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Ep 25: Do tech incubators make sense in small urban areas?

March 2, 2018 By Gary Will

The Canadian federal budget was delivered on Tuesday and we start the show with a quick look at two items that may not get a lot of attention but may have a big impact on the startup ecosystem. It wasn't said directly, but it looks like the CAIP program will not be renewed next year. It has provided millions of dollars in funding to organizations like Communitech, MaRS, … [Read more...]

Ep 13: Launching Saskatchewan’s First Tech Incubator with Jordan Dutchak of Co.Labs

August 1, 2017 By Gary Will

It wasn't that long ago that you couldn't run a hackathon in Saskatoon without raising eyebrows about what you were planning to hack into. Now a startup community is emerging in the city and the province has provided $250,000 to the first tech incubator in Saskatchewan—Co.Labs—which will officially launch in September. We talk to Jordan Dutchak, the executive director, who … [Read more...]

Ep 09: Incubating Startups at the Arctic Circle with Jens Lundström of the Arctic Business Incubator

June 27, 2017 By Gary Will

Arctic Business Incubator isn't an exaggeration—they're incubating new technology businesses at the Arctic Circle in Sweden, and have been for the last 12 years. It's affiliated with the Luleå University of Technology and runs accelerator and incubator programs in four locations, with startups covering a broad range of sectors from gaming to space to cleantech and many more. We … [Read more...]

Ep 07: Lessons Learned Running the Velocity Incubator with Mike Kirkup

June 13, 2017 By Gary Will

For over four years, Mike Kirkup was the director of Velocity—the startup incubator at the University of Waterloo. It's been a huge addition to the Waterloo startup community since opening in 2008. He stepped down just over a year ago to become CTO at Encircle—a Velocity graduate—and on this week's show looks back at lessons learned from Velocity's growth (and how a huge space … [Read more...]

Ep 05: Superclusters and Scale-ups with Steve Bailey of the Lazaridis Institute

May 30, 2017 By Gary Will

On this week’s podcast: The Canadian government has come out with some of the details of its $950 million Innovation Superclusters program. Five superclusters are going to be selected and provided with well over $100 million apiece in federal funding, and startups are required to be included. We look at some of the details of the program that are particularly relevant to … [Read more...]

Ep 01: Halifax Startup Ecosystem with Jesse Rodgers of Volta Labs

April 28, 2017 By Gary Will

Will Halifax become Canada's next great startup centre? Jesse Rodgers says it has all the right ingredients and a lot of momentum. Jesse is the CEO of Volta Labs in Halifax—"Halifax's tech superhub." Jesse was a long-time member and builder of the Waterloo startup community and the former director of the Creative Destruction Lab in Toronto and Velocity in Waterloo. He talks … [Read more...]

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Recent Episodes

  • Ep 26: Startup Ecosystem Success Factors and Startup Genome
  • Ep 25: Do tech incubators make sense in small urban areas?
  • Ep 24: Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs: The Expert Review Panel Report
  • Ep 23: The Biggest, Fastest Growing, Most Concentrated Tech Hubs in Canada – From the 2016 Census
  • Ep 22: Hot DesQ: Helping Startups Grow in Queensland, Australia with Murray Love and Paul Martyn
  • Ep 21: The Montreal Startup Ecosystem with Isaac Souweine of Real Ventures
  • Ep 20: The Founding of the Velocity Incubator with Sean Van Koughnett
  • Ep 19: Surveying Australia’s Startup Ecosystem with Monica Wulff of Startup Muster
  • Ep 18: The Challenge of Startup Ecosystem Metrics with Jesse Rodgers of Volta Labs
  • Ep 17: The Evolution of Ottawa’s Startup Community with Ian Graham of TheCodeFactory

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Ecosystem is a great word for letting the lame organizations in your area think you're including them in your plans.

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"Ecosystems" and other dangerous business buzzwords. My column on why jargon is more than just a comic problem of management-speak run amok (inspired by @GDruckerForum #GPDF19) https://www.ft.com/content/595b6640-112a-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a?desktop=true

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