Market Hunt: Recent Episodes
Thierry Harris
Big problems out there. So are solutions. From idea to commercial venture, we seek to understand how to diagnose problems and hunt for opportunities in an innovation ecosystem we call ”The Market”.
Episode SummaryWhat are innovation standards? How can you measure and manage innovation in organizations? What are keys to cultivating an innovative culture? Find out more in this episode.
Episode NotesInterview Guest: Dr. Sorin Cohn, SO56008 Project Leader for Innovation Measurements at ISO - International Organization for Standardization
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Questions:
What are the three fundamental innovation strategies and give us examples of how these are applied in real world settings?
What are some characteristics of an innovative culture in organizations?
What are the key projects of the ISO 56000 Innovation Management Standards?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Dr. Sorin Cohn
Dr. Sorin Cohn leads the International Standards Organization world team developing the ISO56008 standard on innovation operation measurements and metrics. He is Founder & CEO of Competitive Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (c-IM&E) – a company providing innovation management tools and consulting services.
Dr. Cohn was the Chair of the Board of Startup Canada and several other companies. Sorin has led the research on innovation metrics and management for the Center for Business Innovation at the Conference Board of Canada.
Dr. Cohn was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for services to Canada.
Sorin has 40+ years international business & technology experience having been involved in most facets of “innovation management”: from idea to research and lab prototype, from technology to product, new business units, and then to market success on the global stage. He was the Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for a California optical access company. Early 2000’s, as co-founder and President Global Portfolio of the OrbitIQ global business accelerator, Sorin has been working with technology companies in North America, Israel and Europe to build their market strengths.
Prior to 2000, Sorin held executive positions with Nortel Networks and was Director for Exploratory Programs at BNR. He has developed new technologies, created R&D laboratories, started new product lines and initiated/managed new business units. Sorin has several essential patents and over 100 publications and presentations.
Dr. Cohn received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, an M.Sc. in Physics and an M.Eng. in Engineering Physics. He is providing innovation management workshops and lectures at Canadian, US, European and SE Asian Universities on business management and entrepreneurial innovation.
EPISODE LINKS
Dr. Sorin Cohn
Competitive Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (c-IM&E)
Startup Canada
Conference Board of Canada
International Organization for Standardization
ISO 56000 Innovation standard
ISO 56008 Innovation Management - tools and methods for innovation operation measurements
ISO Technical Committees
ISO Standard development method
ISO Screw Thread Standard
ISO Circular Economy Standard
ISO Technical Committee 279
ISO Innovation Standard Project List
ISO 56 002 Innovation Management Systems - Guidance
ISO 56 003 - Tools and methods for innovation partnerships
ISO 56 006 - Tools and methods for strategic intelligence management
ISO 56 005 - Tools and methods for intellectual property management
ISO 56 007 - Tools and methods for idea management
ISO 56 0004 - Innovation Management Assessment
ISO 56 001 - Innovation Management System - Requirements
ISO 9000 family - Quality Management
British Columbia’s Acuitas Therapeutics - BioNTech Pfizer Vaccine
China IP patents vs U.S.
China Engineers vs U.S.
Sony Transistor commercialization
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
Nortel Networks
Mitel
Newbridge Networks
Startup statistics in Canada
2011 Booz & Company paper on Innovation
Global Innovation Index rankings
Innovation management systems further reading (from HBR)
Promotional Links:
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IE-Knowledge Hub Case Study Directory
IE-Knowledge Hub B-Con Case Study
B-Con Engineering
Brian Creber
Thierry Harris
SHOW CREDITS
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Meet the company commercializing the world's first genetically modified protein approved for human consumption. Interview with Sylvia Wulf, President & CEO of Aquabounty.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Questions:
How can Aquabounty influence distributors to sell their product to consumers?
What labelling issues could impact Aquabounty in different markets?
How should Aquabounty address opposition to GMO Salmon?
What story should Aquabounty convey to its investors and to consumers?
How can Aquabounty maintain their technological lead in this field?
How will Aquabounty need to collaborate with universities, colleges and research facilities to expand its production capabilities?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Sylvia Wulf
Sylvia Wulf is a proven leader and accomplished executive and director with over 25 years of P&L experience driving both growth and improved performance. During her career, Sylvia has led development and execution of customer centric strategies that created innovation and differentiation of the businesses she managed. She developed a “source to sale” strategic approach that improved profitability and drove growth in market share at 3X the industry average. Her diverse career encompasses executive level positions in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Distribution and Agribusiness/AgriTech industries. Her success in growing revenue and market share coupled with her strengths in operations, strategy development, mergers & acquisitions and environmental & social governance, positively impacted respected brands such as US Foods, Tyson, Sara Lee and Bunge. Sylvia was named one of the most powerful women in Illinois by the National Diversity Council.
Sylvia is currently the President and CEO of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. leading commercialization and growth of the world’s first genetically engineered animal approved for food – AquaBounty’s salmon. In this role, she has broadened the investor base and strengthened the company’s financial position by raising capital in preparation for expansion; both domestically and internationally. One of her greatest passions is environmental and social governance which has been integral to the development of Corporate Social Responsibility plans in prior organizations leading to partnerships in urban agriculture and new and innovative approaches to aquaculture. She currently serves on the executive committees and boards of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Board and Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), both of which are committed to sustainable management and stewardship of our environment and the use of science to solve global challenges.
EPISODE LINKS
Genetically modified Salmon approval
Top ten GMO foods
Pros and cons of GMOS
Product Market Acceptance
Innovation to solve problems
Changing consumer behavior
Home food delivery apps on pandemic
Sylvia Wulf
Aquabounty
Aquaculture as sustainable food resource
Health Canada approval - AquAdvantage Salmon
FDA approval AquAdvantage Salmon
Memorial University
Recirculating aquaculture systems
Eye to Egg maturity
Net Pen farming, definitions and evolution
Feed conversion ratios
Labeling requirements for AquAdvantage fish in U.S.
