Le Wagon Live

Episode #67: Roger Dudler, Founder/CEO of Frontify & Christian Reber, Founder/CEO of Pitch

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:13:02 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live. Our guests today are Roger Dudler, Founder & CEO of Frontify and Christian Reber, Founder & CEO of Pitch.

Roger was previously a Software Engineer and Product Designer for over 10 years, before leading his organization to the forefront of brand management, with a powerful and holistic cloud-based experience.

Christian previously founded the award-winning app, Wunderlist and is now an active investor and advisor in a number of technology businesses. He’s also received the Forbes 30 under 30 Award in both 2014 and in 2016.

Learn more about their products and how they’ve come to work together.

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Episode #66: Nathan Larue, Co-Founder & CTO at Bliinx

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:42:12 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, our guest today is Nathan Larue, Co-Founder & CTO at Bliinx. Previously a software engineer at Ubisoft and Google, Nathan created Bliinx, a startup that syncs touchpoints and generates a 360° view of how you and your colleagues have interacted with contacts, projects or companies. Bliinx was recently accepted into the prestigious 500 Seed Accelerator, a program with a less than 1% acceptance rate.

Learn more about Nathan’s journey from being a software engineer to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

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Episode #65: Pascale Audette, CEO at Carebook

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:00:35 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, our guest today is Pascale Audette, CEO at Carebook. A senior executive-turned-entrepreneur with over 20 years of business management experience including leading The Walt Disney Company’s Club Penguin. Pascale has an established track record of building teams of experts committed to sustainable growth.

Carebook is a patient-focused, patient-facing platform for pharmacy and clinic groups that addresses the needs of health professionals and individuals.

Dive into Pascale’s people-first vision for her healthcare platform, and her journey as an entrepreneur.

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Episode #64: Patrick Elie, Co-Founder & CEO at Metrio

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:00:13 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live! Our guest today is Patrick Elie, co-founder & CEO of Metrio, a certified B corp that helps businesses manage their ESG with sustainability reporting software. Patrick’s expertise lies in management, sustainability and data strategy, marketing, and business development. Over the past decade, he and his team have planned and built sustainable business ventures for clients like Air Canada, ALDO Shoes, Cascades, RBC, and Target.

In our conversation, Patrick tells us about what it’s like bootstrapping a company with a long-time friend, and doing something that you really believe in, even if you’re a few years ahead of the curve.

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Episode #63: Philippe Telio, Founder, StartupFest

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:49:17 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, our guest today is StartupFest’s Founder, Philippe Telio. Philippe is a serial entrepreneur passionate about the startup world. The International Startup Festival also known as the Startupfest, a successful series of international conferences on the business of startups. As a result of the event’s success, Philippe also founded two related initiatives: ResolveTO and the Elevator World Tour. Learn more about how Philippe’s passion to create his own job which led him to build one of the most recognized events for startups.

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Episode #62: Virgile Ollivier, CEO Livescale

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:31:59 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, our guest today is Virgile Ollivier, Co-Founder & CEO at Livescale. Video, digital media and innovation expert, Virgile is a French entrepreneur and an active player in the Montreal startup scene.

Livescale is the first live streaming platform that allows you to create a real-time interactive eCommerce experience, known as LIVEShopping.

Listen as he shares what he learned from his experience as an entrepreneur, and how his team is adjusting to the COVID-19 situation.

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Episode #61: Open Innovation Panel

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:37:14 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, today’s guests are key players from Montreal’s innovation scene who have joined us for a conversation on the benefits and challenges of open innovation projects, especially in times of crisis. They are leaders fro m Centech, Osmo, Desjardins Lab and Radio Canada, who shared with us their valuable insights for fostering more collaboration between startups and the corporate world.

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Episode #60: Barney Jackson, Head of Engineering at allplants

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:00:29 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Barney Jackson speaking to us, Head of Engineering at allplants. Barney has spent the last 10 years working on social impact and environmentally-focused companies and he joined allplants to make a change. allplants offers vegan hand-prepared meals that can be delivered all over the UK. They secured 3.9 million euros this year! Keep listening to hear about sustainability in the food tech industry.

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Episode #59: Melanie Yencken, UX Design Lead at Google

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 08:46:50 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Melanie Yencken, UX Design Lead at Google talking to us about optimization. Starting her career as a graphic designer, Melanie now manages the Google my Business team across the UK and US. In her previous roles she built and led UX teams globally at Startups, Schibsted and eBay, and is currently the founder and co-ordinator of London Tech Ladies which is a women’s network of over 4,000. This is one episode not to miss!

