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Companies need to focus on more understanding their customers - a great way to achieve this understanding is for sales and customer support to be integrated functions.
Kyle Norton joined us for this episode of the StartWell Podcast to explain his perspective on the best way to develop revenue operations with systems and a team that is truly committed to holistically helping customers through the product/service they are selling.
In his current role as CRO at Owner.com, Kyle leads sales, partnerships, onboarding, success, support, revenue operations and enablement - which has enabled him to develop tightly knit systems for optimizing value the organization and its customers.
With 15 years of experience under his belt (and multiple belts at that - he used to own a mixed martial arts academy), Kyle's perspective is informed through experiences running large teams at rapidly scaling companies including League and Shopify.
In this conversation, you'll learn about a systems approach to revenue operations plus Kyle's thoughts on work ethic, the Canadian context for entrepreneurship and much more!
Watch the full episode as a video here: https://startwell.co/blogs/business/the-fearless-approach-to-scaling-revenue-operations-kyle-norton
70% of people in Canada don't feel like they have the skills to be successful at their job.
That number is massive - and is one of the motivating factors behind Mac Gebara's work with Emma-Jean Pride at Atrium; a boutique consultancy focused on developing leaders at fast-growing companies.
According to Atrium's market research, over $300B is spent annually on corporate training yet 75% of managers and leaders say they are dissatisfied with the training they receive from their company.
This episode of the StartWell podcast digs into how Atrium is solving the problem of leadership development through bespoke mentorship programming.
*Watch the full episode here: https://startwell.co/blogs/business/defeat-self-doubt-the-power-of-mentorship-in-leadership-development-mac-gebara
There are few people in Canada more knowledgeable about employment in Canada's tech sector than Lighthouse Labs' co-founder and CEO Jeremy Shaki.
Jeremy joined us for this episode of the StartWell podcast to recap changes in tech since the pandemic - how education has shifted online and how companies are actively pursuing up-skilling and re-skilling workers to future-proof their existing workforce.
This episode will be enlightening to anyone working in HR/People & Culture as well as startup founders and team leads.
Lighthouse Labs is one of the country's first tech educators - now offering coding bootcamps for topics from web development to cybersecurity and data analytics.*Full episode in video here: https://startwell.co/blogs/business/the-future-of-coding-jobs-and-tech-education-jeremy-shaki-from-lighthouse-labs
For this episode of the StartWell Podcast, 5andVine founder Rahul Raj and Qasim Virjee (CEO, StartWell) engage in a thought-provoking conversation about challenging traditional views of capitalism, emphasizing the importance of caring deeply about how one wins and balancing profit with ethical considerations.
They discuss the impact of social media on consumer behavior and the need for a more holistic approach to business, prioritizing the needs of people and the planet alongside profits.
This engaging discussion provides insights to anyone in marketing or running their own companies in competitive markets!*Watch the full episode as video in the StartWell Magazine
Mark Evans is a Fractional CMO and advisor to scale startups. He's previously been a news reporter and launched his career as a consultant since 2008. For any online marketer, this episode will definitely be insightful and fun!*For the full video version of the interview, check out the StartWell Magazine
For over 15 years Jean has worked on Strategy and Marketing - at agencies (incl BBDO, Cheil, Taxi, VML and most recently at The Hive) and for startups.
In this episode of the StartWell Podcast we hear Jean's career history (which began in fashion) and perspectives informed by her work driving strategic approaches in advertising - including anecdotes from client work; including a recent project to help the Canadian Olympic Committee connect their mission with young Canadians.
*View this episode as a video in the StartWell Magazine here.
In the post-pandemic era, marketing faces challenges such as declining efficacy and escalating costs.
Brands must take calculated risks and create spectacles to capture attention. Differentiation and establishing an identity are crucial, as is prioritizing customer needs.
For this episode of the StartWell Podcast, we sat down with Saul Colt of the Idea Integration Company - and discussed the challenges of creating a distinct brand personality in the digital age, navigating tensions between identity and expression.