GMO discussion - Canadian Parliament
Farming facility Ohio july 2021 announcement
Aquabounty First Harvest June 2021
Aquabounty approval in Brazil
Aramark not buying GMO fish
Aquabounty $130 million stock offering February 2021
Groups opposing
Court Rulings:
United States 1
United States 2
Canada 1
Canada 2
IE-Knowledge Hub Sponsor Case:
Bonlook Case Study
Sophie Boulanger
Bonlook
Louis-Félix Boulanger
SHOW CREDITS
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
The aquaculture industry has evolved tremendously over the last 40 years. Today, Aquaculture is supplying over 50 % of the world demand for seafood. That’s up from less than 5 % 30 just years ago. Interview with University of Guelph Professor Rich Moccia to discover the innovations taking place in this burgeoning industry, as well as an introduction to the world’s first genetically modified protein approved for human consumption.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Questions:
What are Food economics and how do they impact the commercialization of Aquaculture companies?
How does labeling of new products impact Aquaculture companies?
What supply chain management issues could impact the Aquaculture ecosystem?
Describe the regulatory impact on Aquaculture companies?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Rich MocciaFascinated by the aquatic environment since before his birth, Professor Moccia's career path has always involved ‘water’ in some way. Although Rich has focused much of his research and teaching activities in disciplines relevant to the science and practice of aquatic food production, his research also spans studies related to ecosystem impacts and animal welfare. Professor Moccia has held both faculty and senior executive cross-appointments at the University of Guelph, where he has been employed since 1987. Recently completing his term as the Associate Vice-President, Research for the Strategic Partnerships portfolio, he oversaw a number of partnership files, including the OMAFRA-UG Agreement. Professor Moccia's responsibilities to the provincial agrifood partnership included managing research programming, contract administration and infrastructure of 14 provincial research facilities and one regional campuses, as well as oversight of the Laboratory Services Division, encompassing both the Agriculture and Food Lab and the Provincial Animal Health Laboratory. He was also responsible for the Catalyst Centre (ie. research business development office) and the Central Animal Facility.
As a professor in the Department of Animal Biosciences, Rich engages in teaching, research and graduate training, and has always had a strong commitment to industry-relevant research, education and extension service. Rich enjoys exploring the interconnectivity of many varied disciplines in the search for solutions to relevant issues affecting our world.
Prior to joining the university, Professor Moccia was self-employed in the private sector, having established 2 SME start-ups specializing in ag-based technologies in the aquatic food production industry. Rich has been a founding member of several provincial and federal industry associations and advocacy groups, has sat on the Boards of Directors of several agri-based private companies, and has been an invited participant in numerous policy and regulatory reform committees helping to guide smart legislation for Canada.
Career Snapshot
2007-2016. Associate Vice-President, Research (Strategic Partnerships), University of Guelph
1990-present Director, Aquaculture Centre, Department of Animal Biosciences
1987-present. Professor, Aquatic and fisheries science, University of Guelph
1981-1990. President and self-employed in 2 small, start-up companies.
1978-1981. Professional Associate, Department of Pathology, Ontario Veterinary College, UG
Aquaculture Centre
Professor Moccia established the Aquaculture Centre in 1988 and has been its Director ever since. The Aquaculture Centre has been dedicated to integrating research and extension programs to contribute to the economic and environmental sustainability of the aquaculture sector.
Awards and Honours
Lifetime Achievement Award, Aquaculture Association of Canada (2018)
National Research Award of Excellence, Aquaculture Association of Canada. (2007)
Distinguished Professorial Teaching Award, University of Guelph Faculty Association. (2002)
Distinguished Extension Service Award, University of Guelph, OAC Alumni Association. (2004)
Dr. Bill Winegard Community Volunteer Award, Volunteer Centre of Guelph-Wellington-Dufferin (2015)
Gabrielle Hubert Volunteer Award, UG United Way Campaign (2019)
‘Employees Making a Difference’ Award for UG – United Way (2015)
John Appleton Volunteer Award-Peninsula Bruce Trail Club
Inductee. Guelph Sports Hall of Fame-Baseball (2018)
Industry Boards and Community Associations (Current only)
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA)-Executive member
Canadian Association of Underwater Science (CAUS)-Executive member
National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC)-Board of Directors
Oilseed Innovation Partners (Formerly Soy 20/20)
United Way Leadership Committee of Guelph-Wellington
Big Brothers, Big Sisters Guelph-Wellington (Vice President)
Ontario Marine Heritage Committee
Peninsula Bruce Trail Club
Canadian Aquaculture industry overview (source: Aquaculture.ca)ECONOMIC IMPACTThe sector generates:
$5.4 Billion in economic activity in Canada
$2.2 Billion in GDP
PRODUCTIONAquaculture Production Volume: 191,416 tonnes
Aquaculture Production Value: $1.39 billion
Aquaculture accounts for 16% of Canada’s total seafood production
Aquaculture accounts for over 33% of Canada’s total seafood value
EMPLOYMENTAquaculture employs 26,000 full time workers
Aquaculture generates $1.2 billion in labour income
EXPORTSAquaculture Export Volume: >103,000 tonnes
Aquaculture Export Value: $897 million
Primary Export Destination: United States (94% of total exports)
Other Export Destinations: Japan, China, Taiwan, Israel, Hong Kong
EPISODE LINKS
Rich Moccia website
History of aquaculture
Memorial University
Sylvia Wulf
Aquabounty
AquAdvantage Salmon fish
University of Guelph
Cook Aquaculture
MOWI International
Dr. Garth Fletcher
Dr. Choy Hew
Ocean Pout
Elliot Entis
Canadian Parliamentary review meeting discussing GMOs in Aquaculture
FDA Review on AquAdvantage Salmon
Aquaculture Innovations & Research
NOAA research links
Feed and nutrition innovations
Genetic selection and engineering technologies
Animal health and disease management
Disease processes in Aquatic organisms
The Future of therapeutic agents
Vaccine development
Water quality management #1
Water quality management #2
Marketplace innovations in Aquaculture
Innovative products
Life support systems
AI in Aquaculture
Data insights in fish monitoring
Recirculating aquaculture systems
Aquaculture industry ecosystem
Aquaculture association of Canada, HQ in Torbay NL
Canadian Aquaculture alliance
Ontario Agi-Food Innovation Alliance
Ontario Ministry of Rural and Agricultural Affairs
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
IE-Knowledge Hub
Business Video Case studies
Market Hunt Podcasts
Ie-Knowledge Hub Sponsor Case
Magex Video Case Study
Catherine Lamontagne
Thierry Harris
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Quantum computing has been hailed as the next revolution in computer science. What are some market applications and how is quantum tech evolving on the hardware and software side? Learn more in this episode featuring 1Qbit's co-founder and CEO Andrew Fursman.
