In this episode, we hear from Ghazal Afrahi, CEO & Founder of Shifting Shap3s.

Ghazaleh is a clean technology entrepreneur and multidisciplinary designer. With a background in product design engineering, Ghazal has channeled her passion for sustainability, user experience, and creativity into Shifting Shap3s. Prior to starting Shifting Shap3s, Ghazal co-founded Drastic Plastic, a company that focused on reducing ocean and municipal plastic waste, and also worked alongside the founding team of Precious Plastic Montreal, focusing on upcycling plastic waste on a community level. This all happened after she had worked for approx. a decade for international design and manufacturing companies and clients.  Some of Ghazal's projects have received recognition, including the prestigious Red Dot Design Award. Her focus at Shifting Shap3s is on making it easy and profitable for manufacturers and makers to replace their standard virgin plastic supply with more sustainable alternatives.

Tune in to hear more and learn about the cool work Ghazal and her team have undertaken!

In this episode, we chat with Jake Arsenault, CEO & Founder of The Black Arcs.

Jake Arsenault is an entrepreneur through and through. He has a PhD in engineering from the University of New Brunswick. Before starting The Black Arcs, he founded Inversa Systems, a pioneer of gamma-ray imaging for infrastructure based on his PhD research. He supports start-ups by mentoring early stage ventures, and is also a board member of Springboard, Atlantic Canada’s commercialization and industry liaison network for universities.
Jake brings a strong aptitude in both new technology creation and customer-centric design. Jake is focussed on customer engagement, product management, branding, and is a director of the company.

Tune in to hear more from Jake and to learn about what his team at The Black Arcs is up to!

In this episode, we catch up with Pascal McCarthy, CEO of Parados.

Born on the north shore of New Brunswick, Pascal Duchesne McCarthy's passions are simple: learning and teaching. Pascal was inspired to start Parados after an athletics career plagued with injuries, related mental health struggles and seeing friends & family suffer from the consequences of traumatic brain injuries – friends dropping out of university, father’s brain aneurysm, best friend’s struggles stemming from a professional athletic career, etc. His main motivation is to create a better performance and medical ecosystem for the next generation.

Tune in to hear more from Pascal about his path to becoming a startup founder!