I have many about pages on the Internet. This one is for my public notes. Use the [[Contact]] page to get in touch.

Bio

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Availability

I support founders and the Canadian startup funding ecosystem through [[Venture Scouts]], and you can browse current and past [[Projects]].

As of [[June 2019]], I'm full time committed to [[Fission]] https://fission.codes, where I am co-founder and CEO.

Background

I am a technologist who has progressively moved more into business, product, and marketing, as well as leveling up in investment and venture capital.

I've never been paid to code, but tinker with new technologies as part of relying on my technical background to help build bridges and explain technology through the lens of business and product.

As part of my move back to Vancouver in 2004, I became part of the growth of Vancouver's web & entrepreneur community. I took part in the beginnings of Web 2.0, including open source, blogging, and the emergence of social media. Including being member #1746 on LinkedIn.

I strive to align my personal interests – working with smart people on great projects that involve people-centric technology – with what I do for work. My work-life balance tends to come from making sure that I am involved in mission-driven companies that I can get behind and champion.

Aside from my interest in technology, I live in Vancouver & I like food. You can find posts on these topics on my microblog »

Presentations

I've been using [[Notist]] for [[Presentations]]: https://noti.st/bmann

• Welcome to my "Digital Garden", inspired by [[Anne-Laure Le Cunff]] and many others. About the [[technology of stian's notes]].
• I'll also slowly capture some details about my workflows and hacks here, beginning with
  • [[Retro concept]]
• Some interesting pages (or see all pages)
  • My notes on the absolutely fascinating [[Awakening From the Meaning Crisis]] series
  • [[Fundamentals of Alexander Technique with Michael Ashcroft by James Stuber (Course Builders series)]]
  • [[Mastering the Game of Allyship with Wendell Brit by James Stuber (Course Builders series)]]
  • [[Sapiens📒]] (currently part of a book club project)
  • Idea for a "book club platform" [[Project Fluid]]
  • My book notes on
    • [[Deep Work]]
    • [[The Body Keeps the Score]] (processing)
    • [[Atomic Habits]] (unprocessed)
    • [[Attention Is Cognitive Unison]] (unprocessed)
  • Things I'm thinking about
    • [[Three levels of Note taking]]
    • [[E: Ad hoc book clubs]]
      • [[Concrete Book Club Idea]]
    • [[E: Incremental Brainstorming]]
    • [[A: Chinese]]
    • [[E: Textbook design for learning]]

[[vera]] was born and raised in [[Portland]] on [[1984-02-16]] at [[OHSU]] hospital

raised in [[russell neighborhood]] in NE portland