Innisfil Accelerates

Managing resources like water, power and sanitation can be far more efficient if you know exactly when to deliver those services when people need them. But redesigning the city for the information age isn’t going to be easy.  Suresh Parmachand has been thinking a lot about that vision. He previously worked with the Canadian Standards Association to develop smart technology rules and regulations for Canadian industry. Now as the VP of marketing for Trend Hunter he helps brands to prepare for the next phase of the digital economy.

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Almost every plan for a smart city features a similar claim. That the city of the future will be powered by clean, sustainable energy. A global technology race is underway to figure out how to do that. To get some clarity about that system might actually function in the real world we reached out to Ryan Franks.

Ryan is an engineer that has worked with businesses and municipalities to design and implement green energy projects.

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Are such enormous projects only going to be possible for autocratic governments or freewheeling billionaires?  Those questions are ones that Noah Redler wrestles with on a daily basis.  The founder of the Smart City Experience Noah works with Municipalities, community organisations and businesses to envision a different kind of smart city.  One that is far more responsive to and designed for regular people.

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The term Smart City is everywhere these days. But very few people know what that means. That question can be a tricky to answer. That’s because there are so many potential answers. One of the people thinking about those answers is Francois Bedard. He works with companies and governments to develop a roadmap to the future city.

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Jon Gilham and Andrew Rains call their company Fractal SAAS and it’s based around a simple observation. That there are easy fixes technology offers for a huge number of annoying problems that most organizations just don’t bother to fix. Even though those problems are costing money and wasting time.

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 Municipalities haven’t done a great job of keeping up with how people communicate these days.  That got Tristan Tsvetanov and Roy Katznelson thinking.  The result was Communicaty - a company with big plans for the future.

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Marcia Woods is the founder of FreshSpoke.   FreshSpoke connects local producers to the distribution channels previously only accessible to huge food companies.

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Show notes: https://innisfilaccelerates.ca/how-a-gig-work-app-revolutionized-hospitality-staffing/

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Businesses are created to solve problems. For Michael Agema the problem was hospitality staffing.  Event companies are constantly struggling to find enough hospitality staff for all their events. Michael thought that technology might offer a solution.  And Agema Work was born.

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Great entrepreneurs know what a great product looks like because they understand what consumers want John Ulman is an entrepreneur who perfectly illustrates that point.

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Fresh Find is a local Amazon alternative that allows local people to buy local products easily. It’s a simple idea with powerful possibilities.

Is it possible to build a local Amazon alternative?  When the COVID crisis paralyzed global markets in early 2020, farmers found themselves with few options. Business from restaurants and caterers came to a sudden halt.  Suddenly, the people working in the industry needed better access to local customers.

Like each participant in last April’s DMZ Hackathon, Mike Mastrella and James Jun went into the competition with a passion for solving problems like this. With a focus on building solutions with social impact, #HackTheCurve encouraged participants to think outside the box. One of the core challenges was creating a viable software solution that would allow the area’s farmers to deliver their goods online. 

FreshFind sprouted from this challenge.  The concept behind the service is a simple one.  They wanted to create a local Amazon alternative.  A shopping experience that would connect local farmers with local customer.  Online outlets from AliBaba to Wish had changed consumer purchasing habits before the pandemic. FreshFind fed on that momentum.