Watch the video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QYyXX3jVwwI

Last week, a friend of mine asked me if I was posting under Cambrian House under an alias on Tech Crunch. I said no, and didn’t pay it much thought. It wasn’t until I saw this video that I did some digging on TC and found an article that put all the pieces together for me.

It’s no secret that I used to work at Cambrian House. About a year ago now a bunch of us were gathered into a room and laid off - I don’t have any compunctions about saying this because it’s pretty common knowledge; they even admit it in the video. But when I joined CH in the early days, the idea I was introduced to sold me. Like Gord, I wanted to change the world. I watched the vision shift and mutate and evolve so quickly that I was left with my head spinning.

Near the end of my reign at Cambrian House, I didn’t see anything to really get behind. Nothing to sink my teeth into - nothing to champion. However, Let me make one thing perfectly crystal clear. Despite having naught to champion, my opinion of Cambrian House and the people therein has been a positive one. I’m not one of the guys dragging the name or the idea through the mud. Period.

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Enter VenCorps.

Now, this is something that I can believe in. Granted I don’t know much about it but what I do know is something like this has been so lacking in the startup space I’ve oft considered building something like it myself. This is something that I, as a startup founder myself, can sink my teeth into. Something I can emotionally and personally invest in.

Good on ya CH. Good on ya.