Founder Journey | The Untold Stories of the Founder Journey

In this special LIVE episode of the Founders Journey series, we sat down with Justin Bailie, Co-Founder of Rose Rocket to chat about his humbling entrepreneurship journey.

In today's episode, Justin doesn't sugar coat anything, and shares his authentic challenges and important lessons learned that every Founder or aspiring Founder can take inspiration from.

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Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series. Today's episode is hosted by Alexandra Reilly, Head of Marketing at TechTO

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Christian Weedbrook, CEO and Co-Founder of Xanadu. What is Xanadu you might ask? Take a listen and find out.

Aside from AI and Quantum Computing, in this episode, we also chat about:

- Coming to Toronto to build a business (and his love of the ecosystem)

- How AI (and its speed of iteration) is impacting Xanadu and their progression in the space

- Where he sees Xanadu making the biggest impact

- Raising a large fundraising round in a tough market (and what he wants other founders to know)

- The trials and tribulations of entrepreneurship (he’s not sugar coating anything)

- Finding the right team to help you scale and build

You can also connect with Christian via email at [email protected]

Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Kevin Kliman, CEO and Co-Founder of Humi. Humi is helping companies manage HR and the people side of their businesses, better.

In this episode, we also chat about:

- Kevin's unique beginnings

- His pivot from dentistry to entrepreneurship

- Building a team

- Understanding the dynamic needs of people

- His inspiration for creating Humi

- The future of the business and HR in general

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Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Tate Hackert, President and Founder of ZayZoon. ZayZoon is helping companies win with employees by improving their financial well-being. Tate discusses his Founders journey, how he built ZayZoon, and tips for beating imposter syndrome as a Founder.

In this episode, we also chat about:

- Tate’s Background and Early Entrepreneurial Experience

- Tips for Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

- Formation of ZayZoon

- Early Business Ideation

- Connecting with Mentors

- Balancing Analysis and Action

- Employee Wellness at ZayZoon

- Go-to-Market Strategy for ZayZoon

- Learning from Metrics and Adjustments

- The Importance of Ongoing Fine-Tuning and Product Optimization

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Welcome to the newest season of TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Hussein Fazal, Co-Founder and CEO of Super.

On this special live episode of the Founders Journey, Hussein joined Alex Norman to discuss the dramatic growth and impressive reputation of Super and how they grew their customer base.

Here's what you can expect:

Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Darren Huston, a well-known leader in tech and the current Founder and CEO at BlackPines Capital Partners.

On this episode of the Founder's Journey, Darren joined us to chat through his unique beginnings and early years at Starbucks and Microsoft. He also shared some inspiring leadership advice from his years of CEO experience and shared more insight from his time at places like Booking.com and Priceline Group.

He might be the most interesting man in tech. And he is opening up to our audience about his career and sharing valuable takeaways for everyone.

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Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Laura Zizzo, Co-Founder and CEO of Manifest Climate

On this episode of the Founder's Journey, Laura joined us to discuss her journey to building Manifest Climate, her passion for climate conservation, how Manifest is taking strides to change the world and what the future holds.

Connect with Laura on LinkedIn to chat all things Manifest Climate!

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Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today’s guest is Michael Millar, Founder and CEO of Verto Health

On this episode of the Founder's Journey, Michael discussed his long journey of building Verto, his unique background in healthcare, how Verto played a pivotal role in the vaccine roll out, and the future of healthcare and Verto.

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ to chat all things Verto!

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Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.

In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current businesses.

Today we were joined by Prem Kalevar and Karamdeep Nijjar from Inovia Capital to chat about the newly announced Discovery Fund that was just launched.

On this special episode, we dive deeper into the inspiration behind the fund, who it will support, and what Founders need to know about Inovia and their investments.

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Welcome to TechTO's Founders Journey Series.
In this series, we talk with the founders of emerging Canadian tech start-ups and learn about their journey to building their current business.

Today’s guest is Kevin Collins, Founder and CEO of Charli AI

On this episode of the Founders Journey, Kevin discussed everything from his early years as an entrepreneur, founding multiple businesses, the unique inspiration behind Charli AI, and the future of AI and where we are headed.

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