Flagship Podcast

Amiral Ventures
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Flagship Podcast

The Flagship Podcast brings you inside stories from the Canadian technology ecosystem. You’ll hear from founders, investors, builders and learn about their triumphs, hardships and hard earned lessons. You’ll learn about strategies and tactics and about the human side and what it takes to build a thriving technology company which will hopefully help you on your journey.

  1. DEC 13

    Surviving and thriving with Andrew Lockhead, co-founder & CEO @ Stay22

    Andrew Lockhead is a rockstar founder building the next Canadian flagship. The start-up launched in 2016 made its mark in the affiliate field of accommodations. They have built a global platform for travel content creators with $500M GMV and a $36M ARR run-rate on the path to $100M.   We spoke about The genesis story of Stay22 Surviving the pandemic and now thriving on a remarkable trajectory How they’ve incorporated LLMs into their business model  Leadership lessons and the operating model  How Andrew thinks about the future of travel in the world of AI agents

    34 min

  2. OCT 30

    Strong opinions loosely held with Philippe Beaudoin, Co-founder & CEO @ Waverly

    Philippe Beaudoin is a gritty founder and one of the world’s foremost experts on AI. He’s relentlessly focused on his startup Waverly and shared some very candid and inspiring insights.  We spoke about: Waverly 3.0 - pivoting and hard lessons Building personalized experiences for enterprises   Provocative idea that Data is Dead  Why the GPT wrapper challenge is flawed Getting to default alive as a bootstrapped founder His thoughts on the AI landscape

    41 min

  3. OCT 16

    Live Podcast @ Espace CDPQ: The State of Early Stage in Canada

    (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:39) Research spotlight by Réseau Capital (00:23:08) Investor panel (00:54:26) Founder panel (01:22:28) Fireside chat with Tom Birch

    1h 55m

  4. SEPT 18

    From Medicine to AI Powered Businesses with Nicholas Nadeau, CTO @ SmartOne

    Dr. Nicholas Nadeau is the Chief Technology Officer at SmartOne, a leader in ethical AI and data solutions. Nicholas has become a pivotal figure in tech innovation with a Ph.D. in AI and engineering and a career dedicated to emerging technologies. Before joining SmartOne, he founded Nadeau Innovations, propelling startups to success as a fractional CTO.    We spoke about The evolving role of the CTO Pitfalls for Startup CTOs Maintaining a Startup Mentality at Scale SmartOne's Value Proposition

    45 min

  5. SEPT 10

    Scaling and operating lessons with Julie Lacasse, co-founder @ Tracktik and Venture Partner @ Amiral Ventures

    I’m lucky that I get to work alongside Julie Lacasse and learn from her every day.  If you don’t know her, Julie is a serial entrepreneur and current venture capital partner at Amiral Ventures. She’s the cofounder of Tracktik, an innovative company specialized in optimizing the management of security agencies, she led the company to international success and exit.  Julie now brings her expertise to Amiral Ventures, where she focuses on venture capital investment. Her inspiring career path and strategic vision make her an influential figure in the entrepreneurial and investment ecosystem.   We spoke about:  Julie’s entrepreneurial journey  Insight that led to hyper growth company Board and VC dynamics  Principles that Julie learned operating and scaling  Lessons learned during the exit process

    47 min

  6. AUG 20

    Building successful tech startups with Richard Chénier, General Manager @ Québec Tech

    Startup Montréal, the non-profit organization that has supported early-stage Montréal startups is now known as Québec Tech. The rebranded organization has also adopted a new mandate to grow the international footprint of Québec tech companies with high export potential. To talk about the important mission of Québec Tech, I had the pleasure of speaking with Richard Chenier on the podcast to learn more about their plans and how they plan on addressing a key challenge for Quebec based startups. On the episode, we spoke about:  The reason to expand the mission of Quebec Tech to the entire province How they plan to support their initial cohort of startups  Why they focused on international go to market as the key value creation lever How Quebec compares to other provinces Reasons for optimism and why Quebec startups will win

    50 min

  7. JUL 31

    Making meetings better with Aydin Mirzaee, Co-Founder & CEO @ Fellow

    I had a great conversation with Aydin Mirzaee, CEO & Co-Founder @ Fellow. Aydin is a tech loving entrepreneur with a passion for building great products, leadership and people.  Fellow solves a huge problem for companies, help people spend less time in meetings and make them more productive. Previously , he was the co-founder and co-CEO of Fluidware which was acquired by SurveyMonkey.    On the episode, we spoke about:  Why he decided to start Fellow after having sold his previous startup  How meetings have grown significantly since the pandemic Their product offering and how it improves organizational performance Using AI for human level transcriptions and building institutional knowledge  Advice he gives to fellow founders  Why they started their own podcast Supermanagers (https://fellow.app/supermanagers/)

    37 min

  8. JUL 3

    Building an electric future with Marc Bédard, Cofounder & CEO @ Lion Electric

    Sur cet épisode du Flagship podcast, j’ai eu le plaisir d’échanger avec Marc Bédard, cofondateur et PDG @ Lion Électrique.  Marc Bédard a toujours été passionné par la technologie, l'innovation et la finance. En 2008, il a fondé Lion Electric et a peu après mis l'entreprise sur la voie du zéro émission en s'engageant dans un portefeuille de produits de véhicules lourds et moyens entièrement électriques.    Sur l’émission, nous avons parlé de:  Comment le Karaté l'a aidé à devenir un meilleur leader Acceptation sociale des véhicules électriques Comment ils naviguent sur les marchés en tant qu'entreprise publique Pourquoi nous en sommes encore aux premiers balbutiements de la transition énergétique pour les transports

    36 min
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The Flagship Podcast brings you inside stories from the Canadian technology ecosystem. You’ll hear from founders, investors, builders and learn about their triumphs, hardships and hard earned lessons. You’ll learn about strategies and tactics and about the human side and what it takes to build a thriving technology company which will hopefully help you on your journey.

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  • Creator
    Amiral Ventures
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2024
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Flagship Podcast

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