Episodes

  • The Delivery Economy explodes: Reverberations throughout the economy & ceilings to online - Part 3

    The Delivery Economy explodes: Reverberations throughout the economy & ceilings to online - Part 3
    Dec 11 2024
    In the final episode of The Delivery Economy, Clarence Woudsma, a professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, joins Gabe to explain how e-commerce is evolving and the trends that may lie ahead, from growth markets such as grocery to the shifting labour landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • The Delivery Economy explodes: Looking for a relief valve in the delivery economy as traffic grows - Part 2

    The Delivery Economy explodes: Looking for a relief valve in the delivery economy as traffic grows - Part 2
    Dec 11 2024
    In episode two of The Delivery Economy, Gabe speaks with Ivan Waissbluth. Fed up with traffic in Toronto, Waissbluth co-founded NRBI, which has been building a rapidly growing fleet of electric cargo bikes to deliver goods around the city's dense core. Then a bike courier with decades of experiences tells Gabe what it’s like to ride a bike around Toronto, and how conditions have changed for bike couriers in the past 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • The Delivery Economy explodes: A Down to Business deep dive - Part 1

    The Delivery Economy explodes: A Down to Business deep dive - Part 1
    Dec 11 2024
    In the first episode of The Delivery Economy, Down to Business host Gabe Friedman explores the astonishing economics of e-commerce with the CEOs of two Canadian companies.Sylvia Ng discusses her decision to leave Shopify Inc and found ReturnBear in 2021 as she watched a growing number of companies struggle with the high level of returns from online sales; and Mark Ang explains how his decision to co-found a self-storage company in 2017 inadvertently set him up to build the logistics infrastructure and software that allows the largest brands in the world to sell goods online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • An update on Down to Business - A message from Gabe Friedman

    An update on Down to Business - A message from Gabe Friedman
    Dec 5 2024
    Down to Business has been on hiatus for a while. But our host Gabe Friedman has some exciting news to share about the future of the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • Why it might be hard for Canada to capture economic opportunities from the energy transition

    Why it might be hard for Canada to capture economic opportunities from the energy transition
    Oct 4 2023
    This week on Down to Business, John McNally, program director for clean growth at PLACE Centre, discusses some of the surprising challenges that could make it harder for Canada to capture economic opportunities from the energy transition — such as high housing prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • What happens to Canada after oil demand peaks?

    What happens to Canada after oil demand peaks?
    Sep 20 2023
    This week on Down to Business, economist Aaron Cosbey lays out what he sees happening when demand for fossil fuels peaks in the next decade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • Why Canada must build faster to reach climate goals

    Why Canada must build faster to reach climate goals
    Sep 13 2023
    Business Council of Alberta has a plan to speed up the construction of infrastructure Canada needs to meet climate goals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • Battery eureka moment found in a bag of potato chips

    Battery eureka moment found in a bag of potato chips
    Aug 16 2023
    This week in Dispatches from the battery economy, Down to Business talks to Maciej Jastrzebski of Li-Metal about technological breakthroughs in producing lithium for next-generation batteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins