Flagship Podcast

On this week’s show, we spoke with Gabrielle La Rue, Gabrielle La Rue, Founder & CEO @ Locketgo. Gabrielle started her career at Evenko where she learned about events and the music space. She decided to quit a good job and launch Locketgo.

Locketgo offers a "turnkey" locker rental service for event promoters and festival-goers alik

On this week’s show, we spoke with Mark Floisand, CMO @ Coveo

Mark Floisand is Chief Marketing Officer at Coveo. He has over 20 years of marketing, sales and general management experience in the technology industry, spanning blue chip and start-up companies across three continents, including Apple, Adobe, BusinessObjects, SAP, Total Defense, Untangle and WeVideo. Mark was most recently with Sitecore, a Coveo technology partner, where he led product marketing.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Lennie Moreno, Founder & CEO @ Sofdesk.

Lennie is the founder and CEO of Sofdesk with over 8 years of experience in the solar industry. He first started as a salesman, switched to the solar installation business and finally ended up in the software world. Lennie was able to understand firsthand how solar is sold from first contact to system connection. An avid Muay Thai practitioner and hip-hop enthusiast, Lennie also inspires teens in difficult situations.

We had an amazing conversation about his startup, raising money and giving back.

On the show, we spoke about:

• How he went from living in his office to a 30 person company
• Why finding the right investment partner is so important
• How the company added new products that move beyond clean energy
• The importance of giving back to the community

 

Lennie is a special kind of entrepreneur. He marches to the beat of his own drum. I really enjoyed our conversation.

 

Let us know what you think. What types of guests would like to see on the show? What topics interest you the most? Send me your thoughts at [email protected]

 

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On this week’s show, I spoke with Chad Loeven, VP Sales and Marketing @ VMray.

Chad has been involved in enterprise security for over 20 years. Prior to VMRay he managed technology alliances at RSA, the security division of EM.

Chad is the smartest person I’ve met when it comes to security. I learned a great deal, I hope that you do well.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Jafar Owainati, co-founder & COO @ Loopio.

On the show, we spoke about:

• How he jumped from the world of consulting to tech entrepreneurship and founding Loopio

• The importance of the team over the idea

• How focusing on the customer helped Loopio scale to 50 employees

• Loopio’s strategic planning process and how they conduct monthly offsites

On this week’s show, we spoke with Ben Rodier, COO @ Salesfloor. Ben is the Co-Founder of Salesfloor, a retail technology company. Thousands of store associates from some of the biggest names in retail use Salesfloor to create their own version of their retailer's e-commerce site, offering customers a new and personalized way to shop online.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Henri Dolino, Head of Digital Strategy @ Desjardins. Henri Dolino is responsible for implementing Desjardins Group’s digital initiatives. He and his team collaborate with all sectors to lead the development of Desjardins mobile services, end-to-end digital experiences and various leading-edge digital solutions. As the architect of Desjardins digital strategy,

On this week’s show, we spoke with Julie Hubert, President & Founder @ Workland. Julie is an extraordinary woman who took a big leap of faith to start her own company.

Julie Hubert is President and co-founder of Workland, a privately-owned company specializing in recruitment technologies, solutions and services. Atlas is Workland’s innovative SaaS platform dedicated to automating the match between talented professionals and pre-qualified employers looking to hire.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Geneviève Bégin, Co-Founder & CEO @ PopupCamp. Geneviève is a businesswoman, mother and artist photographer and a graduate of both the “École supérieure d'art et de design” in Orléans and the MBA program at HEC Montréal. In 2015, she co-founded the PopupCamp mobile childcare center, a solution for work, leisure and family. In 2017, the magazine Urbania identifies her as one of the 50 personalities who create the extraordinary in Quebec.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Fred Dionne, CEO @ IVEP and Founder @ DubDub. Fred was named as one of Canada's top tech lawyer and innovator; he has a computer science, legal and finance background. He is the founder and CEO of IVEP (Interactive Video and Experience Protocol), a dubdub spin-off.