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Episode #58: Valeria Cortez Vaca Diez, Senior Data Scientist at Monzo Bank

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:34:29 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Valeria Cortex Diez speaking to us, Senior Data Scientist at Monzo, online app-based challenger back. Valeria is on the borrowing team at Monzo, building credit models and analysis to provide the best options for customers. Previously working with Machine Learning at Lloyds Banking Group, she’s also an advocate of ethics and responsible AI. Keep listening to hear about data at Monzo.

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Episode #57: Jan Teichmann, Senior Data Consultant at Trainline

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:00:11 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Jan Teichmann, Senior Data Consultant at Trainline, speaking to us. Jan is a thought leader in and data consultant, with a track record of transforming companies into commercial production usage at scale. Trainline was created to revolutionize rail & coach travel and has seen huge growth. In 2015 it was acquired by KKR and in 2019 it was listed on the London Stock Exchange with a closing valuation of >£2bn. Keep listening to get introduced to the fundamental principles of data science.

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Episode #56: Taking the leap into Entrepreneurship

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:14:07 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have 2 guests! One is Robbie Coomber, who’s the CTO and Co-Founder of Blueheart, the sexual therapy app helping people have a happier taboo-free sex life. Blueheart is also part of the Antler program, an early stage VC. Joining him is Walter Cegarra, the Founder of startup TRIBAM, helping people share their favourite recommendations with their community and friends. Launching his startup after a career in banking, Walter did our first part-time bootcamp at Le Wagon so knows what it’s like to be both technical and non-technical. Keep listening to hear their insights!

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Episode #55: Kim Nilsson, CEO at Pivigo

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 08:00:34 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Kim Nilsson speaking to us, CEO at Pivigo. Also running Europe’s largest data science training program, Pivigo is a marketplace connecting data freelancers with organisations. Kim has a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management...as well as awards like ‘Women in IT’’s ‘entrepreneur of the year’ and one of the ‘top 50 most influential women in IT in the UK’ for 2 years in a row. This is one not to miss - keep listening to hear all her secrets.

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Episode #54: Alice Beverton-Palmer, Senior Entertainment Partnerships Manager at Twitter

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 07:00:35 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Alice Beverton-Palmer, Senior Entertainment Partnerships Manager at Twitter speaking to us. If you’re wondering how B2B partnerships can help tech companies transform for the better, you’re in the right place. Alice has over a decade’s experience in digital content and media as well as multiple awards & accolades to her name. Twitter was founded in 2015 and serves public conversation - a force for good across the world. Keep listening to hear her insights!

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Episode #53: Sam Barton, CTO at Smart Pension

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 07:00:06 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Sam Barton talking to us, CTO at Smart Pension. Sam transitioned into tech after spending 6 years of his career as a Creative Director and Photographer, and is now leading a team of developers to deliver the best auto-enrolment tech solution in the pension market. He’s got an awesome story to tell - one of career transition, market disruption and entrepreneurship. Keep listening to hear how he achieved his dreams.

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Episode #52: Sonya Barlow, founder of Like Minded Females

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 07:00:39 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Sonya Barlow, Founder of Like Minded Females and TEDx speaker on women’s empowerment in tech. Like Minded Females is changing the narrative of inclusion through life skills workshops, community building and corporate training. Sonya has been recognised as a Rising Star (2017); UK Tech Business Woman of the Year Finalist (2018) and Winner of Pitchfanzine (2019). She is passionate about encouraging inclusive cultures, educating on life skills and enabling people to achieve success. Her Ted talk is now on YouTube titled "Failures come before Resilience".

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Episode #51: Marc Abraham, Product Lead at ASOS

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:38:31 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, this week we have Mark Abraham, Head of Product for ASOS speaking to us. Marc is an experienced product manager and ex-lawyer in London. In 2018, he wrote a book called My Product Management Toolkit where he offers cutting edge advice and thoughts accumulated during his career. ASOS is the leader in the online clothing industry and pioneer to expand the most advanced technology into the customer online journey. They introduced the augmented reality tool last year as part of a trial which had really positive results. The website sells over 850 brands as well as its own range of clothing and accessories, and ships to all 196 countries from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and EU.

