Comments for Joseph Fung

Comment on Why is Waterloo Region’s unemployment rate so high? by Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:02:53 +0000

Interesting question. Although I agree that it’s not necessarily true that cities NEED to grow (case in point – Cleveland’s current down-sizing efforts), I don’t agree with your final conclusion that the only people that benefit are business people.

The most notable example of benefits to others, is that with an increased population base, entire social and cultural movements become possible. For example, here in the region, Centre in the Square is only able to bring in larger, more interesting acts when there is sufficient population to support the event. Festivals are similar. Many arts and cultural initiatives and programs only become feasible at certain levels of population density. It’s every member of the population in the Region that benefits from these arts initiatives.

On top of that, there are a number of core infrastructure opportunities that only become viable with increased density – public transit and foodbanks for example.

Yes – you personally may not make use of services and systems that I mentioned above, but I don’t think it’s valid to say that no one except business people benefit.

Comment on Why is Waterloo Region’s unemployment rate so high? by stewart reid

stewart reid — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:15:38 +0000

data is interesting, but on a related subject, my long standing question is- why do cities HAVE TO GROW. Why do I have to pay increased taxes, (excluding inflation), because the population has increased. The latest is that I have to pay for the proposed increase in police officers because our population has increased. What about this nonsense of increasing the number of councilors because of increased population. What about the water shortage. What about the additional damage to our roads. I can go on and on. To my way of thinking, the only people that benefit from increased population are the business people, to whom the politicians have very close contacts.

Comment on 12 Rules for Using AngelList Like a Boss by heri yuliadi

heri yuliadi — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:04:48 +0000

entrepreneur greetings and friendship

Comment on 12 Rules for Using AngelList Like a Boss by Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:39:25 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. You’re absolutely right on the fast & helpful on the press/PR side of things. Funny how that’s often missed.

Comment on 12 Rules for Using AngelList Like a Boss by Jonathan Kay

Jonathan Kay — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:12:36 +0000

#8 is absolutely my favorite. The same goes in working with almost anyone (especially people the press). Always be the quickest, easiest, and most helpful to work with. It goes a long well.

Love this whole article man.
Jonathan

Comment on 12 Rules for Using AngelList Like a Boss by Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:42:42 +0000

Glad it was useful – and best of luck in the fundraising! As you go through it, if anything in my post needs clarification, please let me know. Like I said, I don’t claim to be an expert, but I’m happy to share anything I learned during the process.

Comment on 12 Rules for Using AngelList Like a Boss by Mogens Nielsen

Mogens Nielsen — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:39:50 +0000

Joseph, thank you for putting this list together! It is very detailed and fills the void you yourself hinted on regarding entrepreneurial experience with AngelList.
I have been following AngelList, since I began my startup earlier this year and it has evolved enormously.
Your list here will be a great help when I start fundraising in a couple of months.

Comment on Your Funnel is a Finite State Machine by » Your Funnel is a Finite State Machine | StartupNorth

» Your Funnel is a Finite State Machine | StartupNorth — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:45:22 +0000

[...] Editor’s note: This is a cross post by Joseph Fung (LinkedIn, @josephfung), the CEO of TribeHR (@tribehr). Joseph has recently raised $1MM from David Skok (@bostonVC) at Matrix Partners in Boston, MA. He is building and automating the SaaS metrics for TribeHR. He has a unique engineering view of sales and marketing that allows him to be nimble and correct his efforts based on real customer behaviour data. This post was orignially published on September 23, 2011. [...]

Comment on Tool Search – Content Sharing / Collaboration by Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:47:14 +0000

Interesting looking app – thanks for the tip Joan.

Comment on Tool Search – Content Sharing / Collaboration by Joan Sanger

Joan Sanger — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:53:19 +0000

Look at Powernoodle as it may serve you in ways you did not even know you needed it to—