You'll hear shared insights on leading a creative agency, including the importance of hiring trustworthy employees and striking a balance between creative and strategic expertise. There are also nuggets of wisdom offered on the challenges of managing client scope and the significance of thorough planning and preparation in content creation.
*Watch the video recording of this session here.
Dan Park has had a colourful career so far - 20 years ago he was at McGill with Qasim, StartWell's founder/CEO, and since then has worked in investment banking and venture capital before taking the helm at Uber to define their UberEats business across Canada.
Through his experience at Uber, Dan learned a lot about transportation and when he was approached to further develop Canada's first online retailer for used cars, he jumped at the opportunity - and has since grown it into the largest operator in segment.
This is a fun and insightful conversation for anyone interested in the Canadian business landscape - from startups to scaleups, and comprises the 60th episode of the StartWell Podcast.
*Explore more via The StartWell Magazine: https://startwell.co/pages/magazine & the full show page for this episode here: https://startwell.co/blogs/business/from-venture-capital-to-running-ubereats-and-building-canadas-premier-online-car-store-dan-park
Roy Pereira's history in tech started in the 1990s - he saw the first boom-bust cycle and has since founded and exited a few startups.
For this, the 59th episode of the StartWell (https://startwell.co/) Podcast, Roy shares his experiences and perspectives as a startup founder, tech innovator, investor and Torontonian.
His current occupation is as a cofounder of https://unified.to/ - a simple way for companies to unify data between multiple SaaS applications.
*View a full film of this episode in the StartWell Magazine here.
Dr Anish Kaushal is an interesting guy – he worked hard to become a doctor but an administrative hiccup led to discovering a career path in VC which he found more interesting that simply practicing medicine.
Now a Venture Capital associate at Amplitude Ventures, Anish invests in companies providing innovative solutions to the industry he almost worked in.
In addition to investing in startups, Anish is also an author – he’s written a ‘ niche guide to navigating career transitions’ as well as a book of poems (one of white he reads for us at the end of this podcast.)
LINKS
- Anish’s Website: https://www.anichexperience.com/
- Anish on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anish-kaushal-md/
- Amplitude: https://amplitudevc.com/ – Amplitude Ventures is a Canadian healthcare VC firm launched by BDC departing partners Dion Madsen and Jean-François Pariseau. The Firm’s geographic focus is on Canada and has offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. The Fund invests across all segments of Precision Medicine, including therapeutics, medical technologies or other emerging areas including Artificial Intelligence enabling Precision Medicine, Healthcare IT and Services.
At this roundtable we feature the perspectives of three guests who work within the Canadian cannabis industry - including a grower and two gentlemen who have previously owned a production/processing facility and now help new brands enter the market working with Wellcann - the only cannabis gum manufacturer in Ontario.Startwell Podcast Episode 57 is hosted by Qasim Virjee as always - this time with guests Michael Lanzalone, Rahul Rajan & Darryl Rosalin
Cato Pastoll is the co-founder and CEO of a Toronto based fintech startup called Loop.
Loop bills itself as Canada's #1 bank for entrepreneurs - with a cross border banking platform that includes corporate cards, payments, FX, capital and more in multiple currencies.
Founded about a decade ago as Lending Loop - the company launched as a platform for equity crowdfunding, before pivoting to focus on how their customers used money in addition to providing ways for them to source it.
In this episode, Cato: - Tells us about the history of his company - Relates the evolving need for financial services from agile young companies who operate internationally - Explains his passion for technology and finance as a youth and how that has led to founding this company - Compares Canada to other countries in the world who have greater flexibility and lower barriers to entry for the banking sector - like the UK - Much more...
Andrew Ingham has had an interesting career - he started working in his youth in plumbing and then spent years building markets for beer companies before becoming an alcohol buyer for large grocery chains and hospitality companies around the world.Recently, his conscience weighed on him and he decided to roll up his sleeves - reducing the wine industry's massive carbon footprint became his goal and a new type of wine company was born called Interpunkt.Interpunkt Wines makes simple wines with an easy taste profile packaged in eco-sensitive, recyclable and biodegradable packaging in the shape of a conventional bottle and the company is based in Toronto at StartWell.
