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10-Year Special: 2017–2027

Every favourite thing from a decade of editions, all in one place.

LP Maurice · Sep 2, 2026 · A decade of favourites

A Few of my Favourite Things (2025 Edition)

Films, music, books, and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Dec 31, 2025 · 11 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2024 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · May 11, 2025 · 13 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2023 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Dec 2, 2024 · 12 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2022 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · May 22, 2023 · 13 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2021 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Jan 2, 2022 · 14 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2020 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Jan 2, 2021 · 20 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2019 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Mar 2, 2020 · 21 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2018 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Dec 30, 2018 · 15 min read

A Few of my Favourite Things (2017 Edition)

Films, music, books and other quality things that made this year awesomer.

LP Maurice · Feb 11, 2018 · 10 min read

A Few Good Reads (2025 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · Nov 18, 2025 · 2 min read

A Few Good Reads (2024 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · Dec 5, 2024 · 2 min read

A Few Good Reads (2023 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · Jan 17, 2024 · 2 min read

A Few Good Reads (2022 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · May 22, 2023 · 2 min read

A Few Good Reads (2021 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year

LP Maurice · Jan 1, 2022 · 3 min read

A Few Good Reads (2020 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · Jul 25, 2021 · 3 min read

A Few Good Reads (2019 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · Jul 25, 2021 · 3 min read

A Few Good Reads (2018 Edition)

Some interesting bookmarks from around the Internet this year.

LP Maurice · Jul 25, 2021 · 2 min read

A collection of Steve Jobs quotes

Just a few of the best quotes from the legendary visionary, all in one place

LP Maurice · Mar 29, 2026 · 12 min read

10 Questions Before Raising Capital

A checklist to discuss with your co-founders before seeking funding for your startup.

LP Maurice · Oct 2, 2016 · 6 min read

A Balanced Board - Because it’s 2016

Exploring the data on gender balance for Canadian boards of directors.

LP Maurice · Oct 1, 2016 · 4 min read

The Rise of Peer-to-Peer Entrepreneurship

How mentorship and community is the future of entrepreneurship

LP Maurice · Apr 2, 2015 · 7 min read

Keeping the Peace with Founder Vesting

How one clause in your shareholder agreement can save years of acrimony between co-founders

LP Maurice · Mar 7, 2015 · 5 min read

Turing, Thiel and 10x Innovation

How some radical innovations come to shape the future, while others never see the light of day.

LP Maurice · Feb 6, 2015 · 6 min read

Values-Driven Entrepreneurship

The many ways focusing on purpose is good for the bottom line

LP Maurice · Dec 6, 2014 · 5 min read

Please Meet Julie

A beginner’s guide to making powerful business introductions

LP Maurice · Nov 1, 2014 · 4 min read

An Advisory Board for your Career

How to find great people to help you grow on your career path

LP Maurice · Oct 4, 2014 · 5 min read

Scaling a Startup Team

Lessons learned from growing a startup team from 5 to 35

LP Maurice · Aug 1, 2014 · 5 min read

The Skipper & the Startup CEO

How I learned valuable lessons on leading during a sailing trip

LP Maurice · Jun 26, 2014 · 9 min read

Accelerators for Individuals

How a new breed of organizations are accelerating individuals — not just startups.

LP Maurice · May 13, 2014 · 5 min read

My CTA@NYC experience: 1 year later

Looking to grow your startup in the US?

LP Maurice · Mar 9, 2014 · 5 min read

Think Bigger

Are our startups and entrepreneurs having bold enough visions for the future?

LP Maurice · Dec 10, 2013 · 8 min read

Becoming an Entrepreneur

Are entrepreneurs born or made?

LP Maurice · Sep 11, 2013 · 15 min read

Determinate Optimism

Breaking down a talk by Peter Thiel about luck, fear and promise — and how our perception of the future impacts how we act today

LP Maurice · Aug 12, 2013 · 8 min read

Imagined in Quebec

How Montreal’s top-notch creativity is increasingly reflected in many world-class products

LP Maurice · Sep 20, 2016 · 3 min read

Big Bang in the Montreal Start-Up Ecosystem

An explosion of resources for local entrepreneurs

LP Maurice · Sep 26, 2015 · 7 min read

Top Montreal Experiences Per Season

A quick all-seasons guide for tourists

LP Maurice · Aug 13, 2015 · 2 min read

Top 3 Most Unique Tourist Experiences in Montreal

A very short list of unique outings you won’t really be able to do in other cities

LP Maurice · Aug 11, 2015 · 3 min read

How a City Seduces the Best Minds

Learning from New York and Silicon Valley to make Montreal a vibrant metropolis.

