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
Latest Episodes
The 3 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make with Dr Sean Wise
TorontoStarts and 100 Steps 2 Startup Present “The 3 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make” with Dr Sean Wise Dr. Sean Wise has seen over 30,000 ventures pitched including his years working with Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank and he takes us through the process of finding and validating your startup idea utilizing hypothesis-driven entrepreneurship. Dr. Wise […]
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.
Startup 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 Johnson from the comms.bar about PR and marketing challenges of startups and his lean canvas approach to marketing & PR.
Startup Talk Episode 4: Drones & Dragons
Startup 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 of Social lite Vodka about how to launch a beverage company, getting into the LCBO, being on Dragons den, having a Dragon as an investor, and they announce their latest flavor.
Startup 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, management, startup culture and Kanye West. I also sit down with Pat McNamara CEO of Apex Public Relations and talk about ignite capital their fund & competition and meet with Business Strategist Leyla Razeghi. all on this episode of Startup Talk
Startup 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 experiment - www.tribalscale.com Startup Suggestions with the Story Architect how to build messaging that catches attention - http://www.thestoryarchitect.com/ We talk to the founders of local startups FinalBlueprint.com and Worktango.io and find out what they are working on www.finalblueprint.com www.worktango.io Thanks for listening to Startup Talk from the founder of Startup Toronto Craig Major and remember to leave a good review in iTunes and the google play store it really means a lot to us. Follow us on twitter: @startup_tor @majorsolutions_ Thanks to our audio producer Jovi - yovirecords.com and TribalScale www.tribalscale.com Join us next week for another episode of Startup Talk #StartupTalk
Startup Talk Episode 1: The #1 Rule of Networking
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 ..
