Who Are These Startups

Understanding and tracking the climate impact of your investments with AlterClimate co-founders Cedric Robert and Kevin Gentil-Cantin on Who Are These Startups Podcast. For more engaging interviews with founders of innovative Canadian startups, visit whoarethesestartups.com and explore live events at torontostarts.com/events. Links: AlterClimate website Startup Talk Podcast FutureTech Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks in person and online mentoring - Mentoringmagic.ca Get business coaching to take Your business to the next level TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel

Talking AI Podcasting tools with Armel Beuadry Kembe founder of Trebble.fm. Hosted by the Startup Coach this episode explores Trebble.fm's startup story, and understanding what led Armel to build the suite of tools to make it easy for people to edit and publish podcasts. We also explore learning about pitching startups, tips for founders, and reaction to all the AI fear and more. For more engaging interviews with founders of innovative Canadian startups, visit whoarethesestartups.com and explore live events at torontostarts.com/events. Links: Trebble.fm website Armel Beuadry Kembe on LinkedIn Startup Talk Podcast FutureTech Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks in person and online mentoring - Mentoringmagic.ca Get business coaching to take Your business to the next level TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel

In this episode of "Who Are These Startups," join us as we delve into the world of AI and machine learning with Mike Leslie, co-founder of Revela. Hosted by The Startup Coach, the podcast explores the journey of Revela—a machine learning and AI monitoring system designed to ensure the continued performance and integrity of AI models. Mike discusses the challenges faced by AI engineers and data scientists, revealing how Revela provides a vital toolkit to maintain model relevance, prevent bias, and optimize decision-making. Tune in to discover the story behind Revela's transformation from a consulting firm to a product-driven company and gain insights into the evolving landscape of AI technology and its responsible deployment. Explore how AI is being embraced and how Revela is playing a pivotal role in shaping a safer and more efficient AI-driven future. For more engaging interviews with founders of innovative Canadian startups, visit whoarethesestartups.com and explore live events at torontostarts.com/events. Links: Revela.io website Revela.io on LinkedIn Mike Leslie on LinkedIn Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Automated Transcript of Revela on Who Are These Startups SPEAKERS Mike Leslie of Revela.io, The Startup Coach The Startup Coach 00:00 Welcome to Who are the startups, podcast shorts featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to who are these startups? I am the startup coach, founder of Torontostarts and with me today is Mike Leslie, co founder of Revela. Welcome, Mike. Mike Leslie of Revela.io 00:15 Hey, Craig, nice to Nice to meet you. And thanks for the time. The Startup Coach 00:17 What does Revela do? Mike Leslie of Revela.io 00:19 So Revela is a machine learning and AI monitoring system. So basically provide guardrails for AI machine learning models and production goal, they're making sure that they're basically performing properly, and they're not getting too stale over time. And then ultimately, you know, being unbiased and all that kind of stuff. The Startup Coach 00:37 Who is Revela For? Mike Leslie of Revela.io 00:39 So Revela is for machine learning? Engineers and data scientists are the users, they're the ones who basically use it to understand when do you want to retrain your model. So you got them all in production, you know, when's the best time to retrain it, minimize your use of compute power, and just your own time as far as like managing that. And we also appeal to the executive team as well. So this might be a CEO of an enterprise he wants to gain some visibility into how are my machine learning AI investments performing, right, so we are that way to measure that and then bring that information up to say, putting money in these areas. So it's fraud detection, running, insurance claims, so on and so forth. And understanding how that is playing out as far as investing further into it. The Startup Coach 01:20 What is your startup story Mike Leslie of Revela.io 01:22 Revela started four years ago, 2019, we were actually a machine learning AI consulting company before that. And then we decided through the insight we gained seeing these machine learning engineering projects basically fail over time, because we could help them develop it, we'd leave, the models would basically go stale over time, and start drifting. So we decided to pivot to become a product company early last year to make sure that, you know, we can help more teams prevent that issue from happening in the future. The Startup Coach 01:49 What drives you, Mike Leslie of Revela.io 01:51 it's really about just enabling this massive deployment and explosion of like AI technologies that we're seeing globally right now.