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Episode #50: Mario Fernandez, UX Designer at HSBC

Mon, 25 May 2020 07:00:00 GMT

This week we have Mario Fernandez, UX Designer at HSBC telling us all his design secrets. Originally from Spain, he moved to London 6 years ago, where he started working for startups which helped him to accelerate his career. Mario is an accomplished creative designer now specialized in UI & UX design. After an exciting role in the UX design team at Barclays, he’s now moved at HSBC where his amazing multidisciplinary team is currently working on a revolutionary app for business banking, to facilitate the management of corporate accounts via mobile. HSBC is joining the growing wave of UK financial institutions rolling out app-based business banking services. HSBC has 7,500 offices in over 80 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

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Episode #49: Scott Simpkin, Campaign Team Leader, Seedrs

Fri, 15 May 2020 10:58:07 GMT

This week we have Scott Simpkin speaking to us, Campaigns Team Leader for Seedrs, who tells us all the secrets to crowdfunding. Previously an entrepreneur himself, Scott Simpkin joined Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs as a Campaigns Associate in April 2017. Scott’s role at Seedrs is to work with businesses from the very beginning of the fundraising journey, helping these businesses undergo a successful campaign. Since joining, Scott has helped over 50 businesses such as Allplants, Mercato Metropolitano and Marcopolo Learning successfully complete their campaign on Seedrs, and he holds 5 different mentorship roles at accelerator programmes across the country. Seedrs is a platform for investing in startups and later-stage businesses throughout Europe, and is currently the UK's most prolific funder of startups (in 2019, 212 businesses funded on Seedrs).

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Episode #48: Ant Milner, Growth & Product Manager, Depop

Mon, 04 May 2020 07:00:04 GMT

This week we have Ant Milner speaking to us, Product Manager for Growth at Depop. Ant is also an entrepreneur! Back in 2015 he founded Grabagardener.com, an on-demand marketplace startup that connects local customers to local highly vetted gardeners. Graduating with an Engineering degree, he has a wealth of varied experience, from Engineering in the Oil industry to Product Management in the e-comm, retail & fashion industry. Ant is also an expert in Computer & Data Science!

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Episode #47: Soodeh Farokhi, Founder & CTO, C2RO Robotics

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:09:38 GMT

In today’s episode we have Soodeh Farokhi, a visionary technology entrepreneur and the founder and Chief Technology Officer of C2RO, an award-winning software startup in Montreal, Canada. C2RO has developed a proprietary global machine vision platform that offers end-to-end enterprise software solutions. She has a Ph.D. in computer science and was selected among the top 750 digital IT innovators of the world and the top young entrepreneur in Quebec in 2018. We talked about how she built her team around her vision and how her startup evolved through the years to fit the market needs.

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Episode #46: Sam Vermette, CEO & co-founder, Transit

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:00:45 GMT

This week we are joined by Sam Vermette. With a background in industrial design, Sam Vermette has always been passionate about the impact of technology on people and their surroundings. With a thirst for building, he taught himself web development very young to give life to his ideas. In 2012, he teamed up with Guillaume Campagna to found Transit, a mobile app aiming to facilitate urban mobility. In this episode, Sam shared how he and his co-founder unexpectedly build a successful mobile application used in over 125 cities and counting millions of active users around the world.

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Episode #45: Le Wagon Alumni Panel (3)

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 08:00:23 GMT

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Episode #44: Xavier Peich, co-founder & CEO, SmartHalo

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:00:40 GMT

This week we are joined by Xavier Peich. Xavier is the co-founder and CEO of SmartHalo, a connected device that helps you cycle smarter. He created the company with the hope to change cities and make them greener and more human. In this talk, Xavier recalls the beginnings of Smarthalo which he launched with only 25 dollars. At first, the idea was to provide navigation for cyclists and then enable them to track down a stolen bicycle. Today, SmartHalo provides advanced features without overwhelming cyclists who need to focus on the many challenges of urban environments.

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Episode #43: Brian Waterfield, the future of VR, AR & Immersive Tech

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:00:48 GMT

This week we have Brian Waterfield speaking to us, all about the future of immersive technologies, as the co-founder of Immerse UK. Brian is on a mission to be the global leader in applications of immersive technologies (high-end visualisation, virtual, mixed and augmented reality, haptics and other sensory interfaces with data). He’s gained over 30 years experience, keep listening to hear from an expert in future tech.

