Best Paul Amp Ahmed Podcasts (2025)

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Navigating AI Innovations and Investment Strategies with Tony Kim 34:47

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In the latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Tony Kim, a corporate investor focused on AI infrastructure, deep tech, and enterprise SaaS. Tony works at a Fortune 100 company's corporate development and venture arm, where he's engaged in everything from M&A to venture capital and LP investing. What makes this conversation part…

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Transforming a Legacy Industry with Modular Solutions 31:20

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On this episode of What The Tech we welcome Aaron Konyer, Chief Technology Officer at Modular Solutions. Founded in 2015, Modular Solutions (formerly Nude Solutions) is a SaaS company on a mission to remove pain and friction from the insurance industry through software that allows Insurance Carriers, Managing General Agencies, Mutuals and Brokers t…

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"Exploring the Future of Tech" with Steven Vi of VizworX Inc. 23:53

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In this episode of Boast's What the Tech podcast we chat with Steven Vi, Lead Solutions Engineer at VizworX Inc., a custom software development company based in Calgary. Steven shares his journey from academic research at the University of Calgary to leading complex tech projects at VizworX. They discuss the company's innovative approaches using AR…

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"Your Technical Partner Is the Most Important Thing" with Tyler Kelloway of CoLab 25:19

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For fast-growing tech companies, navigating SR&ED tax credits can mean the difference between extending runway by quarters or getting bogged down in painful audits that consume dozens of hours. The key differentiator? Finding a technical partner who can translate engineering innovation into tax language without requiring extensive hand-holding. Tyl…

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"Let's Build Some Cool Stuff" with Ahmed Hadjeres of ProductShop 27:10

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Some of the best entrepreneurial journeys begin with simple problems that need solving. For Ahmed Hadjeres, founder and principal electrical engineer at ProductShop, that problem was remarkably straightforward: He loved music shows but couldn't score tickets. That quest for free concerts led him to build access control technology that would eventua…

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"The Right Message at the Right Time" with Aly Khan Musani of Symend 27:01

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Making FP&A Easier with John Hunt of General Ledger Partners 17:05

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Hello and welcome to What The Tech from Boast AI, where we talk with some of the brilliant minds behind new and exciting tech initiatives to learn what it takes to tackle “Technological Uncertainty” and eventually change the world. For small businesses navigating the complex world of R&D tax credits, finding the right partners can make all the diff…

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Driving "Infrastructure Independent" Innovation with Leigh Christie of MistyWest 34:00

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What The Tech is back for a new season of innovation insights with leaders across Canada's tech ecosystem. On our return episode, we welcome to the show Leigh Christie, Cofounder of MistyWest. Launched in 2003, MistyWest is an engineering design consultancy that helps create futuristic technologies that enable a healthier planet while bringing pros…

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Unlock Real-Time SaaS Insights with David Brennan of Arkeo 20:17

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On this episode of What The Tech from Boast AI, we’re thrilled to welcome onto the show entrepreneur-extraordinaire David Brennan! David is the CEO and Co-Founder of Arkeo AI, which is a SaaS Copilot that enables sales teams to achieve faster win rates and ultimately close more deals. More than just a sales tool, Arkeo AI is designed specifically f…

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Creating Personalized Connections with Rustam Sengupta of Tuktu Care 12:13

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On this latest episode of What The Tech, we welcome the Founder & CEO of Tuktu Care, Rustam Sengupta! Rustam is a passionate serial entrepreneur with a focus on senior care technology, climate change, and renewable energy. As the founder and CEO of Tuktu Care, an on-demand marketplace that connects aging adults with local providers and companions, …

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Build For Your Market with Sydney Wong 18:16

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Welcome to What The Tech from Boast AI, where we talk with some of the brilliant minds behind new and exciting tech initiatives to learn what it takes to tackle “technological uncertainty” and, eventually, change the world. Today we welcome VentureX Principal Sydney Wong onto the show! Sydney is an exited tech founder turned early-stage investor wi…

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Maximizing the Value of Content with Ve Sharma of Adauris 21:16

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On the latest What The Tech podcast we welcome CTO and Co-Founder of Adauris Ve Sharma. Adauris is a B2B SaaS narration tool for publishers that enables written content to be instantly transformed into rich audio experiences. As an audiophile himself, Ve is passionate about Ad Auris’s mission to help publishers & content creators create greater val…

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Leveling Up with Dennis Chow of Lodestone 21:15

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On this latest episode of What The Tech, we welcome seasoned product executive and award-winning founder of Lodestone, Dennis Chow! At Lodestone, Dennis and his team have built a product management software platform that helps busy product teams move faster and get more of their product work done. Ultimately, Lodestone helps teams drive towards com…

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Navigating Growth in Life Sciences with Kumar Erramilli of Acto 24:21

