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Entrepreneur’s #1 Rule: Surround Yourself With Great People

October 3, 2025 Funding, Investment 0:30:15

Jason Morais is the co-founder and President of Covehead Bay Capital and Franchisee for Two Men and a Truck Halifax. Born and raised in PEI, he graduated from UPEI with a Business Degree and then obtained a law degree from Bond University in Australia. I returned home to PEI where I practiced at a Charlottetown firm for 3.5 years before jumping into the entrepreneurial world. I always had a passion for business and desire to get into business. I began connecting and meeting with a number of local entrepreneurs to hear their stories on how they got into business. Eventually, I partnered with two local entrepreneurs, Kevin and Stephen Murphy to form Covehead Bay Capital, with a goal on acquiring and investing in small-mid market businesses based in Atlantic Canada. Our first acquisition was the Two Men and a Truck Halifax Franchise in 2017. He is the President of Two Men and a Truck Halifax and he is also national spokesperson for the Canadian franchise network. Since acquiring Two Men and a Truck Halifax, I moved to Halifax Nova Scotia where I reside with my wife Jackie and two beautiful daughters, Morgan and Audrey.

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Purush Cannane is the king of upcycle, the bigger sister to recycling

December 27, 2022 Business, Environment, Manufacturing, Retail 00:28:17

Purushothaman Cannane (Purush) creatively combined his engineering skill, passion for solving environmental problems, and his drive to help vulnerable communities when he founded Greenii to create paper bags from clean waste papers such as newsprints, magazines, flyers, and brochures. Avoiding post-consumer paper in order to bypass the need for additional environmentally unfriendly chemicals and processes, he sources high-quality paper wastes from libraries, corporate offices, paper mills, flyer distributors, universities, and printing presses, offers employment to recently immigrated women or refugees, and has now sold thousands of carrier bags in Canada and the USA to replace single-use plastic bags.

Not stopping yet, Purush has gone on to invent equipment (Semi-automatic assembly, first in the world to swiftly process newsprints, and magazines into paper bags) to facilitate growth in production volumes, and is expanding into box packaging as well. While handmade bags may continue to form a part of the product offering, it is the raw materials used that ensure bags will always remain unique. He even affords customers the opportunity to convert their unused, expired marketing materials and paper products into new packaging products for use by themselves or another environmentally conscious and creative business.

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Simplifying accounting and bookkeeping for small businesses

December 20, 2022 Business, Finance, Human Resources, Investment 00:40:06

Rob Boynes is the co-founder of huumans, Canada’s first modern accounting and bookkeeping company aimed entirely at small businesses. Built by the people behind Wagepoint, huumans is focused on helping to make running a successful small business as accessible to as many people as possible through the democratization of data and knowledge. A recent resident of Nova Scotia, Rob’s career has been based predominately in product-first, early-stage technology start-ups throughout Europe and the US, with an earlier foundation in media, broadcast and brand.

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Be the entrepreneur that you want to be

November 3, 2022 Business, Coaching & Consulting, Finance 00:27:05

Nick Mombourquette is the founder and president of NewGround Financial Inc. NewGround specializes in employee benefits programs for SMB’s with 5-500 employees. NewGround also works with entrepreneurs to provide tax efficient wealth planning strategies. They pride themselves on providing national-level service and advice, with a local approach. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, NewGround serves clients in NS, PEI, NB, ONT and AB.

Nick also founded and co-hosts The Interesting People You Meet Podcast, where he interviews people from all walks of life, with interesting stories and perspectives.

Nick has a BBA from Mount Saint Vincent University and holds a Certified Employees Benefits Specialist designation from Dalhousie University. He lives just outside of Halifax with his wife and three young children.

Nick is a fitness enthusiast who enjoys almost every genre of music. In his spare time, when he doesn’t have a book in his hands, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing golf in the summer and hockey in the winter.

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The New Approach to Business – Clients Trusting You!

September 27, 2022 Business, Coaching & Consulting 00:43:15

Natalie Doyle Oldfield is the author of The Power of Trust: How Top Companies Build, Manage and Protect It and President of Success Through Trust. Recognized as one of Canada’s Most Inspiring Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs in 2021, she’s on a mission to help business owners grow their companies.