Jasmine Daya developed a successful injury law practice in downtown Toronto leading up to the pandemic - in the down-time when courts were closed and business was slow, her entrepreneurial spirit saw opportunity in hospitality. Today, Jasmine still practices the law but has reduced her hours on cases to focus on her nightlife establishments, and she's actively developing new projects in real estate.This interesting conversation has a lot of insight for professionals considering leaving their professions to pursue entrepreneurialism and forms episode 54 of the StartWell Podcast.
Nick DenBoer is a film and music video director based in Toronto who has worked with a wide array of high profile clients - including ad agencies like Wieden+Kennedy, media personalities like Conan O'Brien and artists like deadmau5, The Neptunes and even Tommy Lee.His creative style remixes aesthetic elements to craft new narratives and on this episode of the StartWell podcast, filmed at our Event Studio, we dig into his experiences discovering whats possible with a career and review some of his work together.
Alan Smithson co-invented the world’s first touchscreen DJ system called 'Emulator' - an award winning piece of performance kit used by some of the top DJs on the global dance music circuit. In a twist of fate, the company was taken from him the night his pitch on Dragon's Den for it aired.Since Emulator, Alan has built a company to make XR experiences more easily available to anyone, anywhere in the world. MetaVRse is a proprietary, code-optional web platform that makes it easy to create and share interactive 3D experiences instantly.In this episode of the StartWell Podcast, you'll hear from Alan's career history and get a sneak peak into the world's largest virtual shopping mall which his company built using their web platform that already has some interesting tenants like Starburst's Juicyverse space.
For the 51st episode of StartWell's Podcast, we sat down with Lisa Mattam - the Toronto based founder of Sahajan. This unique clean skincare company develops Ayurveda based products with the rigor of scientific testing to ensure best in class performance from plant based ingredients.Inspired when her daughter covered herself in makeup one day, Lisa's entrepreneurial journey has seen the foundation of a category-leading brand that has taken immense commitment and effort to take to market.In this conversation, you'll hear these amazing things, and much more:- Some of the career background she had before embracing her path as an entrepreneur- How Lisa was inspired to use her cultural heritage in creating a line of clean skincare products- How she was accepted into Sephora's first accelerator program- The effort involved in getting her products onto shelves and into homes of her customers - including personally convincing retailers to carry Sahajan to going live on television to convince shoppers to take a chance on a new brand- How Oprah's wellness editor discovered Sahajan during the pandemic through their Turmeric mask and took to using it every Sunday as a ritual, calling it out as a recommended Canadian company with a founder of Indian heritage- Some news about Sahajan's products now being available at luxury hotels
As with most pharmaceutical drugs, Adderall comes with side-effects which make it undesirable for a lot of people - including addictiveness, something which inspired the team behind Gwella, a Toronto based company to launch vegan non-prescription edibles that boost energy levels, focus, mental clarity and positivity.Founded in the pandemic, Gwella is a remote-first company with 3 co-founders. We sat down in studio with Stefany Nieto, the company's COO and one of its founders for this, the 50th episode of our StartWell Podcast.In this episode of the StartWell Podcast you'll a wealth of information which relates a unique foundation story valuable for anyone interested in Consumer Packaged Goods or startups in general - including:* The company's foundation story * How Gwella is positioned to take advantage of legalisation when it eventually happens for psychedelics * Why MOJO had to reposition its brand early on, and how it has found a groove which is allowing it to sell globally * Why selling product through Amazon was initially difficult and how Stefany's team changed things to acquire a great product review rating and ensure better supply management. * Why the company has high value for content and community.
