Vancouver's smartest 22 business and tech podcasts in 2022
What do they have in common? We promise you'll be smarter after you've listened to them.
Good afternoon! Welcome to this week’s Midweek Memo, brought to you by Boast. Today, we’re focusing on podcasts.
Podcasting has never been bigger. Globally, it’s a $9.28 billion (USD) industry that’s expected to grow nearly 30 percent over the next seven years. Locally, Vancouver’s pod-economy may not be worth that much, but with studios like JAR Audio and Pacific Content, you might say the city has garnered a reputation for talent in the audio storytelling format.
What Vancouver-produced podcasts exist? A lot. How many of them focus on this publication’s primary concern, the culture and technology of business? And which ones should you actually listen to? We’ve done the research so you don’t have to, and we’ve settled on our top 22 shows.
Of course, we’ve no doubt missed many, and some of you will be eager to point this out. That’s what our comment section is for. In any case, we hope you enjoy listening to these shows as much as we enjoyed discovering them.
🗺️ Founder Journeys by Launch Ventures features Ray Walia interviewing entrepreneurs with a focus on the hardships they've overcome, lessons learned, rewards, and what it takes to succeed.
👩🏿💼 The VanHack Podcast shares stories and insights on tech talent and how to get hired abroad.
🔲 From The Blockchain with Ashley Smith (Bored Becky) and Danielle Davis (NFTIgnition) shares robust conversations with industry experts about the world of NFTs.
🗣️ Not Investment Advice by Vancouver’s Trung Phan (and international co-hosts) spotlights the latest in business, technology and memes.
⤴️ Traction shares tactical advice on product, marketing, sales, hiring, culture, scaling, fundraising, and business growth.
📐 What’s Working in Marketing by RightMetric CEO Charlie Grinnell speaks with B2C/D2C marketing leaders talking about marketing, business trends and the lessons learned.
😤 Unleashed with Hussein Hallak has engaging conversations with remarkable people, exploring entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and products in new emerging spaces.
📈 Predictable Revenue with Aaron Ross and Collin Stewart is where frontline sales leaders teach you how to build and scale an outbound sales team.
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↗️ The BC Startup Show, based in Victoria, is packed full of inspiring stories and interviews with startup entrepreneurs from across B.C.
📰 Marketing News Canada with Darian Kovacs unearths tips, tricks, and actionable insights from the best marketers and business leaders from Canada and around the world.
🍵 Afternoon T by TTT Studios features company president Chris Hobbs chatting with local, national, and international business leaders about their successes and failures.
🧭 The One Degree Shift Podcast by Eric Termuende includes conversations about building teams and communities with domain experts across a variety of industries from tech to retail to human resources.
🧠 The Mind Your Biz Podcast with Mehul Gandhi focuses on interviews with business leaders, local entrepreneurs and subject-matter experts that share insights on how to overcome challenges.
🤖 if/else by CTO.ai is about the hard and soft skills software developers need for a sustainable and rewarding career in tech.
💻 Vancouver Tech Podcast is a past podcast about Vancouver’s tech industry, news, events, and community programs.
👩🏽💼 The BCBusiness Podcast by BCBusiness provides you in-depth interviews with decision-makers, innovators and thinkers from B.C.’s world of business.
👨💻 The BetaKit Podcast is based in Toronto, but often features Vancouver guests and focuses on Canadian tech and innovation, as well as global tech from a Canadian perspective.
🥡 The Bits & Bytes Podcast by Launch Academy shares engaging stories about where and how startups are being built in B.C.
📅 BIV Today by Business in Vancouver covers the business, tech, real estate, and political landscape in a way that will satisfy anyone who needs to stay up to date with the key business issues of the day.
⏩ Advance Tech Podcast is a show about scaling ideas into leading technology companies.
💰 PenderFund by PenderFund Capital Management is about investing to protect and grow capital.
🏌️ The ModGolf Podcast talks with golf's top influencers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and disruptors about their vision and solutions to re-imagine, transform and grow the game.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Podcast (B.C.) is a show about businesses and the journeys of the entrepreneurs building them across Canada.
🔁 Recurrent Patterns by Vaclav Vincalek is a podcast that features leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists and authors discussing patterns in business, technology and culture.
🗞️ Breaking News by Mind Meld PR delves into expansive conversations about media, sales, and thought leadership—topics that any ambitious founder will want to dig into.
Victoria based podcast: Artificial Intelligence and You https://aiandyou.net Exploring the dimensions and impact of AI. Host Peter Scott https://humancusp.com
Missing VanHack podcast :) https://anchor.fm/vanhack