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The people behind
the companies.
Founder interviews with Craig Major, The Startup Coach.
Hear how founders build, find customers and fund their businesses. The decisions that worked, the mistakes and the lessons worth sharing.
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Conversations with The Startup Coach
Startup Talk shares the stories of founders, investors and operators in Toronto and across Canada. Craig Major asks about the choices behind starting and growing a company.
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 22 THE FITTING ROOM
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 21 NUFUUDS
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 20 KLIPPERS
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 19 AUTOKLOSE
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Startup Talk Episode 18 Equivesto
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 17 What is Intellectual Property?
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 16 BooknBrunch
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 15 Ji App with Erika J Murray
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 14 CONS AND KERNELS
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In Startup Talk episode 14 I speak with Emily O’Brien founder of Cons and Kernels about growing up entrepreneurial. Emily gives us 3 great Instagr
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 13 OUTLOUD SPEAKERS SCHOOL
GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In Startup Talk episode 13 I speak with Will GreenBlatt co-founder of OutLoud Speakers School on going to acting school, traveling and teaching in
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STARTUP TALK EPISODE 9 SOBIE SYSTEMS AND CANARIE
[powerpress] STARTUP TALK EPISODE 9 SOBIE SYSTEMS AND CANARIE GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In this episode I interview Sobhan from Sobie Systems about building a B2B business,
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 10 Node & Instage
[powerpress] Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 10 Node & Instage GET THE PODCAST Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More In this episode I interview Armand Faraji of Node at the CNE Innovat
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Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 8 Envisioning a New Toronto
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Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 7 Fintech and Funding
Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 7 Fintech & Funding Podcast Guests: Rainer Takahashi of Jauntin @RA_Raines Stuart Brown of PyCap Venture Partners info@pycap.ca Books Mentioned: Zero To One Venture Deals Startup Opportunities
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Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 6: CHANGING THE WORLD
[powerpress] On Episode 6 of Startup Talk I talk to Vicki Saunders founder of SheEO, about her journey and what led her to SheEO. I also sit down with Chris Janssen founder of Textbooks for Change. These guests are truly changing the world.
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 5: STARTING A MOVEMENT
[powerpress] On Episode 5 of Startup Talk on this epIsode I talk with Emily Rose Antflick the founder of SheCoSystem about taking the leap from her day job to starting a community women’s coworking space and wellness centre, I also meet wit
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 4: DRONES & DRAGONS
On this Episode of Startup Talk I talk to Victor Chew about closing the deal by building relationships, turning massive data sets into 3d animations that are consumable, & how drones change the video business. I also meet with the founders
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 3: 1 FOUNDER, 1 FUND, & A STRATEGIST
Startup Talk is back with Episode 3 on this episode we talk to recovering overachiever, TEDx Speaker, & co-founder of Splash Effect Hamza Khan about his entrepreneurial journey and in the second part of the interview about leadership, manag
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast Episode 2: A Tech Experiment
We speak with a couple of the founders of TribalScale about starting in Toronto, working with Silicon Valley, and building a lean tech community in their office as an experiment – www.tribalscale.com Startup Suggestions with the Story Archi
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Startup Talk Episode 6: Changing the World
On Episode 6 of Startup Talk I talk to Vicki Saunders founder of SheEO, about her journey and what led her to SheEO. I also sit down with Chris Janssen founder of Textbooks for Change. These guests are truly changing the world.
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Episode 5: Starting a Movement
On Episode 5 of Startup Talk on this epIsode I talk with Emily Rose Antflick the founder of SheCoSystem about taking the leap from her day job to starting a community women’s coworking space and wellness centre, I also meet with Lyndon John
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Episode 4: Drones & Dragons
On this Episode of Startup Talk I talk to Victor Chew about closing the deal by building relationships, turning massive data sets into 3d animations that are consumable, & how drones change the video business. I also meet with the founders
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Episode 3: 1 Founder, 1 Fund, & A Strategist
Startup Talk is back with Episode 3 on this episode we talk to recovering overachiever, TEDx Speaker, & co-founder of Splash Effect Hamza Khan about his entrepreneurial journey and in the second part of the interview about leadership, manag
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Episode 2: A Tech Community Experiment
Startup Talk Toronto's Startup Podcast Episode 2: A Tech Experiment We speak with a couple of the founders of TribalScale about starting in Toronto, working with Silicon Valley, and building a lean tech community in their office as an exper
Listen and read episode notesStartup Talk Episode 1: The #1 Rule of Networking
We speak to the fabulous Bobby Umar talks about how he became a 4x TedX speaker, how he became a social media influencer with over 377K followers on twitter, and the number one rule of networking. We discuss tools, resources, and community
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In this episode of Startup Talk we speak to 4x TedX speaker Bobby Umar, Mike Lee of Fundica, Daniel Levine of the Fireside Conference and how Fiix is disrupting the auto repair industry ..
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Startup Talk
CANADA’S STARTUP & ENTREPRENEUR PODCAST
Startup Talk Toronto’s Startup Podcast is ON AIR! Sharing Toronto’s startup stories. Celebrating the successes and failures in Toronto’s startup ecosystem. We are talking to entrepreneurs, founders, funders, innovators, and leaders in Toronto.
Craig Major is Toronto’s Entrepreneur Mentor, The Startup Coach. With an extensive corporate background including being the youngest Senior Manager at Deloitte & Touche where he was Senior Manager of Architecture and Planning. Program Director for the Wireless Activation Centre at Bell Mobility, Chief Technology Officer at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Program Director at Davis+Henderson doing software implementation for Canadian banks. and more before founding Canada’s largest Startup community TorontoStarts (formerly Startup Toronto) Toronto’s Entrepreneur & Startup Community in early 2015.
TorontoStarts now supports over 22,000 active entrepreneurs in the GTA and has grown to the largest startup community in Canada. With a reach of over 120,000+ followers across our platforms, The Startup Coach has hosted over 700 startup events, courses, and workshops. Having been so active the Startup Coach has spoken in front of over 70,000 entrepreneurs. Working with startups all day every day Craig has personally coached over 600 startups, judged over 100 pitch competitions, and helped companies raise over $60 million. He helps startups and small businesses grow. On The Startup Talk Podcast The Startup Coach talks to entrepreneurs and industry experts to tell the true stories of starting up in Toronto
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