Evan McCann
@evansammccann
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host of the hard part podcast (100s of interviews with 🇨🇦s in tech) + investor at cold capital 🥶
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Joined April 2022
"Canadian-founded, US-based"
Canadian-founded, US-based #AI chipmaker @tenstorrent closes nearly $700-million USD Series D at $2.6-billion valuation. #CDNtech
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Zuckerberg said that Apple will be Meta’s “primary competitor” over the next 10-15 years.
Meta Ray Ban Display looks sick. Smart glasses are going to be way bigger than watches. Biggest wearable for sure.
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Meta Ray Ban Display looks sick. Smart glasses are going to be way bigger than watches. Biggest wearable for sure.
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Oil and gas benefits big time from flow through shares (FTS). We need more federal tax policy to incentivize private capital to invest in startups and funds. Not just more government money thrown around into programs, grants, etc.
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Chloe Liang’s journey from VC to founding https://t.co/1N6Lgc13gy offers a unique perspective on building. In this episode, we cover: • How her background in venture capital both helped and hindered her • Lessons from high-pressure trading and working at Tencent • The story
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Gm, Sep 17, 2025, time to go all in Will share more as we start building. I hate to lose so I’m going to give this every ounce of my energy and focus. In my mind, there are only two possible outcomes: we win or I die. Time to get to work with @CanadaKaz and @shrisha.
In my time so far, my biggest bets have been on companies that were highly underrated or even marked for the grave Shopify, Snapchat, Carvana, Robinhood. To me, each one was a canvas for learning, building, and reinventing Shortly, I’m going to make the biggest bet of my life,
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Planning a Toronto, Waterloo and Ottawa trip in November. Will be fun!
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The interest rate for most checking accounts is 0% in Canada. That makes zero sense. So, from today, all Canadians can earn 4.1% uncapped rewards on USDC on Coinbase, and up to 4.5% with Coinbase One.🇨🇦
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All companies run on IT. But almost all IT teams are underwater. The ones that aren't run on Console. Console raised a $23M Series A led by DST Global Partners and @ThriveCapital to help leading companies like @scale_ai, @tryramp, and @webflow automate 50%+ of their tickets.
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If you are in SF, you should meet Steven!
In SF this week. I’ve closed a pre-seed. Would love to chat with bio foundation modellers. Any leads?
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In SF this week. I’ve closed a pre-seed. Would love to chat with bio foundation modellers. Any leads?
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Kyle Norton (@kylecnorton), Chief Revenue Officer at @Owner, joined me on The Hard Part to break down what actually drives successful revenue teams. We covered: - How to evaluate companies before joining - Why revenue quality matters more than just top-line numbers - The impact
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This is the best piece of content ever done - it’s raw and captures the Othership experience. The haters say it’s culty, but its a masterpiece and will make you feel something. --- (use headphones, full screen, and MAX VOOLLLUMMMMEEE) Tag your NYC friends in the comments for a
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I'm hiring for host role for @boomvideoapp. Kinda like this role from @newsystems_ but for our online community. reach out over DMs.
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Interesting how trading platforms like Robinhood and Wealthsimple are expanding into banking. Feels like one of the smartest ways to build a neobank: start with trading, where users feel like they can earn money, then layer on banking. A very different relationship than
Robinhood $HOOD CEO Vlad Tenev just said on CNBC: "Banking is coming soon" ... "we think we're close to being able to help you with your entire financial life"
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After 6 years at Shopify, I’m joining @Opendoor as CEO. Here is why: It is incredibly important that we use all of our energy and every modern tool at our disposal to build products that make home ownership easier. We must make the process of buying and selling a home less
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