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Paul McKinlay
@pmmckinlay
Finance software companies - Food obsessed - Curious about finance history
Toronto, OntarioJoined February 2013
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But… why? What purpose does that serve?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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In case you’re curious about why this man is so angry with me, it may be because I introduced an amendment to a GOP bill that would prohibit oil and gas companies who engage in stock buybacks from leasing federal lands. Seems as though I hit a nerve! 😇 twitter.com/Acyn/status/16…
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@pmmckinlay
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CIBC Innovation
@CIBCInnovation
Our Client Video Series profiles several startup companies, each with their own unique growth story. And they all have one thing in common: a bank who really understands the scaling needs of high-growth startups. @Inc inc.com/cibc/what-happ
Paul McKinlay
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As I rudely ate a cracker on video call w colleagues today… one asked “Paul are you eating a s’more?” - Me - “s’more of what?”. “A s’more, like gramcrackers…” Me - “how can I have s’more if I haven’t had anything yet??” They didn’t get it….
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Had fun nerding out on some bank history the other night w a few industry friends of ours. Very cool stuff back to the 1860s. - general ledger from ~1900 - an “encrypted” memo to and from a client (CP Rail) (also had the cipher book, or “key”) - a blunder bust from 1867
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On one hand… this doesn’t feel like a good sign for consumer demand at all. On other - at least they have this option to augment their income? “75pct of new sign ups [are doing so to] offset the costs of inflation”
theglobeandmail.com
Canada gets first glimpse of gig worker stats as Uber sees spike in new sign-ups
Uber in Canada saw a spike in user sign-ups through the second half of 2022. They reported the highest number they have seen on the platform during the past three months
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Great piece covering the journey of one of our Van based clients, Jane Software.
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SeanSilcoff
@SeanSilcoff
2022 was a bad year for much of the tech sector - but not for BC software scaleup Jane, which hired, grew & made a profit as it has since it started. See Jane Run: How a B.C. startup ignored the tech bubble hype – and is thriving through the crash theglobeandmail.com/business/artic
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Paul McKinlay
@pmmckinlay
Fascinating. Italians just do it better.
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Joe Lonsdale
@JTLonsdale
It’s been a mystery why Roman concrete often lasted thousands of years, but ours decays in mere decades. Turns out they incorporated chemicals in a process that induces self-healing; scientists at MIT just figured this all out - in 2022. Extraordinary. news.mit.edu/2023/roman-con
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Mark McQueen
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Banking via Chicago-based
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Bank USA can often beat the rates below.
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Bruno Faviero | Co-Founder @ Magna
@Bfaviero
Money-market products: – SVB: 3.4% yield, 0 fees (up to $4M/$10M for Seed/Series A) – @mercury: 3.4% yield, 0.45% fees (or 20% of EFFR, whichever is lower) 😱 – @brex: 3.7% yield, 0 fees Any other service I should be considering? Interesting that Mercury has the highest fees..
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Paul McKinlay
@pmmckinlay
My “little” brother has a job interview and was asked to do a 20-30min presentation on customer service. He went to ChatGPT and said “make me a presentation on customer service best practices” Interview prep complete. Now the real test will be if that preso gets him the job.
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This confirms I need a sauna.
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Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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Sauna may help excrete heavy metals. Lead is excreted 14x more in sweat, and cadmium is excreted 11x more in sweat than urine. A dietary source of cadmium and lead is dark chocolate. A recent Consumer Reports analysis found high levels in some common chocolate bars.
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