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  • 81 - Startup Summit - See you at the top! Part 2

    Check out live exclusive interviews with some of the keynotes, panelists, investors and founders from the 2022 Startup Summit conference in Regina, Saskatchewan.


    On this episode, we feature Albert Jame (Zu), Stephanie Boon (54e Dev Studios) and Jan Arp (The Holt Xchange).

    Startup Summit is a local conference that focuses on connecting founders, mentors and investors from across North America through curated 1:1 sessions, workshops, keynotes and panel discussions.

    This year, Startup Summit was bigger and better than ever. Returning to an in-person format at Cultivator's new headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan, more than 350 attendees gathered to learn, network and help grow the Saskatchewan tech ecosystem.

    Startupville received a personal invitation to bring the Startupville Thunderdome to the conference to record live exclusive interviews with some of the speakers, investors and startup founders. We’re excited to share this content with you in a two-part mini series so that our listeners can get the scoop on what went down at Startup Summit and all of the insights on our prairie tech scene.

    This special episode is brought to you by Cultivator, Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “Cultivator did a good job promoting this. You see who the mentors are ahead of time! We went to the mentor sessions yesterday, which was like speed dating for startups, which I thought was really, really, cool!” - Stephanie Boon, Head of People and Operations at 54e Dev Studios

    41 min
  • Ep 80 - Startup Summit - See you at the top! Part 1

    Startup Summit is a local conference that focuses on connecting founders, mentors and investors from across North America through curated 1:1 sessions, workshops, keynotes and panel discussions.


    This year, Startup Summit was bigger and better than ever. Returning to an in-person format at Cultivator's new headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan, more than 350 attendees gathered to learn, network and help grow the Saskatchewan tech ecosystem.

    Startupville received a personal invitation to bring the Startupville Thunderdome to the conference to record live exclusive interviews with some of the speakers, investors and startup founders. We’re excited to share this content with you in a two-part mini series so that our listeners can get the scoop on what went down at Startup Summit and all of the insights on our prairie tech scene.

    This special episode is brought to you by Cultivator, Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    On this episode, we feature Danielle Graham (Pheonix Fire & The Firehood), Brad Fekula (Fix it Up) and Vanesa Cotlar (PolicyMe).

    “If you’re in Winnipeg or Regina and you show up to an event, you’re probably going to see at least five people that you know that you can go talk to. It’s been so nice to see the way the community is built here and the support that people have for one another, and that’s been one of those big themes over the last day or two.”  - Vanessa Cotler, Head of People at PolicyMe.

    31 min
  • Ep 79 - Luxsonic Has Entered the Chat

    Join us as we chat with the winner of the Startup TnT Spring Investment Summit in Saskatchewan!


    The Startup TnT Spring Investment Summit launched in March of 2022, bringing together more companies and more investors to the prairie tech investment scene. This time, we’re chatting with the winner of the Spring investment summit, Mike Wesolowski with Luxsonic Technologies Inc.

    Luxsonic is empowering the healthcare industry with immersive solutions that enhance medical education, professional training, and healthcare delivery. Mike wowed the investors and attendees at the Finale event when he brought along the virtual reality headset that they use in the medical field so that everyone could see exactly what their product and technology looked like from the outside-in!

    Join us as we talk with Mike about his experience with the Startup TnT Investment Summit, creating a healthy, positive and effective work environment, and hear his story on how his team is changing the future of medicine by bringing virtual reality to the medical industry.

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    If you’re interested in watching the Fall Investment Summit live, visit startuptnt.com to register for an event near you in either Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina or Manitoba!

    “We’re scratching the surface of immersive technology. The ability to connect people within virtual spaces, leveraging other technologies like artificial intelligence, I think we’re going to see a significant transformation of workflow.” – Mike Wesolowski, CEO of Luxsonic Technologies Inc.

    28 min
  • Global Biotech Week 2022

    Global Biotech Week started 19 years ago right here in Canada, and has since gone global, raising awareness for the significant role biotech plays in the world today.


    To celebrate Global Biotech Week, we’ve interviewed three leaders in the biotech sector, to learn more about what they do and how we can celebrate between September 26-30. We talked with Mehmet Tulbek of the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre, Heather Deobald with Quantum Genetix and Jackie Robin from Ag-West Bio.

    The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre is a non-profit organization and leader in providing expertise and resources to assist agri-businesses to create innovative products and value added opportunities in the food industry.

    Quantum Genetix is an agricultural technology company that harnesses the power of genomics to improve agriculture efficiency.

    Ag-West Bio is Saskatchewan’s bioscience industry association and bioeconomy catalyst.

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “We have to really put Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, more on the map, and Global Biotech Week is a really great way to do this.” – Mehmet Tulbek, Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre

    36 min
  • Ep 77 - Uniting the Prairies - Prairie tech's going UP!

    Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.


    This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, we’re releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.

    In our final episode of the Uniting the Prairies miniseries, we're bringing it home with three final interviews featuring Saskatoon's finest! Join us as we chat with Keli Propp, Co-Founder of Immigrate, Krystian Olszanski, Co-Founder of Cadence, and local mentor and investor of the tech startup community, Jeff Dyck.

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    When asked what highlights and takeaways there were while being at the 2022 UP Conference, Krystian Olzanski, Co Founder of Cadence had this to say: “In between the sessions, I love catching up with other startups, exchanging quick ideas, solutions and tips, as well as meeting with investors that I normally wouldn’t be able to just email to schedule a call with!”

