Black Swan #8 – Building the Canadian Shield
byI need PPE. You need PPE. We all need PPE. Here’s a story about the Canadian startup that pivoted to provide. “I get…
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Startup Canada Podcast: reaching your digital audience with Kevin Chan
byIn 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
byLast 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
byIt’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
byIt’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
byIt’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
byWhat 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
byStay 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?
byIt 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
byFor 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
byHello, 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
byWant 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
byFrom 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
byEveryone has a story they can bring to life – a mantra by which Jeanne Lam, general manager of Wattpad, says the company…
Startup Canada Podcast: gathering the tools to go global with Miryam Lazarte
byBeing a founder can be a lonely journey, even more so when you move to a new country. But if you ask Miryam Lazarte, co-founder…