a decent job commensurate with your new UBC degree in Management has become extremely difficult. I have blogged previously here on the discounted value of a degree, as...
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Are Venture Capitalists And Big Ideas Converging Again?
My biggest complaint with venture capital and the current entrepreneurial landscape is the lack of Big Ideas— the superficiality of the technology sector. “We were promised flying cars and we got 140...
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Need To Deliver An Inspirational Speech? Start With a Big Idea
I noticed the following post on LinkedIn, and thought that it was important to share it. When I first came to UBC to teach Industry Analysis and Entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Management, I was...
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The Rules of Sewage
This is a metaphorical essay on personal ethics, worthy of a serious read and contemplation. When I saw the title I was intrigued but suspected it had something to do with Andy Grove’s colorful adage,...
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Facebook’s International Business Blunder: Following In The Footsteps of Google
With good intentions, and also a good dose of Facebook business strategy to expand its base of users, Mark Zuckerberg has struck out to promote Free Basics, a free limited Internet for the poor in less...
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Why The Biggest Tech Companies Are Not In Canada
Mayo0615 Reblog from July 22, 2013 It dawned on me that my blog post from July 2013, still has particular relevance to the current situation in Canada. I discuss the longer term structural issues...
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What High Tech Industry in Kelowna?
Kelowna’s tech industry growth stunted by shallow talent pool There is a lot of hubris and fantasy here in the Okanagan that no amount of reality can kill. Contrasted with that is a political faction...
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New Accelerate Okanagan Report On Tech Industry: Devil Is Again In the Details
Problems Persist With New 2016 Accelerate Okanagan “Tech Industry Analysis” Accelerate Okanagan should be commended for publishing a document, the stated goal of which is to “assist in attracting new...
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Engineer Into The Workforce
Presentation given to today, to the UBC School of Engineering Capstone course Engineer Into The Workforce from David Mayes Filed under: Career Development, Education, Faculty of Management, Higher...
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Vancouver Technology Industry On Verge Of New Era
The Vancouver technology industry may well be on the verge of an extraordinary period of growth. Global, national, and regional factors appear to be aligning in ways that could create an extraordinary...
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University degree no longer comes with promise of stable job
The unwritten promise of a post-secondary education has been to earn a degree in an applied field such as engineering and you’ll end up with a good, stable job, but the millennial generation is finding...
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Big Idea Social Entrepreneur: The New 21st Century Career
Late last year I wrote on this blog about my frustration with the lack of Big Ideas driving innovation. My rant was stimulated by a New York Times article on the grim underbelly of the “an app for...
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Richard Florida Writes That Canada Is Losing The Global Innovation Race –...
Canadian Venture Investment Is In Decline Canada’s investment in R & D Has Been Anemic For Decades Compared to OECD Nations U.S. Tech Giants Are Exploiting Canada’s Talent Base At The Expense of...
View ArticleMayo615’s French Odyssey Week 2: Networking Tips
Welcome to a bonus Week 2 Update of Mayo615’s Odyssey to France. I want to talk a bit about networking with new acquaintances or renewing old contacts. Networking is often dreaded because it sounds...
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Shopify’s Tobias Lütke on Canada’s “go-for-bronze” mentality ironically echos...
Tobi has struck a vulnerable nerve with his painfully accurate comment that Canada has a cultural problem, a “go for the bronze” mentality.” He is not the first to point out Canada’s lack of clothing...
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