What The Tech?

Today’s podcast is a very, very special episode of What The Tech, as I’m positively stoked to feature Boast’s very own Co-Founder and community builder extraordinaire Lloyed Lobo onto the show! Along with being one of the original brains behind Boast, Lloyed is also the founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. The community-led business model Lloyed spearheaded both here and at Traction was key to bootstrapping Boast in our early days, eventually building a business with eight figure revenue while securing over $100million in funding. Lloyed tells this story as well as other community-first founder strategies in his new book ‘From Grassroots To Greatness: 13 Rules to Build Iconic Brands with Community Led Growth,’ which features tactical advice from businesses both big and small, including Apple, Harley Davidson, Nike, Crossfit, HubSpot, and many more.It’s a must read, and of course, any podcast featuring Lloyed is a must listen. I can’t wait to hear from him directly about what it was like building Boast in tandem with the massive Traction community, his process for writing, and his advice for founders navigating the startup scene in 2023.Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of What The Tech from Boast AI, where we’re handing over the mic to our French-speaking colleagues for an episode dedicated to founders in Quebec!This week, we’re featuring a conversation between Hedi Berrais-Sanchez and Joshua Martin, where they answer the most commonly asked questions about Credit for the Development of E-Business, or CDAE, a unique funding program available to Quebec-based startups with a digital focus. Starting with the eligibility criteria, the conversation covers all aspects of the CDAE, and was originally featured as part of our Innovators Live LinkedIn Series.Enjoy the show and tune in live on LinkedIn each Friday at 12pm ET for the latest tips and tricks from members of our team. Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Today, I’m thrilled to chat with our friend and partner Ekin Ober, co-founder and CEO of myconverso. Ekin and her team have created an AI-powered assistant for enhancing workplace productivity. With their solution, professionals can enhance their communication skills through lifelike simulations, personalized training, and actionable insights, leveraging myconverso’s cutting-edge generative AI technology to provide an immersive and transformative learning experience.Along with developing an incredibly powerful solution, Ekin and her team are also amazing partners in the Toronto and Canadian tech ecosystem, who we got to say hi to in person recently during our visit to Collision Conference at Boast’s “Get SREDed” Barry’s Bootcamp event.I’ll leave it to Ekin to comment about how we all fared during our workout, and to dive deeper into the innovation driving the team over at myConverso.Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Today I’m thrilled to speak with Maria Konikov, Director of Operations for the York Entrepreneurship Development Institute—also known as YEDI—which is a mission-oriented charitable organization providing top-tier business education and mentorship to innovative entrepreneurs from any sector or industry. Serving Toronto, York Region and internationally based ventures, YEDI offers an array of programs to for-profit and not-for-profit innovators from a diversity of sectors, both across Canada and internationally. At its core, however, YEDI is committed to ensuring that ideas with high impact are not lost due to lack of knowledge during the start-up process.It’s a tall order for sure, and as Director of Business Operations, Maria brings a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs. I’ll leave it to her to get into the nitty gritty of what her and her team at YEDI does every day and how they’re supporting the local and global tech ecosystem.Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Welcome to a very special bonus episode of What The Tech from Boast AI!Today, Boast AI’s own Blake Nelson and Asad Ali take the mic for an enlightening #InnovatorsLive session where they dive deep into Boast’s new Enhanced AI Classifier and how it is disrupting the R&D claim experience ensuring faster, accurate, and defensible claims.Say goodbye to tedious processes and hello to seamless project categorization, supercharging SMEs with swift claim processing and audit-ready records. 🚀This conversation was originally featured as part of Boast AI’s weekly InnovatorsLive series on LinkedIn.I hope you enjoy the show and stay tuned for next week’s regularly scheduled episode of What The Tech featuring innovators from across North America’s tech ecosystem!Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Today I’m thrilled to be joined by Janelle Gorman of York IE, which is a strategic growth and investment firm reshaping the way tech companies are built, scaled and monetized. Janelle is the CFO at York IE, where she is tasked with financial reporting and analysis, compliance and financial operations to support and drive growth.While based in New Hampshire (with roots in the Boston area, where I’ve similarly cut my teeth), York IE has expanded their services to help the startup community in Canada. The company supports ambitious entrepreneurs, operators and investors on their quest to build startups, innovate at scale and disrupt markets—an ethos we share deeply here at Boast. I’ll leave it to Janelle to discuss what these activities look like in action, differences between growing a startup in the US vs. Canada, and what she’s excited about for the future of innovation on both sides of the border. Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Welcome to a very special bonus episode of What The Tech from Boast AI!Today, Boast AI’s own Dana Lee and Asad Ali take the mic for an enlightening #InnovatorsLive session on streamlining your R&D strategy and effortlessly maximizing tax credit claims. 🚀The big takeaway? If you measure and track your R&D it will unlock a bunch of downstream benefits—and tax credits is just one of them. You will have a better handle on tying R&D to business outcomes, and your board conversations around R&D spend will be a lot calmer.Needless to say, this is a can’t miss episode for founders and entrepreneurs of all stripes. This conversation was originally featured as part of Boast AI’s weekly InnovatorsLive series on LinkedIn.I hope you enjoy the show and stay tuned for next week’s regularly scheduled episode of What The Tech featuring innovators from across North America’s tech ecosystem!Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Today, I’m thrilled to speak with another Boast partner and an exciting innovator in Atlantic Canada, Matt Cooper of Volta, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based startup community.At Volta, Matt leads an amazing team of professionals dedicated to helping founders and their teams drastically improve the odds of building a high growth startup in Atlantic Canada. One important thing to note about Volta is that they describe themselves as a place of mentorship and community; but not an accelerator. That’s because their focus is on quality and quantity, and not necessarily speed. I’ll leave it to Matt to get into the nitty gritty, and go deeper into what separates Volta from accelerators in this space, and the great work his team is doing today to boost Atlantic Canada’s tech ecosystem. Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Welcome to a very special bonus episode of What The Tech from Boast AI!Today, Boast AI’s own Curtis Griffith and Joshua Martin address the most commonly asked questions about R&D tax credits. From determining eligibility to mastering documentation techniques, they'll guide you through all the crucial aspects that matter to your business. This conversation was originally featured as part of Boast AI’s weekly InnovatorsLive series on LinkedIn.I hope you enjoy the show and stay tuned for next week’s regularly scheduled episode of What The Tech featuring innovators from across North America’s tech ecosystem!Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Today we have Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Jane Software Trevor Johnston on the show to discuss his role in creating the Jane App, an incredibly easy-to-use and secure online clinic management software that lets users book, chart, schedule, and invoice from anywhere, anytime. On top of all that, it requires no training, and works in all clinics.I’ll leave it to Trevor to get into the technical nitty gritty and discuss what went into developing this game-changing software. But first, let’s get introductions in order!Boast accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.