Ecosystem Building
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Podcasting as a thinktank
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Our podcast is a platform for rethinking what entrepreneurship can look like: less hustle, more human. More inclusive. More honest.
In 2024, we expanded the conversation. Founder and CEO Scott Stirrett continued to host Seasons 9 and 11 with his signature curiosity and thoughtful questions, while our CPO Gina Patterson joined as a new host for Season 10, bringing fresh perspectives and welcoming new audiences.
Themes we explored this year:
- Challenging traditional industries and rethinking sustainability
- Human-centered leadership, feedback, and psychological safety
- Navigating neurodiversity, mental health, and imperfection
- Decolonization, intersectionality, and cultural change
- Purpose-driven innovation tackling real-world problems
- Growing through failure, vulnerability, and personal transformation
- Entrepreneurship through acquisition as a new pathway to entrepreneurship
By creating space for these conversations, we aimed to share a more honest, nuanced, and inclusive view of entrepreneurship to allow more people to see themselves in it.
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Guests
Shani Gwin
Founder, pipikwan pêhtâkwan
Nadia Ladak
Co-Founder & CEO, Marlow
Heather Lewenza and Tereska Gesing
Co-Founders, Core Fabrics
Jessica Bosman & Bryn Davis Williams
Co-Founders, DOUBL
Sarah Stockdale
Founder & CEO, Growclass
Sameer Dhar
CEO and Co-Founder, NiaHealth
Drayton Mulindabigwi
Founder, 20today20tomorrow
Angie Tran & Bernard Law
Co-Founders, Kind Laundry
Ashley Good
Founder & CEO, Fail Forward
Laura Gabor & Jenessa Olsen
Co-Founders, ecologicca
Kevin La
VFC Intrapreneur Alumni
AJ Tibando
Co-Founder, Palette Skills
Katie Dunsworth-Reiach
Co-CEO, Clariti
Cyrus Symoom
Co-Founder, TalkShop
Karen Greve Young
CEO, Futurpreneur
Lourdes Juan
Founder & CEO, Knead Technologies
Rachel Zimmer
Co-Founder and CEO, Simple Ventures
Susy Martins
Founder and CEO, Advise2Rise
Reuvan Ashtar
CEO, Never Napping
Jacqueline Good
Founder and CEO, Magnestar Inc
Juanita Lee-Garcia
Executive Director, Upside Foundation
Laura Buhler
Head of Startup Product Marketing & Community, Stripe
Abi Coman-Walker
COO, Acuitas Therapeutics
Samantha Stilwell
Founder, CultureDynamiq
Jennie Wedd
Senior Manager, Marketing & Partnerships, VFC
Glen Silvestri
Managing Partner, Sage Capital
Martin Basiri
Founder & CEO, Passage
Tamara Vrooman
CEO, Vancouver International Airport
Ian Brooks
CEO, HelloFresh
Jason Silver
Author, Your Grass is Greener: Use What You Have
Mario Nigro
Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Sean Speer
Editor at Large, The Hub
Alex Baniczky
Senior Vice-President and Head of BMO Capital Partners
Stewart Beck
President, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Geoff Smith
Chair of EllisDon
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