Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes returns as interim CEO

Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes is back in the CEO chair, replacing outgoing CEO Irina Novoselsky. Holmes and Novoselsky announced their respective appointment and departure in a pair of LinkedIn posts on Monday morning. BetaKit has reached out to Hootsuite for comment.  Novoselsky wrote that both she and the company’s board “believe this is the right…

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How to fix Canadian VC

We are so back. After a short break to focus on a most ambitious endeavour, The BetaKit Podcast has returned with a banger, laser-targeted on one of the spiciest topics facing Canadian tech today. “We have a collective action problem. Somebody has to take the first step and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to deploy a…

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Former Alberta Innovates exec joins Toast as COO

Nicole Shokoples is toasting a new position—at Toast. The former Alberta Innovates executive announced today that she is taking on the role of COO at the Calgary-based recruitment platform. Founded in 2022, Toast is a woman-focused talent and recruitment platform aimed at helping women find roles in STEM fields, closing the gender pay gap, and…

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Podcast Transcript April 11, 2026— (Guest Interview) Given Two Weeks, She Lived a Year: The Woman Who Built a Rescue for the Dogs Everyone Overlooks | National Pet Day 2026

Episode Description: In honor of National Pet Day, Arielle sits down with Erica Psaltis, founder of senior dog rescue Silver Linings Rescue Ranch in Bend, Oregon. They talk about what actually goes into running a rescue like this: the intake process, the misconceptions people have about older dogs, the losses, and how Erica keeps showing…

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