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The Cartt.ca Interview: What the heck is Thoora and why is Mike Lee its CEO?


WHILE THE TV, CABLE and telecom industries are bogged down once again in regulatory minutiae, Mike Lee has many other things on his plate.The chief strategy officer at Rogers Communications, both the biggest wireless and cable company in Canada, is not thinking much about wireless phones or cable these days. Instead, he’s up to his neck in the real time web as the CEO of Rogers-funded start-up Thoora.“I’m spending 100% of my time on new growth,” said Lee in an interview with Cartt.ca. “I’m actually not that tied into cable or wireless.”Being Canadian regulated industries, the growth yet available in...