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"Canada is at the forefront. Yes, mistakes are being made, but at least they're doing something. The US is doing nothing. And at the end of the day, these are American companies that are destroying t…

"There is especially in tech still a stigma around being a parent and being a contributing member of a company."

Founders Erin Bury (Willful) and Marie Chevrier (Sampler) join to discuss the dumb res…

We know you love VCs on the BetaKit Podcast. So here's an all-VC episode of the BetaKit Podcast.

Featuring: Chris Neumann (Panache Ventures), Matt Cohen (Ripple Ventures), John Ruffolo (Maverix Priva…

"One of the things that's funniest in tech is the complete and utter lack of self-awareness."

Comedian and podcaster Alexis Gay joins to share her transition from working in tech to creating content …

"I don't think our entrepreneurs are not risk takers; I just don't think our culture is set up to accept those risk takers."

It's a Canadian tech summer vibe check as the gang answers submitted liste…

"For a lot of Indigenous storytellers, there's a lot of interest in those [tech] platforms, because those entities haven't said no to our community for 50 years."

Indigenous content creators are caug…

"The BetaKit Podcast is very much a pro-dog podcast."

Dr. Theresa Johnson (Airbnb), Harper Reed (General Galactic Corporation), and Neha Khera (2048 Ventures) join for a wide-ranging conversation on …

"People in Canada are at their wits' end about areas of our economy having a lack of competition and how it impacts their pocketbook."

The Competition Bureau is the last line of defence for enforcing…

"Something else that's unique about the Calgary ecosystem...we're hungry. We're really, really hungry."

James Lochrie (Thin Air Labs) and Brett Colvin (Goodlawyer) join for an Alberta tech vibe check…

"Unfortunately, there's a long history over the last decade that I tend to lean into controversies around any event that we're holding anywhere in the world, especially four weeks out, because the vo…

"They're trying to invent the next product category—that's what they want to do. They want to have some sort of hardware to push into the future. They just haven't convinced me that this really is th…

"We are in a time of the worst health care crisis we've seen in Canada. It is really close to a collapse of the system across the country."

Brett Belchetz (Maple) and Alexandra Greenhill (Careteam Te…

“That is a deeply unhealthy way to live and to work and it’s ultimately not a successful way to sustain a publication.”

CANADALAND news editor Jonathan Goldsbie joins to discuss the rampant demise of…

"This announcement communicated two things: this thing we're getting rid of isn't primary to our mission—it's a side quest, we don't actually care about this; and we have a cultural problem at our co…

"I don't necessarily know if the government understands what an innovation strategy is."

Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) president Ben Bergen joins to answer listener-submitted questions about: …