Originally a written series of interviews with male celebrities and athletes published online through a website called Gents Post, Gents Talk was launched in 2022 as a video podcast to better articulate the depth of experiences interviewees were expressing to Samir Mourani.Now joined by podcast cohost Matthew Chapman, Gents Talk is shot at StartWell and published weekly - featuring well known men sharing intimate perspectives and experiences which aim to express their definition of masculinity in the modern age.For this episode of StartWell's own podcast, we invited the Gents Talk hosts to share their experiences behind the mic and catch us up on how they are distributing their content. Recently they began showing the first season of their series on Air Canada's in-flight entertainment system globally and are already receiving great feedback from passengers.So far Gents Talk has featured guests that include the 'King of Bay Street' Wes Hall, professional athletes Jonathan Osorio and Dan Dearing, actor Nick Bateman, director Justin Wong, artist Diego Snow and many many more.
Accomplished Toronto Chef Jagger Gordon joined us in studio to share the inspiration behind his philanthropic endeavours to battle food insecurity and reduce food waste.In this engaging conversation you'll hear about a new app which lets people share extra food with people in need as well as how Jagger made his way to the Ukraine through Poland recently and fed citizen soldiers fighting Russian forces; with José Andrés World Central Kitchen and then his own exploration of the interior.*About Chef Jagger Gordon's Charity, Feed it ForwardFeed It Forward is a Toronto based Canadian not for profit organisation with two main goals; to feed Canadians that are food insecure and to reduce food waste.Our mission is to make a difference in the lives of our fellow Canadians who are in need of assistance in securing nutritious food and a regular balanced diet.Feed It Forward donated over 1.7 million meals during the course of the pandemic helping to provide food security for people throughout Ontario. In this uncertain time, he went mobile with his new Food Truck program bringing thousands of hot and frozen meals to communities around Ontario, including Humber College, U Of T, George Brown College and Ryerson University. He believes a hungry stomach is a hungry mind and no student or person should worry about where their next meal is coming from.Feed It Forward.ca has a new free food sharing app created by Chef Gordon that gives everyone the opportunity to help eliminate food waste and reroute it onto tables all around the world while helping people be socially responsible.
Entrepreneurs come from all backgrounds - so it was refreshing this time around to take a break from high tech startups and hear the story of this award winning Toronto based makeup and hair artist.Elizabeth Taylor, works for personal and commercial clients under the company name 'Faces by Pureness.'
Purposeful Intent is a series of curated in-person Corporate Real Estate and Workplace events to have open discussions and thought leadership around the future of work.
For this episode of the StartWell Podcast we sat down with Simon Davis to learn about his impetus for founding the series, experiences hosting it through 2022 across North America and expectations for the year ahead.
With people buying things increasingly online the back end logistics required for not only shipping product out to consumers but then receiving back returns can be a nightmare for SMBs - that's where ReturnBear comes in. This Canadian company helps sellers manage their product returns; with central product drop depots in shopping malls and much more - including product sorting and re-packacking to speed up the path to resale.
For this, the 45th episode of StartWell's podcast, Qasim Virjee sits down with Robert Domagala - the Head Of Business Development & Marketing at ReturnBear.
Camille Moore joins us in studio on campus at StartWell to relate her founder story and share perspective on Third Eye Insights‘ approach to enabling professional services through branding. The conversation is fun and far reaching – touching on some of StartWell founder Qasim Virjee’s own experiences as one of the first people online in […]
For this session of the StartWell Podcast we sat down with the co-founders of Syzl – Adrian Savin and Azrah Manji. This husband and wife team have brought their combined experiences working in digital marketing and shared spaces to help food professionals, entertainers and hobbyists find and use professional kitchens on demand.