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Episode #42: Ian Jeffrey & Arach Tchoupani, Breathe Life founders

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:00:50 GMT

Today we are listening to Breathe Life founders Ian Jeffrey and Arach Tchoupani. Ian has been a marketer and entrepreneur in Montreal and Silicon Valley since 2001. He co-founded FounderFuel, Canada’s leading accelerator, as well as Montreal In Technology, Montreal’s voice of the startup community. As for Arach, he started his career as a founding engineer at Outbox Technology. In 2014, Arach joined Primary.com founding CTO and helped build the brand’s platform from the ground up. The launch was a hit and the company has since raised fourty Million. Today, they are both working to redefine the insurance world with an innovative software platform and suite of modules that power the industry and empowers the consumer. Listen to their practical tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Episode #41: Daisy Stapley-Bunten, Editor & Founder of Startups Magazine

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:39:04 GMT

This week we have Daisy Stapley-Bunten coming to speak to us, editor and Founder of Startups Magazine Daisy is a keen intrapreneur, founding fast-growing Startups Magazine after attending an IoT conference and realising there was a huge knowledge gap that needed filling. The magazine champions tech startups - the entrepreneurial heroes disrupting industries, and the creators challenging norms and breaking boundaries. In print and online, the Startups Magazine team works hard to deliver unique content to startups providing valuable insights from industry experts, advice on business fundamentals and most importantly - a platform to introduce tech startups to the world stage. Keep listening to hear rare advice from the helm.

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Episode #40: Solon Angel, Founder, MindBridge

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:00:53 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, this week we have Solon Angel, Founder and Chief Impact Officer of MindBridge with us. With 16 years of experience in high-tech firms, he launched Mindbridge with the goal of transforming the financial auditing business with machine learning, or artificial intelligence. The company’s software is designed to flag anomalies that auditors can then analyse more closely. In this very authentic and honest conversation, he took us through his journey and what he would do differently if he had to start over.

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Episode #39: Joelle Chartrand, VP Culture & People, RenoRun

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:00:54 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, this week we have Joëlle Chartrand. She is the co-founder & VP of People and Culture of RenoRun, an end to end supply chain platform that is redefining how the construction industry purchases materials. She is a passionate leader, who is focused on creating an exceptional, people centric culture as her company scales. In this inspiring talk, she explains the challenges of being a woman in the construction industry, how she useS those challenges as a fuel and the benefits of having a diverse team to help your company grow.

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Episode #38: Liette Lamonde, Executive Director, Montreal Inc.

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:00:03 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, this week we are listening to Liette Lamonde. She is the Executive director of Montréal inc., an organization with the mission to guide young Montréal entrepreneurs down the path to success. She has been an active player in the world of philanthropy since 2004 when she was appointed CEO of the Fondation Montréal. Liette is also the co-founder of Bonjour Startup Montréal, an organisation created in collaboration with OSMO, to encourage connections between all players within the startup community. In this podcast, we will talk about how her organization helps entrepreneurs thrive through mentoring and funding.

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Episode #37: Le Wagon Alumni Panel (2)

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:00:06 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, this week, hear from our alumni themselves at our panel event! We love hearing from our old students who have gone on to do amazing things post-bootcamp, they’ve come back to TELL OUR current students honest advice about their experience before and after graduating. You’ll meet Josh - now specialising in Front End Development, Christos - who’s now a Senior Full Stack Developer, and then Heidi and Aisa who are Junior Software Engineers. Hear all about their different journeys!

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Episode #36: Philip Barrar, CEO & Founder, Mylo

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:00:13 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live, today we are listening to Philipp Barrar, CEO & Founder at Mylo. Philipp is on a mission to help Canadians achieve their financial goals through an app that rounds up your purchases and invests the spare change. He was named one of the Bay Street Bull’s 30 under 30 for 2018. In this talk, he gave us useful tips on fundraising namely how to build strong relationships with investors. A year after he launched Mylo, Phil and his team had already raised $3.9M and acquired an asset management firm with $120M in AUM. Mylo also scored a deal on CBC’s Dragons’ Den and the company is frequently featured in major Canadian media, including BNN, CBC, The Financial Post, Global, and The Globe and Mail.

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Episode #35: Liv Wild - Expedia Group (Director, Tech Platforms)

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:00:06 GMT

This week we have Liv Wild speaking to us, the Director of Technology Platforms for Hotels.com (Expedia Group). Currently, Liv leads a multi-disciplinary team of engineers who focus on the operational excellence of the Hotels.com technology platform. She’s previously held senior leadership roles within the BBC, GDS, Skimlinks and as the European Head of People & Professional Services at international IT services and software consultancy ThoughtWorks. Liv is now focusing on the innovation of user-friendly travel platforms and shares her secrets in this podcast. Hotels.com is part of expedia group, and is a leading provider of hotel accommodation worldwide - keep listening to hear what’s in store for the industry!