    We are giving a special shoutout and thank you to our pals over at Co.Labs for allowing us to set up the Startupville Thunderdome at the 2022 UP Conference to bring you this exclusive content.

    25 min
  • Ep 76 - Uniting the Prairies - Prairie tech's going UP!

    Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.


    This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, we’re releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.

    Featured today are another three new guests to the show, Blaine Korte (Fidu Legal, SK), Cressida Raffin (Birdie Break, AB) and Hassan Naqvi (Startup TnT, SK). We chat with our guests about the fantastic support in the prairie tech ecosystem, raising funds and scaling up!

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “There’s such a glaring hole in the market place right now. We had friends that would post on Kijiji or Facebook to try to find somebody, and its seemed so shocking, risky, and archaic to us. We thought, ‘how is there not a solution to this? Let’s do something about it.’” – Cressida Raffin, CEO & C-Founder, Birdie Break

    48 min
  • Ep 75 - Uniting the Prairies 2022 - Prairie tech's going UP!

    Prairie tech's going UP!

    A special mini-series featuring live interviews from the 2022 Uniting the Prairies Conference in downtown Saskatoon, SK.

    Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.

    This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, we’re releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.

    Featured today are another three guests representing our beautiful prairie provinces, Noah Palansky (Taiv, MB), Melanie Morrison (BetterCart Analytics, SK) and Jade Alberts (Peer Guidance, AB). We chat with our guests about the fantastic support in the prairie tech ecosystem, raising funds and scaling up!

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “We’ve got to start shouting from the mountain tops and say, ‘you know what, we are frickin’ great up here [Prairies] and great things are happening,’ and sharing that with everybody.” – Jade Alberts - Founder, Peer Guidance


    28 min
  • Ep 74 - Uniting the Prairies 2022 - Prairie tech's going UP!

    Prairie tech's going UP!

    A special mini-series featuring live interviews from the 2022 Uniting the Prairies Conference in downtown Saskatoon, SK.

    Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community.

    This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive access to record on-site interviews during day two of the conference, and with over 12 interviews and 118 minutes of edited content, we’re releasing a four episode mini-series to share everything we learned at UP this year.

    Join us on this first episode as we chat with three brand new guests to Startupville, Amy Bronson (AlchemistX, AB), Jordan Smith (Renterii, MB) and Dawson Norrish (Cubbi, SK). We learn about what's going on with these exciting organizations, get insights into all things UP, and of course, find out how to support our friends in the prairie tech ecosystem.

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “Part of our ethos is how you democratize that Silicon Valley access and make that something that you can reach elsewhere, even from Saskatoon.” – Amy Bronson, Director of Global Corporate & Government Innovation, AlchemistX

    32 min
  • Ep 73 - Inspiration meets Innovation

    A special episode in celebration of Canadian Innovation Week & Women Entrepreneurs' Week


    May 16-20 is Canadian Innovation Week and Women Entrepreneurs' Week and, for the first time ever, the Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed this week as Saskatchewan Innovation Week.

    To celebrate, we collaborated with Innovation Saskatchewan and Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan (WESK) to highlight and celebrate the hard work of our local entrepreneurs.

    While the technology sector in Saskatchewan is experiencing significant growth, women and Indigenous people continue to be underrepresented in the tech labour market. To address this gap, Innovation Saskatchewan collaborates with various partners to deliver programs centred around skills training and capacity building in underrepresented groups, including partnering with WESK on the Founders Table program, which increase access to funding resources, networks, mentorship, and business advising to women-led tech and tech-enabled companies.

    We spoke with Josie Fries, Marketing Advisor at WESK about their work in the community and the WESK Summit Gala next week and three finalists of the Innovation Award: Kayla Kozan from PEAK Wellness, Dr. Christine Beck from Waggle Mail, and Alicia Soulier from SalonScale. The finalists talked about their creative process, community impact and the innovative entrepreneurs making Saskatchewan proud!

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “You just have to act extremely quick because efficiency is really what’s going to make you succeed in this game. You’ve got to get really comfortable with being uncomfortable.” Alicia Soulier, Founder & CEO of SalonScale.

    50 min
  • Ep 72 Drafted to the Big League w/ Tanner Goetz

    Have you ever kicked yourself for missing one of your child’s hockey games? Well, you’ll never have to do that again with HomeTeam Live’s streaming software that provides broadcast quality video streaming for amateur sports leagues. This service allows for parents, family, coaches, athletes and even scouts to log in and stream games from anywhere in the world.


    Co-Founders, Logan Fraser and Tanner Goetz, had worked in the sports marketing industry for ten years prior and knew that there was a major gap in this area, faced by many. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, they realized this problem would grow with limited travel ability for sports lovers across the globe.

    Join us as we talk with Tanner about his serial-entrepreneurship, how he transitioned into the tech startup biz, and how their technology allows for anyone in the world to connect and grow local sports in their community with HomeTeam Live.

    This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications

    “It really kicks off talking about the value proposition and discussing the amount of athletes in their venue, their specific needs per sport, how many cameras there might need to be in one venue, or they might have multiple venues.” – Tanner Goetz, HomeTeam Live

    21 min

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Startupville features interviews with successful small-city tech founders on what it’s like to start and grow a tech startup in a smaller city away from the major hubs of Silicon Valley and Toronto, and how that has shaped their business. At Startupville, we challenge the notion that the next big thing can only be made in Silicon Valley.