On the TechVancouver stage ×1
First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jonathan ↗
In their words
everyone wants control in their lives the number one thing that drives passion is I don't think anyone grew up here wanting to be an executive assistant or a QA person
as an employer or as a startup founder you have to understand that control is at the heart of passion and you have to allow people to control their lives
get a Google spreadsheet write all your employees names and find out something really cool about them find out something that they're passionate about
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
What is Stanley Park Ventures?
A Vancouver startup foundry that finds people it can develop into co-founders and builds companies around them, rather than backing existing ones. KOHO, the banking challenger, was the first company to come out of it.
What did Jonathan Bixby argue at TechVancouver?
That passion cannot be bolted on by an enthusiastic CEO. It starts with a founding story, and it depends on employees having control over their own lives — his own workplace won best employer in BC five years running with about 75 people.
What did he build before investing?
Strangeloop Networks, where he was co-founder and CEO. It made the first network appliance and cloud service for accelerating dynamic web applications and raised more than $21M, including an $11.5M Series A.