Black Swan #9 – Calgary and Toronto look to stop the bleeding
It’s been two weeks since our last episode, and there’s a reason for that. Black Swan was launched shortly after the pandemic…
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Black Swan #8 – Building the Canadian Shield
I need PPE. You need PPE. We all need PPE. Here’s a story about the Canadian startup that pivoted to provide. “I get…
Startup Canada Podcast: reaching your digital audience with Kevin Chan
In an age where everyone has a soap-box to stand on, it’s more important than ever to carve out your corner in the digital…
Black Swan #7 – Scaling healthcare in a pandemic
Last episode, we spoke to a Canadian startup pivoting to healthtech in light of COVID-19. So what’s happened to those already…
Black Swan #6 – Every startup’s a healthtech startup now
It’s not quite true that every startup in Canada has moved into the health space. But many have dipped their toes. There…
Black Swan #5 – Managers are not OK
It’s a hard time to be a boss. “I don’t know what matters anymore – I’ve lost my guideposts.”…
Startup Canada Podcast: empowering by including with Darrell Schuurman
It’s never been more important to help every Canadian through times like these; just ask Darrell Schuurman, CEO of the Canadian…
Black Swan #4 – Michael Hyatt says we’re all wartime entrepreneurs now
What Canadian tech is facing right now with COVID-19 is worse than 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Combined. “Hope…
Startup Canada Podcast: unconventional thinking for success with Solon Angel
Stay off the beaten path, blaze your own trail, whatever the saying is Solon Angel, founder of Mindbridge AI, says it works.…
Black Swan #3 – Is this pandemic tax deductible?
It was a tough week. Last Thursday, Canadian tech woke up to the cold reality that the 75 percent federal wage subsidy wasn’t…
Black Swan #2 – Performing layoffs in a pandemic
For two weeks, Canadian tech companies have been on pins and needles waiting for a support package from the federal government.…
Introducing the Black Swan podcast by BetaKit
Hello, it’s been a while. The last time you heard a podcast from BetaKit was in 2019. Allow me to explain. “Everything…
Startup Canada Podcast: funding the future of social entrepreneurs with Wayne Miranda
Want to build a business that’s about more than a bottom line? Wayne Miranda, social finance investment readiness lead at…
Startup Canada Podcast: future trends in East Coast entrepreneurship with Patrick Farrar
From the smallest of places can come the biggest of ideas, and Patrick Farrar, CEO of Startup Zone PEI will be the first one…
Startup Canada Podcast: building the machine driving your business with Jeanne Lam
Everyone has a story they can bring to life – a mantra by which Jeanne Lam, general manager of Wattpad, says the company…