Episode Guest: Andrew Fursman, Co-Founder and CEO, 1Qbit.
Check out Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Question:
What steps can 1Qbit take to find what industry problems can be solved using quantum computing technology?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Andrew FursmanAndrew Fursman is a Co-Founder of 1QBit and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Andrew was a Founding Partner of Vancouver-based VCC firm Minor Capital, Co-Founder of Satellogic Nano-Satellites, and Co-Founder of Cloudtel Communications.
Andrew studied Economics at the University of Waterloo and Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia prior to post-graduate programs in Technology Studies at Singularity University and Financial Engineering at Stanford University.
On those rare occasions when he is not busy with his 1QBit duties, he indulges his passions for kayaking in the gulf islands and explores practical applications of microbiology at a small home laboratory on Vancouver Island dedicated to experiments with Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Episode Links:
Andrew Fursman
More Andrew Fursman media interviews
Biogen, Accenture, 1Qbit collaboration
Schrodinger’s Cat thought experiment
World economic forum introduction
Wired for Wonder interview
1Qbit
Digital Supercluster
1Qbit Digital Supercluster COVID-19 funding
Eric Nadeau
Prevtec Microbia (Acquired by Elanco in 2019)
University of Montreal - Faculty of Veterinary medicine
Quantum Supremacy
IE-Knowledge Hub
Business Video Case studies
Market Hunt Podcasts
Prevtec Microbia Video Case Study
General definition on quantum computing
Dr. Shohini Ghose
Wilfrid Laurier University Physics Department
Dr. Ghose - Quantum Revolution Public Lecture
Quantum for Drug Discovery
Quantum Cryptography
Quantum computing relating to materials sciences
Quantum computing relating to Financial modelling
Investments in Quantum computing
Quantum technology ecosystems
Quantum patents - Global overview
Richard Feynman on Quantum Mechanics
Richard Feynman paper on Simulating Physics with computers
Jim Baggot on the real meaning of quantum mechanics
Investment in Quantum Computing
Patents in Quantum technologies
Quantum computers explained (CNBC)
Quantum computers explained (Quantamagazine.org)
Quantum computing in a nutshell #2
Dow corporation
Wright brothers plane design
Vacuum Tubes
Integrated Circuits
Transistors
The QUBIT
Quantum Algorithms - from Qiskit
Optical Quantum Systems
Definition
Market information on optical quantum systems
Xanadu
Ion Quantum Systems
Definition
Market information on ion quantum systems
Turning semiconductor computers into superconductors - Microsoft
IBM semiconductor technologies using nanotech
Google Quantum semiconductor
Programmable Superconductors for Quantum computing
Quantum Algorithms Library
D-Wave
Quantum annealer
Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization
Shor’s Algorithm
Schor’s algorithm from Peter Shor
Fujitsu application-specific integrated circuit
NTT quantum computing in financial services
Minimum viable product approach
Waterfall approach
FPGAs
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Quantum Key distribution explained
Quantum information theory explained - Mark Wilde, McGill fellow, Part 1
Quantum information theory explained - Mark Wilde, Part 2
Quantum Entanglement explained
China’s quantum satellite
David Deutsch The father of Quantum
Quantum Communication
Quantum communication from Technology Review
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Design by Gehard Zauner
Quantum Science - Quantum Physics - things you should know
Ontic vs Epistemic
The Age of Design
Declaration of Invention, University of Montreal
John Fairbrother
Michel Fortin
Ie-Knowledge Hub Sponsor Case
Prevtec Microbia Case Study
Thierry Harris
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Artificial intelligence is changing the way drugs are being discovered. Find out how in this episode.
Episode Guest: Handol Kim, Co-Founder and CEO, VariationalAI.
Check out Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Question:
How can VariationalAI continue to work with pharma organizations to help develop better methods for validating their drug targets?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Handol KimHandol is Co-Founder & CEO of Variational AI, an AI for drug discovery start-up based in Vancouver. Variational AI is applying its state-of-the-art generative AI to discover novel and drug-like small molecules that are efficacious, safe, and synthesizable in months versus years. Prior to co- founding Variational AI, Handol was General Manager of the Quadrant AI Business Unit of D-Wave Systems Inc, and brings over 20 years of executive management experience and leadership from venture-backed start-ups and publicly-listed technology companies in cloud, mobile/embedded, and telecommunications software in Silicon Valley, Canada and Asia Pacific. Variational AI is the third startup he has co-founded. Handol is Vice-Chair of the AI Network of British Columbia (AInBC) and a board director of the Digital Technology Supercluster and the United Way Lower Mainland.
Episode Links:
Variational AI
Handol Kim
CAMDEA Link to more on Variational AI
Drug Discovery
Medicinal chemistry
Small molecules definition
Small molecules drug production
Principles of Drug Discovery
Brute force approach to drug discovery
High throughput virtual screening
In-silico biology
Drug Targets
Short definition
Proteins as drug targets
Comprehensive Map of Drug targets
Further reading on drug targets
Drug Lead definition
Lipinski’s rule of five
Drug Assets definition
Drug Repurposing
Further reading on challenges of drug repurposing in COVID era
Biochemical Assays
SARS basics
Open source chemical repositories
Zinc
Pubchem
ChEMBL
AI terminology
Machine learning algorithms
Generative AI
Generative Vs discriminative AI models
Deep learning definition
Variational Encoders tutorial
Short Definition with mathematical examples
Original Alexnet paper
Paper outlining the significance of Alexnet work
Further reading on Alexnet
Krizhevsky papers
Image net
Hinton Lab university of Toronto
Krizhevsky’s work at university of Toronto and impact on Silicon Valley
Autonomist labs University of Toronto
Simon Fraser University Autonomous lab
Other links
Vancouver Prostate Center
Dr. Artem Cherkasov
Digital Supercluster
Bill Tam
Vancouver General Hospital
University of British Columbia
Photon etc.
