Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas - the Rainforest podcast
Business:Entrepreneurship
Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by Rainforest Alberta.The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.
Rebecca Finley-Schidlowsky - Rebecca is a Management Consultant who specializes in Governance and Strategic Planning. She has worked with hundreds of Boards and Senior Management Teams in the startup, private enterprise, not-for-profit and public sectors across Canada. Rebecca has been the Board Chair and Governance Committee Chair of Next Gen Men for the past 4 years and has led the development of the organization’s Board and Committee structure from the ground up. An accomplished speaker and facilitator, Rebecca has also had the privilege of being a guest speaker for MBAs/EMBAs at The Drucker School of Management based in Claremont, California (USA). Rebecca runs a Governance Basics Blitz Workshop targeted at not-for-profits and associations that has welcomed participants from Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, California, Spain, and New Zealand. Rebecca and her colleague Jeff Homer, host workshops specifically targeted at helping startups understand governance complexities.
Daniel Delgado - Daniel joined TradeSpace as a co-founder in 2018. As Co-founder Daniel oversees product development, business strategy, marketing, finance, operations, technology and team development. Prior to co-founding TradeSpace Daniel has been part of consulting engineering firms which allowed him to achieve his professional engineering status. Daniel is also the founder of a tech-enabled engineering firm (Enginectra) that is building a two-sided marketplace for mechanical and electrical engineering services. Daniel enjoys active learning about start-ups and traveling around the world with his family.
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Show Summary
Rebecca talks with Daniel regarding his journey from Venezuela to Canada in search of work. While in Calgary he founded two companies, one of them being TradeSpace, a first of its kind that provides a collision space for construction companies, small manufacturers and e-commerce distribution companies giving them an ecosystem that can encourage them to grow.
TradeSpace's Instagram
Show Quote:
"The definition of luck that I really like is when opportunity meets talent "
"In general, that's where immigrants play a huge role in creating a new way of doing things. Because new ways of doing things is what is going to drive the world forward."
Credits...
This Episode Sponsored By: SAIT School for Advanced Digital Technology
Episode Music: Tony Del Degan
Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan
System Engineering Sponsor: Kris Chase - Chase Telecom Inc.
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