Welcome to the latest episode of Who Are These Startups Podcast! In this exciting conversation, our Startup Coach sits down with Pedro Bento de Faria, the CEO and co-founder of Kelsen, a game-changing legal tech startup. Discover how Kelsen utilizes AI to generate long-form bespoke technical writing, catering to the needs of lawyers and law firms. Pedro shares his journey from a litigation lawyer to an AI entrepreneur, unveiling the driving force behind Kelsen's mission. Dive into the world of legal tech innovation and gain valuable insights into the future of the legal industry. Tune in now for a captivating discussion on AI's transformative role in legal writing! Links: Kelsen on the Web Kelsen on LinkedIn Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Automated Transcript of AI-Powered Legal Writing: The Future of Law Firms with Kelsen The Startup Coach Welcome to Who are the startups podcast shorts featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to who are these startups? I'm the startup coach, founder of Toronto starch. And with me today is Pedro bento de Faria, CEO and co founder of Kelsen. Welcome, Pedro. Pedro Bento de Faria Hi, thank you. Nice to be here. The Startup Coach What does Kelsen do? Pedro Bento de Faria So calcium or developing AI based software that generates very long form bespoke technical writing, the high value added stuff for the legal sector for lawyers and for law firms. The Startup Coach Is Kelsen for a specific type of lawyer or lawyer firms or anybody in the legal industry. Well, Pedro Bento de Faria the way we see it Kelsen could be used by anybody in the legal industry. But as we're going to market, we're targeting initially small and medium sized law firms. From there. After we get that foothold, we plan to scale up to larger law firms and in house legal departments. The Startup Coach What is your startup story? Pedro Bento de Faria Well, so I'm a courier. Attorney. I was a litigation lawyer for 10 years. And when you do litigation, most of what you do is either writing or reviewing other people's writing. And around 2019, when my son was born, I got really frustrated, because I couldn't fit to spend as much time as I wanted with him, because I was stuck in the office writing. And one day, I was stuck at midnight, an all night drafting session. And I realized that there had to be a better way to do these things. And that's when it struck me that we could use AI to produce these first drafts of long form legal texts, like pleadings, which is what we're doing right now. The Startup Coach What drives you? Pedro Bento de Faria Well, I find the idea of bringing something into the world that has never been done before. exhilarating, and specifically in entrepreneurship, because I was a lawyer before and most of what I did was solving other people's problems. The idea now of doing my own project, is is extremely motivating for me. The Startup Coach How do you define success? Well, Pedro Bento de Faria that are more abstract, macro level, for me success would be the ability to look back at my life and know that I lived my own life and changed my own goals. At a more micro level, I think that's a moving target. It's always changing once you get there, it has evolved. But right now, success for us would be launching our product and going to market in the next few months. The Startup Coach I can see all different kinds of business models with this. What is the business model for Kelsen? Pedro Bento de Faria So very simple, we're b2b on a hybrid monthly subscription. So basically, the customer the law firm will pay a base month's subscription plus a variable amount corresponding to how ...

In this episode of "Who Are These Startups," host Startup Coach sits down with Amy Lorincz, CEO and co-founder of Vope Medical, a groundbreaking startup in the healthcare industry. Vope Medical is developing an AI-driven software that aims to improve vision during minimally invasive surgeries. By leveraging computer vision, they eliminate the need for manual lens cleaning, ensuring seamless and efficient surgeries. Amy shares the startup's journey, from identifying the problem through interviews with surgeons to their unique solution. Tune in to learn more about Vope Medical's mission to enhance surgical procedures for both surgeons and patients. Links: Vope Medical on the Web Vope Medical on LinkedIn Vope Medical on Facebook Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Automated Transcript of Vope Medical Who Are These Startups Podcast The Startup Coach Welcome to Who are the startups, podcast shorts featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to who are the startups I am the startup coach founder front of starts. And with me today is Amy Lorincz, CEO and co founder of Vope medical. Welcome, Amy. Amy Lorincz Thanks for having me. The Startup Coach What does Vope medical do Amy Lorincz so we are developing an AI driven software that improves vision and minimally invasive surgery. This is compared to a mechanical cleaning process where a surgeon has to physically clean a camera lens, we're taking a different approach and leveraging computer vision to clean the image feed that the surgeon sees so that surgeries can go on seamlessly and efficiently. The Startup Coach Is it for a specific type of hospital a specific type of surgeon. Amy Lorincz It is for surgeons and patients and this is any surgeon that is performing endoscopic procedures, so procedures that require a small camera lens to see a picture of the surgical site. So for them, we're really solving the problem where as you can imagine, if you're performing surgery and can't see what you're doing, it's highly stressful and disruptive. And surgeons really want to focus on the procedures they're performing in their patients. So solving that problem for them. And then on the patient side with our software, we can actually reduce the time that they spend in surgery. So that's better from a healing perspective and patient safety perspective. So really developing the software for the surgeons and the patients. The Startup Coach What is your startup story. Amy Lorincz This startup started from a surgical innovation program at McGill, we interviewed 30 minimally invasive surgeons found that vision as a problem were typically 37% of the total time in surgery, surgeons can't actually see clearly what they're doing. So from there, we decided to address that problem with a different approach that is currently not on the market, and really validated that problem with them. And the product we're solving for using a computer vision approach and a software cleaning approach to cleaning this lens contamination. And from there really brought on different researchers on our team. So we have a PhD researcher Dimitri, who's our CTO from Mila, also Martin on our technical team to help us with the software development side of things. So that's pretty much how we started and where we're at right now. What drives you, I have a background in industrial engineering. So I've always been really interested in optimizing processes and systems and I also have a really big passion for the healthcare industry and making improvements there. So those two coupled and finding a solution to a persisting problem in the space that hasn't been solved yet is super motivating. For me,

