Best Mo Akif Podcasts (2025)

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Charlie Feng on investing $1B, 20-minute term sheets, and data-driven decisions 43:06

5y ago43:06

43:06

On today’s show, our guest is Charlie Feng, co-founder at Clearbanc, a venture capital firm led by Michele Romanow of Dragon’s Den fame. Clearbanc is the biggest ecommerce investor in the world. In 2019, they had the goal of “backing 2,000 businesses with $1 billion in non-dilutive capital by the end of the year.” And as you’ll hear in the conversa…

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Remix Snacks: Chocolate bars without the downsides 37:34

5y ago37:34

37:34

Our guests are Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam. They’re both registered dietitians that graduated from McGill, and together they founded Remix Snacks, taking on the challenge of creating delicious snacks that combine the delicate taste of fine dark chocolate, with the nutritional benefits of their favourite plant-based protein – beans. They have a doubl…

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Anna Chif on McKinsey, AI, and Dialogue's mental health product 24:33

5+ y ago24:33

24:33

Anna Chif is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy & Product Officer at Dialogue, Canada’s leading telehealth company. Dialogue provides progressive, premium and affordable virtual healthcare to Canadian businesses for their employees, accessible on mobile and online. This past summer they raised a $40M Series B Financing Round to expand to other markets i…

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Emilie Boutros: CFO and General Partner at TandemLaunch 45:22

5+ y ago45:22

45:22

The Made At McGill podcast is brought to you by Interac, Canada's leading payment brand. Interac is chosen an average of 16 million times daily to pay and exchange money. To learn more, visit interac.ca. This episode features Emilie Boutros - who’s currently a general partner and CFO at TandemLaunch, which is a startup foundry and seed fund based i…

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BONUS: Scott H Young on effective learning, education, Cal Newport, mental models, and more 1:46:41

5+ y ago1:46:41

1:46:41

In this bonus episode we talk about a bunch of different things, including: the 9 principles of effective learning, mental models, his friendship with author Cal Newport, motivation, cultural differences in storytelling between the West and the East, education, the mysteries of consciousness, and why we can form analogies between vastly different t…

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How to become a world-class entrepreneur in one year 1:02:56

5+ y ago1:02:56

1:02:56

This episode is a definitive guide on how to develop your entrepreneurial skills: Scott walks us through the 9 principles of effective learning, and how to apply them to become a world-class entrepreneur. Scott H Young is an entrepreneur and author of Wall Street Journal best-seller Ultralearning. You can learn more about him or read his free conte…

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Dax Dasilva: Origins of the Unseparator (Lightspeed, NeverApart) 28:45

5+ y ago28:45

28:45

This is the full story of how Dax Dasilva got to where he is now. He's the CEO of Lightspeed, which IPO'd in March & sits at a $3B+ market cap. He also founded NeverApart, a nonprofit cultural centre that aims to unite people through art. This episode explores all the untold stories you don't hear about in other interviews - it's not about business…

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A conversation with Francis Davidson (Sonder) 31:27

6y ago31:27

31:27

This is a conversation I had with Francis Davidson when he visited McGill last year, and the subject matter spans across: The founding of Sonder His influences including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos How building Sonder and living in San Francisco has changed his worldview Using VR to reshape education The 4 major activities he does to cont…

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Vent Over Tea: Real Talk with Strangers 26:50

6y ago26:50

26:50

Vent Over Tea is a social enterprise founded at McGill that offers a free active listening service in Montreal (and recently, Calgary) to anybody who wants to talk through their struggles. They won 1st place in the Social Enterprise Track in the McGill Dobson Cup 2016, and have been featured in the Montreal Gazette as well as Bell Media. The 3 foun…

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A conversation with Philippe Beaudoin (ElementAI) 25:40

6y ago25:40

25:40

This episode is brought to you by the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. Our mission is to inspire, teach, and develop world-class entrepreneurs. Now, Made at McGill is usually a narrative-driven, highly produced podcast about the origin stories of McGill’s top entrepreneurs. But this episode is different, it’s experimental; it doesn’t matc…

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Food, Fetherston, and a Fire 25:13

6+ y ago25:13

25:13

Everybody likes good food. Not everybody has access to it. And not all good food is good for the planet, or the people preparing it. That’s why McGill MBA alum Natasha Alani and chef Aaron Fetherston started Kiffin. They’re on a mission to make real food accessible to real people. And they’re doing it while running an operation that’s sustainable a…

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The World's 1st Electric Snowmobile 21:10

6+ y ago21:10

21:10

Taiga Motors is building and commercializing the world's first electric snowmobile. The founder, Sam Bruneau, is a McGill Engineering alum who won the McGill Dobson Cup in 2016. This is the story of how Taiga was made at McGill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Official Trailer 3:11

6+ y ago3:11

3:11

We need more entrepreneurs and innovators in the world. In a word, Makers. But there’s a well-kept secret on campus – McGill harbors Makers. They’re everywhere. Every faculty, every building, every classroom. Made At McGill is a highly produced, narrative-driven podcast focused on their origin stories. And it’s the first Canadian media program to c…

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Made At McGill

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Charlie Feng on investing $1B, 20-minute term sheets, and data-driven decisions 43:06

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Remix Snacks: Chocolate bars without the downsides 37:34

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Anna Chif on McKinsey, AI, and Dialogue's mental health product 24:33

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Emilie Boutros: CFO and General Partner at TandemLaunch 45:22

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BONUS: Scott H Young on effective learning, education, Cal Newport, mental models, and more 1:46:41

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How to become a world-class entrepreneur in one year 1:02:56

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Dax Dasilva: Origins of the Unseparator (Lightspeed, NeverApart) 28:45

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A conversation with Francis Davidson (Sonder) 31:27

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Vent Over Tea: Real Talk with Strangers 26:50

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A conversation with Philippe Beaudoin (ElementAI) 25:40

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Food, Fetherston, and a Fire 25:13

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The World's 1st Electric Snowmobile 21:10

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Official Trailer 3:11