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Herding Cats – Ascend

September 9, 2014 — Leave a comment

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Last fall, for RallyEngine, I commissioned market research company Ipsos to survey large (100+ people) downtown Calgary organizations to find out how prepared for and communicated during the massive flooding in May 2013. One of the insights we gleaned from that study’s report was that many companies relied more on ad hoc reactions than on their prepared Emergency Response Plans. This was interesting and it got me curious about an arena of comedy that I’ve always enjoyed but never looked at seriously: improv.

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Startup of the Week

January 19, 2014 — Leave a comment

In addition to winning a couple awards last November (for Most Innovative Business Model and Best Go-to-Market Strategy), RallyEngine was highlighted as Startup of the Week this week. Here’s the pic and post to prove it.

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I’m on the right, pictured with three of my four partners: Tom Muir, Russ Bugera, and Aaron Salus. Missing: Chris McPhail.