Ian L. Paterson
Practitioner notes on AI agents, cybersecurity, and building public companies in Canada.
Featured Guides
- Guide to Victoria’s Tech Community Companies, coworking, exits, and what makes the ecosystem tick.
- Getting To & From Victoria, BC Every route compared: ferries, flights, floatplanes, and driving.
- Gear That Endures A decade of travel, use, and failure. What survived and what didn’t.
- Tech Innovation Policy in Canada Trust, disclosure, and what Canadian tech policy actually needs.
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How I Met 54 Angel Investors in a New City With Zero Network (The Exact Method)
The Problem With Conventional Fundraising Advice The standard advice (warm intros, pitch events, accelerators) assumes you already have a network in the right city with the right people in it.…
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Victoria BC Tech Salaries in 2026: What Developers, PMs, and Designers Actually Earn
I’ve been hiring tech talent in Victoria since before the pandemic, first at a series of companies and now as CEO of Plurilock. The question I get most from candidates…