LP Maurice · Jul 7, 2015 · 5 min read

Keeping Montreal Creative

How small and big Montreal businesses are helping to create a thriving arts scene

LP Maurice · Apr 6, 2015 · 5 min read

Ode to Startup Fest

My journey over the years hanging at Montreal’s most important annual startup event

LP Maurice · Dec 17, 2014 · 5 min read

Building Quebec’s New Crop of Flagship Companies

How to regrow corporate headquarters through innovation

LP Maurice · Sep 28, 2014 · 4 min read

Better Connecting the Quebec Ecosystem to the World

Building bridges to the big cities around us

LP Maurice · Sep 28, 2014 · 4 min read

Leading our Best Talents to Startups

How we can communicate the value of the entrepreneurial career path

LP Maurice · Sep 28, 2014 · 3 min read

Cultivating a more Entrepreneurial Business Culture in Quebec

Do we have the same business culture in Quebec as in our parents’ generation?

LP Maurice · Sep 28, 2014 · 4 min read

An Entrepreneurial Roadtrip Across Quebec

I am proud to help launch a new initiative this summer: an entrepreneurial roadtrip across Quebec!

LP Maurice · Jul 3, 2014 · 2 min read

The Next 10,000 or Why our Startups Need More Engineers

Why universities will play a key role to helping the startup ecosystem scale

LP Maurice · Apr 24, 2014 · 7 min read

Introducing GeoDonation

Giving goods to your community just got easier!

LP Maurice · Dec 19, 2013 · 2 min read

Fostering Entrepreneurship Through The Education System

Reflections on how to inspire students to consider entrepreneurship

LP Maurice · Dec 11, 2013 · 6 min read

The New Magazines

Print is dead. Long live print.

LP Maurice · Sep 16, 2013 · 32 min read

100 In 1 Day Montreal

A very special project of distributed creativity across the city

LP Maurice · Sep 13, 2013 · 8 min read

Entrepreneurship in Montreal

100+ resources in our city to get started as an entrepreneur

LP Maurice · Sep 11, 2013 · 7 min read

A Successful Destruction

How destroying one overpass opened up the heart of Montreal

LP Maurice · Aug 4, 2013 · 5 min read

Farm and Table in Upcountry Maui

Tucked away in the fertile hills of the Upcountry region of Maui, a few miles away from the barren landscapes of the Haleakala volcano, you’ll find several farm

LP Maurice · Sep 4, 2015 · 2 min read

Backpacking 2.0

Today, the independent traveller is more independent than ever

LP Maurice · Jul 27, 2013 · 4 min read

Revival in Medellin

Something is brewing these days in this Colombian city.

LP Maurice · Jul 23, 2013 · 9 min read

When Business Leaders Take a Social Stance

Why companies like Apple, Salesforce and Starbucks are increasingly standing up for social issues.

LP Maurice · Jun 29, 2015 · 5 min read

Back in the Parade

What I learned sitting on the sidelines of social media for 6 months.

LP Maurice · Mar 24, 2015 · 5 min read

Into the Wild

Why I’ve decided to unplug from social media for 6 months.

LP Maurice · Sep 22, 2014 · 1 min read

Use Your Head

The alarming rate of concussions in sports — and what can be done to prevent long lasting consequences.

LP Maurice · Mar 10, 2014 · 8 min read

Living in the Future

How getting ahead of the curve can help you find your next idea.

LP Maurice · Feb 9, 2014 · 6 min read

My 2013 Year in Review

Hey 2013, you’ve been amazing!

LP Maurice · Dec 31, 2013 · 4 min read

Before I Die

A new art project to help us chase our dreams

LP Maurice · Aug 18, 2013 · 6 min read

Why We Work

How incentives beyond money motivate the new workforce

LP Maurice · Aug 17, 2013 · 12 min read

The Guerilla Gardener

How one man in South Los Angeles is changing how neighbourhoods are thinking about food

LP Maurice · Jul 26, 2013 · 2 min read

Passive Houses

Say hi to super efficient homes of the future

LP Maurice · Jul 25, 2013 · 10 min read

The Power of 20%

Notes on my Ted talk about time management and side-projects to stimulate creativity

LP Maurice · Jul 24, 2013 · 2 min read

Howdy! Welcome to my blog.

It’s nice to see you. Want to talk about the future?

LP Maurice · Sep 3, 2016 · 1 min read

Finding Swells

Looking to the ocean for waves to surf

LP Maurice · Jul 22, 2013 · 1 min read

When in Rome

And so it begins, under a large pine tree!

LP Maurice · Jul 22, 2013 · 3 min read