The Game of Things

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur – A&W Opening Day The construction of the new A&W restaurant was near completion, my training was complete and opening day was approaching – March 14, 2001. We hired twice...gofer.run/marksherry/con…

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur – It’s Only Work At the end of the last post, I stated that three businesses were all starting at the same time. This is true but Quinn & Sherry (makers of The Game of Things) was lagging behind a bit...gofer.run/marksherry/con…

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur – In the Beginning Before I get into the post just a quick update: gofer.run is closing in on 8,000 monthly active users.. Our goal is to get to 10,000 by months end...gofer.run/marksherry/con…

I had a good interview with Markus Schwabe yesterday morning. Listen below. Morning North with Markus Schwabe - March 9, 2026: Tech startup in North Bay says it’s created an app to compare prices across grocery stores to help shoppers save money cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur – Ready, Set, Go Today we FINALLY launched our go to market version of gofer.run across Canada. This is our grocery app that helps users save big bucks...gofer.run/marksherry/con…

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur Canadore College – My 10 Year Detour I started working at Canadore College on contract in the summer of 1987, a lifetime ago. I followed my girlfriend (wife to be) Gina back home...gofer.run/marksherry/can…

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur - Our Trip to the Olympic Games I know I said I would do a post about my time at Canadore College but since the Olympics start tomorrow, I thought I would have a little fun...gofer.run/marksherry/the…

Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur – Stress & Ukuleles Well launch date for gofer.run has come and gone, and we did not make the date. We got sidetracked and went down a rabbit hole...gofer.run/marksherry/str…

Post #10 Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur – The Launch There is nothing that creates more excitement and anxiety than the launch of a new product. And as I sit here eight days away from our launch (Jan 14) of gofer.run...https://t.co/cxx9mC0PaC

Post #9 Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur Pivot and Scramble If you recall from the last post my maternity store is struggling along and I need to make some tough decisions. There are only two decisions I can make...gofer.run/marksherry/piv…

Post #8 Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur Small Changes Big Ripples At the end of the last post I said I was 23 and started a maternity store, I think I was actually 24 when it opened...gofer.run/marksherry/sma…

Post #7 Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur In the Beginning – Don’t Let Your Kids Read This! I look back at my life, and I wonder sometimes where did this entrepreneurial drive come from. My first job was delivering catalogues and flyers. At the age...gofer.run/marksherry/in-…

Post #6 Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur The Grind After we decided on groceries and the name gofer.run, we needed to figure out if we could do this technically. This is where the development team comes into play. gofer.run/marksherry/the…

Post #5 Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur What Now? It is early February 2024 and after we reduced our numbers to the core at One Red Maple, we met to decide what the pivot will be. Here is the list of ideas we came up with: - gofer.run/marksherry/wha…

Bit of a recap - I am a founder of One Red Maple which created an app that redirected sales out of large corporately owned online stores to locally owned businesses...gofer.run/marksherry/con…

When you start a new business there is a moment when you go Aha, I get it and you can see a clear path to success. You never know if it will arrive or if it will come...gofer.run/marksherry/try…

Exciting news! Meet Eric, creator of Tripped this weekend at Thundercon in Thunder Bay! 📍 Check Thundercon out 👉 thundercon.ca/exhibitors Play Tripped at Thundercon: 👉 Sat, Sept 20th: thundercon.ca/event/tripped-… 👉 Sun, Sept 21st: thundercon.ca/event/tripped-… Don’t miss it!

Post 2 – Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur Start in a Small Place and Grow Today’s article is called “Start in a Small Place and Grow”. I am sort of picking it up where we left off on my last post. (If you missed it or are new to my posts go here - gofer.run/marksherry to catch up - I will try to post every two weeks). Now everything you read about a start up says start small, make mistakes, fail quickly, make changes and learn how to get the flywheel going. So, we picked where we were living North Bay as the place to start small. North Bay is a city of 52,000 people so it seemed as good as any a place to start, plus we thought we would have the hometown advantage. We launched One Red Maple in August of 2022 in North Bay at the Bay Block Party, the annual largest party that the city has. We had a team of employees that talked to people in the crowd about ORM and encouraged them to download the app. Talking to strangers is a gift and one that I wished I had developed ...gofer.run/marksherry/sta…