Founder Journey
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
How Wishpond Transforms Online Marketing for Small Businesses: Interview with CEO and Co-Founder, Ali Tajskandar
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes In this episode, Ray Walia interviews Ali Tajskandar, the founder and CEO of Wishpond. Wishpond is a marketing tech company that special...
PayMyRent's Story of Merging Nigerian Insights with Canadian Property Needs with Tosin Ogunyemi, Founder of PayMyRent
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Dive into "Founder Journey" with host Ray Walia, as we traverse the entrepreneurial terrains of diverse markets. This episode ...
Construction and Connections: what's the importance of community when building a startup with Syed Ahmed, CEO and Co-founder of OnTraccr
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join Ray Walia as he embarks on a captivating exploration of Syed Ahmed's transformative journey from a fresh-faced entrepreneur to the ...
A Radiant Ride: Exploring Hyperspectral Technology and Founder Trials with Francis Doumet, CEO of Metaspectral
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in this eye-opening episode of 'Founder Journey,' where we explore the cutting-edge world of hyperspectral imaging and delve into the highs an...
Startup Harmony: The Role of Friendship in Business Success with Cecelia Zhou, COO of ICTUS Audio
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join Cecelia Zhou, co-founder of ICTUS Audio, as she shares her remarkable journey of building ICTUS Audio, a dynamic production house a...
Creating a Buzz: Daily Hive's Birth and Growth with Founder Manny Bahia
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on the Founder Journey podcast as we delve into the entrepreneurial journey of Manny Bahia, co-founder of the successful media company, Daily...
Scaling the Unscalable: The Defang Founders' Journey to Revolutionize Startups with Lio Lunesu, Prakash Sundaresan, and Antoine Cote of Defang
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join Sam Chan, VP of Programs at Launch, as he hosts an enlightening episode of Founder Journey. In this episode, Sam is joined by the i...
From Startup Struggles to Real Estate Triumphs with Josh Lopour, Co-Founder of EveryState
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Welcome to Season 4 of “Founder Journey,” the podcast that uncovers the hidden aspects of startup founders’ unique journeys. In th...
Uploadcare’s Journey From Russia to Vancouver Through the Start-up Visa Program | Igor Debatur, Uploadcare
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey features Igor Debatur, Launch member and Uploadcare’s Co-Founder & CEO. The company helps engineering teams ...
Navigating the Ups and Downs of Startup Life | Joanne Chang, Co-Founder at PicCollage
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey podcast features Joanne Chang, Co-Founder at PicCollage. PicCollage is a creativity app that allows 200+ million u...
Building a Marketplace in the Construction Industry | Anjani Duddukuru & Rachana Kapadia, Co-Founders of Suppliers Cave
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey features Anjani Duddukuru and Rachana Kapadia, Co-Founders of Suppliers Cave, the online platform that connects su...
Changing the Future of VR Adoption | Hani Abu Ghazaleh, Co-Founder & CEO of Mental VR
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey podcast features Hani Abu Ghazaleh, Co-Founder & CEO of Mental VR. Mental VR is a software company specialize...
GameOn's Journey From B2C to B2B & Going Public | Matt Bailey, Founder & CEO of GameOn
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey features Matt Bailey, Founder & CEO of GameOn. The company started as a B2C free-to-play prediction app with 2...
Exploring Mexico's Rapidly Growing Tech Hub | Alejandro Martinez, Parvada Cowork & Co
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey features Alejandro Martinez, Administrative Manager at Parvada Cowork & Co, a coworking space in one of the bi...
Successfully Navigating Through the Pandemic as a Travel Tech Company | Local Adventures
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Founder Journey podcast features one of Launch's own Maple companies, Local Adventures! Local Adventure is a travel tech company b...
Circular Economy in LatAm's Fashion Industry | Ytzia Belausteguigoitia, Troquer
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 2nd episode of the Founder Journey podcast features Ytzia Belausteguigoitia, Co-founder and CEO of Troquer, a digitally native, omnichannel lux...
Overcoming the Challenges of Building a Venture Fund in Mexico | Alejandro Gonzalez, Redwood Ventures
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Ray Walia, CEO Launch Ventures and Launch Academy, this episode of the Founder Journey podcast features Alejandro Gonzalez, Managing Partner...
Malte Bucken - Previous Cofounder of Tripcombi
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Malte Bucken caps off Founder Journey Series Season 2! Malte discusses building a company with a distributed work force, challenges before the pandemi...
Turgay Birand - CEO of Edition Guard
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Turgay Birand is the CEO and Co-founder of Edition Guard, a secure eBook sales platform. They are also a Launch Academy startup visa success story! Tu...
Henry Bee - CEO of CoPilot AI
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Bee is the CEO and Co-founder of CoPilot AI. CoPilot AI makes it easy to find and engage with high value leads using LinkedIn. Henry discusses t...
Tea Nicola - CEO and Co-founder of CI Direct Investing (Wealthbar)
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tea is the CEO and Co-founder of CI Direct Investing (previously Wealthbar) a company that makes it easy to build your financial future with convenien...
Boris Lau - Sr. Software Engineer of Khan Academy
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Lau was previously the co-founder of Pathful, a 2013 Techstars company that allows retailers to understand how visitors interact with their cont...