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Episode #34: Shahrin Oli-Mohamed, Digital Transformation at Shell

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:00:08 GMT

This week we have Shahrin Oli Mohamed, Founder of Digital Venture at Shell. Shahrin is the Founder and Head of Digital Ventures at Shell. She started her career studying computer science and since then has studied Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford after completing her MBA. She’s a startup mentor and founder of an angel-funded blockchain startup, and all of this is on top of her day job. Shahrin has worked her way up from Operations to Strategy to Digital Ventures, founding this side of the business, and fuelling innovation at Shell. She’s an expert in startups, corporate innovation, mentorship, NED & board advisory. Keep listening to hear her story!

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Episode #33: Ross Sheil, Head of Growth UK, Stripe

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:00:04 GMT

Ross is the Growth Lead for Stripe’s Startup Ecosystem in the U.K. Before this, Ross was one of the first hires at Twitter Europe running a team across 13 countries. In 2016 Ross was named as #1 in Tech at Irish Career Awards and has also been named as Top 10 mobile execs in many publications. Ross is heavily involved in the startup ecosystem, has a background in product strategy, commercial partnerships and leadership. He serves on boards and mentors several startups. For example he works with startup bootcamp, seedcamp, and is an advisor for YOVO mobile and also runs his own podcast. Stripe is a tech company that allows businesses to accept payments and manage their businesses online. It was founded in 2010 in San Francisco and now has thousands of employees and high level investors, INCLUDING THE LIKES OF ELON MUSK. Keep listening to hear all about roSS’S career so far and how he’s approaching growth at Stripe.

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Episode #32: Le Wagon Alumni Panel

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:00:57 GMT

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Episode #31: Melanie McKay, Consumer Product Lead, Rightmove

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 07:00:59 GMT

This week we have Melanie McKay, Consumer Product Lead for Rightmove speaking to us. Melanie first broke into the Product field in 2005 as a website manager for “Hotels R Us.” Over her 14 year career, she’s enjoyed product management roles with companies like CMC Market and Transport for London, where she helped run a Women’s Network course in basic programming and introduced new Agile principles. Today, Melanie is the Consumer Product Lead for Rightmove, the UK’s number one property website. Keep listening to hear how she oversees cross-platform strategies and cross-functional teams and lead the team to achieve their goals.

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Episode #30: Tom Ansell, CEO of Whyable & CTO of Shopupp Ltd.

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:00:53 GMT

This week we have Tom Ansell speaking to us, Founder of Whyable and CTO of shoppup limited. Tom was originally in commercial real estate in London before taking the leap and moving to Bangalore to set up his first startup Gallo in 2013. Being inspired by ethical business, he set up Whyable with Agni Barathi in 2014 and never looked back. He’s an expert in early stage startups, an entrepreneur & angel investor and has a mission to improve capitalism through startups, technology & innovation. He is also a CTO for fashion app Shopupp. Keep listening to hear his secrets!

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Episode #29: Shadi Mahassal, CEO @ SURFnCODE (prev. PM @ Skype)

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:00:24 GMT

This week we have Shadi Mahassal, Co-Founder and CEO of SURFnCODE, and Product Manager for the launch of the Skype WiFi. SURFnCODE is a product studio that partners with hand-picked founders, whose missions they believe to be exceptional standalone businesses. Before co-founding it, Shadi was VP of Product and Veniam, supporting the future of mobility and smart cities - which he’ll tell us his predictions for. He’s also overcome the amazing challenge of building and launching Skype WiFi. Shadi has worked at Microsoft, has been a founder, advisor and investor in innovative technology companies, within mobile communication, media and e-commerce. He is active in the startup community in Silicon Valley, London and Porto as an investor and advisor.

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Episode #28: Claire Parker, Senior Product Manager, The Financial Times

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:00:19 GMT

This week we have Claire Parker, Senior Product Manager from the Financial Times speaking to us. Claire is responsible for both the Nikkei Asian Review and the FT partnership, accelerating business growth by improving consumer-facing products, as well as internal ones. She’ll share her secrets on how she climbed the ranks from data analysis to product management, and what this means for her role. Keep listening to hear her insights into working for one of the biggest media outlets in the world.

