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The BetaKit Podcast Channel2025’s angel investor of the year has a plan for Canadian tech“I feel like doing this is one of the greatest gifts of my life. Working with these people energizes me.” Joe Canavan, principal at Canavan Capital, is Canada’s 2025 Angel of the Year. Recorded live at the NACO Summit in Ottawa, Canavan discusses his passion and enthusiasm for investing in tech after a career in finance, and what Canada should do to bolster its productivity and economic sovereignty. The BetaKit Podcast is presented by OVHcloud, the global cloud provider trusted by innovators worldwide. OVHcloud offers transparent, sovereign cloud solutions designed to help you build...2025-05-0534 min
The BetaKit Podcast ChannelWhat is Build Canada trying to construct?“I don’t know what Canadian DOGE is. You know what I know? That everyone is projecting both their hopes and fears onto this thing.” Ex-Shopify VP Daniel Debow joins to discuss his Build Canada initiative, what it’s attempting to achieve, what it isn’t, and his frustration regarding ongoing associations with ‘Canadian DOGE’. The BetaKit Podcast is presented by The Cyber Challenge, powered by Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst and CCTX—your pathway to new sales, industry connections, and non-dilutive funding. If you're ready to scale, refine, and lead cybersecurity innovation, apply today at www.thecyberchalleng...2025-03-091h 13
The Hard Part with Evan McCannDaniel Debow from Build CanadaGreat to dive into Build Canada with Daniel Debow!Build Canada is a platform of bold ideas for growth, innovation, and prosperity. Every policy is proposed by successful Canadian entrepreneurs with deep knowledge from building in the relevant areas. They are supported by policy experts with experience in government. Their singular focus is a Canada where people build again.Takeaways- What is Build Canada? Why did it start? Why now?- How did the team actually get Build Canada out of the...2025-02-2740 min
DisruptorsEntrepreneurs seek to boost Canada’s prosperity and productivityHow can Canadians unleash their competitive spirit and rediscover the drive to build bigger, faster, and smarter? Serial entrepreneur and tech investor Daniel Debow joins John and Sonia to tackle that question. They explore how decades of slow productivity growth have eroded Canada’s economic position, and why there’s new urgency to rewrite the country’s playbook.Daniel explains how his passion for building ventures, from software startups acquired by Salesforce and Shopify, to the collaborative “Build Canada” initiative, reflects a broader need for bold experimentation in Canadian policy and business culture. He highlights how stronger digital framewor...2025-02-2530 min
The Line PodcastOn The Line: Saving Canada will mean building it, and growing it. FastWelcome back for another edition of On The Line, The Line's latest podcast offering. Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news.And this week, in something of a break from the routine, we're here with good news. There are ways we can build this country and make it stronger. And a group of Canadians isn't waiting for a task force or government panel to do it. They're getting to work.Th...2025-02-181h 07
The LineSaving Canada means building it, and growing it, fast.Welcome back for another edition of On The Line, The Line's latest podcast offering. Each week, On The Line will bring you an extended conversation with Matt Gurney or Jen Gerson and a guest — or guests! — that can speak with authority on whatever is in the news. And this week, in something of a break from the routine, we're here with good news. There are ways we can build this country and make it stronger. And a group of Canadians isn't waiting for a task force or government panel to do it. They're getting to work....2025-02-181h 07
Weight Inclusive Innovators128 Be An Effective Team Member With This Framework [The Deep Dive Series]On this week’s episode, Hannah and Morgan have their first Deep Dive Series episode where they both listened to a podcast episode, had big thoughts about it, and are now bringing their discussion to the podcast. The episode they listened to? When to Delegate, Setting Expectations and Your Management Questions Answered from the Bossy Podcast. They chat specifically about the “Helpful Hierarchy” and how to be an effective team member.Be sure to subscribe, share with a friend and leave us a review to help people find our work!The Husbands by Holly Gramazio2...2024-05-0646 minThe Hard Part with Evan McCannDaniel Debow from ShopifyDaniel Debow is the VP of Product focused on Demand at Shopify. In this episode we discuss Daniel’s thoughts on a successful M&A process, what demand means at Shopify, if there is a difference between product market fit at a startup versus a large company like Shopify and Daniel’s love of good music.
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2023-05-0848 min
In DepthWhat founders need to know about acquisitions: Shopify’s Daniel Debow on M&A lessons from selling three startupsOur guest today is Daniel Debow, a VP of Product for Demand at Shopify. Daniel is a three-time founder and a seasoned M&A pro. Daniel oversaw the process of all three of his companies’ acquisitions and has helped continue to grow them at scale inside larger corporations. His most recent startup, Helpful, was acquired by Shopify in 2019. Before that, he co-founded Rypple which was acquired by Salesforce in 2011. His first startup, Workbrain, was acquired by Infor in 2007. In our conversation today, we focus on all the moving parts of r...2023-01-261h 03
Connected Intelligence with Sonia SennikDaniel Debow on EnergyDaniel Debow is VP of Product at Shopify. Dan’s energy is contagious. He is a talented founder, leader, and an incredible bass player. Dan shares his insights from decades of his career, and makes the connection creating music in a group, and creating space for expression in the workplace.