In this interview we sit down at StartWell’s downtown Toronto broadcast studio to hear from the CEO and co-founder of the Future of Film Showcase – a unique not-for-profit arts organisation presenting short films from Canadian Filmmakers aged 40 and younger. Eric tells us about how the Showcase got going as a grassroots solution to […]
Carbon6‘s community empowers eCommerce sellers, removing the barriers to selling online. Focused on the global Amazon seller community, this innovative StartWell member company has just come out of stealth mode and is rapidly scaling their team and software solutions. For this session of the StartWell podcast we sit down with 2 of the company’s cofounders, […]
For this, the 40th episode of the StartWell Podcast we sit down with Jason Goldlist (co-founder), Laura Backman (Insiders Manager) and Alexandra Reilly (Growth Marketing Manager) to talk about TechTO – the largest startup focused community organisation in Toronto. The session was recorded during our first TechTO-StartWell coworking day, launching monthly drop-in coworking for the […]
For this, the 39th episode of the StartWell Podcast we sat down with the founder of Top Drone – a Toronto based film production company that exclusively works with Drone technology on projects for entertainment and commercial purpose. In the conversation, Michaelangelo tells us how he got started with drones and what sets his company […]
Ryan Bolton is a Toronto based photographer who has won awards and travelled the world capturing stunning images of people and places. His client roster includes Apple, Red Bull, Spotify, Gucci, SickKids and many other category leading institutions and commercial brands. Journalism originally led Ryan to photography as a career and in this session we […]
Leveraging technology originally developed at the University of Guelph for NASA to test the ability to grow life on Mars, Elevate Farms is building some of the worlds most cutting edge vertical farms. We invited the company’s CEO and Founder Amin Jadavji to StartWell for this conversation that recounts the company’s history and technology plus […]
In this session we hear from the founder of Fresh City Farms – a multi-brand grocer/baker/butcher operating 8 locations across Toronto which sprouted from humble beginnings about a decade ago as an urban farming experiment in Downsview Park. Learn more about Ran’s company: https://www.freshcityfarms.com/
In this session we hear from one of Canada’s premier experts on global licensing/merchandising and brand/franchise marketing focused on Asia. Jacqueline has spent 2 decades in the children’s entertainment space and shares some of her experiences taking the minions to China, bringing the Wiggles to Canada and much much more. Learn more about Jacqueline’s company, […]
We sat down with the cofounder of Canada’s leading publication focused on the emerging North American Cannabis industry. Jay from Business of Cannabis gives us a 101 on how the industry is structured whilst recounting fun anecdotes and an update about being acquired recently by Prohibition Partners from the UK. Links: StartWell Podcasts on the […]
In this episode we hear from the founder of Toronto’s Astrolab Studios – one of the most popular boutique studios for commercial film and photography located on the Revival Film Studios lot in the city’s downtown neighbourhood of Leslieville. Adam found his way into studio ownership from a previous career in Press Relations and has […]
Celebrating 10 years in business, Len joins us to recount the foundation story of The Depanneur. His self-described ‘interesting place where food things happen’ has become one of Toronto’s most applauded places to find unique experiences for those who love food, community and adventure. The Dep is where anyone who wants to cook for people […]
For this episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the cofounders of Ascari – a Toronto based hospitality group that has evolved in the past decade+ from an experimental Izakaya into a portfolio of French/Italian restaurants, bar plus new retail concept. Ascari cofounders Erik Joyal and John Sinopoli have been an innovative tour […]
