
Startup Canada Podcast
On the Startup Canada Podcast, we speak with the movers and shakers of Canada’s entrepreneurship community to give a glimpse into the future of business, and share insights on everything from social innovation to the future of work, investing, and why we need to think bigger to take our businesses global.
Latest episodes

Oct 31, 2023 • 41min
Help For Those Who Help with Liane Wood and Randy Chu
In this episode, we explore the power and the support that Jane.app has brought to health practitioners across Canada and beyond. We speak to Liane Wood, an ambassador for Jane.app and the Founder of RethinkMe, as well as Jane.app’s product trainer Randy Chu.The post Help For Those Who Help with Liane Wood and Randy Chu first appeared on Startup Canada.

Oct 24, 2023 • 46min
Behind the Why: Documenting Your Process with Bobby T
“You can use your content and documentation, and your sharing almost as a resume, to show to partners, employees, potential clients, or even investors. They can see the history of your work.”
Bobby T is on the Startup Canada Podcast to reveal what is behind it all, and why documenting your process and who you are matters.
Connect with Bobby at https://www.justbobbyt.com/
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Oct 17, 2023 • 43min
Content Creators Are Entrepreneurs with Nishant Raina and Katrina Olson-Mottahed
In this episode, Nishant Raina and Katrina Olson-Mottahed discuss what happens when content creators and small business collide. Tune in to this conversation to learn about Mastercard’s Creator Class Research to better understand the next wave of small business owners and creators online.
This episode is in partnership with Mastercard Canada, learn more about their small business products and solutions.
Connect with Katrina Olson-Mottahed on Instagram and TikTok.The post Content Creators Are Entrepreneurs with Nishant Raina and Katrina Olson-Mottahed first appeared on Startup Canada.

Oct 10, 2023 • 42min
Built Here: Embracing The Northern Lifestyle with Myles and Tanner Hougen
”In a sense, all of our customers are finding the Yukon community. They are visitors, they live here, maybe they just moved here.”
Myles and Tanner love the Yukon and their products and apparel help others love it too. As fourth generation Yukoners and entrepreneurs, the Hougen brothers are creating quality goods to embrace the northern lifestyle.
Listeners, use code STARTUPCAN for 15% off Yukon Built goods!The post Built Here: Embracing The Northern Lifestyle with Myles and Tanner Hougen first appeared on Startup Canada.

Oct 3, 2023 • 50min
Infusing Inuit Teachings into Entrepreneurship with Bernice Kootoo Clarke
“All the ways of being Inuk, I have picked them up and I hold them so close to my heart as an Inuk woman and an entrepreneur.”
Bernice Kootoo Clarke is the Founder and Owner of Uasau Soap and Kuutuu Cultural Consulting where she is creating soaps from the land and revitalizing, sharing and teaching the Inuktitut language in Nunavut.The post Infusing Inuit Teachings into Entrepreneurship with Bernice Kootoo Clarke first appeared on Startup Canada.

Sep 26, 2023 • 44min
Guiding Charitable Giving with John Bromley
“The biggest problem we face is there is nowhere to learn about giving. We have a nature of generosity but the extent it is nurtured as we grow up, is the problem.”
John Bromley knows Canadians are generous and want to give, so he has built a platform to help.
The post Guiding Charitable Giving with John Bromley first appeared on Startup Canada.

Sep 19, 2023 • 29min
Pop Up Weddings with Sarah Anderson
“It is an all inclusive wedding venue for people who want to break from the tradition of typical marriages, that are steeped in archaic traditions.”
What is it like to create The Maritime’s first all inclusive wedding chapel? Sarah Anderson can tell you.
Sarah Anderson knows weddings and loves love and is the owner and operator of Wolfville Wedding Chapel located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. She became a Justice of the Peace (JP) in 2017 and from the very first wedding she officiated (an elopement), she was head over heels for the tiny wedding approach to marriage.
The post Pop Up Weddings with Sarah Anderson first appeared on Startup Canada.

Sep 12, 2023 • 49min
Leading Anti-Discrimination Work with Debbie Owusu Akyeeah
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah is a first-generation Ghanaian-Canadian cisgender queer woman who is dedicated to the liberation of all her communities. She is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity and based in Ottawa.
“We are up against people who are so fearful about changing society for the better.”
The post Leading Anti-Discrimination Work with Debbie Owusu Akyeeah first appeared on Startup Canada.

Sep 5, 2023 • 46min
Brewing Diversity with Ren Navarro
Ren Navarro is addressing the lack of diversity in the beer industry. Ren has become a known name in breweries, wineries, distilleries, and beyond. She has given talks on diversity and inclusion at several colleges and countless festivals, panels, radio shows, and podcasts throughout North America.The post Brewing Diversity with Ren Navarro first appeared on Startup Canada.

Aug 29, 2023 • 45min
Unleashing the Power of AI for Marketing with Emily Baillie
”AI can help with automating tasks and taking some of the workload off of a busy entrepreneur’s plate.”
Emily Baillie is the Founder of Compass Content Marketing. Emily approaches consulting and training through collaboration and strives to be inclusive and practical. She also specializes in breaking down complex topics into accessible, easy-to-understand language.The post Unleashing the Power of AI for Marketing with Emily Baillie first appeared on Startup Canada.