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Driving innovation that truly revolutionizes sectors is a team effort. That’s exactly what Acto Co-Founder and CTO Kumar Erramilli is looking to do in the realm of biopharma, and he’s working with the team here at Boast to maximize his innovation potential and build one of the fastest-growing startups in all of Canada in the process. ACTO is an AI-…

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Embrace Continuous Feedback with Santosh Nair of Styx Intelligence 24:31

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Today’s guest on What The Tech is Styx Intelligence Co-Founder Santosh Nair! Styx Intelligence is a next-generation platform helping organizations manage Digital Risk. In his role at Styx Intelligence , Santosh leads the overall product vision and long-term strategy and development of its StyxView platform. Their Mission is to protect organizations…

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Dramatic Leap to Meet Climate Goals with Winston Morton of Climative 23:39

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Building a purpose-driven business isn’t easy. But when you start developing new technology that tackles a specific, pressing problem with a focus on the customers who most acutely need your solution, a wealth of support systems will open up to help your product take flight. To share their journey through Canada’s innovation ecosystem, we welcome o…

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It Takes More Than Money to Achieve Success with Faisal Khan of FMRK Diagnostics 20:34

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At FMRK, Faisal and his team are developing a Rapid Urinary Tract Infection Antibiotic Susceptibility Test for the elderly and people with spinal cord injuries. Their technology is rooted in decentralized diagnostic testing solutions, making medical diagnostics easy to use, quick, and reliable. Their first-of-a-kind, near-patient Antibiotic Suscept…

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Putting Ego Aside with Hudhaifah Zahid of econommi 26:41

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On the latest episode of What The Tech we welcome Hudhaifah Zahid, Co-Founder and CEO of econommi. At econommi, Hudhaifah and his team are building a new generation of interest-free models that revolutionize private markets by digitizing real-world assets. Their unique technology can tokenize almost any asset — that includes cars today, and maybe r…

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Bonus: SR&ED Unlocked with VanHack 10:07

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On this bonus episode we welcome a return guest onto the What The Tech podcast: Our pal Ilya Brotzky, CEO of VanHack. Ilya’s team just celebrated 9 years of success helping to create a borderless world for tech talent, with more than more than 450,000 members having joined the VanHack community from over 100 countries since VanHack’s inception. Ily…

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Unlock Hidden R&D Insights with Shahed Khalili 29:54

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On this special episode, we welcome a member of the Boast team onto the show, Mr. Shahed Khalili! Shahed is Boast’s Chief Product and Technical Officer, where he’s leading the team that’s building our award-winning, data-driven R&D intelligence platform, using the latest in AI and ML to help our clients accelerate their innovation and extend their …

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Laser Focus to Move the Dial with Beth Nevins of Developa 26:53

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Today we welcome onto the show Developa Founder Beth Nevins. Developa is a people and talent consultancy with deep expertise and experience operating in and supporting start-ups backed by Tiger Global, Sequoia, Target Global, Balderton, and Atomico. As experts in People & Talent, Beth and her team work as advisors, coaches, and consultants to help …

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Unlock Limitless Creativitiy with Mathew Mozaffari of Speer 24:14

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We welcome to the show product development mastermind and tech guru Mathew Mozaffari of Speer. At Speer, Matthew and his team help startups and institutions build tools with proprietary tech, while assisting with end-to-end product development. At the same time, they’re also building apps and tools aimed to help improve our day-to-day lives, workin…

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Being a tech entrepreneur in the AI age with John Lyotier of TravelAI 29:57

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Today we welcome TravelAI Co-Founder and CEO John Lyotier onto the show. TravelAI is an applied AI company that connects high-intent travelers to the largest travel websites in the world and over 10 million properties through a network of interconnected brands. The company was an early spin-out of Canadian-based Left Technologies (which John also c…

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Marching To 100 Million Steps with Trexo Robotics 19:16

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We welcome Manmeet Maggu, Founder and CEO at Trexo Robotics. His team are re-imagining pediatric rehabilitation, while also redefining mobility solutions for all people. Manmeet started the company when he found out that his nephew had Cerebral Palsy and was unable to walk. Instead of waiting for the future to happen, Manmeet and his team decided t…

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Supercharging Mobility Innovation with Francis Beauchamp-Verdon of AWL-E 20:57

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We welcome Francis Beauchamp-Verdon, Co-Founder, VP and Business Development Director at AWL-E, to discuss his mission in the mobility space and the amazing vision his team share. At AWL-E, Francis and his team have developed a revolutionary method to move electricity wirelessly that not only breaks all boundaries of innovation, but also has immens…

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"More focus on fundamentals" with Shan Gu of Foci Solutions 21:41

