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Innovation Alley Podcast - November 2017 - Open Innovation by Innovation Alley

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Find out more about the Startup Canada Awards - Prairies, coming September 21; the North Forge Legal Clinic launch at the end of September and North Forge's participation in Central Canada Comic Con October 27-29 with host Michael Legary, North Forge President Jeff Ryzner, Fabrication Lab Director Marney Stapley and the new Director of Marketing, Communications and Community Partnerships, Brent Phillips.

Learn the latest Fabrication Lab updates as host Michael Legary is joined by Director Marney Stapley, Entrepreneur in Residence Matt Olson and Brent Phillips, and the new North Forge Director of Marketing Brent Phillips.

Host Mike Legary talks startup, scalability and keys to entrepreneurial success with Bold CEO and co-founder Yvan Boisjoli. Bold is one of the fastest growing Manitoban technology firms and Shopify’s top development partner. Bold develops some of the most popular eCommerce apps available for the Shopify eCommerce platform, designed to help store owners increase their sales.

Host Mike Legary follows up from last year’s successful TrapTap Kickstarter campaign with founders Bryce North and Dustin Refvik.

Dan Blair, John Ferris, and Suzanne Braun discuss innovation engineering and how you can use it to generate ideas for your business.

Host Mike Legary and Josh Simair discuss the recent deal with Just Eat and lessons learned from the early days of the startup.

Host Mike Legary chats with Emelia Nyarku and Suzanne Braun about upcoming events and changes to the startup space at 321 McDermot Avenue.

Joelle Foster from Futurepreneur introduces our Innovation Alley Podcast hosts to two aspiring entrepreneurs who are working through the very first steps of a new business idea. Joelle and Kerry Stevenson from North Forge walk through the thought process and supports available to anyone looking to take their idea to the next level.

Jeff Ryzner, President of North Forge talks to our Innovation Alley Podcast hosts about how entrepreneurs, angels and everyone in between are helping grow Startups in Manitoba and the wider Canadian Startup Ecosystem.

Season Two of the Innovation Alley Podcast kicks off! Your hosts, Michael Legary, Kerry Stevenson, Dan Blair & Emelia Nyarku talk about what has been developing on the Alley over the past few months and what we’re in store for in the new year.

Startups are growing all across Manitoba! Brad Hack from Futurepreneur talks to our Innovation Alley hosts about the excellent startup scene in Brandon, as well as how Futurepreneur helps people start businesses of all types.

Matt Olson of Lift Innovations provides an update on the daily grind of producing grinders following product development at North Forge Fabrication Lab and a successful crowdfunding campaign. Radio host and all-around Winnipeg-booster Ace Burpee shares in the excitement for our tech future. Premier Brian Pallister and Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet host Ziya Tong join Mike Legary. Scam Skate and Trap Tap share their stories of innovation from the ground up.

Kerry Stevenson from Fabbalo talks about Startup perspectives on making the most of the Consumer Electronics Show.

Chris and Kerry sit down with Ben Myers, from Robot and Pencils, about their new app CakeWalk. CAKEWALK, a free iPhone and Apple Watch app, leverages witty push notifications, fitness challenges, friendly competition and public shaming to encourage daily activity.

This week on the Innovation Alley Podcast we dive into TrapTap with one of the founders, Bryce North. TrapTap is a legal handsfree, speed trap indicator that has absolutely crushed the startup scene since it's inception only a few intense months ago.

David Bernhardt introduces us the TwoCane, an innovative cane that will easy mobility for tens of thousands of people across Canada. We discuss the inventive process, the numerous awards they have received so far, the Dragon's Den pitch process and what is was like to get a deal as well as introduce the crowdfunding campaign that has just launched.

This week on the Innovation Alley Podcast we have an in-depth interview with David Bernhardt, Canadian Inventor, Dragon's Den Success Story and last but not least one of our founders of the AssentWorks Fabrication facility at Startup Winnipeg.

Necessity is the mother of all inventions and in the case of inventor Marco Longley, a life-changing collision with a drunk driver inspired him and his business partner, David Bernhardt, to create the TwoCane. In Part 2 David talks about the development and background of the TwoCane.

Necessity is the mother of all inventions and in the case of inventor Marco Longley, a life-changing collision with a drunk driver inspired him and his business partner, David Bernhardt, to create the TwoCane. In Part 3 David talks about the inventive process behind the TwoCane

Necessity is the mother of all inventions and in the case of inventor Marco Longley, a life-changing collision with a drunk driver inspired him and his business partner, David Bernhardt, to create the TwoCane. In Part 4 David talks about the Indiegogo campaign for the TwoCane https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/twocane-not-your-granddaddy-s-cane#/

Necessity is the mother of all inventions and in the case of inventor Marco Longley, a life-changing collision with a drunk driver inspired him and his business partner, David Bernhardt, to create the TwoCane. In Part 1 David introduces us to the TwoCane and highlights the Dragon's Den experience.

Dan Blair, Chris Johnson and Michael Legary host an Entrepreneur Walkthrough - How to take your idea and make a real company. The talk about the first critical few steps from an idea in your head, to a team developing the concept to a legally defined organization.

On this week's Innovation Alley Podcast, our hosts discuss an Entrepreneur Walkthrough - How to take your idea and make a real company, followed up by a Crowd Funding Failure story regarding Zano and the details from the Kick Starter funded report on the fall of the business. We're also joined by Emelia Nyarku, Startup Winnipeg Community Coordinator highlighting upcoming community events.

