82 - I spy with my LoRa eye...

Startupville

On this episode, we feature Jeff Shirley of Rivercity Innovations and Mike Stefaniuk with Sasktel's Collaboration and Innovation Team.

It began with the Rural Crime Challenge at Innovation Saskatchewan where Jeff Shirley created a solution to prevent the theft of beehives at their family farm. Later, shifting from GPS trackers to LoRa technology, Rivercity Innovations expanded into designing, building, and delivering sensors and data monitoring solutions to support their world-wide clientele.
Scaling this type of business in Saskatchewan could seem infinitely impossible without the help of experts, mentors, and access to stake holding resources. That’s where the Innovation Program at Sasktel can help. They are a dedicated team made up of experts that use a collaborative process in assisting founders identify and solve business problems, help connect silos, evolve culture and approach, and ignite innovation.
On this episode, we explore how the Innovation Program at Sasktel works, how its helping local startups grow and scale beyond the borders of Saskatchewan, and learn about all of the exciting work being done by one of their key players – Rivercity Innovations.
This podcast is brought to you by Innovation Saskatchewan & Martin Charlton Communications
“The telecom in this province is Sasktel. They have hundreds of thousands of clients that need solutions. If I can create a solution that fits their business model, makes them profitable, creates jobs locally, and puts dividends back into the community, what better channel and partner for me to grow my business faster and more profitable than that?” – Jeff Shirley, Founder & CEO, Rivercity Innovations