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b'Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by\\xa0Rainforest Alberta.The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.Peter Beaudoin\\xa0Peter manages strategy and partnerships for an innovative alliance of energy companies committed to reducing environmental impacts through collaborative R&D efforts. Peter worked for more than 20 years in Asia building and investing in a variety of businesses. His most recent role outside of Canada was with the World Wildlife Fund, where he was the Chief Executive Officer of WWF China, based in Beijing. Prior to that, Peter lived in Hong Kong for 15 years working in the technology industry.Craig Elias\\xa0Craig Elias is LinkedIn user 3,956 of 750 million users, an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, a passionate startup advisor, and a pitch coach that recently helped a startup win two different $100,000 pitch competitions in less than 24 hours. His first startup went from initial launch to winning $1,000,000 in a global billion-dollar pitch idea competition to being funded by a Tier 1 US-based Venture Capitalist and twice being named by Dow Jones as one of the 50 most promising companies in North America in less than 24 months after launching. He is a Startup Mentor for the Alchemist Accelerator in San Francisco on an advisory board for South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas and have been a National Growth Advisor for Goldman Sachs\\u2019 and Babson College\\u2019s 10,000 Small Business Program in Boston. He is the most recent recipient of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics bi-annual Gold Award of Excellence in Entrepreneurship and for the last six years, has been the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Bow Valley College in downtown Calgary where he runs Calgary\\u2019s Innovation Rodeo, three different student-focused pitch competitions - VentureQuest, 150Startups and INVENTURE$ Student Track \\u2013 coaches startups to generate early revenue and gives away over $100,000 each year to help post-secondary students across the province of Alberta become first-time entrepreneurs. If you would like to contact Craig he is available on 403.874.2998Please be sure to share this episode with everyone you know. If you are interested in being either a host, a guest, or a sponsor of the show, please reach out.We are published in\\xa0Google Podcasts\\xa0and the\\xa0iTunes store for Apple Podcasts\\xa0We would be grateful if you could give us a rating as it helps spread the word about the show.Show SummaryIn this episode we talk with Craig Elias the Entrepreneur in Residence at Bow Valley College and explore some great events available to help budding entrepreneurs including MVP Mondays. (https://www.runtheworld.today/app/c/MVP-Mondays)Show Quote:Credits...This Episode Sponsored By:\\xa0Community Now! MagazineEpisode Music:\\xa0Tony Del DeganCreator & Producer:\\xa0Al Del DeganSystem Engineering Sponsor:\\xa0Kris Chase - PODMaster 2020'