With so many local small and medium sized businesses facing economic uncertainty in the face of the global pandemic, we thought it timely to get StartWell Member company First Aid Canada Inc on the microphone for this special episode of our podcast. Aaron Wayne is a first aid instructor, lifeguard and VP of Sales at […]
This special episode is the fifth of 5 talks delivered on stage at StartWell’s Event Space on King St W in downtown Toronto on November 28, 2019 for a globally roaming annual series called Dark Futures. This talk was presented by Nikola Danaylov, founder of Singularity Media Inc, and is titled “NeoTechnocracy The Future is […]
This special episode is the fourth of 5 talks delivered on stage at StartWell’s Event Space on King St W in downtown Toronto on November 28, 2019 for a globally roaming annual series called Dark Futures. This talk was presented by Melissa Eshaghbeigi,(https://www.linkedin.com/in/eshaghbeigi), a strategist at the Toronto design and experience agency JAM3, and is […]
This special episode is the third of 5 talks delivered on stage at StartWell’s Event Space on King St W in downtown Toronto on November 28, 2019 for a globally roaming annual series called Dark Futures. This talk was presented by Calla Lee (https://www.linkedin.com/in/callalee) and is titled “Tinder” *Dark Futures is presented by globally renowned […]
This special episode is the second of 5 talks delivered on stage at StartWell’s Event Space on King St W in downtown Toronto on November 28, 2019 for a globally roaming annual series called Dark Futures. This talk was presented by Oksana Andreiuk (https://canadianbiohacker.com/) and is titled “You’re already a cyborg and it’s about to […]
This special episode is the first of 5 talks delivered on stage at StartWell’s Event Space on King St W in downtown Toronto on November 28, 2019 for a globally roaming annual series called Dark Futures. This talk was presented by Geoff Snack, a strategist at the Toronto design and experience agency JAM3, and is […]
In this studio session we sit down with Matt Cohen, the Managing Partner of Ripple Ventures which is a Toronto based early stage venture fund focused on B2B software. Ripple takes a hands-on approach to enabling the success of the companies which they invest in and Matt explains not only why its important to him […]
A frank discussion between Business of Cannabis‘ Jay Rosenthal and Tricia Lackey, Superette’s Director of Brand Experience, relating issues being faced by retailers of Cannabis in Ontario. *Recorded at the second edition of our speaker series focused on the emerging economy of Cannabis in Canada.
This brief 20 minute talk touches on the magic that happens when people come together. David introduces the role of ‘collaboration artist’ and more… About David’s company BizBash is North America’s #1 source of ideas, news, and resources for event and meeting professionals. Each month nearly 225,000 unique users look to BizBash for venue discovery, event […]
This time around we’re publishing a live-recorded panel discussion moderated by local cannabis accelerator program Leaf Forward as part of our new monthly Cannabinoid Futures speaker series. This inaugural edition of our series brought Vanmala Subramaniam (National Post), Matt Lamers (Marijuana Business Daily) and Jay Rosenthal (Business of Cannabis) together on the mic. We invite you to […]
TheAppLabb, founded in Toronto in 2007, is a striking example of how digital services agencies need to stay on top of constantly accelerating technological innovation to not only remain relevant but grow. In this session we sit down with its founder, Kundan Joshi. *Learn more about Kundan’s company here: https://theapplabb.com/
This time around we’re in the studio with StartWell member company Emergence Labs – a business technology consulting form and Salesforce implementation partner focused on helping small to medium sized businesses adopt new technologies that can help them database and better use their information. *Learn more about Emergence Labs on their website at https://emergencelabs.io/
MotivBase has created the world’s only Artificial Intelligence powered Anthropologist that can predict trends that will shape consumer behaviour. In this episode we sit down with cofounder Ujwal Arkalgud and learn about the early foundation stages of this successful yet boot-strapped venture as well as how context informs trends in unique ways online.
