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Ask a Founder
FOUNDER TIPS
LOOKING TO THE NEXT DECADE,
WHO WILL BE MAKING A BIG
IMPACT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
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FAVOURITE BOOK:
Hard Things About Hard
Things by Ben Horowitz
FAVOURITE PODCAST:
How I Built This with Guy
Raz, and a16z
MOST IMPACTFUL PIECE
OF ADVICE: From my
mom, “tomorrow could be
the day.” Thinking about
hanging on for a
decade is tough,
but hanging on
for one more day
is always doable.
JACLYN LING
Co-founder,
Hatchways;
Next 36, 201x
FAVOURITE WEBSITE: I’m a design junkie and there
are a few design and art websites that I visit on the
regular - Artspace is one of them.
FAVOURITE NEWSLETTER: New Hope
Natural Media newsletter (for all my food
industry buzz), and Gates Notes
FAVOURITE BOOK: Factfulness by Hans
Rosling and This is Marketing by Seth Godin
FAVOURITE PODCAST: How I Built This
with Guy Raz, and TED talks
MARYAM NABAVI
Co-founder & CEO, Babbly; Next AI, 2019
MOST IMPACTFUL PIECE OF
ADVICE: Overall those people
that challenge me and push
me to think differently have
been the most memorable
and impactful.
JULIA KIROUAC
Founder & CEO, nud fud
Inc.; Next Founders, 2019
FAVOURITE BOOK: The Lean Startup - tried but true! Capital is king and
it’s important to know how to prove the future success of your business while
exhausting the least amount of resources. Too many startups fail because
they focus on perfecting their product before talking to a customer and
determining market fit.
MOST IMPACTFUL PIECE OF ADVICE: What is the question about your
business, that if you get the wrong answer, it will cause you to go out of
business tomorrow? Start there.
LEXI KAPLIN
Co-founder & CPO, conversationHEALTH; Next 36, 201x
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MOST IMPACTFUL PIECE OF ADVICE:
Choose your battle wisely. Idris Mootee
is a mentor and a serial entrepreneur
who taught me the importance of
prioritizing how I spend my time every
day. Ultimately those small decisions
make up what you prioritize your
life for.
FAVOURITE BOOK: Obstacle is the Way by Ryan
Holiday. It’s my most gifted book of all time. I think
I’ve bought over 40 copies over the years.
FAVOURITE PODCAST: Changes based on my mood,
for fun I listen to a lot of The Ringer’s podcasts
(e.g. Bill Simmons Show, NFL Show, Binge
Mode) as well as the GM Shuffle. Otherwise
I jump in and out of listening to Tim
Ferriss as my go to “learning”
podcast most consistently.
MOST IMPACTFUL PIECE OF ADVICE:
“The Market is your Mentor”, meaning
that the only piece of feedback
you should really care about is
what your target customers or
users are giving you.
DANIEL RODIC
Head of Market Development,
Clearbanc; Next 36, 2011
Investors need to be
the ones who make the
biggest impact here.
There are so many entrepreneurs
who are smart, driven and want
to make a big impact in Canada,
but if we don’t have access to fair
capital, then the pursuit of building billion-dollar businesses will
take us outside of Canada.
JACLYN LING
Co-founder, Hatchways
I think we will continue to see huge
leaps in progress with
food tech given the challenges
we will increasingly face with
climate change and continued
strain on resources. I think it will
no longer be a “nice to have” in
regards to business practices
that do good for people and the
environment, it will be an absolute necessity.
JULIA KIROUAC
Founder & CEO, nud fud Inc.
Have a Q for our network? Drop
us a line at grit@nextcanada.com
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