Creators at the World's Edge techNL

Josh is helping to cool a warming planet by making our homes energy efficient, smarter, and cozier. His light bulb moment (an LED bulb no doubt) for a smartphone enabled electric baseboard thermostat system came when he couldn’t find one at a major retailer. Fast forward several years and product iterations later, Mysa is now a household name and stocked on those same retail shelves. Josh talks to Carol about his ‘screw it, just do it’ attitude to overcoming fear, why you need to build your team before the product, and what the home of the (near) future will look like.

When running a business, you often make important decisions based on your gut. As Nikitha tells us, it’s the same thing when it comes to your health. She is harnessing science and AI to analyze the microbe composition in customer’s guts (there are trillions of microorganisms present within each of us!) and enabling them with a personalized path to health and wellbeing. She sits down with Carol to discuss her journey from scientist and mom to entrepreneur, the power of resilience in life and business, and why for her, helping people heal through science, is personal. here. 

PolyUnity is on a mission to deliver the future of healthcare today. It is making on demand medical manufacturing a reality by fusing the power of 3D printing with a digital inventory of devices. It’s a radical new blueprint for lowering costs, carbon emissions, and geographic barriers. Jacqueline and Mark sit down with Carol to talk about why two CEOs are better than one, what a journey of purpose looks like, and why we need gender inclusion in tech, stat.

In a battle to give people back control over their data, Isaac Adejuwon of Metricsflow is taking on the goliaths of Silicon Valley right here from St. John's. His cookie-less data analytics platform is a big step towards restoring users' trust in the web. Carol sits down with Isaac to discuss what he had to ‘un-learn’ as an engineer to thrive as an entrepreneur, why VCs need to step up their game when it comes to funding marginalized and underrepresented founders, and what excites him most about Web 3.0. (hint: it’s all about freedom).

A second-generation critical care nurse, Deanne swapped her stethoscope and scrubs for spreadsheets, and a pitch book when she discovered a better way to care for mechanically ventilated patients on life support. From the island’s West Coast, Deanne joins Carol to discuss how the pandemic and a (long overdue) women-led venture fund turbo-charged her company, the inherent qualities nurses and entrepreneurs both share, and why kids make the best pitch judges.

We're back! Who doesn’t love getting a bonus? You let us know that your ears were hungry for more, so we’re delivering. Five new bonus episodes of Creators at the World’s Edge (CWE) will drop starting March 16th! But first... let's have a little fun. 

Behind the podcast curtain. In anticipation of the new episodes dropping, we’re taking you behind the scenes and into the podcast studio. It’s where the magic happens (even though it’s surprisingly chilly). Our host Carol Bartlett and the techNL team (Marlayne Hardy and Regan Williams) sit down to talk about the process, what they’ve learned along this journey so far, and some of the interview ‘crunchy nuggets’ (past and to come) that have stuck with them most. 

Revealing, inspiring… and fun. We can’t wait to immerse you once again into the personal journeys (with all the highs and lows) of a diverse group of entrepreneurs helping to firmly place Newfoundland and Labrador’s booming tech scene on the global map. From saving the planet one smart thermostat at a time to taking on the goliaths of Silicon Valley right from St. John’s, we guarantee their stories will stick with you long after the credits roll.