{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frbc-disruptors.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-canadian-unicorn-who-stayed-BNhZGV0H","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Canadian Unicorn Who Stayed","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/84d8e7d8-5997-4d71-bec5-f5cb21bffe07/05a26a6a-a9fe-4356-ab00-f7a37c4e2d59/e10_artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0f942e74-247f-48ac-9541-1650c553aa45\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Canadian Unicorn Who Stayed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Canada has a scaleup problem. We create entrepreneurs, but too many of them feel they need to leave to build world-class companies.\n\nFred Lalonde is one of the exceptions. He is the founder and CEO of Hopper, the Canadian travel-tech company that used data, prediction and fintech to help travellers book with more confidence.\n\nNow Lalonde is bringing that same ambition to Deep Sky, a Canadian carbon removal company.\n\nIn this episode of Disruptors, recorded in front of a live audience, John Stackhouse speaks with Fred about what it takes to build and scale from Canada - and why the country needs more founders willing and able to do it here.\n\nFred is funny and blunt, but underneath it all is a builder's clarity: disruption is not something he manages. It is something he assumes."}