This time around we sit down with this unique consulting firm that helps organizations align user experience, content and technology across the core processes of knowledge management. Join Yenza3‘s Anuj Rastogi, Shveta Malhan and Martin Byrne join StartWell’s founder Qasim Virjee in this fun conversation that explores some of their own career history that lead to forming this […]
This live recording was made during the March instalment of AWENiteTO – a monthly event presented within our New Realities programming channel at main campus in downtown Toronto. The panel was moderated by Electric Runway‘s Amanda Cosco and featured – Charles Bern (CEO Patio Interactive), Fareena Contractor (Head of Walmart’s Innovation Community) & Matt McPherson (COO, Quantum Capture)
In this conversation we sit down with Scott Nihill, the co-founder of Embreate – an interdisciplinary agency focused on creating and producing original, interactive, story-based experiences that is resident at StartWell’s Main Campus in Toronto. *More info: http://embreate.com/
Our whole community at Main Campus has been in love with their personalized tea since we first partnered with teaBot to bring their machines to our cafe and bar. Based at StartWell, teaBot is a startup that has been through acceleration programs including Y Combinator and Creative Destruction Lab and weathered their first 5 years in […]
In this episode we sit down with Addo, one of the co-founders of Source – a new venture based at StartWell who are using Blockchain technologies for their interoperable data platform that lets developers create innovative ways to distribute access to information. One of the example use cases for their platform we discuss here briefly – being able to […]
In this episode, our CEO sits down with Marianne Bulger (People and Platform at Golden Ventures – a tech focused, industry-agnostic seed stage venture capital fund based in Toronto that invests across North America.) The conversation touches on our local VC landscape, the rapid growth we are experiencing in Toronto’s tech sector, diversity and wait […]
This is episode StartWell’s CEO and Founder Qasim Virjee sits down in our studio with Karim Harji – a leading researcher, educator and investor on the topic of Impact Measurement and Investing. Karim Harji brings over a decade of international experience in impact measurement and impact investing. He is a Senior Fellow with the J.W. […]
This time around, our Founder Qasim is joined in studio by Corey Caplan the Senior Director for International Sales at StartWell Member company Gusto Worldwide Media. Headquartered in Ottawa, Gusto is the world’s leading producer of native 4k food and cooking content, available for television and digital platforms. Seen in more than 170 countries, its award winning series […]
In this episode Yuriy Blokhin breaks down how the Lightning Network represents the values for distributed networks that core blockchain hacker communities support around the world. Though an employee of Bitfury, one of the largest companies in the world focused on developing solutions for the Bitcoin Blockchain, Yuriy develops partnerships that benefit the adoption of […]
Join our moderator, StartWell’s CEO Qasim Virjee in a discussion about how cryptocurrencies are ‘mined’ and the business models supporting this new sector’s evolution. This live panel discussion was recorded in person as part of StartWell’s guest speaker series on July 12, 2018 and included: Scott Howard (Cofounder, ePic Blockchain Technologies), Shelly Gray (ex-COO Greenminer, now Canada Blockchain Group), Scot Johnson (CEO, Digital Shovel) and Alim […]
Her work has been covered in publications around the world – including the Guardian, Vice, NPR, the Globe and Mail and others – StartWell member Natalia Juarez joins Qasim in the studio for this session, telling us about her journey to establishing a consultant practice that uniquely helps people navigate romantic challenges in their lives.
In this colourful conversation Salimah, the co-founder of Artery, shares some unique experiences founding a 6 million member youth-led environmental network, working as a journalist in Africa, the Middle East (pre-Arab Spring),the US and more – all apparently leading towards co-founding her new company called Artery – a unique digital platform changing the way creative […]
An action-packed conversation with tons of great knowledge about Blockchain/Bitcoin, Crypto-Currency and more with the CEO and co-founder of ePic Blockchain, Scott Howard and StartWell’s CEO, Qasim Virjee.
This time our CEO Qasim Virjee is joined in the studio by Shane George – a consultant who helps SaaS companies develop Agile Sales methods. Shane is also the Vice President of Sales at StartWell member company OnCall Health.
StartWell’s CEO sits down with Brendan Philp and Troy Fawkes from Delta Growth, a full service digital marketing agency who take a transparent and flexible approach to driving growth for their clientele rather than simply pushing ads.
One of our Artists in Residence, Gurpreet Chana is an accomplished music producer, performer and educator who works with partners to develop new instrumentation grounded in tradition that uses cutting edge technology. His innovative playing style and instrument creations have won awards and recently the Red Bull Music Academy invited him to perform as part of their 2018 […]
StartWell’s CEO sits down with Toby Savill, who is leading Canadian expansion for Airsorted – the world’s largest single manager of AirBnB properties who recently raised £5M to fuel global expansion. Toby explains why Toronto’s diversity has attracted the company to Canada and how StartWell is already contributing to his success.