Welcome to the latest episode of Who Are These Startups Podcast! In this episode, our Startup Coach sits down with Noah Crampton, the CEO of Mutuo Health Solutions, the brilliant minds behind AutoScribe. Join us as we dive into how Muto Health Solutions is leveraging AI to revolutionize the healthcare industry. Discover how their innovative technology streamlines doctor-patient interactions, saves valuable time, and alleviates the administrative burden on healthcare professionals. Get inspired by Noah's journey as a family physician turned entrepreneur, driven by a mission to solve the burnout crisis in healthcare. Don't miss this insightful conversation packed with valuable insights and the future of healthcare. Links: Mutuo Health Solutions on the web Mutuo Health Solutions on LinkedIn Mutuo Health Solutions on Facebook Mutuo Health Solutions on Twitter Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Mutuo Health Solutions - Who Are These Startups - Automated Transcript SUMMARY KEYWORDS ai, doctors, startups, toronto, technology, mutuo, market, noah, founder, solutions, scribe, product, patients, solving, healthcare, administrative tasks, business, people, application, prototype SPEAKERS Noah Crampton, The Startup Coach The Startup Coach Welcome to Who are the startups, podcast shorts featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to who are the startups I am the startup coach, founder of TorontoStarts and with me today is Noah cramped and CEO of Mutuo Health Solutions and makers of auto scribe. Welcome, Noah. Noah Crampton Thank you. The Startup Coach So what does Mutuo Health Solutions do? Noah Crampton We have a product called Autoscribe, which is an AI based scribe technology for doctors. So you can imagine you're at your doctor's office, and there's a microphone in the exam room attached to the computer in the exam room. And as the doctor is asking the patient questions, it listens to the conversation, and in real time generates a note that the doctor would normally type themselves. So it saves the doctor like up to 50% of their time on note taking, who is Mutuo Health Solutions for that just for doctors is for dentists, all health care. The nice thing about our technology is that the AI is very flexible. We built a lot of different note templates for any kind of health care provider. Right now we're targeting, you know, the standard physicians in the community, whether they be family physicians or specialists, but any any healthcare provider can use it. The Startup Coach What is your startup story and what drives you? Noah Crampton I'm a family physician, myself, and I wanted to solve my own problem. And we knew that AI was coming up with amazing solutions to problems. And one of them that I was passionate about was how much time doctors spent doing administrative tasks that are causing a burnout crisis in health care, doctors are leaving the profession because there's just so much paperwork that's being dumped on them. So I started researching this area about five years ago, and I collaborated with the computer scientists from the University of Toronto, and we started to prototype how to generate this AI scribe tool, and we got really good performance. And so during the pandemic, we refined the prototype into you know, alpha, beta, and did all the privacy, security and legal stuff required and healthcare and we've been in the market for the last four months with, we're now up to 10 users of our product, The Startup Coach and how do you define success. Noah Crampton So I'm here to make a big impact in healthcare, you know, certainly want to see traction with the tool, making sure that it provides value to clinicians.

