Podcast appearances and mentions of charles plant

Join Jay Krishnan and Charles Plant for a discussion on all things startups - from what it takes to be a globally successful entrepreneur to an assessment of the Canadian VC market. Charles Plant leads The Narwhal, an organization that works to discover the underlying factors that lead to the creation of world-class technology companies.

Season 2 is packed with actionable content and intimate conversations. For pure concentrated knowledge on mobilizing capital and scaling the next massive global success story, we will be interweaving content from a Practical Guide to Angel Investing and you will hear from over 100 prominent thought leaders at the intersection of entrepreneurship, capital and innovation, including: Arlene Dickinson from CBC's Dragon's Den to help you descipher between good and bad angels, We have The Untold Story of SkipTheDishes with co-founder Chris Simair who's also building Harvest Builders and connected to NEO Financial which raised $50 million in financing from prominent angel investors across North AmericaWe have Charles Plant, founder of The Narwhal Project on how $27 billion was created by made in Vancouver success story Slack. Raine Maida, lead singer of Our Lady Peace, will be talking NFTs (non-fungible tokens), the new craze that's eclipsing bitcoin. John Ruffolo, Founder and Managing Partner of Maverix Private Equity shares his insights on raising a $500 million fund; and Raising Canada's Largest Venture Fund for BIPOC Founders is Sheldon James, CEO and managing partner at Bay Mills Investment Group after making headlines and being featured in Forbes on the amazing work underway.  And many more, entrepreneurs, innovation leaders, angel investors, and venture capital fund managers 

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On BIV Today… The significance of the U.S.-Japan mini trade deal. On a new Asia 360 segment, Jeff Reeves, vice-president of research with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, discusses how the deal is politically driven, and what it means for Canada’s trade relations with Japan. Does Canada have enough venture capital funding? Charles Plant, senior fellow at the University of Toronto-based Impact Centre, shares the findings of a new report.  Hayley Woodin hosts, see more at https://biv.com/.

Charles Plant is a former founder, VC, banker and now a PhD candidate in economics. A key focus for him is the Narwhal Project - or the study of world-class Canadian Unicorns (aka Narwhals) as defined by a billion-dollar plus valuation.  The question of what it takes to build a billion-dollar organization has led Charles to research and publish numerous studies on his findings.  What we get in this episode is a glimpse into the algorithms of growth… in other words, the capital it takes and the areas you need to spend to achieve the growth targets that result in a billion-dollar company. Now, even if you're not in the game of building a billion-dollar VC backed company, the insights Charles shares with us are game-changing. This discussion will be illuminating for anyone thinking they may want to pitch a VC and it will open your eyes to their expectations and other avenues to finance growth.  

On BIV Today… Big losses, bigger revenue growth and unbelievably valuations. Charles Plant, senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Impact Centre, dissects the driving forces behind the path tech companies take to going public.  And it’s time to turn and face the strange. From human augmentation to urbanization, Jessica Thorton – senior projects designer and futures lead at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – looks at the trends shaping the future of employment in Canada. Hayley Woodin hosts.

On BIV Today… It’s been several years since Canada produced a unicorn company. Is the country getting better at scaling technology startups? Charles Plant (1:24), director of the University of Toronto’s Impact Centre, discusses Canada’s narwhals – the companies with the best shot at becoming world-class competitors. In a word, Jason Turcotte (13:59)– vice-president of development at Cressey Development Group – says Greater Vancouver’s development industry is “frustrated.” He breaks down the challenges facing builders, and how they translate into higher real estate prices.  Hayley Woodin hosts, see more at https://biv.com/.

On BIV Today… The director of the University of Toronto’s Impact Centre reflects on why his software startup bombed. Most startups fail, and Charles Plant discusses why in his new book, Triggers and Barriers: A Customer Perspective on Innovation. Hayley Woodin hosts, see more at https://biv.com/.

Do Canadian startups replace founder CEOs too quickly? Are startups still focusing significant resources on product development with minimal market feedback? Do Canadian businesses really underinvest in R&D? What do Canadian startups need to do to improve their chances of scaling to prominent size? These are some of the topics related to Canadian startups that Charles Plant has covered in research reports over the last 14 months. Charles is senior fellow at the Impact Centre at the University of Toronto and he talks about some of the key implications for startups that have emerged from his research. To start the show, I take a first look at startup ecosystem metrics, focusing on metrics for assessing individual startups. It's long been a criticism of startup ecosystem organizations that they haven't done a good job of collecting data needed to show that their programs are having an impact. Some of the criticism is deserved, but it's not as simple as it may sound. Links: Impact Centre Impact Centre on Twitter (@ImpactUofT) Charles Plant's Material Minds Links to all research reports from the Impact Centre The Narwhal List Performance measurement framework for business accelerators and incubators News release: "Hockeystick and the Lazaridis Institute Launch a National Scale-Up Data Platform to Help Canadian Companies Grow"

Charles Plant   Charles and I talk about fear, doubt and uncertainty, success and entrepreneurship and why gossip is a way to regulate one’s own behavior.   Biography   Charles is a serial entrepreneur. He has an MBA in marketing and was trained as a Chartered Accountant and a banker.   He spent 15 years as co founder and CEO of Synamics, a telecommunications software firm that provided mass calling platforms to telcos. Since then he has co-founded two other technology companies and been an officer, director or investor in a dozen others. He’s provided financing, consulting and coaching services to several dozen other firms and provided training to thousands.   Charles spent four years at MaRS ending as CFO. For most of his time at MaRS he spearheaded a group of former entrepreneurs and specialists who developed thought leadership, provided education, mentorship, market intelligence and capital to over 2,000 technology startups in Ontario.   Among several other jobs in management consulting and investment banking, he spent seven years on the faculty of York’s Schulich School of Business and is now spending a lot of time at the University of Toronto where he’s a Senior Fellow at the Impact Centre doing research on innovation and entrepreneurship.   He also teaches an undergraduate course in the Faculty of Arts and Science and a course in Strategy Execution for the School of Continuing Studies.   Read more about Charles here.   ----------   For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here.   With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.       See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.