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Whether you want to define your brand, turn your hobby into a successful business, or hone your content-creation skills, you're sure to leave with a full stomach (or mind). We know you're craving information, and one of the best ways to learn is by hearing from others. Knowing that, we snag some of the world's most brilliant minds to share their stories, from veteran influencers like Guy Kawasaki, to Waterloo Region heroes like Vidyard's Michael Litt.
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November 29, 2021
<p>Uvaro: Helping professionals have more fulfilling careers</p> <p>In this episode, Donna talks about the ‘Why Not’ approach that has led her through much of her entrepreneurial career. Taking advantage of opportunities as they come and following your interests to see where they might lead. With Uvaro, Donna and her co-founders saw a hole within the tech industry and came up with a brilliant way to fill it. Learn all about Uvaro, their platform, what they do, and how they got to where they are today.</p>
November 8, 2021
<p>In this episode, Mallorie talks about the $24M CAD Series B funding that the company has just secured as well as the importance of maintaining the mindset of a start-up. To always be innovating and looking for opportunities within the industry is a crucial component to growing and scaling any business.</p> <p>More on <a href= "https://www.bridgitsolutions.com/"><strong>Bridgit</strong> Solutions</a>:</p> <p>||<a href= "https://www.bridgitsolutions.com/"> https://www.bridgitsolutions.com/</a></p> <p>||<a href= "https://twitter.com/bridgitsoftware"> https://twitter.com/bridgitsoftware</a></p> <p>||<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/bridgitsolutions/"> https://www.facebook.com/bridgitsolutions/</a></p> <p>||<a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgit/"> https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgit/</a></p> <p>||<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bridgitsolutions/"> https://www.instagram.com/bridgitsolutions/</a></p> <p><strong>About Our Guest</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallorie-brodie-b3885827/">Mallorie Brodie</a> is the CEO and Co-founder of Bridgit. Along with Lauren Lake, Mallorie co-founded Bridgit in 2014 with a simple mission: to help the construction industry maximize profits and reduce risk by taking a people-first approach. Under her leadership, the team at Bridgit has established Bridgit Bench, the company’s flagship product, as the leading workforce intelligence solution built exclusively for the construction industry. Along with being named to the Top 40 Under 40 in Canadian Construction, Forbes Manufacturing & Industry 30 Under 30, and Best Of Canada Forbes Under 30 Innovators lists, Mallorie has been instrumental to Bridgit being recognized as one of Globe and Mail’s top growing companies in Canada for three consecutive years.</p>
April 27, 2020
<p>“We can honestly say that every assumption we made about how we thought it was going to work was wrong.”</p> <p>Iain Klugman has spent the last 16 years bringing together government organizations, businesses, and talent to make Communitech an integral part of the Waterloo Region ecosystem. In this episode, he joins AQ to reminisce on his career of building Communitech to the intentionally collaborative and ambitious environment it is today.</p> <p>Iain shares how his team worked to keep talent in the region when RIM went through a massive downfall, and how Communitech reviews their strategies yearly to adjust to this ever-changing community.</p> <p>They discuss the comparison of Waterloo Region to Silicon Valley, the Future of X Initiative, the experiment that became the Corporate Innovation Program, and how the Waterloo Region has the potential to become a healthcare innovation hub.</p> <p> </p> <p>Time Stamps:</p> <p>0:21 Background of Iain Klugman and his role at Communitech</p> <p>3:08 Last 16 Years at Communitech - Focus on Ecosystem</p> <p>4:13 Comparison – Waterloo Region is NOT Silicon Valley</p> <p>6:22 Future of X initiative</p> <p>7:45 Google’s Expansion and it’s effects within the community</p> <p>9:05 The War on Tent – status</p> <p>10:43 Where Communitech’s Corporate Innovation Program Started – bringing in organizations as partners and the evolution of those relationships</p> <p>14:30 Iain’s Public Administration Degree – worked in Government</p> <p>16:06 Reworking strategies to suit the ecosystem’s maturation</p> <p>17:48 Top 3 Communitech highlights of Iain’s last 16 years</p> <p>22:27 When RIM lost its way and the impacts it had on the community and entrepreneurial ecosystem</p> <p>24:55 Rise of MedTech in Waterloo Region</p> <p> </p> <p>More on Iain:</p> <p>|| <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/iain-klugman-136410/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/iain-klugman-136410/</a></p> <p>|| <a href= "https://twitter.com/iainklugman">https://twitter.com/iainklugman</a></p> <p>More on Communitech:</p> <p>|| <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/communitech/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/communitech/</a></p> <p>|| <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/communitechpage">https://www.facebook.com/communitechpage</a></p> <p>|| <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/communitech/">https://www.instagram.com/communitech/</a></p> <p>|| <a href= "https://twitter.com/Communitech">https://twitter.com/Communitech</a></p>
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We know you're craving information, and one of the best ways to learn is by hearing from others. Knowing that, we snag some of the world's most brilliant minds to share their stories, from veteran influencers like Guy Kawasaki, to Waterloo Region heroes like Vidyard's Michael Litt.
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