TechTO Together – Details, episodes & analysis

TechTO Firesides feature deep chats with some of the most prominent names in Canadian Tech.

Today's episode features a conversation with CEO and Co-Founder of Pine, Justin Herlick.

Here's what you can expect:

• His journey from Canada to Silicon Valley
• Lessons learned in the US
• Returning to Canada
• How he built Pine
• The current market, and how that has challenged the business 

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TechTO Firesides feature deep chats with some of the most prominent names in Canadian Tech.

Today's episode features a conversation with CEO and Co-Founder of DealMaker, Rebecca Kacaba. 

Here's what you can expect:

• How they landed their first customer
• Advice for other Founders trying to raise on the platform 
• What sort of customer feedback should you care about
• Best takeaways and lessons learned

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In this segment, RBC and TechTO present Takara Small: a Technology Journalist, Entrepreneur and Speaker. Small shares her perspective on hiring diverse talent, how to build trust with your customers, and why you shouldn't be afraid of self-promotion.

This session of TechTO Together features Andrew Arruda, CEO at Automate Medical, hosted by the founders of TechTO, Alex Norman and Jason Goldlist. We discuss the in's and out's of the entrepreneur journey that eventually led to the establishment of Automate Medical - a company that is helping medical professionals work smarter by digitizing and analyzing patient data.

This session of TechTO Together features Cherif Habib, CEO at Dialogue, hosted by the founders of TechTO, Alex Norman and Jason Goldlist. We discuss the in's and out's of the entrepreneur journey that eventually led to the establishment of Dialogue Technologies - your one-stop platform to manage your health benefits freely and efficiently.

This episode originally aired on: June 15, 2020.

Fritz Lanman, CEO of ClassPass joins us to ponder the reality that for generations, companies have created retail environments that enhance the shopping experience and reflect the brand identity. 

The pulsating music from a hip clothing store. The well-coiffed salespeople in an upscale jeweller. The glossy minimalism of a high-tech showroom.  So what happens when staying at home means shopping on devices? 

Even if a company’s e-commerce platform delivers a seamless user experience, how can brands evoke a sense of comfort and familiarity for their customers?

This episode originally aired on: June 15, 2020.

Joey Zwillinger, Co-founder at Allbirds joins TechTO in a discussion about the alternative and unconventional ways of creating the right consumer experience. 

This episode originally aired on: June 8, 2020.

Madison Butler, Founder & CEO of Blue Haired Unicorn, LLC, Cornell Verdeja-Woodson, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Headspace Inc., and Stefan Kollenberg, Director, Client Strategy at Volley, ponder the ways that injustice and white supremacy appears in the tech world, even in the start-up world, under the guise of "cultural fits." 

This episode originally aired on: May 11, 2020.

Eva Wong, Co-founder & COO of Borrowell, sits down with us alongside Andrew Graham at Borrowell and Mark Ang from Second Closet, to discuss trusting your team to execute collectively, and honouring those core beliefs as an organization and sustaining them in customer care, and as a brand.

This episode originally aired on: May 11, 2020.

Satish Kanwar, VP of Product, Acceleration at Spotify, discusses deleting all initial product ideas and plans, and changing the product's direction in a limited amount of time. We also dive into discussion on business strategy, the impact of such abrupt changes and what to expect.