Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/queens-return-on-innovation-podcast Hear lessons learned and success stories from innovators and entrepreneurs from Queen's University and Eastern Ontario. 2021 Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario ffa4db10-6803-5537-a04f-56433de8a8b2 no Trailer - Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast en Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:07:00 -0500 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:12:36 -0500 https://img.transistor.fm/m-sR1-1Ud4zv1ewdBMyzQUNl7YSot-CcKJLAW1DUmkQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE3OTc0LzE2MTc3/MjIxMTAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast episodic Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Hear lessons learned and success stories from innovators and entrepreneurs from Queen's University and Eastern Ontario. Hear lessons learned and success stories from innovators and entrepreneurs from Queen's University and Eastern Ontario.. entrepreneurship, innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation No No Steph Smith (A16Z) 13 13 Steph Smith (A16Z) full e6623429-de54-43b4-8ee1-5dc06f689665 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8fe78185 From Queen's chemical engineering to podcast host!  Listen to Steph Smith's career journey from working at an engineering consulting firm to present day, as the host of the A16Z podcast.  Along the way, Steph has worked as a marketer at companies such as Trends.co and The Hustle. In this interview, Steph shares a wealth of advice for navigating one's career by being curious, travelling, constantly learning, and the valuable role of having a side hustle (or two).

Follow Steph Smith on Twitter - @stephsmithio
Check out the A16Z podcast here.
Lastly, be sure to have a look at Steph's book "Doing Content Right" here.

]]> From Queen's chemical engineering to podcast host!  Listen to Steph Smith's career journey from working at an engineering consulting firm to present day, as the host of the A16Z podcast.  Along the way, Steph has worked as a marketer at companies such as Trends.co and The Hustle. In this interview, Steph shares a wealth of advice for navigating one's career by being curious, travelling, constantly learning, and the valuable role of having a side hustle (or two).

Follow Steph Smith on Twitter - @stephsmithio
Check out the A16Z podcast here.
Lastly, be sure to have a look at Steph's book "Doing Content Right" here.

]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:37:30 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 2558 From Queen's chemical engineering to podcast host!  Listen to Steph Smith's career journey from working at an engineering consulting firm to present day, as the host of the A16Z podcast.  Along the way, Steph has worked as a marketer at companies such as Trends.co and The Hustle. In this interview, Steph shares a wealth of advice for navigating one's career by being curious, travelling, constantly learning, and the valuable role of having a side hustle (or two).

Follow Steph Smith on Twitter - @stephsmithio
Check out the A16Z podcast here.
Lastly, be sure to have a look at Steph's book "Doing Content Right" here.

]]> entrepreneurship, innovation No Shyra Barberstock (Okwaho Equal Source) 12 12 Shyra Barberstock (Okwaho Equal Source) full 41b59bf8-a5e4-41e3-b910-b664dff79918 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cabb134e 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:

  • Okwaho Equal Source (website)
  • Shyra's Twitter account (link)
  • Shyra's LinkedIn account (link)


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)
]]> 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:

  • Okwaho Equal Source (website)
  • Shyra's Twitter account (link)
  • Shyra's LinkedIn account (link)


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)
]]> Tue, 16 May 2023 09:30:03 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1688 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:

  • Okwaho Equal Source (website)
  • Shyra's Twitter account (link)
  • Shyra's LinkedIn account (link)


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)
]]> entrepreneurship, innovation No Rob Baker (The Tragically Hip) 11 11 Rob Baker (The Tragically Hip) full 603fbda5-1632-4538-8faa-575b021bfb00 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e99a8376 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:

  • Queen's Research (link)
  • Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (link)
  • Dunin Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre (link)
  • Centre for Business Venture - Smith School of Business (link)
]]> 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:

  • Queen's Research (link)
  • Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (link)
  • Dunin Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre (link)
  • Centre for Business Venture - Smith School of Business (link)
]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:45:32 -0500 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1648 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:

  • Queen's Research (link)
  • Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (link)
  • Dunin Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre (link)
  • Centre for Business Venture - Smith School of Business (link)
]]> entrepreneurship, innovation No Sushee Perumal (MaxSold) 10 10 Sushee Perumal (MaxSold) full 3da9a8e2-6b76-4ceb-8bd8-80f9ae027195 https://share.transistor.fm/s/32b4dbc4 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

]]> 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

]]> Thu, 26 May 2022 15:22:39 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1708 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 in on-line auction process). 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 wil entrepreneurship, innovation No Peter van der Velden (Lumira Ventures) 9 9 Peter van der Velden (Lumira Ventures) full 9ed8eaac-2cc0-4b7d-9dcb-80fbb4a99df1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2e9066ca 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

]]> 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

]]> Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:17:07 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1682 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, 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). 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, share the story of Lumira Ventures. Lumira Ventures is a North American healthcare venture capital firm with a two-decad entrepreneurship, innovation No Neil Wainwright (Nexonia) 8 8 Neil Wainwright (Nexonia) full 7528864c-0c94-4dc4-837d-ee4b27ce5055 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c588454e Hear Neil Wainwright (Queen’s Engineering & Applied Sciences grad and 8x startup founder) share the founding and growth story of Nexonia – a Software as a Service to track and submit expense reports. 