Abcellera
ElementAI
Zymeworks
Admare BioInnovations
Atomwise
Recursion
Benevolent AI
Deep Genomics
Cyclica
Insilico
InVivo (now Valence)
NVIDIA
Biogen
Thierry Harris
Ie-Knowledge Hub Sponsorship Case
Photon etc Case Study
Thierry Harris
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Canada has hundreds of thousands of social services dedicated to helping its residents. Meet the company attempting to map them all.
Episode Guest: Dr. Alina Turner, Co-Founder and CEO, HelpSeeker.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Question:
HelpSeeker is having problems finding similar Social purposed AI companies. How can Certified B corporations better take advantage of venture capital markets?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Alina TurnerAlina is recognized as a leading researcher and thinker on social issues with proven implementation results. Her work on system planning is recognized as a leading practice and often called upon as a model across communities. Her drive and passion for this work is grounded in her lived experience of the social issues she continues to challenge in her professional work. Alina is a Fellow at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary and serves on the Board of Directors for A Way Home Canada and the Alberta Rural Development Rural Advisory Board on housing and homelessness.
Alina co-founded HelpSeeker as a spin-off social enterprise dedicated to connecting people with the help they need, fast. The back-end of HelpSeeker provides service providers and decision-makers with real-time analytics to inform strategy and decision-making. HelpSeeker is fast becoming a system mapping tool across Canadian communities, essential to mapping and analyzing over 100,000 social and health resources nationally.
Working with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada, Turner Strategies established the Systems Planning Collective - dedicated to building capacity nationally to implement systems approaches to prevent and end homelessness.
Alina has worked at an executive leadership level at both management and board of directors levels for the past 10 years. During her tenure as VP Strategy at the Calgary Homeless Foundation, Alina led the implementation of Canada’s first Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) and designed Calgary’s Housing First System of Care. She oversaw $35 million in annual investments across 40 programs in Calgary, their performance management and quality assurance. Prior to this, Alina worked at the Poverty Reduction Initiative of the United Way of Calgary & Area, and a variety of front-line immigrant and homeless-serving agencies.
Episode Links:
Thierry Harris
Alina Turner
HelpSeeker
Mapping social services
Certified B Corporations
Digital Supercluster
Digital Supercluster’s Covid-19 related funding
Domestic violence Covid-19 Canada report
Food insecurity among seniors
Opioid crisis
Homelessness crisis
Calgary Homeless Foundation
AI / Technology concepts
Predictive analytics
Fourth industrial revolution
Systems mapping
Systems Planning
HelpSeeker links
HelpSeeker Navigation App
HelpSeeker Community Success Hub
HelpSeeker City of Lethbridge Case study
Help Seeker Webinars
City of Lethbridge COVID-19 response
Supporting Indigenous Self-Representation & Ownership in Systems Mapping
Not Just Another Study – How to Move From Social Research to Social Change
Support from CMHC for HelpSeeker
Travis Turner
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Machines are replacing humans to program software, using deep learning to tackle some of the world's most pressing issues. This automation could turbocharge every industry. But in order to trust it, we need to understand how it works. On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Sheldon Fernandez, CEO of DarwinAI.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Question:
To what fields could you apply artificial intelligence to and how would you go about commercializing it?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Sheldon FernandezSheldon Fernandez is the CEO of DarwinAI. He is a seasoned executive and respected thought leader in the technical and enterprise communities. Throughout his career, he has applied emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence to the enterprise. First, in his capacity as CTO at Infusion, the company he founded out of Waterloo with five partners that grew to 700 people. Then subsequently, at Avanade, the organization that acquired Infusion in March of 2017. Now, Sheldon is the CEO at DarwinAI, the explainable AI company that enables enterprises to build AI they can trust. Since 2017 DarwinAI’s solutions have been leveraged in a variety of enterprise contexts, including in advanced manufacturing and industrial automation. Within healthcare, DarwinAI’s technology resulted in the development of Covid-Net, an open source system to diagnose Covid-19 via chest x-rays.
Alongside his work as CEO at DarwinAI, Sheldon is also an accomplished author and speaker. He has spoken at numerous conferences in numerous contexts, including Singularity University and MIT technology conference, and has written technical books and articles on many topics. Through his career, Sheldon has coupled his entrepreneurial endeavors with non-technical pursuits, resulting in an interdisciplinary approach that is critical to the intelligent application of AI. In addition to his BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, he completed a Master’s degree in theology at the University of Toronto with thesis work in neuroscience and metaethics and also pursued creative writing at Oxford University.
Episode Links:
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Explainable AI (XAI)
Explainable AI
Deep learning
Explainable AI - How system reaches its decisions
Deep learning Market Potential
Computer Military history
Computer Consumer history
Windows Application software
Microsoft AI news
Google as a utility - Ohio Case
Universal Income
Ontario Basic Income pilot project
Roadblocks to AI adoption
Data Bias
AI gender bias
AI ethnicities bias
AI sexual orientation bias
Covid impact on economic inequality
US capitol insurrection
Impact of misinformation
Canada universal broadband fund (UBF)
Growing Canada’s Innovation Economy
Innovation Economy Council Report #1 - IP a symptom, not a cause for Canada’s failure to scale
Innovation Economy Council Report #2 - Beyond Patents
DarwinAI
DarwinAI
Gensynth Platform
Covid-Net
DarwinAI focus - manufacturing
DarwinAI focus - healthcare
Alexander Wong - Canada Research Chair in AI
Sheldon Fernandez Further reading
Sheldon Fernandez on AI Explainability
Sheldon Fernandez on Deep Learning
Sheldon Fernandez NVIDIA Pitch for DarwinAI
Sheldon Fernandez on GO game
Article on ethics: Volunteer work in Kenya
Article on technology’s butterfly effect and advice for would be entrepreneurs
Article on the significance of AlphaGo experiment and artificial consciousness
Book: The promise of Artificial Intelligence, Brain Cantwell Smith
A very informative and captivating read on second wave AI. The final paragraph gives a sense of its philosophical flavor:
Where does that leave us? We should be humbled by [second wave] AI’s inadequacy, given the depth of the insights on which it was based. We should be cautious about the successes of second-wave AI, mindful of its limitations and restrictions. But mostly we should stand in awe of the capacity of the human mind, and of the achievements of human culture, in having developed registrational strategies, governing norms, ontological commitments, and epistemic practices that allow us to comprehend and go to bat for the world as the world.
