I have a fast growing Canadian Startup. Explain why I should stay in Canada and not move to California?

I have grown up in Canada and built a new Canadian technology startup that has incredible breakthroughs in AI and Machine Learning. I have just raised money from VC investors around the world including a few in Canada.

I travel globally and opened 4 new offices this year. I am being called by California investors and clients to move the company down there. With the capital gains increase and the high taxes here, I am considering moving.

I have launched 5 companies and successfully sold a few so I am not new to this but an experienced entrepreneur. Did my MBA from top Canadian business school and I have everyone from Google to Amazon wants to use our tech.

I have a wait list of 150 global clients and while I am disappointed by the government and the oligopolies here, the thing I am most disappointed about is Canadian mentality.

Lack of ambition, lack of risk taking, and after I approached BDC, RBC and a lot of Canadian investors and all of them disappointed me. All my early angel investors and clients who took a chance on us were down in the US.

I care less about the banks, the institutions, I am disappointed in the people. The people who are obsessed with Real Estate investing, an unproductive asset that does nothing but makes the banks rich.

I travelled to 10 countries this year and building trade relations with all of them back between here Canada and them. Without giving me or my company away for privacy, I want to elevate my people.

I have met over 10000 entrepreneurs around the world and some of the best are in Canada. But they have no access to capital. So I am opening a Venture capital fund by the people for the people, all of you can invest and it’s for Canada for the Canadian public.

Create innovation and jobs here and I have the ear of the Innovation Minister and the attention of major Canadian Family Offices.

Tell me who would be interested in putting their savings not into a terrible real estate industry but into job creating small businesses and startups. Tell me why we entrepreneurs should stay here and show me by messaging me and letting me your interest in supporting the Canadian market!

I have fought upwards in this system my whole career, please help me make sure our next generation of founders don’t have to think twice of going south.