Digital experiences have become increasingly tailored to individual preferences. Whether people are shopping online, streaming entertainment, using fitness applications, or browsing social media, they are increasingly presented with content, recommendations, and services designed specifically around their interests. Personalization has evolved from a useful feature into…
A few years ago, I worked with a Covid testing startup that went from zero to around $40 million in turnover in 21 months. We placed over 220 people and built every division from scratch, including finance, sales, marketing, IT, and the science teams running…
GigU didn’t start in a boardroom. As its founding manifesto, Driving the Gig Economy’s Dignity Revolution, lays out, the company started as a fight for dignity — and the belief that the people doing the driving deserve to see the same numbers the platforms see….
Victoria Costa Paz originally became interested in biotechnology through bioplastics. During the pandemic, that interest led her into the scientific community, where she encountered a research group in Uruguay using synthetic biology to work with psychedelics. The technology caught her attention, but the problem it…
Real Motors did not begin with the goal of building a motorcycle company. Co-founders Trent Dingman and Michael Feng met as engineers at Techtronic Industries, where their work on next-generation power equipment produced inventions and patents around components such as mower blades, deck-mounting systems, and…
For Kara Gomes, founder of Clinique MIKA, medical aesthetics has never been about changing the way someone looks. It is about helping people feel confident while still looking unmistakably like themselves. Over the past seven years, Gomes has transformed that philosophy into a growing Montreal…
