Hakan Uluer – EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 – Regional Award Winner

Transcript

Full transcript page · Interactive episode

============================================================
TRANSCRIPTION WITH SPEAKERS
============================================================

[00:00] SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Canada's Podcast.
[00:05] SPEAKER_01: Hi, I'm Phil Bliss, Founder and CEO of Canada's Podcast.
[00:09] SPEAKER_01: And today we're going to meet Hacken Gleer,
[00:12] SPEAKER_01: whose owner of the Bertose Group.
[00:17] SPEAKER_01: Bertose Group, sorry about that.
[00:20] SPEAKER_01: So, great to see you here and congratulations for getting to the finals,
[00:26] SPEAKER_01: if you like.
[00:27] SPEAKER_01: I want to ask you just a couple of questions.
[00:31] SPEAKER_01: Okay, Canada's podcast really believes in learning about people's entrepreneurial journey
[00:38] SPEAKER_01: and passing that learning on.
[00:40] SPEAKER_01: So, maybe you can tell us a little bit about what made you successful in that journey.
[00:50] SPEAKER_00: Well, number one, what makes me successful is I live in this beautiful country.
[01:00] SPEAKER_00: I live in Canada.
[01:01] SPEAKER_00: I look at Canada as a land of opportunities.
[01:06] SPEAKER_00: And the rest of it is taking a risk.
[01:10] SPEAKER_00: It's a big one.
[01:13] SPEAKER_00: In this days, when you look at the overall outlook of the people,
[01:18] SPEAKER_00: everybody wants to have this and that, but nobody wants to take a risk.
[01:23] SPEAKER_00: Or very few people want to sacrifice from their own comfort zone.
[01:29] SPEAKER_00: Taking a risk, get out of your comfort zone and make a decision that something that you love,
[01:37] SPEAKER_00: you have to have the passion.
[01:40] SPEAKER_00: So, put those three things together, sprinkle a little bit hard work.
[01:45] SPEAKER_00: When I say hard work, some people they say, oh, I work so hard today.
[01:51] SPEAKER_00: It doesn't mean that person worked as hard as they think so.
[01:56] SPEAKER_00: Hard work brings to me.
[01:57] SPEAKER_00: You work harder than anybody else around you.
[02:01] SPEAKER_00: Hard work, vision, take a risk.
[02:04] SPEAKER_00: And you already have this setup on this beautiful country.
[02:08] SPEAKER_00: And pull the block, make it happen.
[02:11] SPEAKER_01: It's great advice.
[02:13] SPEAKER_01: So, you've made it here.
[02:17] SPEAKER_01: What's the unique quality that you have that got you here?
[02:27] SPEAKER_00: I don't want to sound like a Debbie Downer, but I come from a very poor background.
[02:34] SPEAKER_00: I lost my father when I was 13 years old.
[02:38] SPEAKER_00: Sold later blouses on the market to make extra five bucks.
[02:44] SPEAKER_00: And when I say later blouses, like really ugly color, later blouses,
[02:49] SPEAKER_00: you really need to get creative to sell those blouses.
[02:52] SPEAKER_00: Start from there, I guess what I'm trying to say is,
[02:57] SPEAKER_00: failure of the life, it gives you strength to motivate you more.
[03:03] SPEAKER_00: And gets you, you know, makes you get a little bit more creative.
[03:09] SPEAKER_00: And if I was, you know, son of a Rockefeller, I wouldn't be here today.
[03:16] SPEAKER_01: It's a fantastic insight.
[03:19] SPEAKER_01: Thanks very much.
[03:20] SPEAKER_01: And best of luck.
[03:22] SPEAKER_01: Well, first of all, congratulations.
[03:24] SPEAKER_01: I'm getting here anyway.
[03:26] SPEAKER_01: And best of luck for the rest of the evening.
[03:28] SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
[03:29] SPEAKER_00: It's all nice to meet you.