Neil shares words of advice on the following topics:

-          Incubate as a side hustle, use consulting or other work to support yourself

-          Have a detailed focus on customer success

-          Be patient, but persistent – building a startup can take many years

Follow Neil on social media: @neildwainwright

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

 

]]> Hear Neil Wainwright (Queen’s Engineering & Applied Sciences grad and 8x startup founder) share the founding and growth story of Nexonia – a Software as a Service to track and submit expense reports. 

Neil shares words of advice on the following topics:

-          Incubate as a side hustle, use consulting or other work to support yourself

-          Have a detailed focus on customer success

-          Be patient, but persistent – building a startup can take many years

Follow Neil on social media: @neildwainwright

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

 

]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:42:30 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1487 Hear Neil Wainwright (Queen’s Engineering & Applied Sciences grad and 8x startup founder) share the founding and growth story of Nexonia – a Software as a Service to track and submit expense reports. Follow Neil on social media: @neildwainwright Hear Neil Wainwright (Queen’s Engineering & Applied Sciences grad and 8x startup founder) share the founding and growth story of Nexonia – a Software as a Service to track and submit expense reports. Follow Neil on social media: @neildwainwright entrepreneurship, innovation No Peng-Sang Cau (Transformix) 7 7 Peng-Sang Cau (Transformix) full 82b06b93-7f6d-4233-9d3c-177ceabcd44c https://share.transistor.fm/s/81531996 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

]]> 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

]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:21:12 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1915 Hear entrepreneur Peng-Sang Cau describe the journey from day one to building Transformix to 100+ employees. Hear entrepreneur Peng-Sang Cau describe the journey from day one to building Transformix to 100+ employees. entrepreneurship, innovation No Nadia Tatlow (Shift) 6 6 Nadia Tatlow (Shift) full 9b00e309-62d2-4508-8e23-15303bb55f13 https://share.transistor.fm/s/189f228e 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

]]> 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

]]> Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0400 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1459 Hear Nadia Tatlow (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 Hear Nadia Tatlow (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 te entrepreneurship, innovation No Alyssa Furtado (ratehub.ca) 5 5 Alyssa Furtado (ratehub.ca) full 8741d2de-73b0-4098-86f9-a75d179bfd09 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9292ada3 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:

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> 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:

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0500 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1553 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: http://www.ratehub.ca 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: entrepreneurship, innovation No Sir Terry Matthews (Wesley Clover) 4 4 Sir Terry Matthews (Wesley Clover) full c7f47ec7-01aa-486f-ab55-b96a405c84b7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c8c5dec 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

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> 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

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0500 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 2046 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 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 - entrepreneurship, innovation No Anne Vivian-Scott (Kinarm) 3 3 Anne Vivian-Scott (Kinarm) full 1d54b073-b547-491e-a2c8-dae333238149 https://share.transistor.fm/s/657ed7bd 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:

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> 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:

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:35:34 -0500 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1854 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/ 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 instrumentati entrepreneurship, innovation No Dr. Elspeth Murray (Smith School of Business) 2 2 Dr. Elspeth Murray (Smith School of Business) full deb45a68-4636-4e76-b47e-43521d7c6a04 https://share.transistor.fm/s/25af88fe 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

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> 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

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:34:04 -0500 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 1954 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 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-fo entrepreneurship, innovation No Trailer - Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast 1 1 Trailer - Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast trailer cda86587-1bf9-49b1-968f-201071703423 https://share.transistor.fm/s/03a5411a Welcome to the Queen's Return on Innovation podcast. This podcast is about sharing the success stories and lessons learned from experts and entrepreneurs from Queens and Eastern Ontario.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s University

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> Welcome to the Queen's Return on Innovation podcast. This podcast is about sharing the success stories and lessons learned from experts and entrepreneurs from Queens and Eastern Ontario.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Resources at Queen’s University

  • Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation - link
  • Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre – link
  • Smith School of Business – Centre for Business Venturing- link
]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:31:23 -0500 Queen's Partnerships and Innovation Queen's Partnerships and Innovation 97 Listen to the trailer for the Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast - sharing stories and lessons learned from Queen's and Eastern Ontario. Listen to the trailer for the Queen's Return on Innovation Podcast - sharing stories and lessons learned from Queen's and Eastern Ontario. entrepreneurship, innovation No