Karen Unland
Co-founder of Taproot Publishing
Appears in 31 Episodes
Ordr brings the concession stand to your seat
Jade Chiles of Ordr, an app that allows fans to avoid lineups by ordering food and merch from where they are, discusses emerging from stealth mode to score with sports...
TIQ Software CEO learns to succeed in SaaS
After years of success in the training space, TIQ Software founder Jason Suriano finds himself learning some new tricks himself through The Alberta Innovates Revenue A...
Fruit flies help Future Fields fuel sustainable growth
Future Fields co-founder and COO Jalene Anderson-Baron talks about building a company that uses fruit flies to more sustainably generate a key ingredient for life scie...
Drivewyze connects trucks to save lives
Drivewyze CEO Brian Heath discusses how his company's technology makes trucking safer, what he sees for the future of the industry, and why Edmonton remains home even ...
Truffle satisfies hunger for restaurant software
Mack Male joins the show to dive deeper into Taproot's story about Truffle, a food-tech company that is solving a lot of problems for restaurants and just secured $2.3...
AlignVR helps employers get real by going virtual
Alex Rossol talks to Faaiza Ramji about how his virtual-reality escape room gave birth to a business that equips companies to make better hiring decisions. Plus Karen ...
G2V Optics goes where the light takes it
Ryan Tucker, CEO of G2V Optics, talks about his company's unexpected opportunities in aerospace, and how researchers and satellite-builders have turned out to be a bet...
How to grow a climate change solution
Chris Kallal, founder and CEO of Wild + Pine, speaks to Faaiza Ramji about how his company has evolved and what it's going to take to plant the trees we need to remove...
Flying Fish throws a line into Edmonton's waters
Tiffany Linke-Boyko, the recently hired principal in charge of the Canadian operations for Flying Fish Partners, explains what kind of investment opportunities she's l...
Sending robots where humans fear to tread
Karen Unland and Faaiza Ramji take a look at industrial innovation, starting with an interview with award-winning entrepreneur Nicolas Olmedo of Copperstone Technologi...
In-real-life adventures at Inventures
Faaiza Ramji tells new co-host Karen Unland about her experience at Inventures in Calgary, and they discuss some wins for Edmonton companies at the conference. Then ge...