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Today we welcome Shan Gu, Founder & CEO of Foci Solutions. At Foci Solutions, Shan’s team helps organizations build strong software engineering teams and self-sustaining talent engines, with the belief that the best engineering teams are ones that invest in each individual's development and learning. Foci’s development pods work with their clients'…

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Insights Beyond Tax Credits with Matt Funk of Boast 24:12

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We welcome a member of the Boast team onto the show, Mr. Matt Funk! Matt is Boast’s VP of Customer Delivery, and has been a critical member of the Boast team pretty much since the beginning! He joined Boast back in 2013 as a Technology Advisor and has been helping steer the ship ever since, today leading our Customer Delivery arm and ensuring that …

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"Throw the kitchen sink at startups" with Ian McCarter of MaRS Discovery District 20:46

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This episode we welcome Ian McCarter, the Director of Corporate Innovation at MaRS Discovery District. MaRS Discovery District helps Canadian startups succeed so they can solve our toughest problems in areas like climate, health and the economy. As North America’s largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity, MaRS provides direct support f…

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"The greatest startup show on Earth" with Jason Taylor of CodeLaunch Accelerator 28:53

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Today’s guest is Jason Taylor, President and Founder of CodeLaunch, the FREE seed accelerator event that pairs tech startups with world class dev teams to help them raise. They do this by helping early stage tech startup founders get their digital products off the ground, increasing their likelihood to launch, raise funding, and succeed as a disrup…

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"Democratizing Startup Funding" with Peter-Paul Van Hoeken 27:05

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On this episode of What The Tech we welcome FrontFundr Founder & CEO Peter-Paul Van Hoeken! At FrontFundr, Peter-Paul and his team have built the leading equity crowdfunding platform in Canada, empowering everyday Canadians to invest in companies they believe in, providing entrepreneurs with the essential funding to drive growth. To date, more than…

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"Platform for Serendipity" with Kristjan Sigurdson of Endeavor Canada 26:10

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We welcome to the show Kristjan Sigurdson, Managing Director at Endeavor Canada. Founded in 1997, Endeavor is a global organization with a mission to unlock the transformational power of entrepreneurship by selecting, supporting, and investing in the world’s top founders. Today, Endeavor’s network spans 40+ locations and supports 2,300+ entrepreneu…

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“The Product IS Community” with Neil Weitzman of PORCH 23:45

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Today we welcome to the show Neil Weitzman, CEO and Co-Founder of PORCH and Founder amd Fractional CRO of revenue•x. Neil is a go-to-market operator who understands that “revenue is everything.” He builds and scales teams within SaaS, DaaS and tech businesses, while helping CEO’s, founders and executive teams build and execute robust GTM strategies…

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"The insights are where the magic lives" with Quin Sandler of Plantiga 25:00

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On this episode of What The Tech, we welcome Quin Sandler, Plantiga’s Co-founder and CEO. Quin's team is on a mission to optimize human performance, resilience and recovery through the monitoring and analysis of biomechanics—that is, a person’s unique movement patterns. The Plantiga platform combines an advanced sensor insole that measures how a pe…

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"Earned and Learned" with Diraj Perkash Goel of Get Fresh Ventures 20:30

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Today we welcome onto the show founder-extraordinaire Diraj Perkash Goel, Managing Partner and Founder of Get Fresh Ventures. At Get Fresh, Diraj and his team have played a pivotal role in launching over 200 startups onto paths of significant growth and profitability. His tenure at technology giants such as Hootsuite and Vision Critical has given h…

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"Just start doing it" with Simon Knauber of Glass Canvas 21:02

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We welcome Simon Knauber, Director of Finance and HR at Glass Canvas, which is a faith-tech and consulting company behind ministry products for the Church, including Tilma Parish and Tilma Diocese. Their software is more than just technology, but a way to create more ministry impact by helping dioceses and parishes serve their people better and cre…

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"Failure can be good!" with Chris Hobbs of TTT Studios 33:00

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Today I am stoked to welcome to the show Chris Hobbs, President of TTT Studios. Through Chris’ leadership, TTT Studios has grown to become a powerhouse in the Vancouver tech community, creating digital experiences for customers that innovate and leave a lasting, positive impact on every user’s journey. What sets TTT Studios and Chris apart is their…

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"Look outside The Valley" with Tim Sprinkle of Venture Capital Marketing 22:54

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Today we welcome to the show Tim Sprinkle, Managing Director of Venture Capital Marketing, where Tim and his team have worked with almost 50 VC firms to help drive an average 20-30% increase in Assets Under Management (AUM) year-over-year. While this is impressive on its own, Tim has an expansive career in the tech and startup space, including more…

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“GPS for your career” with Hamoon Ekhtiari of FutureFit AI 18:42

