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Press play for business: how companies use video with Vidyard

 Jackie Gill - Sep 13, 2019

In the next two years, 82 per cent of internet traffic will be video. And it matters to business, too. Here are the latest trends on how businesses use video, according to Vidyard.
Jason Greenberg, founder and CEO of Soundscape.io, got tired of churning out stock music in Hollywood. Now he supports authentic music with heart.
CREATIVE ECONOMY

Move over stock music: Soundscape.io puts heart and soul into soundtracks

 Hailey Eisen - Sep 11, 2019

Jason Greenberg quickly tired of writing Hollywood scores without soul. So he launched a platform that connects filmmakers with authentic music from the heart.
Carol Leaman, CEO of Axonify, grew the business from a clunky piece of software to a global micro-learning platform in just 7 years
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Why “trust your gut” is good advice for Carol Leaman

 Jackie Gill - Sep 6, 2019

Carol Leaman didn’t know why her teenage dream was to run companies – it just felt right to her. The same goes for launching Axonify, a micro-learning approach to corporate training.

DRAFT VIDEOS

Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada, has the resources in-house to make innovation happen - and he knows who to reach out to if he needs outside help
CORPORATE INNOVATION

Deloitte explains: Strength in numbers

Jackie Gill - Sep 16, 2019

Deloitte's ranks might be huge - they count almost 300,000 employees worldwide - but that puts them in a unique position to lead the charge on innovation, says Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada.

Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer, hires artists, storytellers and more in addition to the traditional STEM fields
CORPORATE INNOVATION

Deloitte explains: Putting the “A” into STEM

Jackie Gill - Sep 16, 2019

It's not enough to hire engineers and computer scientists to build tech, says Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada. That's why he and his team hire artists, storytellers, psychologists and more.
Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada, works with his team to make sure the tech they develop is used for positive impact
CORPORATE INNOVATION

Deloitte explains: Using tech for good

Jackie Gill - Sep 16, 2019

Deloitte's Greenhouse has its hands on a huge amount of tech, from robotics and AI to IoT and wearables. How do they make sure it's used for good? Chief Innovation Officer Terry Stuart explains.
Kurtis McBride, founder and CEO of Miovision, built a culture based on quality, risk and trust - and worked hard to get all employees on board with it
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Culture’s more than foosball, says Miovision

Jackie Gill - Sep 9, 2019

Three core values run through Miovision's DNA: employees own their work, they take smart risks and they trust each other, says founder and CEO Kurtis McBride.
Narbé Alexandrian, CEO of Canopy Rivers, stays on top of the news, government regulations and competitive landscape to deal with an ever-changing cannabis industry
SCALE-UPS

Canopy Rivers explains: rolling with changes

Jackie Gill - Sep 4, 2019

From government regulations to the competitive landscape, the cannabis market keeps shifting. So investors like Canopy Rivers and its portfolio companies need to act and react fast, says CEO Narbé Alexandrian.

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Narbé Alexandrian, CEO of Canopy Rivers, says negative stigma is just opportunity for growth, but it's not unlike other sectors

Canopy Rivers explains: Dealing with stigma


Jackie Gill - Sep 4, 2019

The wave of cannabis legalization is sweeping the world, but there are still negative perceptions out there. Narbé Alexandrian, CEO of Canopy Rivers, says that stigma is actually a huge opportunity.
Narbé Alexandrian, CEO of Canopy Rivers, says getting noticed is as simple as making connections and telling a good story

Canopy Rivers explains: Get noticed by VCs


Jackie Gill - Sep 4, 2019

Build a network of venture capitalists and work on your story, advises Canopy Rivers CEO Narbé Alexandrian. Even if a VC isn't ready to invest right now, tomorrow is another day.
Marcelo Cortes, CTO and co-founder of Faire, connects local retailers with thousands of items they can stock on their shelves that are guaranteed to sell

Faire proves local retail isn’t dead


Jackie Gill - Aug 30, 2019

Buying or selling wholesale doesn't have to suck, says Marcelo Cortes, CTO and co-founder of Faire. They connect more than 35,000 local retailers with thousands of independent makers who create unique items guaranteed to sell.
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CORPORATE INNOVATION

Deloitte's Chief Innovation Officer Terry Stuart leads the Greenhouse program to help businesses have open and honest dialogue about how tech impacts them

The status quo is dangerous so don’t get comfortable,...


Jackie Gill - Aug 23, 2019

Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer, believes that companies need to not only embrace new technology, but understand what it really means for their business and society as a whole - even if it makes them uncomfortable.
Deloitte's chief information officer Terry Stuart leads Deloitte Greenhouse, the innovation lab where they solve problems from mining to mental health

Three lessons Deloitte learned from startups


Jackie Gill - Aug 14, 2019

Terry Stuart, Deloitte's chief innovation officer, learned these lessons while working alongside the up-and-comers: move quickly and collaborate, watch for new tech and co-create with customers from the beginning.
Bill MacGowan (Director of Smart Building Digitization) demonstrates Cisco's customer experience centre innovations in Toronto

Smart spaces: A peek inside Cisco’s innovation lab


Jackie Gill - Aug 7, 2019

Cisco's Bill MacGowan leads a team of innovators dedicated to making our buildings smarter with leading-edge technology designed to solve big problems.
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Shubhendu Tripathi, co-founder of VectorVue, hopes to inspire others to test the boundaries of their comfort zone and live fearlessly
PORTRAITS

