Finance Podcast - Startup Canada

Randy Cass is an investment portfolio manager, who’s been in the industry over 15 years. He is also the founder and CEO of Nest Wealth, an innovative fintech based on robo-advisors that gives investors more personalize and transparent wealth management solutions. “It was just one... The post Building a Fortune 500 with Randy Cass – February 25 2019 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Mike Lee is the president of Fudica.com. Fudica is Canada’s most successful traditional funding identification and connection platform. It which matches entrepreneurs, private investors, public funders and advisors through an award-winner crowdsourcing technology. Mike is also the President of R&D Partners, a leading R&D funding... The post Finding Funding for your Business with Mike Lee – February 11 2019 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Deborah Sweeney is the CEO and Owner of MyCorporation, a complete online provider of filing services for small businesses and entrepreneurs for over twenty years. “Being an entrepreneur, being the master of my own destiny, that is where I found success,” Deborah is an attorney-turned-entrepreneur who’s... The post Start with Creating Value with Deborah Sweeney – January 21 2019 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Margaux Khoury is the CEO of “The Best Deodorant In The World,” a company based in New Brunswick that she started out of her kitchen with her husband Joshua. She is a compassionate, heart-centered entrepreneur who operates by two very simple philosophies: “People over profit”... The post Beyond Product and Profit with Margaux Khoury – January 7 2019 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Janine Rogan is a Calgary-based CPA and Personal Finance Expert at her namesake company, JanineRogan.com. She is incredibly passionate about financial literacy and shares her wealth of knowledge to individuals and businesses across Canada. “Money doesn’t have to be scary and it shouldn’t really cause... The post Avoiding Financial Roadblocks with Janine Rogan – December 24 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Paul is the Director of Small Business at UPS Canada, where he’s responsible for connecting and working with small businesses to educate and inform them on the many opportunities available to go global.“The one thing we’re not doing a good job at is beating our... The post Your Business as a Global Experience with Paul Gaspar – December 10, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Patrice Mousseau is an Ojibway entrepreneur from Fort William First Nation, Ontario, who solved a market gap by creating a new line of organic skin care products out of her very own kitchen. Patrice Mousseau is the owner of company, Satya Organic Skin Care, which... The post Removing the Stigma of Debt with Patrice Mousseau – November 26, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Have you ever wondered what a cashless society will look like? Should your business even consider committing to electronic payments? “As we see better and better technology that make electronic payments faster, more convenient, and safer, we’ll see a greater acceleration of this displacement of cash,”... The post Toward the Cashless Economy with Iain McLean – November 12, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Guy Charpentier is the Manager of Customer Fraud Management at Mastercard. His day to day involves protecting Mastercard’s customers against global security breaches while following the latest fraud trends. “If you’re not investing in tools to protect yourself and not making yourself aware of the types... The post Protecting your Business with Guy Charpentier – October 29, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Alyssa is the Co-Founder of Toronto’s Ratehub Inc which owns and operates Ratehub.ca, an online comparison platform for mortgage rates, credit cards, deposits, and insurance. “I was doing some consultancy previously in the U.S. in the financial services and we were seeing consumers starting to... The post Comparisons Made for Saving with Alyssa Furtado – October 15, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Michael Litt is the CEO and Co-Founder of Vidyard. As a thought leader, serial entrepreneur, and a surfer, Michael has scaled one of the most innovative video analytics technologies. “We didn’t start this business with any financial background,” says Michael. “We had to learn.” An authority on... The post The Art and the Science of Growth with Michael Litt – October 1. 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

How do you meet investors? How do you pitch them and stand out from the crowd?  “Building relationships is the key,” says David Nault, a seasoned venture capitalist, and the former principal at iNovia Capital, a $500M VC firm based in Montreal, Toronto and the Valley.... The post Building Relationships to Grow with David Nault – September 17, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Bob Gauvreau is the founding partner of Gauvreau & Associates CPA, a firm that works with entrepreneurs to help them grow their business, increase profits, and pay fewer taxes. Gauvreau & Associates has been recognized as one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. “People should know that... The post Tax Benefits for Your Business with Bob Gauvreau – September 4, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

As the managing partner and co-founder of Two Small Fish Ventures, Eva Lau is passionate about her job and hopes to nurture Canadian companies to scale and become next-generation tech giants. “Canada needs more tech giants and it needs more aspiring entrepreneurs who are not afraid... The post It’s About the Execution with Eva Lau – August 20, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.

Failure is part and parcel of entrepreneurship. With every failure, you grow. Yet, many of us still don’t know how to master the art of failing with grace. In this week’s #FinancePodcast, host Dr. Sean Wise talks to Nicole about dealing with failures and other... The post Pitching, Pivots and Profits with Nicole Verkindt – August 6, 2018 appeared first on Startup Canada.