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Marc Daniel’s Nextwork is Providing the Next Generation of Business with Experienced Talent to Get Work Done

October 16, 2020 Business, Coaching & Consulting, Human Resources 00:42:13

Marc Daniel is a business psychologist, talent expert, and founder of Nextwork – a digital talent marketplace and work platform that connects organizations with experienced talent on demand. Marc has an ambitious vision – to retire retirement – and is realizing this vision through championing a more flexible approach to ongoing work that better serves everyone’s needs.

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Mark Morissette is CEO and Founder of Foxquilt, an Insurance Technology Company for B2B

October 14, 2020 Business, Insurance, Tech 00:35:23

Mark Morissette created Foxquilt to empower consumers with greater purchasing power when acquiring and managing their insurance. Foxquilt is a Canadian financial technology company focused on using big data and machine learning to empower social groups to save on Small Business and Home insurance. Foxquilt creates new value opportunities for customers by bringing people and communities together online with a smart and modern approach to insurance. Leveraging innovative technology and creating unique products, they make it easy for customers to buy insurance online from leading carriers and access group purchasing power.

Mark’s career includes more than 15 years in various leadership roles spanning Underwriting, Operations and Sales & Distribution for some Canada’s premier Carriers and fintech organizations including, Aviva and Real Matters.

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Brandy Gallagher, ‘Place-making’ entrepreneur invites communities across Canada to ‘Go Village’

October 12, 2020 Business, Education, Environment, Health and Wellness 00:29:37

Brandy Gallagher (BSW, MA) is one of the original founders and developers of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE, Shawnigan Lake (Vancouver Island) BC. She is one of the designing ‘creatixes’ dedicated to outreach projects (local and International), and the development of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE as a demonstration/model sustainable village. Her sustainable land management planning and ecological design work has made her the main proponent behind the Canadian precedent setting rezoning which has allowed for the legal/political/community framework containing multi-use allowances for ecovillages and shared land projects across Canada. Born and raised in community her life work has been focused around the development of ‘Sustained Community’. She is also the developer of TOPIA: The Sustainable Learning Community Institute which operates onsite at OUR ECOVILLAGE. With a deep compassion for people and place Brandy works with other communities/projects to find their way through regulatory and legal processes which challenge the development of legitimate models of land use, alternative building, ownership and governance. The intention to have individuals & communities step aside from their rank & roles to enter into a more connected sense of community building is at the heart of her work. She provides these services through her business “Sustainable Community Solutions Consulting – SC2”.

Her published work is a documentary titled “Creating TOPIA: The Journey of Developing a School of Sustainable Community Building.” She is also featured in the movie “Escape From Suburbia” and the documentary “Peak Moments: Creating the Impossible”. Look for the wide variety of articles written, and web based interviews documented in relation to her work.

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Sean Hoff Started Moniker, Which Creates Custom Corporate Retreats Across the Globe

October 7, 2020 Business, Human Resources, Travel & Leisure 00:16:47

Legend has it, Sean Hoff started out his career as a Banker but cast off to start Moniker, after being an attendee on a number of “President Club’ trips and believing he could do it better. Fast forward several years, some amazing adventures around the globe, and a talent for creating magic from a blank canvas. Sean plays the role of creative devil’s advocate, always asking “why not” and figuring out ways to squeeze in that little extra personality to create truly bucket-list worthy programs for their clients.

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Brett Annable, Owner of Millionaires Row Cider Company, Is Helping Keep the Essence of Canada’s Rich Entrepreneurial History Alive!

October 2, 2020 Agriculture, Business, Events & Entertainment, Food & Drink 00:32:06

Armed with the dream of a family farm, finance experience and theological training, Brett Annable and his wife Janet purchased a 10-acre apple orchard in Summerland, British Columbia, discovered a rich history on their land, then launched ‘Millionnaires’ Row Cider Company. Brett & Janet combined their skills and together tapped into their entrepreneurial spirit to become a couple and ‘product’ of note in the Okanagan Valley. Brett and Janet, through their ‘cider’ making, tasting, distribution and storytelling – are helping to keep the essence of the ‘Millionnaire’s Row’ story alive as part of Canada’s rich entrepreneurial history. Three of the ‘Millionnaires’ were national bank presidents – ultimately knighted for their contributions to Canada – responsible for providing much of the initial capital to finance western Canada’s timber, mining, transportation and utility industries; and whose benevolence later extended to helping establish the ‘Okanagan’s notoriety as a ‘fruit’ growing/manufacturing mecca, and a destination of choice to experience local farms, markets, stores, restaurants, wineries, breweries and more.

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Katelyn Bullock, Co-Founder of Enta Solutions, Sits Down to Chat with Host Mario Toneguzzi

September 30, 2020 Business, Coaching & Consulting 00:26:20

Katelyn Bullock is co-founder of Enta Solutions, a management consulting firm in Calgary.

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Jonathan Léveillé, Chef d’Openmind Technologies, qui est actuellement la 13e entreprise technologique à la croissance la plus rapide au Canada

September 28, 2020 Business, Human Resources, Tech 00:26:18

Jeune passionné des technologies et des Affaires depuis son très jeune âge, Jonathan Léveillé, 34 ans, est à la tête de Openmind Technologies depuis maintenant plus de 15 ans, entreprise s’étant classée pour une troisième année d’affilée dans le prestigieux classement du CROISSANCE500, soit parmi les 500 entreprises ayant la plus forte croissance au Canada.