Shubhendu Tripathi dreams fearlessly

Jackie Gill - Sep 17, 2019

Shubhendu Tripathi, co-founder of VectorVue, is from a small town in India – that’s why he says he dreams big. So big that he left his family and friends in India to look for new challenges in Canada.
Cole Jones, founder and CEO of Local Line, started out as a philosophy major but ended up starting a business rather than following an academic life
PORTRAITS

Philosophy helped Cole Jones build a business

Jackie Gill - Sep 12, 2019

As a philosophy student, Local Line founder Cole Jones had a tough decision: become an academic or figure something else out. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs led him to open a business of his own.
Cassie Myers, founder of Lunaria, supports diversity and inclusion especially after working in women-focused philanthropy
PORTRAITS

Cassie Myers defends women’s rights

Jackie Gill - Sep 10, 2019

Working in the women-focused philanthropic space opened the eyes of Cassie Myers, founder of Lunaria, to a world she could contribute to through a business that promotes actionable diversity.

Wanda Deschamps, founder of Liberty Co, brings a new perspective to non-profit giving after a diagnosis of autism and PTSD
PORTRAITS

Neurodiversity is Wanda Deschamps’ superpower

Jackie Gill - Sep 5, 2019

Two years ago, Wanda Deschamps, founder of Liberty Co, was diagnosed with autism and PTSD - which made her quest to help non-profits look at charitable giving differently even stronger.
Taric Andrade, co-founder of ClickSitter, found more time for his family as an entrepreneur
PORTRAITS

Taric Andrade is there when his kids need him

Jackie Gill - Sep 3, 2019

Taric Andrade, co-founder of ClickSitter, left his life as a C-level executive behind to spend more time with his wife and two daughters - and came up with a business that helps other families find balance, too.

CREATIVE ECONOMY

Mike McDonald, founder of Recess Guardians, teaches fun schoolyard games to kids in his peer-to-peer leadership program

Recess Guardians brings games back to kids at school


Melissa Embury - Aug 7, 2019

Mike McDonald and his team are teaching kids to be creative, lead their peers and - most importantly - put the fun back into recess.
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SOCIAL BUSINESSES

Lauren Smith, CEO and co-founder of PolyGone Technologies, is fighting for microplastic-free water and gender equality in tech

There’s plastic in your beer and gender bias in tech ...


Melissa Embury - Aug 28, 2019

Removing microplastics from our water is hard work. It’s even harder as a female founder in a male-dominated industry, says Lauren Smith, CEO of PolyGone Technologies.
Philip Wu, founder of W&Y Environmental, supports clean energy and sustainable waste management

How W&Y Environmental is solving our waste problem


Melissa Embury - Aug 7, 2019

Founder Philip Wu has a dream: zero landfills. His cleantech company makes better use of the gases our waste produces and the space it takes up.
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LIFEPRENEURS

Emily O'Brien went to prison for smuggling drugs into Canada. Since then, she's launched a company, appeared on Dragon's Den and speaks out about criminal justice

How making popcorn in prison turned Emily O’Brien’s...


Jackie Gill - Aug 21, 2019

In 2015, Emily O’Brien was arrested for smuggling cocaine into Canada. Her time in prison helped her get sober, start a business and push for a better criminal justice system.
Tiffany Dawn, co-founder of Atoms Integrator and CEO of Canada's Creative Business Week, turned her loss into others' gains when she hit rock bottom

When everything went wrong, Tiffany Dawn kept going


Jackie Gill - Aug 7, 2019

Tiffany hit rock bottom this year when her grandfather died, her family fell apart and she lost her home. But she never took her eye off the goal of helping others.
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Cliff Rego, founder and broker of record at Rego Realty, opened a real estate lounge in Kitchener, Ont. to educate the public about property

Rego Realty’s on a mission to disrupt real estate


Jackie Gill - Aug 9, 2019

Cliff Rego wants to become the Uber of real estate, starting with the first-of-its-kind space he built in downtown Kitchener.
Michael Litt, co-founder and CEO of Vidyard, created his video platform to help businesses connect human-to-human with their customers

Why Vidyard’s Michael Litt will always dream bigger


Jackie Gill - Aug 12, 2019

What started as a push to prove himself became an industry-first video platform that’s helped thousands of businesses worldwide connect human-to-human in sales, service and marketing.
Emily O'Brien went to prison for smuggling drugs into Canada. Since then, she's launched a company, appeared on Dragon's Den and speaks out about criminal justice

How making popcorn in prison turned Emily O’Brien’s...


Jackie Gill - Aug 21, 2019

In 2015, Emily O’Brien was arrested for smuggling cocaine into Canada. Her time in prison helped her get sober, start a business and push for a better criminal justice system.
Bill MacGowan (Director of Smart Building Digitization) demonstrates Cisco's customer experience centre innovations in Toronto

Smart spaces: A peek inside Cisco’s innovation lab


Jackie Gill - Aug 7, 2019

Cisco's Bill MacGowan leads a team of innovators dedicated to making our buildings smarter with leading-edge technology designed to solve big problems.