Shawn Abbott

The Good, The Interesting, and the Surprising: Key Learnings from the 2014 Inovia Capital CTO Summit

Inovia invests in technology and startups offering technology enabled services. We believe that the Chief Technical Officer is the cornerstone of such…

WorkFusion brings Programmatic Labour Back in Vogue

For hundreds of years, “computer” was a job title. The founding intention of computers as we now know them — digital computers — was to carry out any operation which could be done by a human brain.

Is your e-Commerce business hacker proof ?

A massively scaling business is super exciting. But let’s face it, when it does scale, you will likely find yourself cutting corners to keep the momentum going. That could mean less testing, quicker releases and a CTO that is likely helping ship product.

Key Insights from the 2014 CEO Summit

What we learned in 8-hours with our CEOs

Last Thursday, Inovia held its second annual CEO Summit in New York, a full day event with a combination of experienced, thought-provoking speakers and coordinated round-tables. Our objective with…

When Growing Your Software Startup, Don’t Fall for Outdated Advice

Often, I get a call from an entrepreneur in my network that goes something like this:

“My consulting business is going great; we found ourselves solving the same problem for multiple client…

Mass connectivity creates massive opportunity

The next billion people will join the Internet in less than 5 years, at which time fully half the planet’s population will be connected.

Thanks to mobile devices, more people and devices than ever are “always online” — and…

A VC helping build really big ideas that can change the world

One of the most inspiring parts of being a VC is helping build really big ideas that change the world.

Incredibly interesting societal changes are underway today arising from the new ways we…

33Across Acquires Tynt Multimedia and Becomes a Social Data Powerhouse

Eric Wheeler has done an incredible job of building 33Across. By incredible, I mean that on modest capital and in a far shorter period of time than his competitors, he has established leading marketshare and…

On the new MacBook Air. And why we’re investing in the Cloud above it.

I am rarely seen without my much-loved MacBook Air (MBA) — which is 33 months old — so several people have asked me whether I will be upgrading to the newly announced MBAs, and whether it may be right for…