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Peter van der Velden (Lumira Ventures)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
10/13/21 • 28 min
Hear Peter van der Velden (2x Queen's grad - M.Sc. in pathology and an honours B.Sc. in life sciences), the Managing General Partner at share the story of Lumira Ventures. Lumira Ventures is a North American healthcare venture capital firm with a two-decade track record investing in transformative biomedical companies.
In July of 2021, Lumira announced a $225M (US Dollars) fund, the largest life sciences focused venture fund ever raised in Canada. Lumira also recently launched the Lumira Ventures Venture Innovation Program (Lumira VIP).
The Lumira VIP is designed for a select and highly qualified group of Canadian students from leading academic institutions who want to gain exposure to life sciences venture capital and start-ups, and are committed to pushing the future of life sciences innovation forward.
For more information, please follow Lumira Ventures and Peter van der Velden on Twitter (@LumiraVentures and @Petervencap, respectively).
For Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s, please see:
- Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
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Peng-Sang Cau (Transformix)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
04/23/21 • 31 min
Hear entrepreneur Peng-Sang Cau describe the journey from day one to building Transformix to 100+ employees.
Peng’s words of advice in this episode:
Every startup needs to have a strong focus on sales
Do not hesitate to think globally and go after the best market for your product or service
Kingston (Eastern Ontario) can be an ideal location to build a business
Peng also serves as a mentor for a Queen’s University entrepreneurship program.
Follow Peng on social media: @PengSangCau
For Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s, please see:
Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
Rob Baker (The Tragically Hip)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
02/09/23 • 27 min
In this episode, we chat with Rob Baker from Kingston's own The Tragically Hip. We talk about The Tragically Hip through the lens of a startup, growing into a fully fledged company that had a significant impact on the lives of millions of music fans in Canada and around the world.
Rob talks about the 'Why?' of starting band. He provides insights into team dynamics and making decisions unanimously amongst the 5 band members. Learn where The Tragically Hip played their first gig! Rob provides a fascinating account of how the band developed a following (hint - the Kingston, Ontario advantage) and the 'product' they were refining in the early days. Listening to feedback from the fans was paramount from day one! And, networking to find people to 'join them in the boat'. The Tragically Hip had an infinite mindset for goal setting - Rob describes their journey as always looking forward and being mindful of their activities to grow the band 'their way'.
Follow the The Tragically Hip on Twitter @thehipofficial
Learn more about research and innovation at Queen's University:
Dr. Elspeth Murray (Smith School of Business)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
02/12/21 • 32 min
In this episode, recorded pre-pandemic, we interview Dr. Elsbeth Murray from the Smith School of Business.
Key advice, stories, comments and insights from Dr. Murray in this episode:
- Considerations before the startup.
Finding co-founders.
Hear the story of the founding of Evandale Caviar.
Moving forward and iterating to validate business.
Follow Smith School of Business (Queen’s Venture Network) on Twitter - @QVentureNetwork
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s
Sir Terry Matthews (Wesley Clover)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
02/26/21 • 34 min
In this episode, we re-play an interview with Sir Terry Matthews recorded during a visit he made to Queen's campus.
Key advice, stories, comments, and insights from Sir Terry Matthews in this episode:
Give ownership to employees
Build products customers want
Write consistent quarterly reports
Go global – fast (US is local)
Be persistent – up to half the time a lost contract can become a win
Follow Wesley Clover on Twitter @WesleyCloverInt
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s
Anne Vivian-Scott (Kinarm)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
02/12/21 • 30 min
In this episode, recorded pre-pandemic, Ms. Anne Vivian-Scott shares the story of Kinarm.
Kinarm is a Kingston, Ontario based company, founded based on research from the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Scott, at Queen’s University that sells robotic instrumentation to help researchers around the world assess patients with brain injuries (e.g. stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurological disease).
Key advice from Anne in this episode:
- How to recruit talent and form a high-functioning team
- Listen to your customers to define your product development and commercialization roadmaps
- Kingston, Ontario is a great location to build a health technology company
Follow Kinarm’s story on social media: @KinarmLab
Learn more about Kinarm: https://Kinarm.com/
Past present supporters/partners of Kinarm: Queen’s University, Ontario Centre’s of Excellence, IRAP, FedDev/ Ontario Brain Institute, PARTEQ Venture Fund, and Queen’s Centre for Neuroscience Studies. Kinarm has been instrumental in providing funding to Queen’s through Ontario Research Fund.
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s:
Alyssa Furtado (ratehub.ca)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
03/11/21 • 25 min
Recorded pre-pandemic, in this episode Alyssa Furtado shares the story of Ratehub - Canada's leading comparison platform for mortgage rates, credit cards, GICs, insurance quotes and bank accounts).
Highlights and key advice from Alyssa in this episode:
Learn how side hustles can help develop start-up readiness skills.
The importance of listen and talking to mentors/advisors.
How to scale a team.
Follow Alyssa on social media: @AlyssaJRichard
Learn more about ratehub.ca: http://www.ratehub.ca
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s:
Nadia Tatlow (Shift)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
04/08/21 • 24 min
Hear Nadia Tatlow (CEO & Queen’s BAH grad) share the founding and growth story at Shift – a Software as a Service to consolidate email and many other subscriptions in the browser).
Nadia shares words of advice on the following topics:
- Solving a problem team that members were experiencing, initial as a side project
Defining product-market fit
Striking the balance between user feedback and addressable market
Follow Nadia on Twitter @NadiaTatlow
Learn more about Shift at tryshift.com
For Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources at Queen’s, please see:
- Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
Sushee Perumal (MaxSold)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
05/26/22 • 28 min
Hear about one of the fastest growing companies based in Kingston, Ontario. In this episode we interview MaxSold CEO Sushee Perumal (whom holds an MBA from Smith School of Business at Queen's). MaxSold, with operations across North America, is in the re-commerce space (for customers downsizing their home, for example, MaxSold will photograph contents to be sold via an on-line auction process).
Sushee was an engaging interviewee whom shared the founding story of MaxSold, creation of a minimum viable product, finding product market fit through their recent $16M+ financing together together with plans to continue their corporate growth.
For more information, please follow MaxSold and Sushee Perumal on Twitter (@maxsold and @susheeperumal, respectively).
For Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s, please see:
- Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
Shyra Barberstock (Okwaho Equal Source)
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast
05/16/23 • 28 min
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Shyra Barberstock one of the co-founders of Okwaho Equal Source - an Indigenous social purpose enterprise on a mission to fuel social impact through human-centred design, innovation, and Indigenous-led research. Hear about Shyra's journey building a business while being a full time student and her 'Why' for starting and running a business. Shyra also shares some of her PhD research related to procurement practices in Canada.
To learn more, please see the following links and social media accounts:
For more information on the partnerships and innovation support available at Queen's University, please see the following links:
- Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (link)
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How many episodes does Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast have?
Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
What topics does Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Podcasts, Business and Innovation.
What is the most popular episode on Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast?
The episode title 'Peter van der Velden (Lumira Ventures)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast?
The average episode length on Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast is 28 minutes.
How often are episodes of Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast released?
Episodes of Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast are typically released every 76 days, 20 hours.
When was the first episode of Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast?
The first episode of Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast was released on Jan 26, 2021.
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