Canada’s Tech Community: Leading the Way

On this week’s episode of Confluence, we continue our conversation with leading Canadians who are at the forefront of global tech. Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, is back to talk about whether or not there is a special Canadian sauce that puts Canadian entrepreneurs in a unique position to foster innovation. We also spoke to Atlee Clark, Director of Operations at Ottawa-based Shopify and former Executive Director of the C100 in the Bay Area. These women have set standards in their fields for innovation and business leadership and we set out to find out how.

 

Is Silicon Valley confined to its geographical location or has its ‘borders’ expanded? Could Canada be home to the next Big Tech Hub? As talent continues to circulate around the world, how should we be paying attention to ‘brain flow’, and what strategies can be deployed at scale to attract and retain talent? And finally, what values should leaders be focusing on to support diverse communities and more equitable innovation?

LINKS:

- Michelle Zatlyn LinkedIn

• Michelle Zatlyn Twitter
• Atlee Clark LinkedIn
• Atlee Clark Twitter
• C100
  C100 Twitter
• Shopify
• CloudFlare
• Hemispheric Partners: Trade, Technology, and Innovation Ties Between the Bay Area and Canada
• Globe and Mail - Opinion: Is Canada in line to be the next Silicon Valley?
• The Logic - Origin Story: Canadians in Silicon Valley
• CNBC - Why Canada is becoming a start-up mecca rivaling Silicon Valley
• Business Insider - Why tech companies in Silicon Valley should expand to Canada
• San Francisco Chronicle - Canada to Silicon Valley’s International Talent: We Want You
• Forbes - CloudFlare Cofounder Michelle Zatlyn Is New Billionaire As Stock Reaches New High
• BusinessWire - Cloudflare Announces First Office in Canada to Further Support Canadian Customers, Innovation, and Growth
• Fortune - Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn: ‘Somebody Should’ Decide What to Delete Online
• C100’s Founding Executive Director, Atlee Clark, Lau