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ManMade found a problem and then uniquely created customer demand

June 1, 2026 Business, Fashion & Garments 0:30:49

MANMADE is a Canadian Montreal-based, direct-to-consumer men’s essentials brand founded in 2021 by four lifelong friends and former finance professionals – Anthony Ciavirella, Philip Santagata, Robert Marzin and Roberto “Berto” Rebelo. Anthony Ciavirella and Robert Marzin are two of the four co-founders of MANMADE, the Canadian men’s essentials brand that’s taking the country by storm. These guys quit their finance careers to solve a problem every guy has had but nobody talked about — uncomfortable underwear. Since launching in 2020, they’ve grown from 150,000 to over one million customers, appeared on Dragons’ Den, and just opened their first physical store in Montreal. Guys, welcome to the show. MANMADE appeared on CBC series Dragons’ Den in 2022 and has partnered with celebrities, athletes and organizations including Howie Mandel, Georges St-Pierre, Bryan Adams, William Shatner, Colin Mochrie, Kris Letang, Jay Onrait, David Savard and the Montreal Canadiens. And I am excited to say that  MANMADE today announced it has been named the Official Boxer Brief of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The collaboration brings together two proudly Canadian brands with a shared focus on performance, passion and showing up every day.

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CEO with a unique perspective as a franchise owner too

May 28, 2026 Business, Finance, Hospitality 0:31:41

Simran Singh, President & Chief Executive Officer of OPA! of Greece, first joined OPA! of Greece as a member of the accounting team in 2014 and has since held multiple leadership roles, most recently as the company’s Financial Controller. He is also a multi-unit franchise operator, with a portfolio of five total storefronts after his newest location, in Edmonton’s West Granville neighbourhood, opened in December of 2025. His extensive experience across every level of the business has uniquely prepared him to lead the company into its next phase of growth.

In addition to his career at OPA!, Simran has worked extensively in the hospitality industry. Through his unique perspective as both a franchise operator and corporate controller, he looks to lead OPA! Of Greece with a focus on clarity, discipline, and long-term growth. He is committed to building strong systems, elevating franchisee operational performance and creating value for franchise partners, teams and guests. His goal is to guide OPA into the future with purpose and strategic focus.

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Growing an international network is kind of a natural growth for us

May 26, 2026 Business, Coaching & Consulting, Human Resources 0:31:41

Simon Gravel is the founder and CEO of freelance.group, the largest freelance platform in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and the fifth largest in the world. He is currently developing freelance.ca to become the leader in the Canadian market. With over 15 years of experience in innovation and internationalization, he has built a community of more than 1.2 million freelancers and 100,000 employers in over 15 countries across 3 continents. A visionary of the future of work, he connects specialized talent with businesses.

Active in his community, he chairs the Marcelle-Mallet High School Foundation and serves on governing boards in Europe. His vision is to offer every freelancer the best possible project and every employer the best expert for their project.

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How Great Entrepreneurs Build Things That Last

May 7, 2026 Business, Packaging 0:19:15

“When you meet another entrepreneur, it’s like finding a special friend.”

Taylor Beech believes progress in business and life comes down to disciplined execution, applied consistently over time. For more than 25 years, he worked at the intersection of performance, systems, and growth — starting as a personal trainer, then translating that operating discipline into entrepreneurship and real estate development. Today, he is focused on building Dominion Crate Works, an industrial packaging company serving manufacturers that require export-grade, military-spec, and mission-critical crating. His work is grounded in fundamentals: clear processes, reliable execution, and long-term value creation. Alongside this, he mentors and coaches men in their second act through Second Wind, helping them rebuild energy, clarity, and internal leadership so they can execute at a higher level in business and life. The common thread in everything he does is simple: turning intent into action and building things that last.

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The Billion-Dollar Lesson in Being Different

April 15, 2026 Art & Culture, Business, Faith and Religion 0:28:58

Come into any situation with a clear idea of what you can contribute, and what you would like to get out of it.

Michael Shapiro is a cultural entrepreneur, author, and language enthusiast passionate about reviving ancient Jewish traditions through modern innovation. He’s spent my life embracing what others might call “personal weirdness” and turning it into something extraordinary.

He’s always been fascinated by languages, alphabets, and the meaning of words. At age twelve, he took a Hebrew calligraphy class and in high school, he was the Hebrew language valedictorian.

After earning his MBA from the University of Michigan, he spent two years in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble, but the corporate world felt too narrow for his creative spirit. In December 1994, he left P&G and flew to Israel to study at the Pardes Institute. By June 1995, he met his first Ketubah (artistic Jewish marriage contract) artist. In 1996, he registered Ketubah.com. What he had envisioned as one product line for a gallery soon became his entire focus online.

Nearly three decades later, Ketubah.com has become the largest Ketubah publisher on the planet, featuring 75+ leading artists and 900+ fine art limited edition designs. Michael has created HebrewNamer.com, a platform helping people discover the meaning and proper spelling of their Hebrew names. Last year, a major Jewish Publisher (JPS) published “Ketubah Renaissance”, a coffee table book about this ancient tradition’s modern revival. And he’s about to launch “Doing Jewish Today” an e-magazine for Jewish, interfaith and LGBTQ+ couples and families interesting in connecting with Jewish traditions on their own terms.

As someone who speaks multiple languages and reads 6-7 alphabets (and is aiming for 10!), he believes deeply in embracing what makes you unique. Whether you’re a “Jewish day school nerd” or have your own passion, he encourages everyone to lean into their personal weirdness—it might just become your greatest strength!

