Invested in our New Reality
Invested in Our New Reality is Invest Ottawa’s podcast exploring the evolving business landscape of the city. Each season, industry experts and thought leaders share insights on key topics, from scaling high-growth companies to revitalizing Ottawa’s downtown core. With real-world stories and practical advice, this podcast is a must-listen for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the future of Ottawa’s economy.
In Season 14, titled "Downtown: Evolved," host Sam Laprade delves into the transformation of Ottawa’s downtown. Join us as we explore the exciting developments shaping the city’s core as a vibrant place to live, work, and play.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 120
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Cassy Aite: adapting your business in unprecedented times
Hoppier, began in 2016 as a platform to provide healthy snacks to workplaces across North America but recently Hoppier reinvented its business model to account for unexpected changes in consumer beha…
00:16:01 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
JAMZ Drone Delivery: flying into the future
This week’s guest is taking food delivery to the next level, literally. Mohammad Abu-Shaaban is the Technical Lead at JAMZ Drone Delivery, a food delivery service which aims to provide high-frequency…
00:12:16 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Julie MacDonell: uplifting women entrepreneurs and securing capital
Julie MacDonell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Heirlume, an online self-serve trademark search and registration service that prides itself on being “better than the best lawyer.” In this episode Julie …
00:27:38 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Canadian Bank Note Company: 125 years of innovation
In this episode Alexander Schmidt, VP of Marketing at the Canadian Bank Note Company (CBN), tells listeners about the strategy at the core of CBN’s almost 125 years of success. From global online imm…
00:28:10 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
Jessica Lim: Supporting small, adopting digital and filling market gaps
Jessica Lim, Owner of Hippie Mylk, started her business to fulfill a personal need. Living with severe allergies, Lim was struggling to find a plant-based milk alternative that aligned with her dieta…
00:19:41 |
Fri 28 May 2021
Manny Otero on making Ottawa a leader in biotechnology
Manny Otero, CTO at Turnstone Biologics, uses innovation and science to develop practical and pragmatic clinical research that results in breakthrough cancer technology. In this episode Otero tells l…
00:22:59 |
Fri 21 May 2021
Dimple Thomas on diversity and inclusion in tech
Dimple Thomas, Engineering Manager at Ericcson, discusses the importance of empathy, diversity, and inclusion when it comes to new tech.
00:14:18 |
Fri 14 May 2021
David Bell: How to future proof your business
David Bell, Author of Location Is (Still) Everything and Co-Founder of Idea Farm Ventures, breaks down the three crucial steps for future proofing any business. COVID-19 has meant more consumers are …
00:22:57 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Women in business: a conversation with Jennifer Francis
Access to capital is a major hurdle for female entrepreneurs. Capital Angel Network Chair and SheBoot Co-Founder, Jennifer Francis, is using her lifetime of expertise in STEM to help other women acce…
00:18:42 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Jean-Sylvain Sormany: from start-up to global growth in the world of gaming
00:11:22 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Brad Rollo: disrupting the delivery market
Brad Rollo is the CEO and Co-Founder of GoFor an Ottawa-based company that helps North American businesses of all sizes get their products into the hands of customers faster. GoFor delivers any packa…
00:22:42 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Mandela SH Dixon: Diversity, inclusion, and representation in tech
Founder Gym is the first online training program designed specifically to help underrepresented tech start-up founders raise money to scale their start-ups. Founder, Mandela SH Dixon is paving the wa…
00:25:47 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
Impact and intention: a conversation with Naomi Haile
Naomi Haile, intrapreneur, QuakeLab consultant, and host of ‘The Power of Why’ podcast talks about what she has learned about impact and intention and how they play into a sense of fulfillment and a …
00:29:11 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Spartan Bioscience: rapid testing in the age of COVID-19
Roger Eacock, CEO of Spartan Bioscience talks about Spartan's remarkable hand-held COVID-19 rapid testing technology. Spartan recently received authorization from Health Canada for their made-in-Cana…
00:11:33 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Kevin Bourne on music, marketing, and making diversity a business priority
The pandemic has impacted all of us but for racialized and marginalized communities the adverse effects of COVID-19 have been disproportionate. As a result, there has been an increased focus on champ…
00:26:39 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Digital Main Street: Steve Georgopoulos of Focal Ottawa on bringing small businesses back into focus
Focal Ottawa is a student-led initiative dedicated to promoting and supporting local Ottawa businesses. By now we all know too well how COVID-19 has adversely impacted small businesses throughout the…
00:21:00 |
Fri 29 Jan 2021
Digital Main Street: BIAs and a shift to digital
Mark Kaluski, Chair of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA), talks about the challenges small businesses have faced since the pandemic began, and how critical the shift to digi…
00:16:29 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Digital Main Street: Breaking into a crowded market
Breaking into the food and beverage industry is difficult during the best of times. With the added challenges of COVID-19, it can prove to be exceptionally more difficult. Despite these challenges, M…
00:07:41 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
Digital Main Street: Justin Assaly of PerfectPRO Painters on taking the family business online
Since the pandemic, home improvements and renovations have been booming. In this episode of Invested Pod, host Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh speaks to Justin Assaly of PerfectPRO Painters about how the Di…
00:12:33 |
Fri 18 Dec 2020
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