It’s not uncommon for startups to turn to family and friends when looking for an early infusion of cash. After all, these are the people closest to us. They want us to succeed, right? And…
It’s been a year since Knak obtained $25 million in Series A funding from Insight Partners. In that time, we’ve grown to 80 employees from 30, and a big Knak sign now sits prominently on…
In November, Knak will be moving into a new 17,000-square-foot headquarters in Ottawa. It’s a milestone for us, considering that we’ve had a real office for less than two years. Naturally, we want our employees…
When a start-up gets going, its founders literally have to do everything. They not only produce whatever they sell but also handle all the other tasks needed to run the company, be it marketing, accounting…
This summer, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, we gathered all of our employees together in Ottawa for a three-day meeting. I can’t emphasize how wonderful that meeting was. Not only…
As an entrepreneur, the details of corporate governance have always been a bit of a mystery to me. But rules and process are important, all the more so since we must now report to our…
I recently received an accolade that I’m very proud of. Every year, in my hometown of Ottawa, the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade join forces to present the Forty under 40…
If you’ve been following my recent posts, you know that Knak has nearly doubled in size in the last few months. We’ve had a blast finding new team members to add to our collective skill set…
In one of my very first jobs, I was a marketer at a software company. Three years in, my boss asked me to go to a trade show and help staff our booth. As a…
Between November 2021 and April of this year, the Knak team grew from 34 employees to 62. And as we went through this growth spurt, I expected that nearly doubling the size of our staff would…