Discover a cross-section of content from industry leaders and experts shaping the future of our innovation economy.
Discover a cross-section of content from industry leaders and experts shaping the future of our innovation economy.
CIBC Innovation Banking Podcast
On our #CIBCInnovationEconomy podcast series, hear from leaders, entrepreneurs, experts and venture capitalists about the changing dynamics of the North American innovation economy
Tapping Into Authenticity to Gain Consumer Trust with Bernadette Butler, Co-Founder and CEO of StoryTap
In the business world, it’s never been more important for companies to build a brand that’s trustworthy, credible and authenti...
An Accelerated Revision to Pre-Pandemic Life with Ran Ding, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
The pandemic’s impact on startups, growth-stage companies and late-stage organizations continues, and geopolitical issues have...
Scaling Startups: Exploring Canada's Innovation Ecosystem with Bob Nye at JMI Equity
Bob Nye is a General Partner at JMI Equity. He joined JMI in 2005 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Nye’s primary areas of ...
Standing up to close the venture capital gender gap with StandUp Ventures’ Michelle McBane
Michelle McBane is the Managing Director at Standup Ventures, a seed-stage fund investing in women led Canadian technology sta...
Metrics that matter for scaling SaaS companies with Carter Griffin, General Partner at Updata Partners
Carter Griffin is the general partner at Updata Partners, a company using key metrics to help SaaS companies scale their busin...
The future of food security with Dr. Michael Gilbert and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
The global food supply chain is the world’s largest and most interconnected market and the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly prove...
Armen Bakirtzian is co-founder and CEO of Intellijoint Surgical, a company striving to improve orthopedic patient care through...
Naomi Goldapple heads up AlayaLabs for AlayaCare, a company on the cutting edge of digitally transforming home care. When the ...
How to handle your industry's “Big Opportunity” with ProctorU's Jarrod Morgan
ProctorU's Jarrod Morgan saw almost a decade's worth of growth in a few months. Find out how his company scaled up rapidly and...
Leadership and Corporate Spirituality with Lightspeed CEO Dax Dasilva
Dax Dasilva is an innovation economy entrepreneur, gallery owner and author who credits his success to a diversity of voices a...
Not many start-ups would have the nerve to walk away from two thirds of their customers. But 7shifts founder Jordan Boesch rea...
It's about being a “Yes, and…” versus a “Yes, but…” person
Expensify CEO David Barrett admits he never planned to get into the expense management space. But by saying yes to opportuniti...
Cleantech superhero Ed Quilty fell into the business of saving lives through water monitoring. After losing the University int...
Before a start-up can land its first round of major financing, it needs an MVP. But how do entrepreneurs create a Minimal Viab...
Renegotiating the Definition of Success with Ganesh Padmanabhan
Entrepreneur Ganesh Padmanabhan says there’s no perfect time to start a start-up, but what if you're starting a company amid t...
