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Pablo Srugo wanted to be "insanely rich." It killed his startup.

Friday, September 13, 2024 • Duration 01:06:58

"This was mine. This was done. I was going to be the next Steve Jobs, I was going to be rich—everything was happening. And now they took it away."

As the young co-founder of Ottawa-based Gymtrack, Pablo Srugo had one goal: "become insanely rich." Now a partner at Mistral VC, he joins the podcast to share what went wrong and caution founders against becoming their own worst hypebeast.

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Harley Finkelstein wants Canadian entrepreneurs to ignore the "bullshit"

Sunday, September 8, 2024 • Duration 58:10

"Using Canada as an excuse for why you didn't get funding, you didn't get to hire the right person … I think that's bullshit."

Shopify president Harley Finkelstein joins for a brand refresh on Canadian entrepreneurship, pushing back against doom-and-gloom narratives before digging into his real issues of concern and offering proactive tips for entrepreneurs looking to scale globally.

Presented by AWS Startups: accelerate your innovative ideas with AWS credits of up to $100,000 through the AWS Activate program.

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Why Gen X and Gen Z both want keyboards on their smartphone

Saturday, July 6, 2024 • Duration 58:28

"When we unveiled the company and the product to the world, the hope was 'people are going to be excited.' Or maybe we're completely wrong."

Can a ragtag team of ex-BlackBerry employees and fanboys bring mobile keyboards back with Clicks? Clicks' Kevin Michaluk (CrackBerry) and Jeff Gadway (BlackBerry) join to explain what prompted them to build an iPhone keyboard in 2024. The answer may surprise you as much as the gadget's target customer.

Presented by Float, co-hosts of In the Black: Building Enduring Businesses. Learn what's top of mind for Canada's fastest-growing companies, including Xanadu, Wealthsimple, and Float.

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How has the tech downturn affected founder mental health?

Friday, October 7, 2022 • Duration 41:36

"There's a direct relationship between the mental health of the entrepreneur and the performance of the company."

Econa founder Dr. Michael Freeman returns to discuss how the current tech winter is impacting founder mental health, and how that is impacting company performance.

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Twitch is dying and Devin Nash knows why

Friday, September 30, 2022 • Duration 50:12

"Essentially, Amazon has failed to make this company profitable. It doesn't make money."

Streamer, YouTuber, and Novo CEO Devin Nash joins to explain the myriad ways Amazon's experiment with Twitch is failing to make money or anyone happy.

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Is Real Ventures done? Is BDC just getting started? (AMA episode)

Friday, September 23, 2022 • Duration 52:31

"Half a billion dollars for women in Canadian tech. Pretty cool!"

The BetaKit Podcast's monthly AMA episode answers listeners' (tough!) questions about bad news coming from Real Ventures and exciting news coming from BDC, with some Elevate highlights thrown in.

Sponsored by SAAS NORTH (use code BETAKIT20 for an early bird discount).

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Exploring the city Google couldn't buy

Friday, September 16, 2022 • Duration 50:18

"This is the rise and fall of a company that had hundreds of millions of dollars to play with and nothing left to say about it."

Globe and Mail reporter Josh O'Kane joins to discuss his new book, Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy, along with BetaKit senior editor Meagan Simpson.

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Canadian tech is (still!) hiring

Friday, September 9, 2022 • Duration 45:40

"I'm just concerned about finding tech talent."

Nora Jenkins Townson (Bright + Early) and Meagan Simpson (BetaKit) join to explain why over 350 companies are looking to hire Canadian tech talent in the midst of a downturn.

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Learning from embedded FinTech leaders at Traction

Friday, September 2, 2022 • Duration 34:34

"Shopify Pay still uses Stripe and they have some crazy scale."

Immad Akhund (CEO, Mercury) and Jon Fry (CEO, Lendflow) join BetaKit's Douglas Soltys onstage to discuss how startups can embed FinTech into their products, increase revenue, and avoid the hidden icebergs.

Recorded live at Traction Conference 2022.

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How GrowthX found product-market fit across Canada's accelerators

Sunday, August 28, 2022 • Duration 01:03:29

"Do you really want to get big fast? You take my money, I'm going to poke you in the eye every day going forward."

GrowthX CEO and founding partner Andrew Goldner shares how his Valley-founded early-stage VC firm found product-market fit with Canadian accelerators, common misconceptions founders have of the VC business model, and a bunch of go-to-market tips.

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