Listen to the experiences of entrepreneurs and small businesses starting and growing their business amidst COVID-19 on the CIBC Innovation Banking Podcast.
Host Michael Hainsworth shares insights from innovation economy entrepreneurs on how to grow a business during a pandemic.
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Announcer:
The CIBC Innovation Banking podcast. Here is Michael Hainsworth.
Michael Hainsworth:
On season two, we learned how some of Canada's brightest innovation economy entrepreneurs are addressing COVID-19, like Ganesh Padmanabhan of the Forbes Technology Council and Kim Furlong of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.
Michael Hainsworth:
How are you doing so far with this full COVID thing, by the way?
Kim Furlong:
Well, it's been interesting, I'll say that.
Ganesh Padmanabhan:
Fundamentally, it's a reset that is happening, a rewiring that's happening.
Michael Hainsworth:
And we learned startup entrepreneurs like Tony van Marken of First Ascent Ventures, Russell Glass of AI powered mental health startup Ginger, or Rob Antoniades at Information Venture Partners will always make lemonade no matter how many lemons are thrown at them.
Tony van Marken:
I think there are opportunities. Companies truly buy technologies, even during difficult times, that have quick time to values and ROI.
Russell Glass:
The one benefit of this disruption is it has forced management teams to look at their businesses very critically.
Rob Antonaides:
The opportunity to come out far ahead of where you would have been without it, is there.
Michael Hainsworth:
But how do we evolve under this new normal?
Kim Furlong:
It's hard to tell what the next few months will bring.
Rob Antonaides:
Either pivot some of your focus or double down in other areas of focus.
Ganesh Padmanabhan:
Sit down with your stakeholders to redefine what success really meant for that relationship.
Michael Hainsworth:
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