Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Ep6. Ride the Flywheel w/ Ray DePaul
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Ep6. Ride the Flywheel w/ Ray DePaul
This week Wellington and “recovering entrepreneur” Ray DePaul dive into business creation, the challenges of being an entrepreneur and the opportunities that lay ahead for Alberta. Ray DePaul shares his journey of what brought him to Alberta and how he steered his company, RapidMind Inc., through funding and significant market growth and turned the company into an industry leader. Ray also shares his previous work experience of being part of the team Research in Motion which is now Blackberry.
Ray expresses his ambition to build high impact talent through the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at Mount Royal University and assist in delivering transformative community-engaged learning experiences. He states, “don’t invest in the business but invest in the person”, as the next generation of entrepreneurs are still formulating who they want to be. Paul explains his personal interactions with students and says that the courses force the student to experience entrepreneurship rather than simply study it.
About Ray:
Ray DePaul is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University. Ray has launched many innovative products in his 30-year career. He has been a successful entrepreneur, selling his company to Intel, and was also a key member of the team that brought the iconic BlackBerry to the world. He is currently a volunteer on the board of Platform Calgary, a board member at Attabotics and Trico Homes, and is a member of the prestigious A100. He is also on several private sector advisory boards and is proud to be a mentor to many young entrepreneurs. Ray holds a Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Resources discussed in this episode:
https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/students-taking-care-of-business
About JMH Launchpad event
connectFirst Credit Union: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
Ray DePaul: LinkedIn
View all episodes
By ConnectFirst Credit UnionThis week Wellington and “recovering entrepreneur” Ray DePaul dive into business creation, the challenges of being an entrepreneur and the opportunities that lay ahead for Alberta. Ray DePaul shares his journey of what brought him to Alberta and how he steered his company, RapidMind Inc., through funding and significant market growth and turned the company into an industry leader. Ray also shares his previous work experience of being part of the team Research in Motion which is now Blackberry.
Ray expresses his ambition to build high impact talent through the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program at Mount Royal University and assist in delivering transformative community-engaged learning experiences. He states, “don’t invest in the business but invest in the person”, as the next generation of entrepreneurs are still formulating who they want to be. Paul explains his personal interactions with students and says that the courses force the student to experience entrepreneurship rather than simply study it.
About Ray:
Ray DePaul is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University. Ray has launched many innovative products in his 30-year career. He has been a successful entrepreneur, selling his company to Intel, and was also a key member of the team that brought the iconic BlackBerry to the world. He is currently a volunteer on the board of Platform Calgary, a board member at Attabotics and Trico Homes, and is a member of the prestigious A100. He is also on several private sector advisory boards and is proud to be a mentor to many young entrepreneurs. Ray holds a Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Resources discussed in this episode:
https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/students-taking-care-of-business
About JMH Launchpad event
connectFirst Credit Union: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
Ray DePaul: LinkedIn