The Canadian Explorers

The Canadian Explorers

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 • Ethan Marcoux
A Practical Guide for Financing a Canadian Defence Startup
A seven-step guide for founders raising a pre-seed or seed round
 • Ethan Marcoux
Why Stay? 17 Founders on Why They’re Building in Canada
Why are Canada’s most critical companies building here?
 • Ethan Marcoux
Materials of Attrition | Explorer Essay #2
Written by Stuart Lodge, CEO and co-founder of Lodge Systems
 • Ethan Marcoux and Stuart Lodge
The Canadian Defence & Deep-Tech Capital Guide
76 investors, programs, accelerators and angel networks for Canadian founders
 • Ethan Marcoux
Building a Metropolis in Canada’s Arctic | Explorer Essay #1
Written by Nikhil Malhotra, CEO and co-founder of New Frontier Robotics
 • Ethan Marcoux and New Frontier Robotics
Three Months of The Canadian Explorers
Fourteen conversations with the people building Canada’s future
 • Ethan Marcoux
The Icebreaker | Matthew Lombardi on Canadian Defence Startups
The Icebreaker co-founder and ONE9 director on procurement, founder traits, and the next generation of Canadian defence companies.
 • Ethan Marcoux
A Canadian Era of Startups, Defence & Greatness | Harley Finkelstein, Shopify
Be Too Good to Ignore: The President of Shopify on raising globally, reversing Canada’s brain drain, and building world-class companies from Canada.
 • Ethan Marcoux
Marconi on Startups & Exporting
Marconi CEO Alain Cohen on the first Canadian contract under SAFE, selling into Europe, and partnering with Canadian startups.
 • Ethan Marcoux
The Age of Exploration Never Ended: Vol I
Plus Ultra: Further Beyond
 • Ethan Marcoux
30 Startups for a Sovereign Canada | Canadian30
30 startups and ecosystem builders operating in the national interest
 • Ethan Marcoux
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