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Sheldon Zhang reflects on what it was like to sell Yardly and how he hopes his new project, Zalis Ventures, will help early-stage founders benefit from what he has learned. Plus, a new cohort of social innovators, a couple of award-winners, and a scam-detecting maverick.
Show Notes
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
- Sheldon Zhang
- Yardly
- Exit leaves Yardly co-founder eager to start again
- My first blog: leaving Yardly, my next startup, and a new side project!
- Sheldon Zhang and Terry Song won the Alumni Innovation Award from the University of Alberta
- Collision Conference
- Threshold Impact Venture Mentoring Service
- Taking Back "Lifestyle Business" by Ashley Janssen
More innovation news:
- Cohort 2 of the TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator includes Islamic Family and Social Services Association, Technology North, and VR Pathways
- Islamic Family and Social Services Association looks to tech for social progress
- Growing Greener Innovations won the Alternative Energy System Innovation Challenge in Saskatchewan
- Copperstone Technologies was a runner-up for KPMG's Canadian Tech Innovator competition
- We spoke to Nicolas Olmedo in Episode 18
- LA Times piece quoting Sorin Mihailovici of Scam Detector
- Travel by Dart gets picked up
- Sign up for the Tech Roundup
Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.
Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.
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What is Bloom: The podcast about innovation in Edmonton?
Bloom is a podcast about innovation in Edmonton. Learn about the opportunities available in the Edmonton region and hear from local innovators tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. Hosted by Karen Unland.