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Building a Community-First Innovation Hub with Usha Srinivasan | BVZ Five Years Bold

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Usha identifies the uncomfortable truth of 'necessity entrepreneurship' among highly qualified immigrants who start businesses because they can't find jobs in their field.

Host Edwin Frondoso interviews Usha Srinivasan, former executive director of Brampton Venture Zone (BVZ), about launching and leading this community-first innovation hub during the COVID-19 pandemic. Usha shares the origin story, the leadership lessons of listening to community needs, and how the experience led her to found BeReady.ai to tackle immigrant employment challenges.

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