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Episode #27: Laviva Mazhar, VC Analyst, Luge Capital

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:00:46 GMT

Laviva Mazhar is an investment analyst at Luge Capital. She is focused on sourcing fintech startups, performing due diligence and supporting portfolio companies. Laviva is also a VC advisor for Front Row Ventures and advisor for Holt Accelerator. She was selected to be on the 2017 Global Women in FinTech Powerlist. Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Laviva moved to Canada to complete her BCom degree at McGill University. In this inspiring talk, she talks about her first steps in investment management and her role in helping build fintech champions of tomorrow.

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Episode #26: Alexis Smirnov, Co-founder & CTO, Dialogue

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:00:00 GMT

Alexis Smirnov is the co-founder and CTO of Dialogue, the leading Canadian virtual care service. Prior to that, he led the design and development of a social analytics system; incubated a semantic search engine and a platform for conversational mobile apps; and co-founded and successfully sold, a pioneering cloud technology startup. Alexis Smirnov is passionate about designing products powered by transformational technologies and bringing them to market. He believes in the near future, healthcare will be digital first. In this talk, he considers what motivated him to start Dialogue, and how his role changed overtime, as the startup grew. The trick, he says is to stay grounded in the product you are building.

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Episode #25: Vikrant Tomar, founder & CTO, Fluent.ai

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:40:06 GMT

Vikrant Tomar is a scientist and executive with 8+ years of speech recognition and machine learning experience. He pursued a PhD in automatic speech recognition from McGill University and founded Fluent.ai Inc. in 2015. Prior to that, he has worked at Nuance, and Vestec as a Research Scientist. In this incredible talk, Vikrant Tomar takes us on his journey of moving to Canada from a small village in India. He came to Montreal to continue his studies and successfully launched his startup in artificial intelligence to allow everyone to communicate with smart devices in their native language.

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Episode #24: Sun Knudsen, CEO & Founder, Lickstats

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:01:04 GMT

Sun Knudsen is a tech entrepreneur, vlogger in the making, and the founder of Lickstats, an analytics platform of the future. Recently, Sun has started to invest a significant part of his time advocating for internet privacy. This new passion is reflected in the roadmap of Lickstats which is set to become one of the very few analytics platforms that embrace privacy by design. Sun became an entrepreneur thanks to his passion for problem solving. In this talk, he discusses users data and how they are used by big companies, and gives practical tips about regaining power over our data as customers.

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Episode #23: Judith Fetzer, Co-founder and CEO at Cook it

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 07:00:11 GMT

Judith Fetzer is the co-founder and CEO of COOK IT, a Montreal-based startup established to disrupt the food industry in Canada through technology and logistics. COOK IT simplifies the planning of weekly meals and helps Canadians to become chefs at home. COOK IT aims to be the leading meal kit company in Canada. The food revolution is already here! Listen to Judith’s incredible entrepreneurial journey.

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Episode 22: Vanessa Cherenfant, managing director at SADAX

Wed, 29 May 2019 17:14:12 GMT

Vanessa Cherenfant is an entrepreneur, engineer and proud STEMinist. She is the Managing Director at SADAX Technology Services, a professional service firm specialized in delivering enterprise technology solutions based on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Windows Azure platforms. She is committed to causes such as the promotion of diversity and the advancement of women in Technologies and is a strong believer of the "Be the Change you want to see" mantra. In this inspiring talk, she shares with us how she works to bring more women in STEM after dealing for so long with the challenge of always being “the only woman in the room.'' In her everyday work, she aspires to not only to embrace diversity but also make sure that people understand their own biases.

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Episode #21: LP Maurice, CEO & Co-Founder, Busbud

Wed, 22 May 2019 07:00:14 GMT

LP Maurice is one of the most active entrepreneurs in the Canada startup community. He is passionate about leading teams that create products which solve problems and challenge status-quo. LP has already worked in Silicon Valley, earned a degree from Harvard, founded a startup at 16 and spoke at TedX. He is also the co-founder of Busbud, the bus travel booking website with the largest coverage in world. In this podcast, he shares everything that he learned from the startup ecosystem and from the challenges he faced while starting his own startup.

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Episode #20: Melinda Roylett, European Lead, Square

Fri, 17 May 2019 07:00:33 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, today we have Melinda Roylett from Square speaking to us. Melinda is Square's Head of Europe, growing the region since 2018, after a 10 year stint at PayPal. She started her career as a lawyer then was a consultant for BCG, and now is an expert in card payments and FinTech. Melinda's also been included in Management Todays 35 Women to Watch in Business Under 35. She’s a complete power woman so we hope you enjoy the podcast on her career and the payments industry.