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From Electrician to AI Data Center Founder

April 9, 2026 AI, Business, Tech 0:23:04

“We’re a small team achieving big things. I realize that our people are the biggest value in the business.”

Chuck L’Ecuyer is Founder, Owner, and CEO of Intellifelx. Chuck is a third-generation electrician with more than 20 years of experience in project operations. He founded CES Corporation in 2011 and built his company from the ground up, staffed it with skilled professionals through all subsidiary divisions of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Construction, therefore accommodating multidisciplinary EPCM services.

Chuck’s Corporation developed the Intelliflex line of products in 2019 to accommodate today’s data centre needs from cloud to blockchain computing. As a fully integrated immersion modular data centre solution, it allows fast growth operations to expedite AI data centre infrastructure deployment.

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Connection Heals What Correction Can’t

March 18, 2026 Business, Coaching & Consulting 0:20:24

Carlamay Sheremata is a retired police officer, keynote speaker, award-winning author, and family conflict resolution specialist—but more than that, she’s a bridge-builder. Between systems and people. Between leaders and their teams. Between families and the youth they love.

After 21 years in law enforcement—including 8.5 years as a School Resource Officer—she’s seen what happens when people lose connection. She’s watched families fracture, leaders burn out, teams implode, and kids fall through the cracks. Not because people didn’t care—but because they didn’t know how to lead through the hard stuff.

That’s why she created the CALM Leadership Method™️—a trust-centered, emotionally intelligent approach to leadership that works in real life. Under pressure. In crisis. In the moments that matter most.

 

She now helps corporate teams, educators, frontline professionals, and families lead with connection, rebuild trust where it’s been lost, and communicate clearly when it counts most—at home, at work, and everywhere in between.

Whether she’s on stage speaking to executives, equipping frontline teams, or sitting across from a family in conflict, she brings the same message: Connection heals what correction can’t.

And if we don’t fix the disconnection, we lose the people who need us most.

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He Monetized Fandom Before Anyone Else

February 24, 2026 Business, Events & Entertainment, Investment 0:26:29

Nathen Mazri, who I interviewed 4 years ago is a fandom-driven entrepreneur. Widely known for breaking the internet through iconic licensing ventures that include Garfield Eats and Scooby-Doo. His work has been featured in over 500 global media outlets and has generated more than 50 million impressions, and he’s built a passionate community of about 500,000 fans and fanvestors.

Nathan is the founder of EGEEZ, creator of the world’s EGEEZ Cloud, an algorithmic verification marketplace connecting fans directly to verified licenses that brings transparency and counterfeit protection to the $70 billion global licensing industry. The platform earned a Government of Canada SHRED and will debut its beta at Bridge. He also coined Egeezment, a brand new category of real estate that merges entertainment IPs with sophisticated living.

  • Through EGEEZ, he represents IP giants like Mr. Bean, The Smurfs, Emoji and others to build the world’s first IP-themed residential developments, a new category beyond hotels and theme parks.
  • He’s also the author of Arabiolosis, and founder of EGEEZ Academy, and is currently filming a documentary drama about his extraordinary entrepreneurial journey for release in 2026.

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How Ethical Brands Win at Global Scale

February 18, 2026 Animals/Wildlife, Business, Food & Drink, Retail 0:26:46

A compelling story not just about what they built, but how they built it as partners in life and in business, balancing vision, execution, and accountability at the highest level.

Isaac Langleben and Jacqueline Prehogan recognized that the global food system is broken, and pet food, often overlooked, is one of its most powerful drivers of change. Their entrepreneurial vision emerged from a search for better nutrition for their rescue dog, revealing a deeper insight: pet food sits at the intersection of global agriculture, animal welfare, and consumer trust, yet is shaped by opaque supply chains and inconsistent welfare standards. Isaac and Jacqueline saw this disconnect as both a responsibility and an opportunity to challenge industry norms and build a business aligned with nutrition, animal welfare, ethical sourcing, and transparency at scale.

Founded in 2014, Open Farm develops premium pet nutrition with thoughtfully sourced ingredients. The company pioneered ingredient traceability, enabling pet parents to see where every ingredient originates, while holding partners to rigorous third-party animal welfare and sustainability standards. As Chief Executive Officer, Isaac provides the operational discipline and systems thinking required to scale a values-led global supply chain, while Jacqueline, as Chief Brand Officer, shapes Open Farm’s purpose-driven culture and consumer trust.

Today, Open Farm feeds more than a quarter of a million pets annually and is sold direct-to-consumer and via 8,500 global retail locations. As a Certified B Corporation and one of the fastest-growing brands in the category, Open Farm demonstrates that transparency and ethics are not constraints on growth, but drivers of long-term value. Through their leadership, Isaac and Isaac are reshaping expectations within pet food and influencing how responsible food systems are built for the future. They have recently been recognized as EY Entrepreneur of the Year Canada 2025 winners.

Isaac and Jacqueline’s entrepreneurial achievements have driven them to become the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Canada winners. This is a terrific achievement, and we look forward to them representing Canada in the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™️ Awards in Monaco.

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Why Mentorship is Non-Negotiable for Leaders

February 12, 2026 Business, Events & Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising 0:26:19

David Pisarek combines progressive and comprehensive digital operations expertise with needs assessments, streamlining, and hands-on collaborative leadership to every project to ensure sound solutions that meet customer requirements, capture the competitive edge, and drive growth. His ultimate goal is to drive meaningful change by helping non-profits leverage digital solutions. He is also an accomplished podcast host at Wow Digital Podcast. This is a great listen for everyone but especially those in the not-for-profit sector.

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