Welcome to another exciting episode of "Who Are These Startups"! In this installment, the Startup Coach engages in a captivating conversation with Iskander El Amri, co-founder and CEO of Solyntek. Solyntek is a Canadian startup that offers an AI-powered EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) and predictive maintenance solution, designed to prevent risky situations in the workplace. At Solyntek, safety takes precedence. The company is dedicated to helping organizations create safer work environments, leading to increased productivity and reduced insurance premiums. What sets Solyntek apart is their ability to leverage existing security camera systems, enhancing them with AI capabilities to detect and address unsafe situations in real-time, without the need for additional hardware. Respecting user privacy is a core principle for Solyntek. They have implemented robust measures to ensure data security and confidentiality, providing peace of mind to their clients. Through the power of artificial intelligence algorithms, Solyntek automates EHS processes, enabling the detection, analysis, and reporting of potential safety hazards in real time. This automation streamlines workflows, generates comprehensive reports, and updates key performance indicators, empowering organizations to proactively address safety concerns. Solyntek's AI-powered security cameras provide round-the-clock monitoring of unsafe conditions. These cameras have the capability to detect potential hazards and promptly alert personnel in real-time, ensuring a swift response to mitigate risks. Iskander El Amri shares insights into Solyntek's maintenance and repair services, which are characterized by their dedication to effectiveness and high quality. With a team of highly qualified engineering resources, Solyntek focuses on delivering exceptional solutions to their clients. Join us as we explore the remarkable innovations and commitment to workplace safety offered by Solyntek. Gain valuable insights into the potential of AI in EHS and predictive maintenance, as we dive into Iskander's entrepreneurial journey and the mission driving Solyntek's groundbreaking solutions. Links: Solyntek URL Iskander El Amri on LinkedIn Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel

In this episode of "Who Are These Startups," the Startup Coach sits down with the co-founders of Uwear.ai. Uwear.ai, is building an AI-powered software that allows online clothing stores to generate studio-quality photos of their products without going through a traditional photoshoot. Links: UWear.ai Website Uwear.ai on LinkedIn Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel

In this episode of "Who Are These Startups," the Startup Coach sits down with Hanyin Chen, the CEO and Co-Founder of ASKaFOX. ASKaFOX is on a mission to enhance worldwide manufacturers' supply chain resiliency through the power of AI. Hanyin explains how they provide manufacturers with contingency plans during supply disruptions, offering fast and reliable solutions. Using NLP, ASKaFOX enables efficient supplier discovery, matching customer queries with the best possible data points. They also employ an Uber-like in-factory auditing service to validate potential suppliers from an industrial perspective. Tune in to learn how ASKaFOX revolutionizes manufacturing partnerships and eliminates the need for exhaustive Google searches, trade shows, and extensive business travel. Links: AskaFox Website LinkedIn Twitter Medium Substack Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel

In the latest episode of "Who Are These Startups," the startup coach sits down with Jerry Chien, the CEO and Co-founder of Gravvity, a Canadian startup revolutionizing the creation of 3D augmented reality and virtual reality shops. Gravvity enables anyone to easily build virtual shopping experiences without the need for coding expertise, catering to the growing trend of virtual environments where kids spend hours each day. As the podcast dives into the interview, Jerry explains the current landscape of virtual shopping experiences and how major brands are increasingly investing in this space. However, the main challenge lies in the complexity and cost associated with hiring development teams to create these virtual shops. Gravvity aims to simplify the process, making it accessible and affordable for anyone to bring their virtual shops to life. The interview covers a range of topics, including Gravvity's core offering, their target audience, and the story behind the startup's inception. Jerry also discusses what drives him as an entrepreneur and how he defines success in the dynamic world of technology startups. The conversation delves into Gravvity's business model, funding situation, and the lessons Jerry has learned along the way. He reflects on the biggest challenges faced as a founder and shares insights on effective pitching techniques. Additionally, Jerry reveals his favorite productivity hack, utilizing ChatGPT, and talks about the Next AI program, which Gravvity is a part of. For aspiring founders, Jerry provides valuable tips and advice, emphasizing the importance of perseverance and team building. As an AI founder, he shares his thoughts on the current debates surrounding AI development and addresses the concerns and fears associated with it. Listeners can connect with Jerry and Gravvity on LinkedIn, where they can learn more about the company's innovative approach to web3 store creation. Building such stores may seem daunting, but Gravvity aims to streamline the process, reducing the time commitment and asset requirements typically associated with it. Tune in to this episode of "Who Are These Startups" to gain insights into the world of virtual shopping experiences and how Gravvity is transforming the way we shop in virtual environments. Links: Gravvity Website Jerry Chien on LinkedIn Startup Talk Podcast Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Automated Transcript of Gravvity - Who are these startups SUMMARY KEYWORDS founder, startup, gravvity, create, ai, shop, companies, virtual, space, big, product, opportunity, super, day, experience, path, marketplace, executable, building, shopify SPEAKERS Jerry Chien, The Startup Coach The Startup Coach Welcome to Who are the startups podcast shorts featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Don't let pain hold you back, get fast pain relief with the pain removers, maximum strength pain relief balm, the perfect solution for chronic pain and sore muscles, visit the pain removers.com and get back to living your life to the fullest. Welcome back to who are these startups. I'm the startup coach, founder of Toronto starts and with me today is Jerry Chen, CEO and co founder of gravvity. Welcome, Jerry. Jerry Chien Thanks a lot, Craig, really appreciate it. The Startup Coach What is gravvity do Jerry Chien so we make it possible for anyone to create 3d augmented reality and virtual reality shops basically had in the marketplace right now all the biggest brands are creating these virtual shopping experiences, because they realized that kids are spending almost three hours a day in these virtual environments like Roblox, Minecraft and fortnight. And it's projected to reach you know, to $2.6 trillion by 2030.