Companies / Institutions / People discussed
Avanade
Cogiscan
University of Waterloo
CVPR Europe
Creative Destruction Lab Toronto
Y Combinator
Aeponyx
Shopify
Lightspeed
ApplyBoard
Element AI
Suzanne Grant
Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Amazon
GAFAMs
IBM
Greta Thurnberg
François Monette
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
What elements are needed to create demand driven innovation ecosystems to build world class companies? On this episode of Market Hunt, we speak with Co-Founder and COO of the Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster, Bill Tam.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode Research Question:
What constitutes an innovative connection between two companies? How do we define the variables to characterize this innovation and how do we measure innovation within an ecosystem?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.
Guest bio: Bill TamBill Tam is recognized as one of the pre-eminent leaders of the B.C. tech sector. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill has been actively involved with technology and start-ups as a founder, executive, investor, advisor and board member for the past 20 years.
In 2017, Bill co-founded the development of the Digital Technology Supercluster and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. The Digital Technology Supercluster is part of the Government of Canada’s $950-million, ten-year Innovation Superclusters Initiative to drive large-scale collaboration among industry leaders, small and medium enterprises, and post-secondary institutions to develop and scale high-potential technologies in Canada.
A champion of entrepreneurship, Bill forges partnerships across private and public sectors to accelerate economic growth and foster inclusiveness. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Cascadia Innovation Corridor initiative – a cross-border partnership between B.C., Washington and Oregon to develop and promote a globally recognized hub of innovation and commerce.
Bill also serves on the Innovation Committee of the Rideau Hall Foundation and is as an industry advisor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
He earned his MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University and his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from McGill University. In 2018, UBC awarded Bill the Applied Science Dean’s Medal of Distinction for his contributions to the engineering and tech community.
Episode Links:
Canada’s Superclusters
Digital Supercluster
C2MI
Data Commons
IP Asset Collective
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Inclusive banking & financial services are key drivers to build a more robust and equitable economic paradigm. On Part 2 of Market Hunt's Fintech series, we speak with Mohamad Sawwaf, Co-Founder & CEO of Halal Fintech startup, Manzil.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Episode research Question:
How do you speed up the consumer adoption process when you need to build trust and credibility?
Write to us at solutions@ie-knowledgehub.ca and we'll post some of your answers on our website page:
https://ie-knowledgehub.ca/market-hunt-podcast-episode-list/halal-banking-in-canada/
Guest bio: Mohamad SawwafMohamad Sawwaf is the Co-Founder & CEO of Manzil, the only Canadian Islamic FinTech that manufactures and distributes Halal financial solutions which currently include mortgages and investment funds. Mohamad holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management as well as a second Masters focused on Corporate Governance from the Henley Business School (UK) and is currently wrapping up his Doctorate in Islamic Finance. He regularly consults the UAE governments on Islamic Finance practices and is considered one of the leading authorities of Islamic Finance in Canada. He’s also the Chair of the Advisory Council of UNHCR Canada where his focus is to lead the council, oversee the Young Leaders Committee, and build relationships with the private sector to increase refugee employment and financial resources required to assist in their settlement.
Episode Links:
Manzil
Manzil mortgages
Dr Walid Hejazi, Professor of Economics at the Rotman school of business
Islamic Finance in the U.K.
Wahed Invest
CI Direct
CI Financial
KOHO
Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)
Challenger Banks U.K.
Australian Islamic Finance
IEKH Ecosystem Case Study
Invest Ottawa
Inclusive Banking research links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/01/27/how-tech-is-making-banking-more-inclusive/?sh=35369e252df1
https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-financial-inclusion
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/lu/Documents/technology/lu-blockchain-accelerate-financial-inclusion.pdf
Islamic Finance Research links
https://manzil.ca/what-is-halal-financing/
https://icd-ps.org/fr/news/refinitiv-icd-2020-report-global-islamic-finance-assets-expected-to-hit-369-trillion-in-2024
Reference for History of Islamic Finance / Citation: Pejman Abedifar, Shahid Ebrahim, Philip Molyneux, Amine Tarazi. Islamic Banking and Fi- nance: Recent Empirical Literature and Directions for Future Research. 2014.
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
The collision between Information Computer Technologies and Finance birthed a sector called Fintech. Learn more about its foundations and the Fintech Ecosystem with Business Technology Management Professor Hamid Nach.
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Guest bio: Hamid NachHamid Nach is professor of Business Technology Management at the University of Quebec at Rimouski, campus of Lévis. He is the co-founder of Accent Numérique, a Lab focused on digital transformation in organizations and co-founder of FinteQC, the Canadian conference of Fintech and Insurtech. Hamid Nach holds a B.Sc in Physics (M5 University, Rabat), a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in management information systems (UQAM).