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Episode #19: Zach Grosser, formerly Figma & Square

Thu, 09 May 2019 07:00:33 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon live, today we are listening to Zach Grosser. Zach is a freelance designer based in Amsterdam and we’re super excited to welcome him in London for this rare Q&A about design. Previously he’s worked at Apple, Square and Figma, so is a font of knowledge about building awesome products. He’s also studied glassblowing and yoga, as well as developing a resource called presentation.design AND co-hosts a podcast called ‘Charged’. Keep listening to hear all his secrets!

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Episode #18: Emilie Boutros, Partner & CFO TandemLaunch

Thu, 02 May 2019 12:00:31 GMT

Emilie Boutros joined TandemLaunch in early 2012 as Partner and CFO. TandemLaunch scouts, accelerates, and commercializes early-stage technologies from the world’s top universities in close partnership with major Consumer Electronic brands. During Emilie’s tenure, TandemLaunch has more than doubled every year, raising over $100M in third party investment, creating more than 25 ventures valued at more than $350M today. In addition to Finance, Emilie oversees operational activities across multiple departments and coaches projects on entrepreneurship, management and financing for start-ups. In the entrepreneurship journey she says, there will be failures but at the end of the day, it’s the end result that counts, you have to focus on the main objective.

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Episode #17: Andy Mauro, Co-founder & CEO, Automat.ai

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:00:32 GMT

Andy Mauro worked on some of the first speech recognition softwares ever made. Since then, he lives and breathes conversational marketing and today he is one of the most respected entrepreneurs in conversational AI. He is the co-founder of Automat, a Marketing Cloud platform that uses AI to allow companies to have personalized one-on-one messaging conversations with their customers to better understand and serve them. He shared with us his vision on AI, marketing and entrepreneurship.

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Episode #16: Vincent-Charles Hodder, Co Founder & CEO at Local Logic

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:00:06 GMT

Vincent-Charles Hodder is the co-founder and CEO of Local Logic, a software company that provides brokerages with a new and innovative approach in using lifestyle based data to attract and convert more buyers in their given market. He is passionate about cities, tech, and how they can work together to change the way we live. Before starting Local Logic, he worked in real estate development and he has a background in finance and urban planning.

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Episode #15: Colin Payne, Global Digital Lead, Capgemini Invent

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 12:31:05 GMT

Today we are listening to Colin Payne, Vice President & Head of NextGen Banking at Capgemini Invent. Colin is a highly experienced Digital Consultant with an international, award-winning portfolio for global consulting. He develops strategic vision and executes detailed plans to create solutions based on over 25 years experience at the leading edge of technology and change management. With a particular focus on product design, robotics and AI in relation to consumer-led banking software, he inspires teams with an open, dynamic style, motivating them to deliver world-class, innovative solutions.

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Episode #14: Alex Shee, Director of Industry Solutions & Corporate Development at Element AI

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 07:00:04 GMT

Alex Shee has a personal mission to democratize Artificial Intelligence. His curiosity and forward-thinking style lead him to be one of the most influential leaders on AI in Montreal and in the world. He states that AI is a great tool that offers great opportunities to do good, and he wants to use AI to provide better services to people around the world. As a Director of Industry Solutions and Corporate Development at Element AI, Alex Shee leads the company’s strategic partnership to offer a scalable, customizable and sustainable suite of core AI-enabled products for the world's biggest organizations. In this podcast, he shares many valuable advices with everyone who wants to work with Artificial Intelligence.

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Episode #13: David Dufresne, partner at Panache Ventures

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:00:34 GMT

David Dufresne is passionate about finding and investing in technologies that are disrupting businesses and changing paradigms. He acts as a mentor and advisor to many startup accelerators and incubators across Quebec, Canada and the United States. David is partner at Panache Ventures, Canada’s most active seed stage venture capital fund. If you want to invest in or work at the best early stage tech startups, better hear what he has to say!

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Episode #12: Minh-Anh Pham & William Walcker, founders at Naak

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 08:00:43 GMT

Minh-Anh Pham & William Walcker faced a big challenge when they launched their startup: they wanted to sell cricket-based food in Canada, a country that doesn’t have the culture to eat insects. But they had ambition and they believed they could offer everyone, and especially athletes, a more sustainable option as their source of protein. Minh-Anh and William developed a business strategy and invested in a strong brand. Now, their company, Naak, is a leading maker of insect-based food that help athletes perform better and lead healthy lifestyles.

