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The Business Leadership PodcastThe Business Leadership Podcast is a weekly show featuring powerful conversations with the world's top business leaders, entrepreneurs and creators. Author: TBLP Network
The Business Leadership Podcast is a weekly show featuring powerful conversations with the world's top business leaders, entrepreneurs and creators. Get inspired by our guests' experiences as you discover how they've achieved 100X success through laser-like focus! Join Edwin Frondozo as he dives deep into the mindsets, tactics and strategies used by multipassionate leaders so that you can become one too whatever your endeavour may be. Join us today for an empowering path toward significant, impactful results! Language: en-us Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Building a Founder-First Innovation Ecosystem with John MacRitchie | BVZ Five Years Bold
Friday, 30 January, 2026
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 Zone to life and shares why Brampton was the right place to build a founder-first incubator — one grounded in community, persistence, and long-term investment.We explore:Why Brampton emerged as a key innovation hub in CanadaHow BVZ differs from traditional incubators by focusing on place-based innovationThe role of community in multiplying entrepreneurial impactWhat the Brampton Venture Expo reveals about ecosystem momentumHow BVZ connects researchers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs as the School of Medicine launchesWhat the City of Brampton’s renewed investment signals for the next five yearsThis episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at how innovation ecosystems are intentionally designed — and sustained — over time.This episode is a special collaboration with UpNext Global and the Brampton Venture Zone by Toronto Metropolitan University, produced in celebration of BVZ’s fifth anniversary.🎥 Watch the full video interview on YouTube:https://youtu.be/LDx9ASzzWmEGuest:John MacRitchieAssistant Vice President, Zone Learning & Strategic InitiativesToronto Metropolitan University
