Podcast Episodes

Lessons in leadership, hiring, and AI from SAAS NORTH 2024

"SaaS was around, 'How do you automate business processes in order to empower humans?' AI is about, 'How can a machine do the process so that you nee…

1 year, 7 months ago

Mama don't take my Google Chrome away

"Browsers aren't a business. Browsers don't make money. These are loss leaders for other connected experiences because no one wants to pay for the wi…

1 year, 7 months ago

Why Sampler failed, according to its founder

"I'm using failure with intent today, because I don't want to be ashamed of saying 'failure.'"

Marie Chevrier Schwartz, founder and former CEO of Sam…

1 year, 8 months ago

Inovia's Chris Arsenault on the state of Canadian software

"Canada is hitting above its weight. It doesn't always feel like that."

Inovia Capital CEO Chris Arsenault joins to share data and a long-term perspe…

1 year, 8 months ago

Addressing Canada's speed of financial innovation

"Regrettably, I don't think we're very good, to be honest, at collaborating with FinTechs, or collaborating with the private sector more broadly on s…

1 year, 8 months ago

Alexis Ohanian and Matt Damon can help Xatoms clean water around the world

"The 776 fellowship has connected us to so many opportunities that we would never be connected to [otherwise]."

Xatoms co-founder Diana Virgovicova e…

1 year, 8 months ago

Clio's Jack Newton can build another Shopify without building like Shopify

"Our DNA is Canadian, but if it's going to help increase the odds that we can build a terrific company hiring out of the US or hiring elsewhere in Ca…

1 year, 9 months ago

Does Canada have the leverage to regulate Big Tech?

"We just don't have the clout to be able to successfully push policy on top of these platforms without cooperation or partnership from other countrie…

1 year, 9 months ago

Can Canada successfully scale AI companies?

"The development of AI is racing ahead from most large corporations' ability to keep up with it. What does that mean? There's a nice gap there. There…

1 year, 9 months ago

Can Wealthsimple build Canada's largest financial institution?

"I think we're going to build the largest Canadian financial institution. That is a giant opportunity, and our focus on delivering that in Canada has…

1 year, 9 months ago