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Welcome back to Who Are These Startups. Podcast shorts featuring founders of Canadian startups, hosted by the Startup Coach. This episode features co-founder and CPO of InheritChain Sodaba Rameh. —— Who Are These Investors Podcast Startup Talk Podcast Register for Startup and Entrepreneur Events here Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Starting A Business in Ontario: A Resources Guide For Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Scaleups Startup Pricing Strategies The Startup List Monthly Entrepreneur & Startup Investor Speed Dating Join us for Startup Pitch Battle

Welcome back to Who Are These Startups. Podcast shorts featuring founders of Canadian startups, hosted by the Startup Coach. This episode features Visto.AI CEO and Co-founder Josh Schachnow. —— Who Are These Investors Podcast Startup Talk Podcast Register for Startup and Entrepreneur Events here Check Out our Monthly Startup Investor Drinks TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Starting A Business in Ontario: A Resources Guide For Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Scaleups Startup Pricing Strategies The Startup List Monthly Entrepreneur & Startup Investor Speed Dating Join us for Startup Pitch Battle Visto AI on Who Are These Startups Podcast Transcript (Automate) Visto AI on Who Are These Startups podcast final.mp3 - TranscriptWelcome to who are these startups podcast shorts, featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to. Who are these startups with me? Today is Josh Shack. Now. Co-founder and CEO of Vista Way. I welcome Josh, thanks for having me, Greg appreciated. What does Vista do? We are an immigration tech company. So we we've been around for a few years. Now, you can find on our website, a lot of tools, if you're an aspiring immigrant to learn about the different programs and waste to come to Canada. But primarily what we focus on now is helping connect Canadian companies with skilled workers abroad more specifically right now Tech workers from abroad. So we've built a platform where companies can find interview and sponsor AKA bring through the immigration programs foreign Tech Talent into their Canadian offices. What is your startup story? Well, I'm an immigration lawyer by trade, I don't dress like it anymore. Part of what I like so much about the tech world, but I've been practicing immigration law out of out of Toronto, for the last five years. Five and a half years and was working primarily with tech companies, more and more of them started and continue to sponsor foreign Talent, just because of how competitive it is in, in Canada, North America. Now it's becoming Global how competitive it is in terms of the war on talent. And after a few years of working with a lot of tech companies and seeing the cool things they were building, I was just confused about why nobody was building, m e, n e, tachyon immigration. So I started this. So about two-and-a-half years ago, we started with more of a b2c focus but pivoted over the last summer to building this B2B platform that I just talked about and the team's grown, have a co-founder Alex to see to do we have a developer of Our Own in Mexico A few other contractors that we work with from around the world. Some awesome investors so it's it's grown a lot in a couple years and hopefully we'll continue to grow a lot more. What drives you? What drives me? I think, just solving big problems for a lot of people I like doing immigration work, but it wasn't, I guess so efficient in a lot of traditional professionals operating we're seeing this in a lot of Industries, right? Where Tech comes in and just kind of changes the way things work and changes, how efficient and effective things can be done. And so what really drives me, especially, as it relates to Visto is being able to help so many companies grow their teams. Because we know that companies are really only as good as their people and can really only grow as quick as they can. Add more great people. So, helping a lot of companies and helping a lot of immigrants because there's a lot of people around the world that weren't, as lucky as I am, as I was growing up and now I continue to get to live in Canada, which I think is in a, one of the best countries to live in in the world. And there's a lot of people out there who want to start Lives in different countries for any number of reasons. And what our platform does is help those people.

