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Why change the mandate?

Product management, as well as effective leadership, are playing a central role in this transformation. Let’s look at the value they offer in this critical phase.

“When we talk about return on investment (ROI), we still hear the myth that investors who choose Impact companies do so for charity! ” highlights Meir Rabkin, founder of Blue Vision Capital, an investor and entrepreneur with 18 years of experience in institutional asset management, international investment and venture capital. However, this false belief no longer has any place if we are used to the trends observed on the current market.

The impact is still a source of prejudice: “Often people think that everyone (in an impact startup) is a hippie in the company, [that they] don’t generate money, that they don’t think about money…” underlines Marie-Hélène David, president and CEO of the zero-waste personal care and cleaning products company, Myni.

It should no longer be necessary to reconcile money and impact. Moreover, our market is more than five years behind that of Europe in terms of the discourse around sustainable finance. It is therefore high time to get to the bottom of the matter in Montreal so that more and more startups choose the path of impact and are already well equipped to measure and report on it.

We’ve summarized the lessons shared by HR experts through our programs to give you some tips that can help you build a strong leadership team and strengthen your company’s recruiting capabilities. Whether you are in the process of designing your project, an early-stage startup looking to adapt its product to the market, or a larger growing company, you will find a few “tips” here.

Listening to your customers is one of the most effective ways to grow your business. If you’re looking to grow your business and hypergrow, consider developing a Voice of the Customer (VOC) strategy to help you understand what your customers care about and provide them with what they need.

Managing a hypergrowing commercial business can be a challenge. But if you have the right sales managers in place and they’re set up for success, you can ensure a smooth and positive transition for your customers and employees.

Do you want to become a chief technology officer (CTO) or improve your company’s technology strategy? Are you the head of a growing company that wants to ensure that its technology is up to the challenge? The person who leads your technology plays a critical role in the development and growth of your business. In a nutshell, here are the qualities of an excellent CTO.

Looking to raise funds to take your business to the next level? This is a common challenge for scaleups and for any company in a hypergrowth phase. Series B investors want to know if you are ready for this next step. Whether you’re still on the runway or about to take off, there are a number of ways to make sure your business is ready for Series B funding.

Discover the key organizations and resources to offer support, financing or missions and events to open up to foreign markets.

This map, developed in collaboration with Next AI, IVADO and Montréal International, provides an overview of Montreal players in artificial intelligence, in order to equip entrepreneurs, support organizations and decision-makers in understanding the Montreal startup ecosystem.

HR marketing is an emerging field that aims to apply traditional marketing principles and strategies to human resource management. By integrating HR marketing into your overall marketing strategy, you can get a better return on investment and improve your employer brand. Following our presence at the infopresse summit on HR marketing and employer brand, we selected six main points to consider in order to maximize the benefits of this approach.

As part of our “Startups, the impact reflex” campaign, we are happy to unveil to you, on behalf of the impact task force, the first study on impact measurement in a startup ecosystem, a novel approach!

This guide was designed in collaboration with HR experts, following studies conducted with the Montreal startup ecosystem.