Openmind est actuellement la 13e entreprise technologique ayant la plus forte croissance au Canada et s’est classé la dernière année 28e entreprise étant le meilleur endroit au Canada où travailler selon Great Place to Work (#1 au Québec). Openmind compte maintenant dans ses rangs plus de 60 joueurs passionnés de technologies.

Jonathan a programmé ses premières plates-formes Web dès l’âge de 9 ans, a obtenu ses premiers contrats commerciaux à 13 ans seulement et a fondé officiellement Openmind Technologies à peine un an après sa majorité, soit à l’âge de 19 ans.

Jonathan et son équipe ont eu l’opportunité de recevoir plusieurs reconnaissances de l’industrie dans les dernières années, dont Jeune Entrepreneur de l’année en 2014, Entreprise de l’année en 2015, Investissement de l’année en 2017, le prix « Créateur d’Emploi du Québec 2017 », et a également été certifié Bonboss.ca ainsi que Great Place to Work pour l’année 2018, 2019, et 2020.

Il s’implique également, avec l’aide de son équipe, auprès de la communauté, ramassant plusieurs milliers de dollars annuellement pour Centraide, le défi Pierre Lavoie, la fondation du Centre Jeunesse des Laurentides, la fondation de l’Hôpital de Saint-Jérôme ainsi que pour l’organisme Pallia-vie.

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Suzie Yorke, Founder of Love Good Fats, on the Shift from Executive to Entrepreneur

September 23, 2020 Business, Fitness, Food & Drink, Health and Wellness 00:36:13

Suzie Yorke is on a mission to bring healthy fats back. A mom, eleven-time Ironman competitor and yoga enthusiast, Suzie spent years adhering to a low-fat diet only to hit a wall in her mid-40s. After reading Nina Teicholz’s best seller, Big Fat Surprise, she immediately shifted to a high-fat, low-carb diet, and felt better right away. While she loved the benefits of her new lifestyle, Suzie found it challenging to find convenient, good-fat snacks. Seeing a gap in the marketplace and a huge opportunity to help others through food, Suzie developed Love Good Fats, a company that produces high-fat, low-carb, and low-sugar products.

Today, Suzie leads Love Good Fats’ expansion as it quickly becomes one of the fastest-growing bar brands in North America. As a 30-year veteran of the CPG industry, Suzie has worked at high-profile companies such as Proctor & Gamble, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Weight Watchers, and Zag. Utilizing her accomplished marketing background, personal journey, and deep devotion and passion for health, Suzie is on a mission to spread the word that fat is back, and sugar is out! Suzie was recognized by her peers and the community with the 2019 Mompreneur :registered: Start Up Award.

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Mitch Jacobsen, CEO of Rviita Energy Tea, Discusses the Process of Creating and Distributing a Food & Beverage Product in British Columbia

September 21, 2020 Business, Food & Drink, Retail 00:26:49

Mitch Jacobsen started his career as a Petroleum engineer, managing the design and construction of the first two produced water ponds in Alberta, which has ultimately helped recycle thousands of cubic meters of water and saved thousands of cubic meters of fresh water usage. Working long hard hours in the oil & gas sector, Mitch and colleagues often used coffee and energy drinks for ‘energy kicks’ and to stay alert. But when Mitch witnessing his best friend have a heart attack from conventional energy drinks, he leveraged his passion for health and fitness and went to work on creating a new product in the market to provide more natural energy boosts.

Formulating the perfect naturally caffeinated, refreshing beverage was the goal, and with the help of a food-scientist Mitch started the process of developing Rviita Energy Tea – a clean pick-me-up drink made with caffeine from tea, organic honey, and vitamins, packed in one of the most carbon efficient packages on the planet. Rviita is now a company centered around inspiring others and helping people become healthier and more productive; works on principles of environmentally sustainable manufacturing & packaging throughout the lifecycle of the product. Since launching to shelves in October 2019, they have scaled to more than 150 stores with brands like Calgary Co-op, Sobeys, and Safeway. Rviita has made more than 200 deliveries of free product to nurses and doctors on the front lines of the COVID-relief effort. Their goal is to expand all across Canada and help as many people as we can.

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Sylvie Bougie discute avec François Gilbert, président-directeur général d’Anges Québec, du financement des entreprises !

September 16, 2020 Business, Coaching & Consulting, Tech 00:26:47

Cette entrevue a été réalisé avant le départ de François Gilbert à titre de président-directeur général d’Anges Québec.

C’est avec passion et conviction que monsieur François Gilbert assure depuis 2008, le rôle de président-directeur général d’Anges Québec ainsi que d’Anges Québec Capital depuis 2012. Il est également depuis 2005, président-directeur général chez FIER Succès, un fonds de capital de risque basé à Québec.

Ayant personnellement ou de concert avec ses associés participé à réaliser plus d’une centaine de placements privés au cours des dernières années, son engagement envers les entreprises en démarrage est reconnu au sein du milieu.

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