I'm joined by Deepak Chopra, he's the Founder
and CEO of Clearbridge Mobile.
And of course, you're a very well known app
developer.
Thank you so much for your time.
Thanks Marc, I appreciate your time here today.
Sure, so you're a full circle app development
studio with over 250 apps under your belt.
Some from major companies like banks.
I know you've done work with Bell, USA Today,
PayPal, right?
Participaction, right?
Yup.
You've done 300 million downloads, how does
that feel to know that 300 million downloads
of your apps over the years?
You know it's a tremendous feeling of gratification.
You know the company has worked really hard,
we've been - it feels like an overnight success
story, but reality is we've been doing it
for over 8 years.
So it's been a phenomenal ride and to be honest,
I think if anything the opportunity in
the next 8 to 10 years is even more for us.
We've built a great team, great clients across
North America, and it's been a great journey
and we only see actually our journey accelerating at
this point.
You're headquartered in York Region, where
over 4,300 tech companies are is there a reason
why you chose York Region to headquarter this
growing big company?
Yeah, we've been headquartered in York Region
ever since we were founded.
We have offices in downtown Toronto as well
and our client work is all over North America.
The reason York Region?
There's a couple reasons.
The great talent pool, personally I live in
the region as well, so there was that benefit.
As do I.
There you go.
So it was great to be especially in the early
days when we were founding the company the
ability to create a great company in the region,
have a great talented workforce, give the
alternative instead of commuting long distances
to a short distance and for me personally,
also being close to home as well provides
that unique balance between work and family life.
We've really been able to leverage that now.
We have this great set of people in our York
Region office.
We have a great set of people in our downtown
Toronto office; offering the best of both worlds.
And giving choice to everyone there.
And you know there's a phenomenal amount of
talent all over the GTA, so we thought the
more offices we have the more opportunity
to leverage that.
What are you looking to get out of Collision
for your company?
Collision is a great opportunity for us.
All of Toronto has come together, really all
of North American technology has come here.
You get a sense of what's going on in the
startup community.
What are the technology trends that are gaining
momentum here, so for Clearbridge you know it's great.
Our customers are here, we hope some new customers
are here as well, but it also allows a great
place for us to get a feel for what's going
on, what are the new trends, where can we
pivot and evolve our business as we see new
things emerging.
And it's great for our people to be part of
the scene as well just to see what's exciting
and new here in Toronto.
Awesome Deepak.
Thanks so much for your time.
Thank you very much Marc.
I appreciate your time.
And if you're watching this and you do run
a business big or small be sure to drop into
E172 at Collision Conference to check out
the Clearbridge Mobile area where they've
got some examples of their apps rolling on
the screens and they're also available to
chat including Deepak Chopra, himself, Founder
and CEO.
Thanks again.
Thanks again Marc.
Have a great show.
Thank you.