Welcome back to Who Are These Startups. Podcast shorts featuring founders of Canadian startups, hosted by the Startup Coach. This episode features Javelin Sports with Justin Ford. —— Who Are These Investors Podcast Startup Talk Podcast Register for Startup and Entrepreneur Events here TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Starting A Business in Ontario: A Resources Guide For Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Scaleups Startup Pricing Strategies The Startup List Monthly Entrepreneur & Startup Investor Speed Dating Join us for Startup Pitch Battle Javelin Sports on Who Are These Startups Transcript (Automated) Javelin Sports on Who Are These Startups The Startup Coach: Welcome to who are these start-ups podcast shorts, featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to who are these startups? I'm your host and startup coach. Founder of Toronto starts one of the largest startup communities in Canada. And with me today is Justin Ford CEO and co-founder of javelin sports. Welcome Justin. Justin Ford of Javelin Sports: Thanks, Craig. The Startup Coach: Let's jump right into it. What does javelin sports. Justin Ford of Javelin Sports: So javelin sports is an organization whose goal is to make it easier to play sports. We operate with the core belief that sports are social. So we put most of our time and effort into focusing on building sport communities and then providing them good ways to communicate with each other. Through working with sports players, organizations, leagues in this manner, we've grown a player base of over 30,000 players. And recently we've been kind of expanding on what we currently offered to also allow players to. Match with other players, one-to-one in their area to chat with them and that way, and then also even book places. The Startup Coach: What is javelin sports startup story. So Justin Ford of Javelin Sports: we actually started as a group project that I was working on in my final year at university. I didn't actually think I necessarily wanted to go into entrepreneurship when I was younger, but through building out this group project, I guess I kind of caught the entrepreneurship bug. I really enjoyed the work we were doing for that. I managed to speak with some of our clients and this was in the sports space. So it was a problem that I'm really passionate about solving. So everything kind of aligned. Uh, we launched in 2017 and since then have been kind of slowly scaling up what. There's a number of different things that drive me. Initially, I started working on this once again, cause I just want it to make it easier to play sports. I played a lot as a kid, but after I graduated high school, I was playing less and less. There had to be some way to fix this issue. And there has to be other people who are facing my problems. If you look at numbers, I think 27% of adults are actively playing sports. Whereas about 76% of them say they want to either start playing or play more. So there's this big gap. And we thought if we could build something that simplifies the process makes it easier to connect with people in your area, easier to find games, easier to communicate with other players. Then we could truly increase sports participation rates around the world. With that being said, Toronto has really bustling startup ecosystem. I know you're one of the big drivers behind that. So, so thank you for all the work you're doing there, Craig, through speaking and meeting with a lot of these entrepreneurs and other founders, I started to see from an overall view, just how interesting and exciting the startup community is. So I'm now viewing this as kind of the first of many, hopefully business ventures that I'm working on with just the intent of, of helping solve big problems through the use of,

