Carl Mercier's blog

In March 2009, I gave a talk entitled How I founded, bootstrapped, grew and sold my web startups at Mesh U in Toronto, Canada. Ever since, people have been fascinated by how I incorporated Karabunga (Defensio‘s parent company) in Delaware despite living in Canada, and yet maintained the simplicity and benefits of running a Canadian company. [...]

A little over a year ago (December 2009), my good friends Gary Haran (@garyharan) and Marc-André Cournoyer (@macournoyer) invited me to lunch to discuss their startup ambitions. Or more precisely, to discuss the idea that would change their lives and those of so many others: Talker. Just like most first time entrepreneurs, they had high [...]