Episode Links:
FinteQC
Accent Numérique
Université du Québec à Rimouski
2008 financial crisis
Nuvu Cameras Case Study
4 pillars of banking
European regulations for electronic payment services
Banking industry outlook
Bank of Canada
Manzil
Drivers behind Fintech technology
Robotic Process Automation
Gamefication
Peer to Peer lending Canada
CSA regulatory sandbox 2017
Canada Sandbox Deal deal with Taiwan
Bitaccess Ie-Knowledge Hub Case Study
Open Banking
DeFI or Decentralized banking
Blockchain introduction
Blockchain protocol
Blockchain Protocol - how they work
Blockchain Smart Contracts
Blockchain Smart Contracts #2
Challenger banks
Challenger Banks in Canada
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
For Canada's economic recovery to be successful, the country will need to lean on innovative technology to increase its competitiveness in both local and international markets. Canada has many great research institutions doing fundamental science in the fields of AI, Med-tech, Clean-tech, Industry 4.0 and Quantum computing. But how are we at commercializing these technologies? On this episode of Market Hunt we chat with Suzanne Grant, CEO of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA).
Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Guest bio: Suzanne GrantSuzanne Grant is the CEO of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. The Alliance is a group of C-Suite leaders who accelerate the adoption and export of Canadian emerging technologies. CATAAlliance creates pathways to people, opportunities and funds, enhances private and public policy collaboration, and amplifies the brand of Canadian Technology. Suzanne is also Co-Chair of the E-Crimes and Cyber Council, a joint body of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police & CATAAlliance. She was previously co-founder and Chair of the medical technology early stage company iBionics. Suzanne started her career as an engineering officer in the Canadian military.
Episode Links:
In order of appearance:
Canada’s Innovation Gap
Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA)
Suzanne Grant
Bitaccess
Y Combinator
Ie-Knowledge Hub : Bitaccess Case Study
John Reid
Resilience and Rebound Fund
Statistics Canada
National Research Council of Canada
Mitacs
Canadian Technology Accelerators
Canadian Microsystems
Canadian Superclusters initiative
TECHNATION
Canadian Council of Innovators
Canadian Council of Innovators Letter - Prime Minister Trudeau
Justin Kan
Twitch.tv
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Artwork by Melissa Gendron. Voiceover: Katie Harrington.
You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Venture into the world of corporate biotech in Canada. The year is 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Andrew Casey, President of BIOTECanada weighs in on the industry, government policy, investment trends, and introduces the idea of a Canadian National Health Sciences Fund, a government sponsored fund dedicated to promoting biotech in Canada along with accelerators who help incubate these companies. Awaiting the creation of a foundational Life Sciences company in Canada, Casey tells us how he thinks this company will emerge.
Check out the BIOTECanada Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Guest bio: Andrew CaseyIn his role as President & CEO of BIOTECanada Andrew is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Association. In this capacity, he is the primary spokesperson for Canada’s biotech industry communicating on the industry’s behalf with government, regulators, international bodies, media and the Canadian public. He also ensures BIOTECanada plays a central role in partnership with Government in the development of policy relating to Canada’s biotech sector and the member companies of BIOTECanada.
Episode Links:
In order of appearance:
BIOTECanada
Ie-Knowledge Hub
Aeponyx Video Case Study
Repair, signing with BMS
Zymeworks
Venture Capital Association of Canada
AquaBounty
Okanagan Specialty Fruits
car parts being made out of soy products. Jet fuel being made out of mustard seeds
HBES, the health bio-sciences economic strategy table
Teachers' pension plan
Canadian pension plan
SARS
H1N1
MERS
Remdesivirs
Pfizer
Moderna
mRNA vaccines
AbCellera
VIDO-InterVac
Medicago
ImmunoVaccine
VBI Vaccines
Biointech
Acuitas
Precision Nanosystems
Lilly platform
mRNA facility in Michigan
Xenon
Gilead
Amgen
OMERS
OrbiMeds
Venture Capital Initiative
Venture Capital Action Plan
adMare
Bionation's Webinars
Show Credits:
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson. Sponsor narration: Katie Harrington
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on BIOTECanada, as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Going international is more than just making sales. You need to be prepared to face an onslaught of regulatory requirements, face different customer demands and be ready to modify your product accordingly. A solution? Refocus on becoming no 1 in your local market. On this episode of Market Hunt, we interview Filipe Nunes, General Manager of Magex Technologies.
Check out the Magex Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Guest bio: Filipe NunesFilipe Nunes, Managing Director at Magex technologies, has over 10 years of experience in management and business growth strategy. His advanced analytical mind and natural leadership allowed him to use his adaptability to meet very varied challenges. These experiences have allowed him to take ownership of a wide variety of issues both at the business level and at the level of technical teams.
Episode Notes Parts of episode are in French, you can download the transcript here for the English translation.
Magex Technologies
Proprio Expert
Zoom-Imm
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Magex Technologies as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
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Brand value. How do you stand out in a crowded market? You’ve got to set yourself apart. On this episode of Market Hunt, we interview André Forest, former chairman of the Board of Bonlook.
Check out the Bonlook Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Guest bio: André ForestIn addition to being a management consultant and company director, André Forest is an angel investor. An engineer by education, Mr. Forest has many years of experience managing and leading companies in the IT and e-commerce industries. Mr. Forest was the president and founder of Jobboom, the leading job board in Quebec, which was later sold to Vidéotron/Québécor. He founded Stratégies Acquizition.biz, an online platform dedicated to the financing and selling of businesses, which he sold to Transcontinental Media Group.
For the past several years, Forest has acted as a senior management consultant with several venture capital firms, including Anges Québec, Desjardins Capital de Risques, Innovatech, IUGO Ventures and SGF. He serves or has served on the boards of Bonlook, Wanted Technologies, EC market, Les Boréades, Year One Labs, Dynagram, Touchlink, Inpix Media and Netgraphe.
Prior to that, he was the General Manager of SHL Systemhouse and Vice President of the systems integration division of IST (CGI).
Episode Links:
Bonlook
Anges Québec
Walter Capital
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Bonlook, as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
What’s it like being a small manufacturer, building components that will eventually go into a Space Mission? How do companies work with universities to help with Research and Development? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Brian Creber, President of B-Con Engineering.
Check out the B-Con Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Guest bio: Brian CreberBrian Creber is President of B-Con Engineering.
Established in 1988 as a contract optical system design and prototype fabrication service provider, B-Con continues to meet the critical needs of the high-tech sector for optical engineering and optical component fabrication.