She’s been named one of the world’s Top Thought Leaders in Trust for 5 consecutive years by Trust Across America and has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award. A former Chief Marketing Officer, she spent 25 years in business before founding Success Through Trust. She is a contributor to Forbes and is quoted in Economist Impact as ‘Business Trust Expert.’

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From farm to fashion – this Halifax entrepreneur talks SLOW FASHION

September 1, 2022 Art & Culture, Environment, Fashion & Garments, Retail 00:27:09

Laura McNutt’s post secondary education prepared her for a lifetime of creative pursuits: Laura studied Fine Arts, Environmental Design, then earned a Masters of Architecture at Technical University of Nova Scotia. Following 15 years in the architecture industry, she taught I.B. Fine Art, and engaged in the film industry.

Laura’s professional design career crossed film, architecture, fine art, and design fields, throughout Canada, Bermuda, Switzerland, USA, and Finland. She currently operates a design/build business, designed in the film industry, and taught prep school Fine Art.

Laura was an inaugural member of the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership, awarded a number of RFP artwork installations in Halifax Regional Municipality, and recently chaired the Awards Committee of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. As Laura the entrepreneur, also operates a boutique vintage shop, KingsPIER Curated Collections, which is the entrepreneurial culmination of decades of passion for heritage, craftsmanship, fashion, and sustainability.

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Launching an organized youth sports franchise system in Atlantic Canada

August 16, 2022 Coaching & Consulting, Sports & Athletics 00:33:27

Anthony MacNeil is a seasoned entrepreneur living in Atlantic Canada and has recently launched an organized youth sports franchise system. After 30 years and six businesses, Anthony felt it was the (right) time to step beyond his comfort zone and create a business outside the typical geographical boundaries that he was accustomed to operating his other businesses.

His entrepreneurial journey of ebbs and flows has taught him much about business life. Today, Anthony is well experienced and more driven then ever to use his business for a greater purpose by providing an inclusive, safe and fun environment where youth across Canada can learn and play new sports, have a better sports experience and be equipped with life skills that will positively impact their lives in the future.

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Operating a security service in Halifax

May 27, 2022 Events & Entertainment, Security and Policing 00:34:13

Ben and Michele Joly; founders of JOLCAR Security Services Inc., Halifax’s premier security guard service. They both come from a background in law enforcement each having over twenty years of industry experience.

Ben and Michele met in college while attending a law enforcement program. During that time Michele was working in loss prevention.

Ben was a volunteer cadet with a small-town police service. Ben’s career in security started right out of college. Ben worked as a school response officer in Toronto before getting into security management and then as a Director for a National Security Service based out of Nova Scotia. In 2017 JOLCAR Security was formed. JOLCAR Security guards present a unique high-profile appearance while maintaining a strong emphasis on exceptional customer service. Quickly being recognized for the level of service and rapid growth. With hands-on management style and operational oversight. Most days, you will see the management team in uniform, working alongside frontline staff in the field. JOLCAR Security is named after both Ben and Michele’s fathers, taking their surnames to form JOLCAR. They both instilled in them the value of excellent customer service, brand alignment and doing what you love.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Thrive Live and on Video

May 13, 2022 Coaching & Consulting, Events & Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising 00:30:35

Liam Byrne is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, and passionate about helping others succeed. In 2016 he founded the Entrepreneurial Development Conference and Expo, a national event that toured across Canada helping small businesses learn skills for growth. He is now the CEO and Founder of Enterpriser Canada, a media company that is the hub for Atlantic Canadian Entrepreneurs, and the Host of The Enterpriser Podcast.

He has been mastering the craft of marketing and communication for two decades and has shared his knowledge on the stage alongside Emmy winners, TED speakers, Fortune 500 Executives, Federal Politicians, and New York Times Best Selling Authors. He is a published author, social media influencer, and contributor for Forbes Magazine and has been featured in Startup Digest, Atlantic Business Magazine, Business Voice, and has been a finalist of ABM’s Top 50 CEO, and EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Finding the pain in serving financial investments clients

March 10, 2022 Finance, Investment 00:53:35

James Rockwood is the Co-Founder and CEO of CapIntel, a financial technology company that supports financial advisors in their day-to-day workflow to deliver top-tier client service. In building CapIntel, James has been a part of two leading Canadian accelerator programs: Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) and Next Founder. The CapIntel platform now serves over 10,000 financial advisors across the country through partnerships with established financial service firms such as IG Wealth Management, Canada Life, and Equitable Life.

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