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The Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastRashmi Prakash, CEO of Bio-manufacturing Start-up, Aruna RevolutionS2 E1 ARUNA REVOLUTION
Season 2 of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast is finally here, as we begin an exploration of Canadian ag/biotech and agri-food innovation with Co-Hosts Braden Kemp (Bioenterprise Canada) and Tracy Morningstar (Canadian Council for Indigenous Business).
Did you know that period pads can contain heavy metals and carcinogens, and that they sit in landfills for hundreds of years? Meanwhile, in favour of plastic, gigatons of agricultural residuals are wasted. Useful natural fibres are being left behind in fields, season after season. But our first guest, Rashmi Prakash (CEO of Aruna Revolution) is working with...
2024-11-2935 min
The Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastVictoria Xu, Co-Founder of Green Hydrogen Start-Up, CleanInnoGenEpisode #11 CleanInnoGen
If green hydrogen will be the fuel of the future, many technological breakthroughs will be needed. Deeptech ventures are charting a course through the outer reaches of thermo-chemical engineering to a new era of net zero energy abundance. Today, Co-Hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar take you to the industrial frontier with Victoria Xu, impact entrepreneur, angel investor and Founder of CleanInnoGen.
As noted by Foresight Canada (CleanInnoGen was a Foresight 50 2023 Honouree): "CleanInnoGen helps to decarbonize heavy industries like steel and cement by using their waste heat to drive a chemical process, the copper-chlorine cycle...
2024-03-2629 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastThomas Storwick, Co-Founder of Cleantech Start-up, Coastal CarbonEpisode #10 Coastal Carbon
Thomas Storwick from Coastal Carbon uses satellite data and AI technology to speak for the trees... or in this case, the kelp! His platform is enabling blue carbon credits, data-driven marine ecosystem restoration, protection of biodiversity, sustainable aquaculture and economic development–even in remote locations around the world, where Indigenous communities are so often at the global forefront of climate action. As Thomas remarks, "None of this remote monitoring would be possible without AI. We're doing measurements that were impossible before and at a scale that wasn't feasible."
Today, we take you to the in...
2024-02-2137 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastWilliam Jones, Founder & CEO of Digital Health Start-up, Leynek MedicalEpisode #9 Leynek Medical
William Jones from Leynek Medical is engineering new hardware and software solutions for digital healthcare transformation. Join Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast Co-Hosts Braden Kemp (Bioenterprise) and Tracy Morningstar (Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business) as they learn more about William’s mission and vision.
Themes we encounter in this conversation:
Avoiding unnecessary hospital trips ER, cancer oncology
Supporting healthcare system users and practitioners, information sharing
Medtech/digital health entrepreneurship, patient first design
Leynek Medical origin, founder story, personal experience
Understanding and interpreting device health data, virtual care
Business models and partnerships
Clinical validation
Mentorship, entrepreneurship, st...
2024-02-0735 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastSydney Robinson, Co-Founder & CEO of Prosthetics Start-up, VesslEpisode #8 Vessl
In this latest podcast episode from the entrepreneurship frontier, Co-Hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar join Sydney Robinson, Co-Founder & CEO of southern Ontario-based start-up, Vessl Prosthetics, for a conversation about business, innovation and defining company culture from the beginning. Sydney is a mechanical and biomedical engineer working on an isoform socket to improve prosthetic solutions: “we are dedicated to amputees and being the best company we can be.”
Themes we encounter during this episode include:
Biomedical engineering innovation and iterative, user-driven design
Business model, innovation commercialization and regulatory strategies for prosthetics start-ups
Social media
Food...
2024-01-2233 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastSarah Paterson, Founder & CEO of Travel Start-up, JetsplitzEpisode #7 Jetsplitz
One day, ‘fly-sharing’ or ‘jet-splitting’ might be everyday vocabulary, as common as Uber’s ‘ride-sharing’ or AirBnB. In this episode of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast, Co-Hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar sit down with the Founder of Jetsplitz, Sarah Paterson, to talk about her business, her entrepreneurial journey and her sources of inspiration. Jetsplitz, a certified Aboriginal Business, is on a mission to make transportation systems more accessible, efficient and sustainable. "Hopefully with Jetsplitz we're changing the narrative on what Indigenous people can do and where you're going in life,” Sarah says. “And for females, you can be a techy as well...
2024-01-0337 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastJames Aein, Co-Founder & CEO of Grid Analytics Start-up, ENERZAEpisode #6 ENERZA
Will robots help modernize the world’s power grid? In this episode of the Podcast, co-hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar sit down with James Aein, Co-Founder & CEO of ENERZA.
Themes we encounter in conversation with James Aein:
An introduction to the power grid
Robotics-as-a-Service business model
Sales cycles for utilities companies as customers
Benefits of startup accelerator programs
AI and predictive analytics
‘Grid edge’ technologies
Knowledge transfer from post-secondary research to commercialization
Startup life, mindset, personal motivations of founders
Quick Links and References:
Background on 2023 Maui wildfires (via Britannica.com), Bare electr...
