The CDL mentoring session that gave Brice Scheschuk imposter syndrome
Who teaches mentors how to mentor entrepreneurs? Shouldn’t we spend more time thinking about that?
Podcasts
Hosted by Douglas Soltys, the BetaKit Podcast features weekly episodes discussing Canadian tech and global tech from a Canadian perspective.
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How Wheelhouse plans to take on tech’s fitness giants
Let’s break a sweat and dig in.
Why Elizabeth Yin is hustling to build the next generation of angel investors
Let’s talk angel investing, which has exploded in 2021 (in the US at least). Pitchbook data claims that angel investment…
How SAAS NORTH plans to lead Canadian tech events back to IRL
For the BetaKit Podcast’s Black Swan series, we talked to a lot of Canadian tech events that had to either shutter or…
What a marriage proposal at a Vance Joy show taught Dan Mangan about scaling Side Door
Like most musicians, Juno Award-winning Dan Mangan left us waiting for the show to start. But he had a good reason: Dan Mangan…
Raven Capital wants to invest in the Reconciliation economy
Today, you will hear from Paul Lacerte, Managing Partner of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, an Indigenous-led and focused…
Senator Colin Deacon talks open banking, competition, #FreeBoswell
Today, we add a new member to the #FreeBoswell movement. “The reality is [the banks] have been used to an environment…
How Felix & Paul won an Emmy shooting VR on the ISS
This podcast features a Canadian tech company, which sent a custom-built camera to space, to connect to the Canadarm, to film…
Electioneering
Today we provide you with the election primer for Canadian tech. Which, if you sadly watched the only English language debate…
How Canadian tech took over the TSX
Canadian tech has seen an explosion in venture funding over the last six months. What about the other side of the coin? “We…
Why TekSavvy is pissed and the CRTC doesn’t seem to care
The world’s on fire and an election is looming. Are you looking for a reprieve from the summer heat or do you want a…
How your dog can help stop climate change
Breaking news: we’re in the middle of a climate crisis. And to get ourselves out of it we’re going to have to dramatically…
Free Boswell: Canada’s anti-competitive policy
There has been much ado about the regulation of Big Tech from our friends south of the border. As good Canadians, that has…
Boast.AI’s Lloyed Lobo shares the true cost of entrepreneurship
I couldn’t get Lloyed Lobo to sit still. The co-founder of Boast.AI and Traction Conference wouldn’t stay in front…
How vulnerable is Canada to cyberattacks?
One of the benefits of my job is that I get to talk to a lot of ‘people in the know’. Connected people. People that keep…