Welcome back to Who Are These Startups. Podcast shorts featuring founders of Canadian startups, hosted by the Startup Coach. This episode features uCast with Rand Abous Ras. —— Who Are These Investors Podcast Startup Talk Podcast Register for Startup and Entrepreneur Events here TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Starting A Business in Ontario: A Resources Guide For Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Scaleups Startup Pricing Strategies The Startup List Monthly Entrepreneur & Startup Investor Speed Dating Join us for Startup Pitch Battle uCast on Who Are These Startups Transcript (Automated) Startup Coach: Welcome to who are these startups podcast shorts, featuring founder interviews of Canadian startups. Welcome back to who are these startups? I'm your host. The founder of Toronto starts one of the largest startup communities in Canada. And with me today is Rand of uCast welcome Rand. Rand Abou Ras: I'm doing great. Startup Coach: Let's jump right into it. What does uCast do? Rand Abou Ras: So we are a marketplace and ad management platform that helps connect podcasters and brands who want to advertise on audio platforms. And we do all host read ads and our main revenue stream is through CPM and CPA campaigns. Startup Coach: What is uCast startup story? Rand Abou Ras: I started podcasting a really long time ago. I started, when I moved to Canada, I started getting featured on platforms like globe and mail CBC, a lot of other, you know, Toronto news outlets. And the title was always no Syrian refugee does this or Syrian refugee does that? It was tokenizing. I really didn't like the way it was portrayed. I actually tried taking the stories down. They wouldn't agree. They said to you. No, this is the story that we got, and this is the headline that we're running with. Take it or leave it. And so the first time I went on a, actually on a CBC based podcast called fresh air to talk about it. And that was like the first, the first exposure to podcasting that I ever got. And then. We really liked it. I started podcasting on my own. It was just as a hobby. I'm really nothing serious. Um, but when you're in podcasting, you very quickly understand the, the, the, the setbacks of the podcasting world or the industry. So I started doing these different product mock ups, cause I have a product design background or user experience design background. And so I would create these like different product mock-ups and these are flows and I would post them on Reddit. Discord podcasting communities. And I would just let people, you know, vote for whichever solution they like. And eventually the idea of podcast monetization for the long tail was the one that everybody was interested in. So I said, Hey, let's, let's try doing it. I contacted a very good friend of mine. Who's a software engineer. His name is Daniel Martinovich and he's now my co-founder and we started building EUCAST and, uh, that's how we started. Startup Coach: What drives you? Rand Abou Ras: Honestly, my love for product more than anything, a lot of people, you know, have that, that passion about their startup. Uh, but to me, it's my passion for, for product, really, for innovation, for creativity. Um, my ability to just wake up in the morning, talk to customers, understand what, you know, what, what is, what is their setbacks? What is their pain points? And being able to design that process to me that. I love doing that more than anything. So yeah, that's what drives me. Startup Coach: How do you define success? Rand Abou Ras: Honestly, I define success by your failures and I'll, I'll explain what that means. So, you know, if you've, if you've had somewhat of a successful life, but your entire life has been. Quote unquote successful.

Who Are These Startups, this episode features InStage co-founder Imran Mouna. This 10 minute rapid fire conversations with founders where you get to know just who are these startups.Who Are These Startups at WhoAreTheseStartups.com InStage - https://www.instagepractice.com/ Discussion includes: InStage Startup StoryWhat Drives Imran as an EntrepreneurHow Imran defines success InStage Business Model B2B and B2C Funding Situation Bootstrapped Grants Pitch Circuit Customer Pay Biggest Learning Get the Product Out Early Talk to Customers Using the Product and Listen "If you are Trying to serve your customers you should be listening to them" Lesson Pitching Your Startup Keep it Simple Stop Telling How Great Your Company is and start talking about how you can help people Favourite Productivity Hack Pomodoro Technique Canadian Startup Resources TorontoStarts (formerly Startup Toronto) MarsDD Helix Tips for Founders Keep Each Other Motivated Books for Founders Pitch Decks Founders Should Read Steam and Netflix Connect with InStage Instagram InStage on Twitter LinkedIn —— Who Are These Investors Podcast Startup Talk Podcast Register for Startup and Entrepreneur Events here TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Starting A Business in Ontario: A Resources Guide For Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Scaleups Startup Pricing Strategies The Startup List Monthly Entrepreneur & Startup Investor Speed Dating Join us for Startup Pitch Battle

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Welcome to Who Are These Startups, this episode features Nadia Ladak co founder of Marlow. Listen to this under 10 min rapid fire conversation where you get to know just who are these startups. Discussion includes: Marlow’s Startup Story What Drives Nadia as an Entrepreneur How Nadia defines success Marlow’s Business Model Funding Situation Biggest Learning Favourite Productivity Hack Canadian Startup Resources Tips for Founders Books for Founders Follow Marlow on Instagram at @Marlow and on TikTok @Wearemarlow —— Who Are These Investors Podcast Startup Talk Podcast Register for Startup and Entrepreneur Events here TorontoStarts Entrepreneur and Startup Community Angel Investor List Venture Capital List Join us on Reddit TorontoStarts YouTube Channel Starting A Business in Ontario: A Resources Guide For Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Scaleups Startup Pricing Strategies The Startup List Monthly Entrepreneur & Startup Investor Speed Dating Join us for Startup Pitch Battle