Silicon Shore: Recent Episodes
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Cam Crain and Tim Everett dive deep with founders, investors, and other key startup players from Atlantic Canada.
Phillip Curley is the cofounder and CEO of HotSpot Parking. HotSpot makes transportation in cities more convenient, most notably with an app that lets people pay for parking with their smartphones. You can check them out here: HotSpot Parking.
Silicon Shore is hosted by Cam Crain and Tim Everett, cofounders of Sapien. Sapien makes games powered by real-world self improvement. You can find our app Lightdogs here: lightdogs.com.
Connect with us online:
Twitter: @shorepodcast
Instagram: @shorepodcast
Website: Silicon Shore
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Topics
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Phillip's background
03:43 - Being both B2B and consumer
05:51 - How he approaches networking
12:56 - The hard thing about parking
23:02 - Uber and Lyft
24:04 - The nervous system of the city
27:15 - Layoffs and rebuilding momentum
35:22 - Lightning Round
Erin Flood is the cofounder of GoDo. GoDo is an interaction design company headquartered in Fredericton, NB. You can check them out here: GoDo.
Silicon Shore is hosted by Cam Crain and Tim Everett, cofounders of Sapien. Sapien makes games powered by real-world self improvement. You can find our app Lightdogs here: lightdogs.com.
Connect with us online:
Twitter: @shorepodcast
Instagram: @shorepodcast
Website: Silicon Shore
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Topics
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Erin's background
04:33 - The GoDo philosophy
06:46 - Experiences with social ventures
10:10 - History and learnings from Hotspot Parking
14:35 - Fascination with data
17:30 - Women in tech
25:05 - Erin's new company, Ripe Fashion
31:58 - Lightning Round
Scott Everett is the cofounder and CEO of Eigen Innovations. Eigen makes software for detecting defects and improving efficiency in factories. They're headquartered in Fredericton, NB. You can check out Eigen here: eigen.io.
Silicon Shore is hosted by Cam Crain and Tim Everett, cofounders of Sapien. Sapien makes games powered by real-world self improvement. You can find our app Lightdogs here: lightdogs.com.
Connect with us online:
Twitter: @shorepodcast
Instagram: @shorepodcast
Website: Silicon Shore
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Topics
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Scott's background
01:52 - Origin of the Eigen idea
06:32 - Experience of going from academia to startup
12:30 - Biggest changes as CEO now that Eigen is 30+ people
15:03 - Staying close to the technical work as CEO
19:32 - Finding his early team
21:16 - Dealing with the emotional lows of being a founder
25:56 - Journaling and the synergy of conversation
31:23 - Lightning Round
We're very excited to announce Silicon Shore, a new podcast about the startups of Atlantic Canada. On Silicon Shore, Sapien cofounders Cam Crain and Tim Everett interview founders, investors, and other key startup players, diving deep on what drives them and their visions for the future.
Connect with us on Twitter and Instagram @shorepodcast.