Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone or email.

Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.

What drives me is the prospect of turning an obstacle into a business opportunity, and then growing that into something lasting and rewarding.

I think that Vancouver as well as Canada needs a boot camp for young entrepreneurs. We have already seen tens if not hundreds of people put their names forward to be involved in the program, and we just think this is an amazing way to accelerate what theyre doing.

Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.

Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email.