The Business Leadership Podcast

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , Edwin Frondozo sits down with John MacRitchie, Assistant Vice President of Zone Learning and Strategic Initiatives at Toronto Metropolitan University, to reflect on five years of the Brampton Venture Zone and what it has unlocked for founders, researchers, and the broader community. John was instrumental in bringing the Brampton Venture...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , Edwin Frondozo sat down with Sakeena Mihyar, Founder and CEO of SAVIN, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold — a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Sakeena is a refugee-led founder building a digital, neuroscience-based mental health platform delivering trauma care in fragile and conflict-affected context...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , Edwin Frondozo sits down with Latchmi Raghunanan, Founder and CEO of Maman Biomedical, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold — a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Latchmi shares how her personal IVF journey became the catalyst for founding Maman Biomedical, a MedTech startup developing technologies to re...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , Edwin Frondozo sits down with Saumik Biswas, Co-Founder and CEO of Tenomix, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold — a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Saumik shares how Tenomix is using AI, robotics, and ultrasound imaging to transform one of the most manual and error-prone workflows in cancer care: lym...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , Edwin Frondozo sits down with Shreyansh Anand, Founder and CEO of Wave Medical, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold — a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Shreyansh shares how Wave Medical was launched during the pandemic to help clinics manage overwhelming volumes of medical data and documentation. Tod...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast, I sit down with Usha Srinivasan, Founder and CEO of BReady.ai and the former Executive Director who helped launch and lead the Brampton Venture Zone. Recorded as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold, this conversation explores how BVZ was built from the ground up during the early days of the pandemic, and how a community-first approach helped sha...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast , I sit down with Neelam Bance, CEO and Co-Founder of MedGeneius, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold — a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Neelam shares her journey building MedGeneius, a HealthTech startup delivering customizable and evidence-based pharmacogenomics (PGx) solutions that help patients, p...

In this special episode of The Business Leadership Podcast, I sit down with Neelam Bance, CEO and Co-Founder of MedGeneius, as part of BVZ: Five Years Bold — a founder story series celebrating five years of the Brampton Venture Zone. Neelam shares her journey building MedGeneius, a HealthTech startup delivering customizable and evidence-based pharmacogenomics (PGx) solutions that help patients, pr...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, host Edwin Frondozo interviews Tamara Steffens, managing director of Thomson Reuters Ventures, live from Web Summit Vancouver 2025. Steffens discusses her role in leading a $100 million strategic fund investing in early-stage companies, her extensive experience with successful tech startups, and her approach to venture investing.  The conversatio...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast with Edwin, renowned digital marketing expert Neil Patel shares insights on how businesses can thrive in an era where attention is divided across multiple online platforms.  Recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver, the episode delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by new technologies like AI and the importance of being found in vari...

Recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast hosted by Edwin Frondozo features Paul Newton, creative producer of the Future Narrator miniseries, interviewing Parag Parekh, the Chief Digital Officer at IKEA Retail.  Parag discusses IKEA's ambitious and human-centered digital transformation journey. He outlines the company’s three-tier transformation pr...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, Edwin Frondozo talks with Fred Zdan, co-founder of Ruby Loans, about revolutionizing the small business lending process with AI. Fred discusses the inefficiencies of the current lending system and how Ruby Loans aims to provide a borrower-driven digital experience.  With over 30 years in the financial services industry, Fred shares insights on tr...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, guest host Paul Newton interviews Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. Lu shares her journey from an immigrant and tech entrepreneur to a venture capitalist supporting deep tech founders.  She emphasizes the critical role of diversity and understanding in driving innovation and the imp...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast with Edwin Frondozo, recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, host Paul Newton speaks with Carina Kom, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Simply Suite Games.  Carina discusses the mission of Simply Suite Games to create inclusive and emotionally resonant games that focus on positive language development and non-exploitative monetization. S...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, host Edwin Frondozo is joined by Casey Lau, co-host of Web Summit. Casey shares his journey from co-hosting in Hong Kong to expanding Web Summit's reach to various global locations including Portugal, Qatar, Brazil, and now Vancouver.  He discusses the challenges and opportunities of bringing Web Summit...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, Edwin Frondozo chats with Tom Biegala, co-founder of Bison Ventures. Tom discusses the firm's focus on investing in groundbreaking deep technology and advanced science innovations designed to solve significant global challenges. With a robust $135 million fund, Bison Ventures targets sectors like AI, synthetic biology, climate tech, and more.  To...

Recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast features Edwin Frondozo interviewing Maxime Guilbot, founder and CEO of Ekohe. He is a global consulting agency specializing in AI-powered digital solutions. With over 20 years of experience in AI and digital transformation, Maxime shares his insights on how businesses can navigate and thrive in the AI era....

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, host Edwin Frondozo is live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025 to explore how today's leaders shape the future, not just through strategy but through storytelling. Edwin interviews Jack Newton, founder and CEO of Clio, the pioneering company in cloud-based legal technology.  Jack shares insights on Clio's journey from its inception in 2008 to becoming...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, creative producer Paul Newton and host Ed Frondozo sit down with serial entrepreneur and tech founder Tanis Jorge at the Web Summit in Vancouver 2025.  Tanis, co-founder of multiple successful tech businesses and author of 'The Co-Founder's Handbook,' delves into the dynamics of co-founder partnerships. She shares insights from her two-decade-lon...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, Edwin Frondozo chats with Mohan Gulati, CEO and co-founder of Thinker AI, a company on a mission to make AI sound more human.  Mohan discusses his journey, from a personal experience with home repairs to creating natural-sounding voice AI that helps businesses connect with customers anytime, anywhere. He shares insights on the tech ecosystem in V...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, Edwin Frondozo chats with Göksel Turman, founder of Compendial Technology, recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver. Göksel discusses his groundbreaking AI-driven platform, Matchpreneur AI, designed to facilitate effortless and accurate talent and opportunity matching for entrepreneurs, startups, and investors.  Drawing from over 20 years of leaders...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, host Edwin Frondozo welcomes Avery Pennarun, the co-founder and CEO of Tailscale.  Avery discusses his journey from a young tech enthusiast to heading a company that reimagines secure networking through a zero-trust, developer-friendly approach. He elaborates on how Tailscale simplifies the process of c...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, hosted by Edwin Frondozo and recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, creative producer Paul Newton joins the discussion with guest Max So, a Canadian FinTech entrepreneur and CEO of Bravo Rewards.  Max shares insights into how Bravo is transforming customer engagement for local businesses through innovative payment and reward systems. By comp...

In this episode, recorded live at Web Summit Vancouver 2025, host Edwin Frondozo and creative producer Paul Newton discuss with Soyoung Lee, co-founder of Twelve Labs, about the revolutionary strides her company is making in AI and video understanding. Twelve Labs is developing multimodal foundation models to make video searchable and accessible, solving the significant challenge of efficiently re...

In this episode of the Business Leadership Podcast, host Edwin Frondozo and creative producer Paul Newton of the Future Narrator miniseries record live from Web Summit Vancouver 2025. They welcome Rob Safrata, CEO of Fuse Power Management and a noted triple bottom line entrepreneur.  Rob discusses his journey in transforming traditional businesses into sustainable leaders, his philosophy of profit...