This week’s episode of the CanCon podcast is all about checking the hype.
Following last week’s focus on Tesla’s responsibilities to the public, we discuss the traditional deterrent to innovation: regulation. Who should have final say on when new tech hits the streets?
We then bring the focus back to Toronto to talk about Shop.ca and its current financal issues. Was hype responsible for the company’s large sum of investment capital and subsequent decline, or were there problems more core to the business? Where does this leave the hype (or lack thereof) around Canadian e-commerce?
Tune in as the CanCon team – Patrick O’Rourke, MobileSyrup Senior Editor, Rob Kenedi, TWG’s Entrepreneur in Residence and host of the amazing #smallrooms podcast, Darrell Etherington, former BetaKit Senior Writer and current Senior Writer for TechCrunch, and Douglas Soltys, BetaKit Editor in Chief – check the hype over tech.
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CanCon Podcast Episode 24 (07/11/16)
The hard thing about hard things
New transmission
How The Media Screwed Up The Fatal Tesla Accident
What happened to Shop.ca?
Shop.ca has filed for bankruptcy in a last ditch effort to find a buyer
Shop.ca lays off 30 employees in advance of potential sale
Canadian Content music clip (under fair dealing): “Hype” by Drake
PayPal ad music: “Candy-Coloured Sky” by Catmosphere, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA Attribution-Share Alike license.
Feature image courtesy sheblogs Canada