PNR

04/28/2022

If you are interested in impact investing, check out our chat with Daniel Armali, Principal @ Amplify Capital. He’s a brilliant investor and shared some great insights

https://thepnr.com/what-we%E2%80%99re-learning/investing-in-impact-with-daniel-armali-principal-amplify-capital/

04/25/2022

Bertrand Nepveu, Co-Founding Partner @ Triptyq Capital is an artist & entrepreneur that is really well versed in all things metaverse.

We learned a ton from talking with him.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Bertrand Nepveu, Co-Founding Partner @ Triptyq Capital. Bertrand has spent his entire career working in the field of computer science and microelectronics. From a very young age, he knew that he wanted to be an entrepreneur like his grandfather and change the wo....

04/18/2022

Talent.com is one of the most impressive technology companies in Canada.

We had the pleasure of learning from Lucas Martinez Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ Talent.com

https://thepnr.com/what-we%E2%80%99re-learning/fighting-the-great-resignation-with-lucas-martinez-co-founder-co-ceo-talent-com/

On this week’s show, we spoke with Lucas Martinez, Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ Talent.com. Lucas Martínez is the co-founder and co-CEO of Talent.com, a job search platform that aims to connect the world to work. The son of Spanish immigrants living in Switzerland, Martínez had the travel bug early ...

04/07/2022

We caught up Melissa Allen, Executive Director @ League of Innovators. We spoke about:
- Reducing barriers for entrepreneurs
- The vision behind League of Innovators
- Helping students achieve their dreams
- Starting a small venture fund and her investment thesis

On this week’s show, we spoke with Melissa Allen, Executive Director @ League of Innovators | Venture Partner @ LOI Ventures Melissa Allen is the Executive Director of the League of Innovators, a national charity that empowers the next generation of entrepreneurs. Melissa began her career in sale....

04/01/2022

We enjoyed learning from Marc Boscher, Founder & CEO @ Unito and his philosophy on company building.
- How Marc approaches salary & compensation
- Growth and scaling Unito
- Company culture as a moat
- Confronting the fear of change
- Unito’s pillars of community, growth and transparency

On this week’s show, we spoke with Marc Boscher, Founder & CEO @ Unito. Marc Boscher is the founder and CEO of Unito, a workflow management solution that allows you to build, optimize, and track workflows across tools, teams, and entire organizations. Marc has been building businesses since ...

03/25/2022

If you are interested in growth, check out out conversation with the brilliant Mia Morisset, VP Growth Equity @ iNoviaCapital.
We spoke about:
- How she thinks about unit economics
- Building a defensive moat
- Functional expertise at iNovia
- Productivity in healthcare

https://thepnr.com/what-we%E2%80%99re-learning/thinking-big-with-mia-morisset-vp-growth-equity-inovia-capital/

03/21/2022

We enjoyed our conversation with Mohannad El-Barachi, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wrk
- Taking risks
- The importance of creating a sense of urgency
- WrK’s ambitious mission
- Human creativity triumphing over machines
- Their huge $55M and his plans to scale

On this week’s show, we spoke with Mohannad El-Barachi, Co-Founder & CEO @ Wrk Mohannad El-Barachi is an Egyptian-born tech-entrepreneur, investor, executive, and business strategist. After moving to Montreal at the age of 7, he went on to graduate with a university degree in Computer Science...

03/14/2022

We had a great conversation with Stephan Marois, Investment Director @ FSTQ. We spoke about:

- What makes a good investor
- The importance of aligning a board of directors
- A strong market vs. a strong team
- Timing an exit

On this week’s show, we spoke with Stephan Marois, Investment Director @ FSTQ. Stéphan Marois joined the Fonds de solidarité FSTQ in 2007 where he is now Portfolio Manager. While at the Fonds, he has worked in the information technologies, aerospace, transportation, recreational tourism and fina...

03/07/2022

Our conversation with Awane Jones , Co-Founder & CEO @ VR Esport Arena by Phenomena

We spoke about:
- How he got into VR so early
- Biggest misconceptions about VR
- How the Quest2 accelerated VR adoption
- Launching Phenomena and their long term ambition
- Their goal of building esports in the metaverse
- Lessons from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

On this week’s show, we spoke with Awane Jones, Co-Founder & CEO @ Phenomena VR. Awane is the CEO of Phenomena, a VC-backed VR Gaming company that develops original free-roam games in the VR eSport Arena platform for the location-based entertainment market. In the past, he was the General Man...

02/22/2022

We caught up with Louis-Félix Binette Executive Director @ Main QC. We spoke about:
- Founding of Main and its mission of improving the incubator & accelerator ecosystem
- How Mintzberg inspired Main’s strategy
- The Art of Gathering

On this week’s show, we spoke with Louis-Felix Binette, Executive Director @ Main QC. Louis-Félix Binette is putting collaboration to productive use. As a creative strategist, he designs collaborative experiences that allow leaders to engage multiple stakeholders in their projects. After over te....