Comments on: The Canadian Digital Power 20

By: Sebastien Provencher

Sebastien Provencher — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:42:18 +0000

Martin Aubut’s one liner: Digital strategist and Innovator, PALM+HAVAS Agency

By: Sebastien Provencher

Sebastien Provencher — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:39:14 +0000

My one-liner:
Web entrepreneur and internationally renowned online local media expert.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:19:43 +0000

Brilliant and comprehensive Mr. Bartus. I am thinking, based on some advice late last week , of splitting the list into a Power 20 and Innovator 20. It’s been difficult to come up with a single criteria that captures the big names and gives credit to some of the great minds that are new to the game. So I might cave this week and create two lists that are easier for people to wrap their heads around.

By: Kevin Bartus

Kevin Bartus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:20:44 +0000

Oh, and Roger Chabra at GrowthWorks – somehow managing to still invest and believe in the space thru all this.

By: Kevin Bartus

Kevin Bartus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:16:44 +0000

Fascinating process, actually, and a pretty strong initial list!

You might even just turn it into a sort of TechCrunch-ish directory.

The name that looks missing to me is Jordan Banks, who as far as I can tell is the only living VC investor in the digital space in Canada.

Rick Segal also comes to mind – not sure what he’s doing post-JLA (hopefully I’ll find out when I see him later this week).

Probably also should include Butch Langlois, who’s been at the head of more than a couple of funded enterprises, now Zoocasa at Rogers.

And Stuart MacDonald, who does TripHarbor (and MESH).

And for straight cash you’re probably neglecting Geoff Rotstein, who runs CX, and thru the Incentaclick acquisition became probably THE most profitable online advertising player in Canada.

Lord, there are a lot, aren’t there?

Jamie MacDonald is probably the lowest-profile genius missing from the list, but I’m not sure if you’re going for “cool factor” (not Jamie) or raw intelligence (definitely Jamie).

And the Glimmer Twins, Salim Teja and Jonathan Erlich, are missing.

Hell, a dozen more names and you can just open up shop as the leading headhunter in the space.

Speaking of which, you’re missing Bruce Powell and Ari Aronson.

By: Christy Heenan

Christy Heenan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:22:30 +0000

My vote goes to digital strategy educators A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:24:05 +0000

It may not be in the Oxford, but by all lingusitic standards it seems to work so you should go with it.

By: maggiefox

maggiefox — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:14:14 +0000

Tweeted? Did I conjugate that verb right?

By: maggiefox

maggiefox — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:13:47 +0000

This was Twittered today – more adds for your list (including me – but hey, that’s how I found out about it!)

@thornley
@davefleet
@maggiefox
@saulcolt
@seanmoffitt
@dannybrown
@wilhelmus
@acoupleofchicks

By: Sebastien Provencher

Sebastien Provencher — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:19:38 +0000

I’ll forget a bunch of people but here are some suggestions from Quebec:

Sylvain Carle, Praized Media
Claude Malaison, EmergenceWeb
Benoit Descary, http://descary.com/
Michelle Blanc, Consultant
Nicolas Gaudreau, Yellow Pages Group
Evan Prodromou, Identi.ca
Martin Aubut, Palm
Martin Lessard, consultant
Bruno Boutot, consultant
Michel Dumais, journalist
Bruno Guglielminetti, Radio-Canada
Carl-Frédéric De Celles, ix Media
Mario Asselin, Opossum
Sebastien Provencher, Praized Media
Julien Smith, Writer, Podcaster
Philippe Martin, La Fabrique de Blog
Felipe Coimbra, TwtApps
John Stokes, VC
Benjamin Yoskovitz, Standoutjobs
Dominique-Sébastien Forest, Canoe
Guillaume Bouchard, NVI
Hugh McGuire, Librivox, BookOven
Patrick Tanguay, Station C
Philippe Le Roux, Pheromone
Adele McAlear, McAlear Marketing