In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Founder & CEO CITIZN, Murray Simser.

Murray is a serial tech entrepreneur whose software has been used by millions of people. His latest venture is the AI company CITIZN and its flagship products HumanityGPT & DemocracyGPT powered by a global societally-owned network. 

As the foundation of CITIZN, Murray invented Societal Networks & the Capital-list philosophy of Societalism which delivers the same investor returns without the social inequality, which is being submitted to economics academic journals soon.

Murray led the worldwide commercialization efforts of many well-known technologies at Microsoft and at several Silicon Valley startups, some of which he founded. His CRM company, eAssist, was venture-backed by Intel and is used by millions of people around the world. eAssist won best start-up in 2000 and powers some of the world's largest corporations including the Government of Canada's Service Canada.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• CITIZN.world





• Murray Simser on LinkedIn





• CITIZN on LinkedIn

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Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

• [02:00 ] Murray Simser advocates for better support for startups in Canada, particularly in securing innovation capital.





• [05:42 ] Bureaucracy hinders innovation, with a lack of focus on high-risk "moonshot" projects.





• [07:42 ] Simser suggests creating a $20 billion fund for investing in moonshot startups.





• [11:22 ] Risk aversion among investors stifles potential high-return projects.





• [21:57 ] Canada offers advantages like a solid social safety net and education, despite challenges.





• [23:18 ] Entrepreneurs utilize Canada's educated workforce despite systemic inefficiencies.





• [27:24 ] Canada's culture of risk aversion limits ambition and innovation.





• [30:32 ] Citizen aims to boost democracy by enhancing citizen participation through a digital platform.





• [39:03 ] The Citizen app facilitates meaningful local government engagement.





• [45:13 ] Citizen seeks to empower citizens to collectively control political capital.