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Scott Lewis
CEO, Question Collector
http://www.questioncollector.com
Victoria, Canada
Business owner
Member since November 06, 2009
VEQ: TL-TD-MM
peace, freedom, and fun are what i value. intensity, independence, intimacy, and power are what i bring to the table.
I am a(n):
First-time entrepreneur
Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Question Collector
Companies I've invested in:
Catalyst Reaction
If you are an entrepreneur, why?
A unique combination of ideas found me and the market is vast and mostly untapped.
My favorite startups:
quora, empire avenue, facebook, twitter
What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Quality people are rare.
Quality people are awesome.
What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
i do not know
What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
i must talk to more people
i must make initial contact and talk to people.
i must learn to use the phone to talk to more people
Why don't you make the prototype on your own?
Without a team, I am nothing. I have strong technical skills, but without a teammate I cannot bring them to bear and generate any momentum. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but it's been a couple years, and I think I can see my own limitations pretty clearly now.
Full bio
I was a jazz musician, until I graduated from high school and after one year of music studies, realized I didn't have the chops for music. I took a year off and then went into computer science. I've been programming since I was 9. I learned BASIC on my Commodore64. I gradded with a BSc in CompSci from UVic. I excelled at sequel and java. I worked with a mentoring software company and then joined CGI for a few years. Worked on a half dozen government based foresty projects and the Interoperable Electronic Health Record. I held a variety of roles. I started out as a java/jsp programmer, and quickly added Oracle database modelling to my skills, and finished as a production release manager. I am currently employed as a senior consultant installing and configuring automation management software across the US.