Daniel was CEO and founder of Helpful, a startup backed by Bessemer Ventures that was acquired by Shopify in 2019. Daniel was co-founder of Rypple, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2011, where he was SVP, Emerging Technologies. Prior to Rypple, Daniel was VP Marketing & Corp Dev for Workbrain, which was acquired by...2022-11-171h 01
eCommerce Fastlane: Shopify Growth Strategies—Where AI Efficiency Meets Human ConnectionFind Your Next Customer By Joining The Shared Audience Network With Daniel Debow Of ShopifyIn today’s Shopify ecommerce podcast, my guest is Daniel Debow from Shopify. They recently launched a new product called Shopify Audiences.In recent years, regulatory and commercial privacy changes have affected how merchants can find new customers. Merchants were finding it hard to adapt to these changes while advertising costs (CPMs) increased as much as 300%. This was a problem Shopify needed to fix!Through Audiences they have created an opt-in merchant network to share data anonymously, and lower advertising costs. Merchants on the network are now able to build an audience list di...2022-08-2044 min
A New Wave of EntrepreneurshipArguing for Both Sides with Daniel DebowIn Episode 01 of Season 3, Scott Stirrett sits down with Daniel Debow, VP, Product of Shopify, and a tremendous supporter of Venture for Canada.
Daniel guides us through how he acquired and learned the skill of understanding both sides of an argument, and how this is a crucial mindset for entrepreneurs. The importance of making decisions that are best for you when starting a business, and not relying on money to make your choices. Lastly, is that there’s always room to learn and that there are many resources out there that can help you figure things out, th...2021-10-2039 min
The Entrepreneur Insight#50 Daniel Debow - VP of Commercial at Shopify who has built and sold 3 successful businesses.My guest today is Daniel Debow he is the VP of Partnerships and Corporate Development at Shopify.
Daniel was CEO and founder of Helpful, a startup backed by Bessemer Ventures that was acquired by Shopify in 2019.
In this episode, Daniel shares with us an incredible amount of value and knowledge about what it means to be an entrepreneur.
From successfully building 4 business and now playing a key role at Shopify Daniel has learned a ton about what it takes to be successful and today he shares with us what his journey has taught...2020-07-2326 min
The Engineering Leadership PodcastSpeed & Creativity in Recruiting with Farhan Thawar, VP Engineering @ Shopify #10Farhan Thawar (@fnthawar) , VP of Engineering @ Shopify shares the hiring framework he’s built where 15-minute interviews result in both faster placements AND better fits. You’ll hear how to find talent in non-traditional ways, what happens when you leverage creativity, and how speed in hiring is a massive competitive advantage.“The problem with interviews in general are they're very biased to either things you've done before or they're biased to some other signal...like school you went to company, you worked for, GPA in some cases, right? Google used to use that... And it excludes a wide s...2020-05-0855 min
Inside The WorkflowSeason 1 #14 - Daniel Debow, VP, Shopify, The Modern WorkplaceToday’s guest is Daniel Debow, Vice President at Shopify and a seasoned entrepreneur. Daniel shares his insights on the future of the modern workplace, video communication, and the new leadership skills that are emerging as remote work becomes the norm. He talks about his entrepreneurial journey, his experience at Shopify, and why technology that enhances human connection is the key to better workplaces.What We Cover:Modern Workplace Insights: Daniel breaks down what the modern workplace looks like today and where it’s heading. The future is purpose-built—t...2020-03-0329 min
The LunchBreak Marketing Podcast17: Helpful is Changing Business CommunicationIn today’s podcast, we are joined by Daniel Debow, the CEO, and co-founder of Helpful.com, a video messenger for professionals. Most recently, he was SVP, Emerging Technologies at Salesforce. Previously, Daniel was the co-founder and co-CEO of Rypple, which was acquired by Salesforce in 2011. Prior to Rypple, Daniel was on the founding team of Workbrain, which was acquired […]2017-08-2900 min
Overthinking It PodcastEpisode 309: Why is This Podcast Different from All Other Podcasts?Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski and Matthew Wrather tackle Listener Feedback. Thanks to Mary, Bob, Agam, Daniel E & Fran, Robin, Logue, and Stephen DeBow!
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HR Happy Hour NetworkHR Happy Hour - Episode 107 - 'Live From Rypple'HR Happy Hour - Episode 107 - 'Live From Rypple' - sponsored by Aquire
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This week the HR Happy Hour Show hits the road with our second ever broadcast live from Canada - this time from the Toronto offices of innovative technology solutions provider Rypple.
Rypple is setting out to change the conversation about feedback, goal setting and tracking, and performance management in the workplace through an exciting technology platform designed to make feedback more frequent, interactive, social, and relevant.
We will be joined by Rypple C...2011-07-011h 01
Financial Post Executive PodcastDaniel Debow, founder and co-CEO of Rypple.com talks about ‘working better, together’Leaders Series: Daniel Debow, founder and co-CEO of Rypple.com talks about ‘working better, together’ using Rypple’s unique social software. We also speak about the ‘gamification of business’ and what that trend means to today’s business world.
2011-04-1100 min
net@night (Video HI)n@n 226: RyppleOreo goes after Guinness Record for Facebook, the power of Placebo effect, Ripple's founder Daniel Debow makes waves at the work place, and more.
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane
Guest: Daniel Debow
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We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.2011-02-1655 min
net@night (Video)Rypple - Oreo goes after Guinness Record for Facebook, the power of Placebo effect, Ripple's founder Daniel Debow makes waves at the work place, and more.
Oreo goes after Guinness Record for Facebook, the power of Placebo effect, Ripple's founder Daniel Debow makes waves at the work place, and more.
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane
Guest: Daniel Debow
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/netnight
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2011-02-1655 min
net@night (Audio)Rypple - Oreo goes after Guinness Record for Facebook, the power of Placebo effect, Ripple's founder Daniel Debow makes waves at the work place, and more.
Oreo goes after Guinness Record for Facebook, the power of Placebo effect, Ripple's founder Daniel Debow makes waves at the work place, and more.
Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane
Guest: Daniel Debow
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/netnight
We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.
2011-02-1655 min