In 1997 B-Con set out to establish itself as a world leader in optical component and optical system manufacturing by providing turnkey optical engineering, prototyping and production services. B-Con is the ultimate partner for optical component fabrication and optical component outsourcing.
Today, B-Con holds numerous patents in the diamond turning and metrology fields. These patents demonstrate how B-Con is on the leading edge of optical engineering, taking optical component fabrication to another level.
Brian has 45 years of Engineering experience in the Lasers, Optics, and Systems Engineering field.
He graduated from Queens University in Engineering Physics in 1975
Episode Links:
B-Con Engineering
Phoenix Mars Lander
National Research Council Canada
Canadian Space Agency
McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute
University of Lethbridge
Pufferfish Displays
MDA
Ball Aerospace
Space Technologies
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on B-Con Engineering, as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
How is the pharmaceutical industry responding to the Covid-19 crisis? What are some of the scientific and political obstacles to develop a vaccine? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Pierre Laurin, Founder and Chairman at Ingenew Pharma.
Check out the Pierre's former company's Case Study, Prometic Life Sciences, on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Pierre Laurin, Founder and Chairman of Ingenew Pharma.
Mr. Pierre Laurin is a senior executive with more than 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He founded Prometic Life Sciences Inc. in 1994 and took the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1998. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation since its inception until December 2018 during which period he raised close to $1 billion in equity, debt financing and multinational funding. Mr. Laurin's corporate development achievements include the successful closing of multiple licensing agreements and partnering agreements with multinationals, including two strategic agreements with the American Red Cross, which led to commercial applications and blood derived therapeutics. Mr. Laurin's prior experience also includes positions with various pharmaceutical companies, including Nordic Laboratories (now Sanofi) where he played a pivotal role in the development and commercial success of Cardizem® in Canada and in the UK.
Pierre is Founder and Chairman at Ingenew Pharma. He is currently a board member of Innodem Neurosciences Inc., Innovon Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Invhealth Capital Inc. Mr. Laurin holds a Bachelor degree in Pharmacy and an MSc degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Montreal.
Episode Links:
Ingenew
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Prometic, as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
How do you get from fundamental research to developing technologies for industrial applications? From invention in the lab to innovation in the market? On this episode of Market Hunt, we interview Sébastien Blais Ouellette, CEO of Photon etc.
Check out the Photon etc. case study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Founder and CEO, Photon etc.
Sébastien Blais-Ouellette is the founder and CEO of Photon etc. He is the cornerstone of Photon etc's business development and strategic planning. Sébastien also serves as the ambassador for the company, upholding its vision and advancing its mission. Furthermore, his long-term commitment to work-life balance has created a physically and mentally healthy corporate culture. Sébastien's vision of a better world, and determination to make it happen, motivates his team to pursue ever more ambitious projects.
Sébastien completed a master degree in high energy physics at the University of Montreal and a Ph.D. in astrophysics in co-direction at the University of Montreal and the University of Aix-Marseille. Then, it is as a researcher in the astronomy department of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) that he developed a technology using volume Bragg gratings to combine images and optical spectra of an object or sample in order to understand its nature. This is how Photon etc. is born from the desire to reveal features of the universe still invisible. Suspecting the potential of this filter for microscopy, medicine, and the environment, Sébastien Blais-Ouellette decides to push the exploration by turning its instrument towards terrestrial applications, and clear the way for the birth of an outstanding company.
Episode Links:
Photon etc
University of Montreal
University of Aix-Marseille
California Institute of Technology
Volume Bragg
IR VIVO Hyperspectral Camera
National Research Council Canada
Industrial Research Assistance Program
Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive
Competing Against Luck. Clayton M. Christensen, 2016.
Optina Diagnostics
Food and Drug Administration
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Small Business Innovation Research Program
Mont Mégantic Astrolab
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Photon etc. as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
You are a very small company attempting to service much larger companies, how can you guarantee: price, service and delivery? You need to understand your value in the supply chain. Interview with Philippe Babin, CEO of Aeponyx.
Check out the Aeponyx case study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Philippe Babin, President, Aeponyx
Philippe Babin, President of AEPONYX Inc., holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Sherbrooke. Mr. Babin began his career in 1994 with C-Mac Microcircuits Inc. as a Process Engineer and subsequently, he held various management positions, including Director of Substrates Manufacturing, contributing to the 600% growth in revenues of one the most profitable business units of the EMS division. Philippe Babin joined Mediatrix Telecom, a division of Media5 Corporation, in 2001 as Head of Research and Development. Within this company, he successively headed Product Line Management, Sales Engineering, Sales and Marketing for finally being appointed as General Manager. Before joining Media5 with the co-founders, Mr Babin started in 2012 his own consulting firm in sales and marketing development.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Aeponyx as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Cryptocurrencies have been playing a game of snakes and ladders since their humble beginnings, experiencing massive price volatility. Considering Fintech's disruptive impact, what will the future of banking look like?
Check out the BitAccess case study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Haseeb Awan, CEO, Efani
Haseeb Awan is a cellphone security expert and the CEO of Efani – “America’s Most Secure & Private Cellphone Service”. He also was the creator of the 1st Bitcoin ATM, Y-Combinator Alumni and Telecommunication Engineer. He has a long history of innovation and success in the crypto space.
Episode updates:
Bitcoin officially halved on May 11, 2020.
At time of publishing in the end of September 2020, Haseeb mentioned “I think now we are kinda out of winter”.
Efani’s insurance protection has gone up to 5M.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on BitAccess as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Microelectronics are everywhere. Innovation in this industry moves at lighting speed. But how? On this episode of Market Hunt, we examine the innovation process for microelectronics manufacturing with guest Normand Bourbonnais, CEO of C2MI.
Check out the C2MI case study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Normand Bourbonnais, CEO, C2MI
President and CEO of the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Center (C2MI), Mr. Normand Bourbonnais identifies strategies enabling companies to foster the growth of the Canadian microelectronics industry through the accelerated commercialization of driven market prototypes. Establishing a unique and essential link between applied research and industry needs, C2MI's ecosystem lays the foundation for research and product development for all market segments.
