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Why Canada needs a post-pandemic prosperity strategy
NACO Academy Podcast - September 11, 2021 12:00 - 5 minutesBenjamin Bergen is Executive Director of the Council of Canadian Innovators, a national business council led by the CEOs of Canada’s fastest growing technology firms. It’s easy to be a pessimist these days. We have now been slogging through the turmoil, strain and heartache of a global pandemic...
Season 2 Preview
NACO Academy Podcast - September 10, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutesSeason 2 is packed with actionable content and intimate conversations. For pure concentrated knowledge on mobilizing capital and scaling the next massive global success story, we will be interweaving content from a Practical Guide to Angel Investing and you will hear from over 100 prominent th...
Preview of NACO West - Register for Free at www.NACO.live
NACO Academy Podcast - March 27, 2021 04:00 - 3 minutesPreview of NACO West - Register for Free at www.NACO.live Join conversations at the intersection of entrepreneurship, capital and innovation on March 30 & 31. Amber Mac TV Host and Author Andrew D'Souza Co-Founder & CEO at Clearbanc Arik Broadbent Partner at Dentons Arlene Dickinson Genera...
Absolutely Critical to Preserve Diversity of Tech Sector: Laura McGee, CEO and Founder of Diversio
NACO Academy Podcast - May 27, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes“We crunched data a few weeks ago and the risk that the pandemic poses — in terms of erasing the gains that Canada has made on supporting diverse entrepreneurs — is significant and undeniable. The proportion of women-led business in a ‘do-nothing scenario’ will drop from 17% to 12%. Businesses e...
Small Business is 98% of Our Economy: Frances McRae, Assistant Deputy Minister of Small Business and Marketplace Services Innovation, Science and Economic Development
NACO Academy Podcast - May 26, 2020 23:00 - 26 minutes“You’ve heard the government say they are not afraid of adjusting the measures that have rolled out. Getting money out there as quickly as possible was important, but there would be adjustments. I think that’s what you’ve seen the government do the last number of weeks — they’re not afraid of sa...
Government Should Leverage Angel Investors: Michael King, Finance Professor at the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
NACO Academy Podcast - May 26, 2020 22:00 - 8 minutes“To get to the punchline, the government should set up a co-investment fund that matches angel investments dollar for dollar. It should adopt a national tax incentive scheme that already exists in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. And it should consider replacing the loans that are...
Government Funding to Survive the Crisis: Opening Remarks by Claudio Rojas, CEO at NACO
NACO Academy Podcast - May 26, 2020 21:00 - 6 minutesThe combined impact of the health pandemic and economic crisis hit hard and fast. This resulted in initial government relief taking what was described as a “people first” approach, with an emphasis on employees at risk of layoffs, and trying to minimize the impact on individuals. –– All of this ...
Canada's Moment to Shine: Dr. Kamran Khan, CEO and Founder at BlueDot
NACO Academy Podcast - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 13 minutes“History is unfolding right before our eyes. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that this pandemic is maybe one of the most important and significant events in human history. We’ve never had a moment where the entire planet has been crippled by a tiny little virus in the way that COVID-19 has i...
Innovating at the Speed of the Crisis: Opening remarks by Claudio Rojas
NACO Academy Podcast - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutesInnovating at the speed of the crisis is a concept that speaks to the importance of angel investing in early-stage start-ups and scale-ups, as well as the government’s decisive response to supporting the ecosystem. “We’ve already seen our government lead the way innovating at the speed of the cr...
Canadian Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors Must Lead the Way: Ali Ehsassi, Parliamentary Secretary to The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
NACO Academy Podcast - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 26 minutes“Over the past few months, we’ve been working hand in hand with companies as they retool and rapidly scale up to produce critical equipment such as masks, face shields, ventilators, medical gowns and test kits. This is an excellent opportunity for Canadian innovators. As many of you may have hea...
Massive Tech Companies Grow From a Robust Pipeline of Start-ups: Janet Bannister, Managing Partner at Real Ventures
NACO Academy Podcast - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes“I use the analogy that you can’t grow a tree without planting a seed. And similarly, there’s no way you can build massive tech companies in Canada without supporting a robust pipeline of young, promising start-ups. Fostering of these early-stage tech companies must be done in Canada by Canadian...
Massive Tech Companies Grow From a Robust Pipeline of Start-ups: Janet Bannister, Managing Partner at Real Ventures
NACO Academy Podcast - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes“I use the analogy that you can’t grow a tree without planting a seed. And similarly, there’s no way you can build massive tech companies in Canada without supporting a robust pipeline of young, promising start-ups. Fostering of these early-stage tech companies must be done in Canada by Canadian...
Canada's Moment to Shine: Dr. Kamran Khan, CEO and Founder at BlueDot
NACO Academy Podcast - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 13 minutes“History is unfolding right before our eyes. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that this pandemic is maybe one of the most important and significant events in human history. We’ve never had a moment where the entire planet has been crippled by a tiny little virus in the way that COVID-19 has i...
Unleashing the Full Potential of Our Ecosystem with Cathy Bennett and Shelley Kuipers
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 02:00 - 15 minutes“About 51 percent of our population are women, and we get four percent of venture-capital funding. Quite frankly, that’s an awful lot of capital to leave, and a lot of people out of the competitive ecosystem underutilized.” “We really need also to remember that when you think about women as a w...
Unleashing the Full Potential of Our Ecosystem with Cathy Bennett and Shelley Kuipers
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 02:00 - 15 minutes“About 51 percent of our population are women, and we get four percent of venture-capital funding. Quite frankly, that’s an awful lot of capital to leave, and a lot of people out of the competitive ecosystem underutilized.” “We really need also to remember that when you think about women as a w...