Dan Blair, Chris Johnson and Michael Legary host a Crowd Funding Failure story regarding Zano and the details from the Kick Starter funded report on the fall of the business. https://medium.com/@meharris/how-zano-raised-millions-on-kickstarter-and-left-backers-with-nearly-nothing-85c0abe4a6cb#.hmptcigpn

Kerry Stevenson from Fabbaloo, one of the longest running sites tracking developments in 3D Printing, talks to us regarding the newest developments in 3D printing and the impacts and perspectives startups should have when using 3D Printing.

The Innovation Alley Podcast for the week of January 13th, 2016 dives into Startup perspectives on making the most of CES and trends in 3D Printing. We kick things off with Emelia Nyarku, Community Coordinator for Startup Winnipeg discussing upcoming events in the Alley.

A brand new year of Innovation Alley! We welcome 2016 with a chat about candid chat about Startup Failure and how to get it out of the way fast and cheap, followed by a great discussion with Lesley Klassen, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer of The Campfire Union regarding the current state of Virtual Reality and Startup perspectives on the industry. In the introduction, Startup Winnipeg Community Coordinator, Emelia Nyarku, gives us an update regarding the newest events happing in the Alley.

Hosts Dan Blair & Michael Legary sit down for a great discussion with Lesley Klassen, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer of The Campfire Union regarding the current state of Virtual Reality and Startup perspectives on the industry.

In this segment, Chris Johnson, Dan Blair and Michael Legary have a candid chat about Startup Failure, their personal and business reflections on Startup Failure and how to get it out of the way fast and cheap.

December 30th, 2015 - On this week's Innovation Alley Podcast, your hosts Kerry Stevenson, Michael Legary and Chris Johnson talk about the upcoming new year in the Alley and introduce this week's casts.

We sat down with Kevin Guenther, Creative Director of Kindoma, to talk about design and how businesses, from startups to large enterprise, can use design to accelerate their businesses.

The IA team sits down with Dan Blair from Bit Space to talk about the Red River College's ACE Project space, where students and businesses collaborate on new technology demonstrations, prototyping for business and the creation of new businesses.

On this week's Innovation Alley Podcast, your hosts Kerry Stevenson, Michael Legary and Chris Johnson talk about the upcoming holiday season in the Alley and introduce this week's casts. This week we feature, Luc Bohunicky from Consultica discussing validation techniques every Startup should know as well as the history and future of Innovation Alley with Paul Vogt, President of Red River College.

This week on the Innovation Alley Podcast we feature, Luc Bohunicky from Consultica discussing validation techniques every Startup should know.

Red River Community College's downtown campus in the heart of the exchange was a pivotal cog that helped create Innovation Alley. We had a chance to speak with the President of RRC, Paul Vogt, and Instructor, Scott MacAulay and about some of the history and vision for the downtown campus and the Alley.

On this week's Innovation Alley Podcast, your hosts Kerry Stevenson, Michael Legary and Chris Johnson talk about December in the Alley and discuss Video Marketing for Startups and another successful crowdfunding example from Randy Merrit

We sit down with inventor, entrepreneur and AssentWorks volunteer, Randy Merrit to talk about his successful crowdfunding campaign for his Snap Scenes product line.

Steve Langston from Dirty T-Shirt Productions, the creative team who brought us the Innovation Alley documentary, talks about the do's and dont's of Video Marketing for Startups

December is a hectic time for everyone, but the buildup to the holiday season has been awesome on the Alley! There are a number of events going on over the next few weeks which Emelia updated us on and we had a chance to talk about Crowdfunding Fails and Minimal Viable Products with Dan Blair from Bit Space Development and Scott Macaulay from Red River College on this weeks Innovation Alley Podcast.

You have an idea for a product or service, a new app, a new device, but where do you start without overwhelming yourself? The concept of an Minimal Viable Product (MVP) is supposed to help you achieve this, but what exactly is it? We talked with Dan Blair of BitSpace Development about his latest web app, PanoPla.com and what the journey from MVP to public launch looked like.

What is it that prevents startups from turning their idea into reality? Are startups starting crowdfunding campaigns too soon? We talked with Scott Macaulay from Red River College about some of the reasons startups are failing to execute on crowd funding campaigns and what a startup should consider before starting a campaign. Listen to our Podcast or check out the studio video.

Michael Legary, Kerry Stevenson and Chris Johnson from Startup Winnipeg are joined by Emelia Nyarku, Community Coordinator for Startup Winnipeg, who breaks down the big events in December.

Innovation Alley PodCast - Nov 27, 2015 Michael Legary, Kerry Stevenson and Chris Johnson from Startup Winnipeg talk to the Innovation Alley Startups about what is going on in their world. This week we talk about crowd funding in the community featuring Carly Shuler from Kindoma and Matt Olsen from Lift Innovations; Emelia Nyarku, Community Coordinator for Startup Winnipeg breaks down the big events in December.

Michael Legary and Kerry Stevenson from Startup Winnipeg talk to Carly Shuler, Co-Founder and CEO of Kindoma about their newest products and crowdfunding campaign. http://kindoma.com/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kindoma-connecting-families#/

www.lift-innovations.com https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-clipper-world-s-most-innovative-grinder#/ Michael Legary, Kerry Stevenson and Chris Johnson from Startup Winnipeg talk to Matt Olsen from Lift Innovations about their new product, The Clipper and the crowd funding campaign they've launched.