Crisis Is An Opportunity: A Conversation with Chris Carder
Episode 35
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This episode of Create Community provides a unique look inside the community of a serial entrepreneur and angel investor.
Chris Carder is the Executive Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Schulich School of Business. He leads the development of accelerator services for the university and various programs and partnerships throughout the wider innovation ecosystem. He also heads up the ‘Schulich Startups’ community - now supporting more than 150 student/alumni companies.
Chris believes that with crisis comes opportunity. When COVID struck, Chris and his team at Schulich partnered with Google, Shopify, the City of Toronto and more to create the Digital Main Street ShopHERE program. This program helped create online stores for small businesses and employ hundreds of students.
In Episode 35 of Create Community, Chris Carder shares how he’s navigated through 2020 to make a massive impact and create community.
Community is, to me, is that magic combination of people that are seemingly random on the surface, but somehow have come together to believe in or build something.”
— Chris Carder
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