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First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Kim ↗
In their words
You can tell by the title that you have no way of knowing what I work on. It's really ambiguous.
We realized that it probably was the early startups, because there's a lot of IoT companies out there that have solutions — they're a little bit more mature, you present this new technology opportunity to them and they just kind of see dollar signs.
The Toronto ecosystem tends to be a little bit more mature, larger companies, a little more advanced, whereas our ecosystem here in Vancouver is younger but it also produces a lot of innovation because of that.
Quick answers
Who is Kim Logan?
The principal and founder of Dragon Fruit Consulting in Vancouver, which works on AI adoption with technology companies, nonprofits and associations. Before that she spent sixteen years at TELUS, latterly as strategic programs director in its Internet of Things business, and was chief of staff to BC's health minister.
What did Kim Logan talk about at TechVancouver?
Selling to and buying from startups, in a June 2019 on-stage conversation with Traction Guest CEO Keith Metcalfe. She was then running TELUS's go-to-market for LTE-M, a purpose-built IoT network, and had deliberately aimed it at early-stage companies rather than established IoT vendors.
How does Kim Logan compare Vancouver and Toronto's tech ecosystems?
On the TechVancouver stage in 2019 she called Toronto more mature with larger companies, and Vancouver younger but more innovative for that reason, with a healthcare cluster beginning to form. She also ran a TELUS incubator cohort split between BC and Alberta and found the BC companies earlier-stage and more engaged.