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Episode #11: Talk with Scott Simpkin, Senior Campaigns Associate at Seedrs

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:02:33 GMT

Welcome to le wagon live, where tonight we’re talking to Scott Simpkin. Previously an entrepreneur himself, Scott joined Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs as a Campaigns Associate in April 2017. Scott’s role at Seedrs is to work with businesses from the very beginning of their fundraising journey, helping them undergo a successful campaign. Holding a 95% success rate, in the last year Scott’s campaigns on Seedrs have raised over £10 million on the platform.

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Episode #10: Talk with Alice Bentinck, co-founder at Entrepreneur First

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 08:00:22 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live! This week, we’re talking to Alice Bentink. Alice started her career at McKinsey & Company and went on to co-found Entrepreneur First, an organisation that helps the world’s most ambitious technologists build their own tech startups from scratch. They have more investments in AI than any other fund in Europe!

She also set up Code First Girls, a not - for - profit that has taught over 5,000 women to code for free whilst still at university. She’s a really inspirational woman, and has some amazing stories, so sit back and enjoy!

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Episode #9: Talk with Patrick Gagné, Partner & CPO at Taxelco / Téo Taxi

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:29:00 GMT

This week we’re talking to Patrick Gagné – partner and Chief Product Officer of Téo Taxi – a taxi startup from Montreal. Patrick has not had your typical career - before becoming an entrepreneur, he was an architect. But the one thing always driving him was innovation. He’s helped build a wide variety of businesses, transforming their business models to suit the digital world we live in today. So sit back and enjoy his story.

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Episode #8: Talk with Jeff Lynn, co-founder at Seedrs

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week we’re talking to Jeff Lynn, one of the co-founders of top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs. He takes us on a journey through the super-interesting history of the company, and the countless speedbumps they encountered along the way.

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Episode #7: Talk with Marc-Antoine Ducas, CEO & founder, Netlift

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:36:00 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week we’re talking to Marc Antoine Ducas, CEO and founder of Netlift, a Canadian ride-sharing app that wants to change the way people commute. Marc has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years now, and has a wealth of knowledge to share with us. So sit back and enjoy.

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Episode #6: Talk with Nick Johnson, software engineer at Ethereum Foundation

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:50:34 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week, we’re talking to Nick Johnson, a software engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, one of the leading lights of the cryptocurrency industry. It starts with a great introduction to Ethereum, so even if you aren’t a crypto-nerd there’s still lots to get out of it!

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Episode #5: Talk with Chiara Condi, co-founder of Led by Her

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:20:05 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week, we're talking to Chiara Condi, co-founder of Led by Her, a 10 months program that helps women affected by violence rebuild their lives through entrepreneurship. Led by Her is also involved on a grassroots community level, putting on workshops, talks and events around women's rights and entrepreneurship.

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Episode #4: Talk with Max Rofagha, founder of Finimize

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:11:22 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week, we're talking to Max Rofagha, the founder of Finimize, a UK startup making personal finance more accessible. The company was founded in 2015 and by 2016 Max was named as one of Forbes magazine 30 Under 30. Needless to say: he's a really interesting guy and you gonna enjoy!

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Episode #3: Talk with Julien Callede, co-founder at Made.com

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:32:53 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week, we're talking to Julien Callede, co-founder of the british start-up Made.com, a business revolutionizing the affordable luxury segment of the furniture industry, and is changing the way we think about our homes and especially what we put in them. Enjoy!

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Episode #2: Talk with Christine Renaud, CEO & Co-founder at e180

Tue, 29 May 2018 13:05:01 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week we've got Christine Renaud, CEO and co-founder of e180 and Braindate, a pioneering education platform that has been used by Airbnb, Amazon and TED Talks, to name a few, and has aim to change the way human beings learn from and interact with each other. Enjoy!

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Episode #1: Talk with Oussama Ammar, co-founder at The Family

Tue, 22 May 2018 13:57:43 GMT

Welcome to Le Wagon Live where each week we bring new stories from entrepreneurs around the world. This week we're talking to Oussama Ammar, one of the co-founder of The Family. A long-term strategic investor that has helped over 500 startups since 2013. Oussama has a massive wealth of knowledge and some great stories. So sit back and enjoy!

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