Jim Balsillie

We have brilliant innovators. We have brilliant researchers. We come up with earth-changing ideas.

We have brilliant innovators. We have brilliant researchers. We come up with earth-changing ideas.

We have brilliant innovators. We have brilliant researchers. We come up with earth-changing ideas.

So the number three AI research center in the world is in Edmonton. Number five is in Toronto. We gave essentially all that away to other US tech companies. I think Trump has made a strategic mistake because America's got an unbelievable deal from Canada.

So the number three AI research center in the world is in Edmonton. Number five is in Toronto. We gave essentially all that away to other US tech companies. I think Trump has made a strategic mistake because America's got an unbelievable deal from Canada.

So the number three AI research center in the world is in Edmonton. Number five is in Toronto. We gave essentially all that away to other US tech companies. I think Trump has made a strategic mistake because America's got an unbelievable deal from Canada.

Sure, and it's great to be with you. Yeah, we've known each other for 15 years. You were also my wife's professor 25 years ago when there were nine students in your class. So, my gosh, what a journey. Congratulations for you. For me, with RIM...

Sure, and it's great to be with you. Yeah, we've known each other for 15 years. You were also my wife's professor 25 years ago when there were nine students in your class. So, my gosh, what a journey. Congratulations for you. For me, with RIM...

Sure, and it's great to be with you. Yeah, we've known each other for 15 years. You were also my wife's professor 25 years ago when there were nine students in your class. So, my gosh, what a journey. Congratulations for you. For me, with RIM...

yes prodigies yeah uh so so with me with rim uh it's the greatest i mean first of all uh i believe capitalism is the in a liberal democracy is the best form for human flourishing in the world and and i'm an ardent fan of capitalism entrepreneurship technology innovation

yes prodigies yeah uh so so with me with rim uh it's the greatest i mean first of all uh i believe capitalism is the in a liberal democracy is the best form for human flourishing in the world and and i'm an ardent fan of capitalism entrepreneurship technology innovation

yes prodigies yeah uh so so with me with rim uh it's the greatest i mean first of all uh i believe capitalism is the in a liberal democracy is the best form for human flourishing in the world and and i'm an ardent fan of capitalism entrepreneurship technology innovation

And that created the framework for me to be partners with Mike Lazaridis as co-CEOs to create Blackberry, something we took that really globalized the smartphone, grew it from an idea to $20 billion in over 150 countries around the world. And it's remarkable, you prosper beyond your wildest dreams. You change the world and you also learn how the world works.

And that created the framework for me to be partners with Mike Lazaridis as co-CEOs to create Blackberry, something we took that really globalized the smartphone, grew it from an idea to $20 billion in over 150 countries around the world. And it's remarkable, you prosper beyond your wildest dreams. You change the world and you also learn how the world works.

And that created the framework for me to be partners with Mike Lazaridis as co-CEOs to create Blackberry, something we took that really globalized the smartphone, grew it from an idea to $20 billion in over 150 countries around the world. And it's remarkable, you prosper beyond your wildest dreams. You change the world and you also learn how the world works.

And I very quickly learned and had very good mentors in the United States that the way I'd been explained how the economy works is very, very different than the way it works in the ground. And so that's what shaped my experience at RIM. As I said, we grew it to...

And I very quickly learned and had very good mentors in the United States that the way I'd been explained how the economy works is very, very different than the way it works in the ground. And so that's what shaped my experience at RIM. As I said, we grew it to...

And I very quickly learned and had very good mentors in the United States that the way I'd been explained how the economy works is very, very different than the way it works in the ground. And so that's what shaped my experience at RIM. As I said, we grew it to...

I retired at the end of 2011 when we had 5.2 billion in revenue on a $20 billion year and moved on to other things and Mike stayed with it. So yeah, that was my experience.

I retired at the end of 2011 when we had 5.2 billion in revenue on a $20 billion year and moved on to other things and Mike stayed with it. So yeah, that was my experience.