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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region?

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

In doing so, they’re participating in an economic revival that could change the destiny of the depressed Atlantic region. Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

Who are key startup people you see creating success locally, whether investors, founders or even other types of startup ecosystems roles like lawyers, designers, growth experts, etc. There are a lot of great developers in Prague, good energy and enough success stories and role models to follow. Vaccination.