2023-12-2131 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastOsaffat Khan, Co-Founder & CTO of Rapid Prototyping Start-up, ZapMetalsEpisode #5 ZapMetals
In the latest episode of our frontier project, Tracy and Braden interview Osaffat Khan, Co-Founder and CTO of ZapMetals, and delve into the challenges and opportunities of industrial automation.
Themes tackled during this session include:
Running a machine shop
Learning about industrial trends and best practices, introducing automation
Manufacturing and prototyping 101
MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
Underserved markets for CNC parts
Metal sourcing
AI integrations, monitoring tolerances
Computer vision, surface detection
Control systems textbooks (!)
Autonomous snow blowing
Learning through serial entrepreneurship
Green manufacturing, reshoring production
Enhancing skilled trades through advanced manufacturing and net new job c...
2023-11-2734 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastChristopher Klich, Co-Founder & CEO of Agtech Start-up, Mycro HarvestEpisode #4 - Mycro Harvest
In this episode of the podcast, we’re unlocking the power of mushrooms, powered by advancements in production automation, computer vision and artificial intelligence. Co-hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar take you on a mycologically odyssey with Christopher Klich, Co-Founder & CEO of Mycro Harvest, a southern Ontario agtech startup building the AI-driven mushroom smart farms of the future.
Themes tackled during this episode of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast include:
Road trips, discovery tours, talking to mushroom farmers
Finding scalable models for production optimization
Mycro Harvest’s mission and...
2023-10-3037 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastBen Su, Co-Founder & COO of Investment Start-up, CapitaEpisode #3 - Capita
Co-Hosts Tracy Morningstar and Braden Kemp start up a conversation with Ben Su, Co-Founder of Canadian fintech start-up, Capita, in this third episode of NCFDC’s Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast. Capita is working to simplify investing and raising funds, helping founders to automate how they raise and helping investors to launch syndicates and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
In an engaging discussion with Ben, we tackle:
Moving from the legal profession to the start-up world
Equity-building and exponential tech
Side hustles and social impact
Living with your co-founders
Developing a pitch
Revolutionizing investment syndicates, smart co...
2023-10-1646 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastSloane Paul, Founder & CEO of Automotive Re-Engineering Start-up Arc Motor Company
Episode #2 - Arc Motor Company
At a shop in Peterborough, Ontario, classic cars are being converted into electric vehicles. The global mega-trend of electrification is beginning to touch all aspects of the economy. In this second episode of the Podcast, we bring you to the frontier of automotive re-engineering with Sloane Paul, Founder & CEO of Arc Motor Company, just as the bay doors are opening on Arc’s first conversion project: a 1974 Ford Bronco.
We discuss:
The meaning behind the Arc brand
Sloane’s journey from the corporate world to the world of start-ups
EV market tren...
2023-10-0233 minThe Frontier Entrepreneurship PodcastJacqueline Good, Founder & CEO of Spacetech Start-up, MagnestarEpisode #1 - Magnestar
As above, so below! The Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast officially launches with Canadian spacetech start-up, Magnestar. Co-hosts Braden Kemp and Tracy Morningstar are joined by Magnestar's Founder & CEO Jacqueline Good, as she works to secure the future of earth-to-space communication.
The conversation encompasses:
An epic year for Magnestar, winning accolades, pitch competitions and earning media exposure.
Space communication 101 (the spectrum, radio interference, satellite connectivity and system resilience).
Participating in Entrepreneur First.
On the meaning of the name ‘Magnestar’.
Peer mentorship and the path of entrepreneurship, the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL).
The origin story, how Magn...
2023-09-1344 min
She Means ProfitEmpowering Women Business Owners Through Financing“We are lending across one end of Canada to the next, on a microloan basis.”— Wendy CurtisAre you taking advantage of all of the resources available to you as a business owner? Based in Cobourg, Ontario, the Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation, known as the NCFDC, provides financing and strategy for entrepreneurs. In this episode, I sit down with two of the NCFDC’s incredible leaders, Devon Girard and Wendy Curtis.Devon is the Program Lead for Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, and is committed to supporting women entrepren...
2023-02-2722 min
Simple TalkSimple Talk Season 2 - Devon Girard and Wendy Curtis ( CFDC/DELIA Program)Today we are chatting with Devon Girard and Wendy Curtis from the Northumberland CFDC. Getting funding for your business as a woman can sometimes feel impossible. I know I was there. That is when I came across the DELIA program. This program was a lifesaver for my business and the extra programs that came with it were almost worth more than the loan itself. After this program was started Devon helped spearhead an amazing event called Strike Up, If you have not heard of it you need to check it out. This year it will take place on...
2022-11-2109 min