One of the primary roles of C2MI is to maintain a technological strategy allowing it and its members, to stay ahead of the competition and to reinvent innovation.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on C2MI as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
Cities around the world are experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis. The way we build, how we assemble materials and dispose of construction waste isn’t sustainable. On this episode of Market Hunt, we meet someone attempting to do something about it: designer and social entrepreneur Rune Kongshaug.
What elements are necessary to create a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Nick Quain, VP Venture Development at Invest Ottawa.
Check out the Produktif on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Rune Kongshaug
Rune Kongshaug is a designer and social entrepreneur who has dedicated his professional life to the development of sustainable communities by design. Kongshaug works on product development with interdisciplinary partners in the private sector, industry, and research and development within architecture, construction technology, and responsible development. He is founder and CEO of Produktif, a construction technology and design company.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Invest Ottawa as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
What elements are necessary to create a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Nick Quain, VP Venture Development at Invest Ottawa.
Check out the Invest Ottawa Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Nick Quain
As Vice President of Venture Development at Invest Ottawa, Nick leads all programming and support for start-up, early stage and scaling companies alike, while supporting Ottawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem as a whole.
This work includes the design and launch of Invest Ottawa’s Pre-Accelerator program and the IO Accelerator in 2018, and then the Scale Up program and IO Peer Groups in 2019, while also orchestrating one of the largest pitch competitions in Canadian history at AccelerateOTT. Overall, this involved running an extended team supporting these entrepreneurs and their staff, while managing a stable of Ottawa’s top business advisors ranging across all areas of technology and entrepreneurship.
Previously at CellWand, Nick was co-founder and CEO, where he drove all development, strategy and execution, where he pioneered the use of abbreviated dialing codes in North America with our award winning #TAXI (Pound Taxi) service and subsequently in the mobile transportation space, with The Ride app. Highlights included raising several million in capital, closing industry first deals with every major wireless carrier in North America and architecting a marketing strategy that made #TAXI a national brand used over 17 million times (and counting), while propelling CellWand to profitability and millions in revenue.
CellWand won numerous business and innovation awards, including the 2010 Canada’s Top 10 Competition for Technology, Named one of the Hottest Innovation Companies in Canada, and one of the top 10 Wireless Companies to watch by IDC.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Invest Ottawa as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
What does the future of electronics manufacturing look like? How can a small company become indispensable when swimming in waters with much larger players? On this episode of Market Hunt, we interview Francois Monette, of Cogiscan.
Check out the Cogiscan Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: François Monette
François Monette is a Co-Founder and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Cogiscan. A manufacturing engineering graduate of McGill University in Montreal, François started his career at IBM, and went on to hold various positions in engineering and sales in the electronics manufacturing industry. He co-founded Cogiscan in 1999 along with Vincent Dubois and Andre Corriveau. Today, Cogiscan is the leading provider of Track, Trace and Control and machine connectivity solutions for electronics manufacturers.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Cogiscan as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
You’ve developed one of the world’s most sensitive low light imaging cameras, with multiple potential market applications. You’ve landed a contract with one the world’s most prestigious technology organizations. But is this the right long term market fit for your product? As an up and comer, how do you decide which markets to focus on? Making the wrong decision could cost you years and lots of money. On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Marie-Eve Ducharme, President & CEO of Nüvü Camēras.
Check out the Nüvü Camēras Case Study on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.
Guest Bio: Marie-Eve Ducharme
Graduated in Physics from the University of Montreal and in Management from Hautes Études Commerciales, HEC Montreal, Marie-Eve Ducharme specialized in Innovation Management from the École de Technologie Superieure, before adding 15 years of experience in the management of new solutions at the cutting edge of technology. With solid management experience with academic and private institutions, Marie-Eve Ducharme successfully launched her 2nd high technology start-up company, Nüvü Camēras. Initially a manager of various projects at the University of Montreal, she was then physicist and project manager at Photon etc., an innovative company specialized in hyperspectral imaging and spectroscopy instruments, where she quickly became the COO. In addition to leading the development of EMCCD products since 2008, she has successfully led more than 12 major development projects in advanced optical instrumentation while respecting budgets accorded by the National Council of Research of Canada and the Canadian Space Agency, among others, totaling more than $15 million entrusted to her management. In 2017, the Young Chamber of Commerce of Montreal awarded her the International Leader Award. Her success led her to give back to the next generation of entrepreneurs by co-chairing the Montreal Inc. Foundation’s fundraising campaign, an organization that has been a springboard for Nüvü Caméras in terms of its leading financial partner and business network. She also serves on the board of the Montreal Innovation District and Optonique, Quebec’s center of excellence in optics and photonics.
Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: thierry.harris@cartouchemedia.com
Market Hunt is produced by Cartouche Media in collaboration with Seratone Studios in Montreal and Popup Podcasting in Ottawa.
Market Hunt is part of the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub network. Funding for this program comes from the Social Sciences and Humanities Resource Council of Canada.
Executive Producers: Hamid Etemad, McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management and Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Associate Producer, Jose Orlando Montes, Université du Québec à Montréal.
Technical Producers Simon Petraki, Seratone Studio and Lisa Querido, Pop up Podcasting.
Show consultant, JP Davidson.
Artwork by Melissa Gendron. You can check out the ie-Knowledge Hub Case studies on Nüvü Camēras as well as other cases at ie-knowledgehub.ca.
What does the Canadian Biotech ecosystem look like? What are companies doing to help us stay healthy? Help feed ourselves? And power our planes, trains and automobiles? And how can they achieve this in a sustainable way? What network effects are there in the biotech landscape? On this episode of Market Hunt, we chat with Andrew Casey, President of BIOTECanada.
Guest Bio:
Andrew Casey
In his role as President & CEO of BIOTECanada Andrew is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Association. In this capacity, he is the primary spokesperson for Canada’s biotech industry communicating on the industry’s behalf with government, regulators, international bodies, media and the Canadian public. He also ensures BIOTECanada plays a central role in partnership with Government in the development of policy relating to Canada’s biotech sector and the member companies of BIOTECanada.