Bosko Milosavljevic - CEO and Founder of Keeprop
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bosko is the Founder and CEO of Keeprop. Keeprop is software for companies that want to automate services and optimally manage workforce and assets. H...
Kenny Huang - CEO of Tiny Rex Games
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny Huang is currently the CEO of Tiny Rex Games. From EA to Bluebat to Tiny Rex Games, Kenny shares his lessons learned leading up to the ultimate ...
Roger Patterson - CEO and Co-founder of Later Media
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Patterson is the CEO of Later Media and Co-founder of Launch Academy! Later is an all in one social media marketing platform for the top social ...
Dejan Pralica - CEO of SoleSavy
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dejan Pralica is the CEO and co-founder of SoleSavy, a marketplace and tight knit community for sneakerheads! In this episode Dejan tells us how he ma...
Nicole Parmar - CEO of Gunkii
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole is CEO of Gunkii, the worlds sexiest tongue scraper saving relationships one breath at a time! Nicole jumped into the tech industry full force...
Hirad Motamed - CTO and Co-founder of Dr. Bill
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hirad Motamed is the CTO of Dr. Bill, a medical billing solution for physicians in Canada. Initially they tried to build an expense tracker for small ...
Alex Popa - Co-founder of BOAST.ai
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Popa is the co-founder of BOAST.ai and Launch's Traction conference. Thousands of companies use BOAST.ai to get more money faster for less time a...
Kris Hartvigsten - Founder and CEO of Dooly
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kris has been in the tech industry for a long time. He is the founder of Dooly, a connected workspace that allows people to focus on their high value ...
Alex Benjamin - President of You Move Me
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Benjamin, an Australian-Canadian entrepreneur who has started multiple companies. He grew up with a father who worked at the bank, was always int...
Collin Stewart - Co-founder and CEO of Predictable Revenue
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Collin Stewart is a resilient entrepreneur who co-founded Predictable Revenue, a company that helps business' grow with outbound sales development. Co...
Sylvia Rayner - Managing Director of And-Co
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This entrepreneur is currently building an elevated private office space concept in Coal Harbour where you can eat, workout and work in the same build...
Lloyed Lobo - Co-Founder and President of BOAST.ai
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are concluding our last episode in our #FounderJourneySeries Season 1 with Lloyed Lobo. He is the Co-founder and President of Boast.AI and our Trac...
Gary Boddington - CEO of PlayWize
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gary is an expat South African, former Olympian, and experienced entrepreneur. Currently, he is CEO and co-founder of PlayWize, previously SportsTech....
James Clift - Founder of Holopod
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Clift has been building companies for 15 years. He started his first company when he was 15, importing cars from the US and flipping them in Van...
Jayesh Parmar - Founder of Gunkii
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jayesh is a Canadian entrepreneur who has built some great companies. He was the founder of Picatic, a Launch Academy company, which has now been acqu...
Kelly Hoey - Author and Speaker, Build Your Dream Network
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Hoey is the author of Build Your Dream Network. She is also one of the most influential women in the tech industry. She's an entrepreneur, speak...
Greg Smith - CEO and Cofounder of Thinkific
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Smith is the CEO and Cofounder of Thinkific, the #1 online course creator. With Thinkific, you can turn your expertise into a thriving business b...
Charlyne Fothergill - SR. HR Business Partner of CTO.ai
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charlyne Fothergill is the Sr. HR Business Partner at CTO.AI, a serverless Kubernetes platform for building, deploying and managing Cloud Native workf...
Ian Mackinnon - CTO and Co-Founder of Later Media
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Mackinnon is the CTO and Co-Founder of Later Media, the worlds favorite Instagram marketing platform, where you can plan your social posts visuall...
Dr. Alexandra Greenhill - CEO and Founder of Careteam Technologies
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not only is Dr. Alexandra Greenhill a physician with her own practice, but she is the CEO of 2 tech companies as well. Dr. Greenhill dives deep into t...
Jason Smith - CEO and Co-Founder of Klue
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Smith is the CEO and Co-founder of Klue, a new way to capture, manage, and communicate market insights from the web and across the company, in p...
Boris Wertz - Founding Partner of Version One Ventures
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Wertz is the founding partner of Version One Ventures. Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in the next generation of m...
Darius Eghdami - President of FansUnite
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Darius is the President of Fans Unite, a sports and entertainment company focussing on technology related to regulated and lawful online sports bettin...
Melissa Kwan - CEO and Co-Founder of eWebinar
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa is the CEO and co-founder of eWebinar, an automated webinar solution which combines pre-recorded video with real-time interactions and live ch...
Daniel Eberhard - CEO and Founder at Koho
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel, a serial entrepreneur, is the CEO and Founder of Koho, a company that is helping Canadians take charge of their finances without a bank. Learn...
Natalie Cartwright - COO and Co-Founder at Finn.AI
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Cartwright is the Co-Founder and COO of Finn.AI, a conversational AI company that strives to improve the financial lives of 100 million people...
Founder Journey Series Introduction
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is required to start a startup? What defines a successful startup? How do entrepreneurs navigate difficult moments? Do I want to run a company th...