Tobyn Sowden
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Tobyn Sowden
@tobyns
Founder + CEO @rdbrck (@leadpages @shiftbrowser @delivra @animoto & others). Once acquired, now acquiring. #tech, #startups, #venturecapital, #yyj + #dadlife.
Victoria, BC, Canada Katılım Mayıs 2009
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Our regulators have lost the plot. Literally, figuratively, and metaphorically.
National Post@nationalpost
CRTC to require online streamers to pay 15% of annual revenues to support Canadian content nationalpost.com/news/crtc-to-r…
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@tobyns Can’t miss that tsunami warning when it comes though! 😆
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Telus and the federal government have unveiled plans for three AI data centre projects in BC.
The proposed “sovereign AI factory cluster” could generate $9 billion in economic activity and includes a downtown Vancouver facility.
betakit.com/steel-concrete…
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@nejatian I’m actually really happy about this. Canadian Tire rescued this brand by buying the IP out of the bankruptcy process. They’ve rolled out these products rather quickly and kept it alive.
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This makes me so sad.
Corporate bureaucrats have ruined so many companies while becoming so personally rich.
Scott Barber@thescottbarber
Hudson’s Bay once owned 5% of the Earth’s land surface and now it’s a kiosk in a Canadian Tire
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"This is the most exciting time in our lives to build software" with @lennysan
"I can't even code and I've built 12 apps on @Replit that have been used almost 1,000,000 times.
And we run an eight figure business with 2 humans and 20 AI Agents.
This wasn't even possible at the start of 2025.
These are magical times. But it's also even more work. It's hard.
Pick your path."
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@jasonlk If it’s your ESP let’s chat. I could probably expose our internal API that powers our UI and you could bring your own UI (could always login and use ours). Based on your Repliting, I think you’d at least have a good time.
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I almost switched to over to an $80,000 a year vendor today — after many, many years on the competiton.
What stopped me? The $7,500 migration fee
It’s not that I can’t afford it. It’s just that, combined with the fact the new vendor was slightly more expensive, just adding too much friction to the deal.
I might still buy. But not today. Not this year, not anymore. Now, it’s pushed into 2026.
Was it worth asking for the $7,500 'migration' fee? Would you want to pay it yourself?
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@tomosman @Replit @stripe Have you tried Mixpanel? No native integration with @Replit - no problem! It was a one shot prompt for me, took 9 mins, cost $1.76 and tagged every interaction event with the right set of properties and super properties. An extra bonus prompt had the People/Profiles embedded.
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I feel like I know a secret that no one knows, and that secret is: @Replit
Once you've spent an hour with Agent 3, you'll realize that software development won't ever be the same.
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Bad news for neocloud providers who are using power in BC
Heather Exner-Pirot@ExnerPirot
The ultimate expression of an energy scarcity policy British Columbia has proposed legislation to limit how much electricity will be available to artificial intelligence data centers, and moved to permanently ban new cryptocurrency mining projects. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@Docusign Please turn off signing sound by default. It is the most annoying thing about Docusign and I would re-consider the software for our businesses if this doesn't change. No, you can't turn this off in the case I'm logged out and sign a document - still makes the sound!
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Canadian government is missing opportunities to double down on previously announced initiatives like flow through shares (FTS) for r&d in AI startups and IP box for commercialization. Both incentivize building & staying in Canada.
theglobeandmail.com/business/econo…
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@nickgraynews We stayed for my 40th birthday in late January. Make sure restaurant renovation is complete ahead of your booking dates. Views are epic. Bring your bathing suits.
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@nicmulroney @PortofinoBakery Our family runs on @PortofinoBakery - rye, multigrain, and garlic … the best! 👏🇨🇦
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Great time to highlight @PortofinoBakery
Some of the best bread in 🇨🇦 made by a great team out west!
Proud of what we are building.

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