Ecosystem in Crisis: InterGen CEO Sandi Gilbert, The OMX Founder Nicole Verkindt, and The DMZ Executive Director Abdullah Snobar
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 02:00 - 14 minutesSandi Gilbert, CEO at InterGen and Board Chair at NACO moderated a discussion with Abdullah Snobar, Executive Director at The DMZ and Nicole Verkindt, Founder at The OMX on their leadership journeys and insights on sustaining a business in crisis mode. Originally Recorded on April 30, 2020. Cli...
Cathy Bennett on Unleashing a New Wave of Wealth
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 2 minutesThis untapped segment of the population signifies incredible opportunity for investors and innovators. Increasing access to capital remains a persistent impediment to growing world-class companies. “This generation of women is going to inherit or have earned the most amount of wealth that women ...
Activating Capital for All Entrepreneurs: Claudio Rojas, CEO and Amanda Filipe Director at NACO
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 5 minutesNACO’s fifth weekly collaborative roundtable on Thursday April 30th focused on activating capital for the next wave of great founders. In partnership with The51 and Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund, NACO welcomed an impressive panel of industry insiders and experts well-versed in the intense need t...
Activating Diversity: Nicole LeBlanc on Atlantic Women's Venture Fund
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 2 minutes“A lot of people understand diversity is important, but they actually don’t know how to translate that into action and really don’t understand how to bring more diverse perspectives, whether it’s female board members or female executives or female staff,” said Nicole Leblanc, the Toronto-based D...
Founding a Movement: Rhiannon Davies, Co-Founder of the Atlantic Women's Venture Fund
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 3 minutesPrior to the COVID-19 crisis, we had the opportunity to speak with three founders of the Atlantic Women's Venture Fund at the NACO Summit in Halifax. Their words still ring true in the current environment. More so, perhaps. Originally Recorded in September 2019. Sign-up to our newsletter for an...
Founding a Movement: Rhiannon Davies, Co-Founder of the Atlantic Women's Venture Fund
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 3 minutesPrior to the COVID-19 crisis, we had the opportunity to speak with three founders of the Atlantic Women's Venture Fund at the NACO Summit in Halifax. Their words still ring true in the current environment. More so, perhaps. Originally Recorded in September 2019. Sign-up to our newsletter for an...
In Conversation with Rachel Bendayan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and Internatio
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 35 minutesRachel Bendayan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, in a conversation with leading entrepreneurs, Bobbie Racette, Founder & CEO at Virtual Gurus; Dr Franziska Broell, CEO at Motryx; Stephany Lapierre, CEO at tealbook; and Jennifer...
TV Host and Author Amber Mac on the State of the Ecosystem at NACO Roundtable
NACO Academy Podcast - May 02, 2020 01:00 - 2 minutesI would argue that over the past couple of decades, there has been an overemphasis in the startup world on growth for the sake of growth. Employees hired, companies acquired. There have been startups that I’ve interviewed that can barely explain what they do, and leaders who have been praised fo...
COVID-19 Has Changed Health Care and There Is No Going Back: Dr. Benjamin Fine, Physician and Co-Founder at HaloHealth
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 22:00 - 8 minutes“Everyone knows that post-COVID-19 — the next two years — are not going to look like a month ago. It’s not a switch you can just turn back on. We have glimmers of what that’s going to look like for anyone who’s been to Loblaws or any grocery store, and the question is healthcare providers need h...
Working Together Will Make Our Ecosystem Stronger: Victoria Lennox, Founder at Startup Canada
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 21:00 - 7 minutes“Cultivating that strong grassroots ecosystem from the ground up is so important right now… there are a lot of opportunities here to make a stronger ecosystem and it will take us all working together.” — Victoria Lennox, Founder of Startup Canada Originally Recorded on April 23, 2020. Click her...
Introductory Remarks at Roundtable on Innovations in Health Care
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 21:00 - 2 minutesWe all know the idiom credited to philosopher Plato: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” It means, of course, that new ways of doing things are often created or discovered when there’s a real, intense need for them. And as we navigate this COVID-19 pandemic together, it’s fair to say this ad...
Super Angels Launch New Fund: Benton Leong, General Partner at ArchAngel Network of Funds
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 21:00 - 6 minutes“We have really bright minds working on how to solve various aspects of this pandemic… we want to make sure these folks are able to bring their solutions to market sooner rather than later. We’re changing the way we work. We’re deploying funds in a matter of weeks rather than months.” — Benton L...
Bold Government Procurement Policies Will Lead the Recovery: Angela Mondou, CEO of TechNation
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 21:00 - 9 minutes“We have billions of dollars across Canada right now earmarked for technology, so doesn’t it make sense that the government becomes the biggest customer as we face this economic slowdown for our tech scale-ups and SMEs? “I believe tech procurement is the biggest lever that the government has as...
State of the Innovation Economy by Douglas Soltys, Editor-in-Chief at BetaKit
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 21:00 - 5 minutes“The main takeaways… are the difficulties people are having in projecting a way out of this and building a plan, and the difficulties in taking care of teams right now, as we are locked in self-isolation in trying circumstances.” — Douglas Soltys, Editor-in-Chief at BetaKit Originally Recorded...
Claudia Krywiak, President & CEO at Ontario Centres of Excellence
NACO Academy Podcast - April 26, 2020 21:00 - 8 minutes"This week’s respected roster of speakers spoke about how we can all do our part — the way we can lean in, support the emergence of new med-tech initiatives and help these small and medium-sized enterprises get their innovations and technologies to market sooner. “It is in precisely these times,...
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