AI, Brampton & The New Entrepreneur — A Conversation with Prince Khan
AI is displacing people faster than anyone was prepared for. Jobs are disappearing. And for a growing number of people — entrepreneurship isn't a choice. It's what comes next.
In this episode host Bram Bains sits down with Prince Khan — Supervisor of the Brampton Entrepreneur Centre and Lecturer at the University of Guelph-Humber and Algonquin/CDI College — for one of the most timely conversations on the show so far. Two Brampton builders. One question that matters right now: is what's coming a crisis or an opportunity?
Who is Prince Khan?
Prince Khan has spent over 12 years embedded in Brampton's entrepreneurial infrastructure. He joined the Brampton Entrepreneur Centre in 2015 as an advisor, built two of Brampton's most significant grassroots entrepreneur programs — the Brampton Mastermind, which grew to 130 people monthly, and Entrepreneurs Connect, which secured over $25,000 in sponsorship — and returned to the BEC in July 2024 as Supervisor.
Beyond his work at the BEC, Prince lectures at Guelph-Humber and Algonquin/CDI College, teaching Entrepreneurship, Emerging Technologies, and Market Research. He is also a published researcher — his field work examines why people who are eligible for publicly funded support services often don't access them. In a world where AI displacement is accelerating, that research matters more than ever.
He is not an outside observer. He is one of the people actively building the city.
What you'll hear in this episode
What Brampton's entrepreneurship ecosystem actually looks like right now — from someone who has been inside it for over a decade
What happens when someone walks through the BEC door for the first time — and what Prince is listening for
What separates the entrepreneurs who make it from the ones who don't
Whether AI displacement is already showing up at the BEC — people coming in not because they had a dream but because they lost a job
Whether necessity-driven entrepreneurship can actually work — and what it requires from a person
What today's university students are building and what that tells us about where things are going
As Prince put it — "The difference between the ones who build something and the ones who walk out and never come back isn't the idea. It's the person."
Why this conversation matters right now
Bram Bains and Prince Khan are both building intentionally in Brampton. This episode is not a business lecture. It is a real conversation between two people who believe in this city and what's possible here — at a moment when the ground is shifting underneath a lot of people who weren't ready for it.
If you've ever wondered whether you could build something from scratch — or if you're being pushed to find out — this one is for you.
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About the host
Bram Bains is the founder of Maverick Insurance Brokers and host of Insuring Your Success — a podcast for entrepreneurs, community builders, and leaders across Ontario. Based in Brampton. RIBO licensed.
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