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Today we welcome to the show Hamoon Ekhtiari, Founder and CEO at FutureFit AI. At FutureFit AI, Hamoons’s team uses over 350 Million global talent profiles, live labor market data and projections, and proprietary algorithms to help workers navigate career transitions. Their team works with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and workforce developme…

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"No more black boxes" with Dmytro Grechko of Deskree 25:40

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We welcome to the show Deskree Founder and CEO Dmytro Grechko. At Deskree, their mission is to make software development accessible to everyone by breaking down traditional barriers and empowering people to turn their ideas into reality. This can be a gamechanger for any entrepreneurs who may have the vision to build an amazing product, but lack th…

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"Level the playing field" with Ilya Brotzky of VanHack 17:02

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We're thrilled to welcome VanHack CEO Ilya Brotzky on the show. At VanHack, Ilya and his team are on a mission to create a borderless world for tech talent by connecting the world’s top software engineering, design, and digital marketing talent with some of the leading innovating businesses in North America. With more than 450,000 members from over…

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"A true circular economy" with Amanda Horn of Loless Blue Beauty 40:33

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We welcome welcome Serial Ideator, Brand Builder, Founder and Ocean Advocate Amanda Horn onto the show. Amanda is the founder of Loless Beauty, a sustainable shave and body care company that’s reimagining beauty products and personal care routines to use less water, less plastic and less waste, creating the next wave of eco-conscious consumers. And…

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“Collaborative Commerce” with Daryl Hatton of ConnectionPoint 24:28

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Today we welcome ConnectionPoint Founder and CEO Daryl Hatton onto the show! At ConnectionPoint, Daryl and his team have built the next-generation technology powering a suite of digital fundraising platforms that help organizations, businesses, and individuals create a positive impact in the world. Their solutions ease the process of collaborative …

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"Every job is a climate job" with Sophia Wennstedt of Blip Energy 21:45

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Today I am thrilled to welcome onto the show Sophia Wennstedt, Co-Founder & CEO of Blip Energy. At Blip, Sophia and her team are on a mission to redefine home batteries to increase energy resilience for both individuals and communities. By designing a product to work without typical installation constraints, Blip Energy is able to add millions of o…

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"Enabling meaningful work" with Peter Monteza of MyARC 21:47

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On this episode we welcome CEO and Co-Founder of MyARC, Peter Monteza. At MyARC, their mission is to power fitness creators to get their fans fit and make a purposeful living while doing so. They’ve done this by creating a platform that enables fitness content creators to train their fans interactively at scale, from anywhere in the world. MyARC ta…

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"Don't wait for the right time" with Mila Banerjee of Pronti AI 23:40

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Mila Banerjee, CEO and Tech Lead at Pronti AI. At Pronti, Mila and her team are looking to help Apparel and Accessory retailers access their share of the nearly $1 trillion dollar personalization *opportunity* that’s out there. They do this by giving retailers access to unique consumer purchase intent data that’s historically been just out of reach…

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"Hustle and Get Traction" with Roy Pereira of Unified API 27:59

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Today I’m thrilled to welcome to the show self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur and Techstar Roy Pereira. Roy is currently the CEO of Unified, the integrations-as-a-Service platform for B2B SaaS companies. With their Unified APIs, developers can integrate just once to add multiple software systems to their products from categories like HR, ATS, CRM a…

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"Innovation Can't Be Random" with Steven Forth of Ibbaka 28:43

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Today I am thrilled to welcome to the show Steven Forth, Co-Founder and CEO of Ibbaka. At Ibbaka, their focus is on helping SaaS companies set pricing models that align with the true value they deliver, helping drive increased revenue, profitability and customer retention in the process. Through both the Ibbaka Valio Platform and through consulting…

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"Metrics That Matter" with Lauren Thibodeau of saascan 27:54

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Today I am thrilled to welcome to the show Lauren Thibodeau, who, along with being the Founder at saascan, is an adviser and all-around rock star within the Canadian startup ecosystem. At saascan, Lauren and her team provide mentoring, enablement and advisory services to Canadian SaaS startups at almost all stages of their growth journey. What sets…

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"Scrappy Founders" with Kris McCarthy of FanSaves 34:34

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Today I am thrilled to welcome to the show Kris McCarthy, Co-Founder and COO of FanSaves. Now, FanSaves is a sports tech startup and digital platform that offers fans discounts and deals from sponsors of their favorite sports teams and organizations. They provide partners with unlimited digital sponsorship inventory that is trackable through the Fa…

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"Natural path to partnership" with Jason Terry 22:20

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Today I’m thrilled to welcome Jason Terry from General Ledger Partners onto the show. As a Certified Public Accountant, Jason has more than 15 years in the finance and accounting space, having successfully worked for public, private, and not-for-profit entities with annual revenues ranging from $6M to over $600M. At General Ledger Partners, Jason a…