Startup founder and investor liked what he saw when he came to the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ last year on his book tour. This year he’s back with his show,Ìý, to find out why À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ is such a hub for entrepreneurship.

In theÌýlatest episode, , the reddit co-founder asks engineering alumni Michael Litt,ÌýDevonÌýGallowayÌýand Tyler CampaigneÌýabout how they built , a successful video marketing platform. He also asks Dean of Engineering Pearl Sullivan about À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s co-operative education program and how its unique intellectual property policy supports entrepreneurship at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ.

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ's IP policy gives students confidenceÌý

Sullivan told Ohanian: "When you know you own the intellectual property, you have freedom. . . You have the freedom to build it and the freedom to know you can walk away with it. It gives students the confidence to walk out of here and start a company. This is really good for the nation. It’s really good for the economy.â€

Galloway told Ohanian that he hopes Vidyard will continue to grow and become a “really great technology powerhouse. We do it for the team members. We do it for Kitchener-À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. We do it for Canada and we do it because we’re just really passionate about what we’re building.â€

Unique IP policy benefits À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ in the long term

Ohanian tells viewer at the end of the episode that the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ has it right when it grants inventors ownership of intellectual property. “Instead of obsessing about every idea in the head of their students, (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ) gives them freedom to go off and create amazing things that only benefit the university long term.â€