OK, if I sometime come across as being critical of the Canadian VC industry it is only because A) I am a somewhat frustrated entrepreneur, and B) I don't have to make the same decisions they have to make with other people's money.

Malcom Gladwell has a brief posting on his blog about the concept of "Degree of Difficulty." In essence it is about an insider's view of a situation versus an outsider's view. Good reading and it prompted me to give a hats-off to Brightspark and JLA Ventures this morning.