Podcast Episodes

Who are Canada's 'soonicorns'?

"We're proving that we can build these massive businesses in Canada. I think the confidence level has never been higher."

Mike Potter (Rewind), Stephany Lapierre (TealBook), and Lloyed Lobo (Boast.ai…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

How Ada and Benevity became Canadian tech unicorns

"There's now a new premium on company culture that didn't exist before."

Kelly Schmitt (Benevity) and Mike Murchison (Ada) discuss their company's journey to a $1 billion valuation, scaling and keepi…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

What stopped The Canadian Shield from supplying the PPE and rapid tests Canada needs?

"I don't know why we continue to make the same mistakes."

The Canadian Shield made 16 million face shields at the start of the pandemic. And then they stopped. Why did they stop? What stopped the…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

What can the metaverse learn from accessibility leaders?

"When you design for the edges, you get the middle for free."

Maayan Ziv (AccessNow) and Samuel Proulx (Fable) discuss the process of improving accessibility in both the real and virtual worlds.

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Why every SaaS company will become a FinTech

BetaKit associate editor Meagan Simpson leads a panel conversation with JD St-Martin (Lightspeed) and Joost Ouwerkerk (Hopper) about the desire (or need?) for SaaS companies to offer new financ…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Conduit makes the case for DeFi

"Imagine that the bank is a program."

Conduit co-founder Kirill Gertman joins to explain why he's so excited about the prospects of decentralized finance, what's still missing in the DeFi stack, and …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Bessemer, and Trulioo, and Plaid - Oh my!

"This episode is going to get a little bit SaaS-y."

A highlight of BetaKit's interviews at SAAS NORTH, featuring: Alexandra Sukin (Bessemer Venture Partners), Steve Munford (Trulioo), Irene Zhou (Pla…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Communitech CEO Chris Albinson shares his plan to help #CDNtech own the podium

"We think we need to get to 14 $1 billion revenue companies."

New Communitech CEO Chris Albinson outlines the Waterloo Region tech hub's new True North strategy, its goals, and what that has to do wi…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Shopify's crypto bros, and anti-growth is cool now (AMA episode)

"This is a Web3 podcast now."

Co-hosts Douglas Soltys and Rob Kenedi are joined by producer Kattie Laur and BetaKit associate editor Meagan Simpson to answer listener questions about the 'anti-growth…

Published on 4 years ago

The CDL mentoring session that gave Brice Scheschuk imposter syndrome

"We have really no programming to teach mentors, it's all tribal."

Brice Scheschuk (Wind Mobile, Globalive) explains the motivation behind his new initiative to improve the craft of mentorship and cr…

Published on 4 years ago