daniel debow
@ddebow
❤️🇨🇦 3x co-founder. Let’s @Build_Canada. rational optimist.
Your odds of being great at anything are directly proportional to your willingness to suck at it for a long time.
‘crazy’ ideas are usually the only ideas that really change anything
In a global society, people can and do vote with their feet. That doesn't mean we should just let those with power (of any kind, money, talent, expertise, connections) dominate an issue. But it does mean we should consider the effects of policy.
🇬🇧 The recent capital gains tax increase in the UK was expected to bring additional tax revenue. Instead, high-net-worth individuals and families are leaving the country leading to an 18% fall in net capital gains tax revenue. A £2.7b loss. Welcome to the Laffer curve, suckers.
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This is a great thought piece from @build_canada. We need to leverage Canadian private sector expertise and innovation to rise to the challenges and opportunities facing our country. 1/2 buildcanada.com/en/memos/deplo…
It’s hard to describe how much the prevailing attitude of Toronto’s leadership holds our growth and prosperity back. Our leaders only compare themselves to cities a fraction our size. This clearly affects the ambition we see out of city hall. The greater Vancouver area has…
"I really don't know why they want to pick this fight with us," Carroll says of the federal government. "We are bigger than the city of Vancouver by the size of Montreal. So if you take all the area where sixplexes currently are as-of-right, it exceeds any other city in Canada."
We can do hard things together
In this moment of economic transformation, driven by shifting trade relationships and the rise of new technologies such as AI, the federal government and the private sector need to work together. The government should seek out expertise from Canada’s companies, and companies…
fun @build_canada meetup. young people want 🇨🇦 to grow they will go do things
we’re all in this together.
In this moment of economic transformation, driven by shifting trade relationships and the rise of new technologies such as AI, the federal government and the private sector need to work together. The government should seek out expertise from Canada’s companies, and companies…
feels so good youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtxTy… mom and dad took me to see Chuck at the Ontario Place Forum in 1980 or 1982. i don't remember which date.. but i remember i blew my mind!
🇨🇦 was a nation of pioneers, builders, and warriors—and we can be again. I was thrilled to have @build_canada CEO @lucyhargreaves4 join us on @am640 to talk about what they're doing to make 🇨🇦 the most prosperous in the world. From platforming the best ideas from builders to…
Toronto has a great future ahead. We just have to build it.
Truly stunning to think how different the world our children will grow up in may be. There's a long way to go but this truly starting to look like a map of a European or East Asian city rather than a North American one. Now we need to start building homes the same way to take…
We've got another spectacular show lined up for today on hashtag#AM640, 🇨🇦's top talk radio station. Today, from 12-3pm, we will be joined by: — @lucyhargreaves4, CEO of @build_canada, on how they're catalyzing the growth 🇨🇦 needs with our nation's entrepreneurs and business…
New episode of @TheHubCanada Dialogues is out. I spoke with @build_canada CEO @lucyhargreaves4 about why and how Canadian entrepreneurs are now engaging in the world of public policy and what we can do to boost growth and productivity. thehub.ca/podcast/audio/…
We've made some big improvements to the Outcomes Tracker over the past few weeks. We want to make it the best way to understand the government's progress on key commitments. Want to take a moment to thank the people that make this possible:
GM to everyone who gives a shit about what they are building or doing. you make the world awesome… 🙏
Canadian defence tech about to have its moment 🇨🇦 theglobeandmail.com/business/econo…
love the interactive graphs on the @build_canada site! great work!
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