Canada’s Entrepreneur

Alex Putici Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

31 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Putici (putici.com) is an entrepreneur and community builder. He is the founder of Alberta’s largest coworking community called Work Nicer, wi...

Christianne Hayward Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Christianne Hayward has been educating children and adults for over forty years. She established her unique parent and youth bookclubs in 1996, and fo...

Lee Mainman Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With more than 25 years of sales experience, Lee Mainman has been responsible for the direct management of sales teams and client relationships for ma...

Ryan Gill Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Gill is one of the city's best-known entrepreneurs. He is CEO and Co-founder of Communo, a vetted network of marketing professionals. He's also P...

Taylan Pince Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the past decade, Taylan Pince has been leading the talented product team at Hipo Labs and helping brilliant startups go from "a small team with a ...

Anthony Giuffre Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

21 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Giuffre is founder and CEO of Avenue Living Asset Management which has assets of more than $1 billion including more than 8000 residential ren...

Robert Phelps Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

17 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Phelps, President of Canadian operations with SilverChef, who has teams established across Canada responsible for supporting Dealer Partners an...

Filomena May Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Filomena May has her own branch of Raymond James Ltd. in Calgary and her company is named Filo Financial Solutions.

Jeff Lydell Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Lydell is the founder of Gasket Games, a native of Vancouver, and has a 14 year production and biz-dev background at Blackbird Interactive, Bigpo...

Rob Hunter Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Hunter has been an entrepreneur ever since he was a kid. He had an eBay account by the time he was 12 years old, and sold Japanese professional wr...

Jim Button Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Button is co-founder of Village Brewery, a strategist with Evans Hunt and a member of the board of directors of Beer Canada. Jim has been on a sab...

Isabelle Mercier Turcotte Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte, brand performance catalyst (a.k.a jet fuel) at LeapZone Strategies. As a brand builder, business performance...

Jennifer Carlson Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Carlson is founder and president of Thirsty Naturals. She's also co-founder of Baby Gourmet and Chair of Innovation and New Ventures at SAIT....

Sandra Nomoto Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sandra Nomoto is a writer and aspiring world traveller. After earning her University degree and working in public relations, at the age of 25 she laun...

Robin H. Smith Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Smith Co-Owner and Co-Founder of VL OMNI – which he has built over the past twenty-five years. He is also founder of genealogyman.com. VL OMNI...

PJ L'Heureux Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

26 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

PJ L'Heureux is a well-known Calgary businessman who owns and operates several bars and restaurants in the city including CRAFT Beer Market, Trolley 5...

Greg Hadubiak Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Hadubiak is an executive coach, consultant, facilitator, speaker and author who believes that the impossible is possible if human potential is un...

Clive Goodinson Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Clive Goodinson, aka The Jokester, is the mastermind behind Pixton. It all started when he imagined a website where people could share and collaborate...

Nicola Kozmyk Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

19 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nicola Kozmyk Jones is the owner and executive director of Pure Motion Dance Company, a company she started in 2008 at the age of 21 that quickly grew...

Emilee-Mae Feely Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emilee-Mae Feely, 26, began teaching piano in Waterloo four years ago to earn cash on the side. She went on to develop a web-based business called Fee...

Justus Parmar Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justus Parmar is the Founder and Managing Director of Fortuna Investments, a Vancouver-based private capital firm specializing in venture capital inve...

Lesley-Anne Scorgie - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lesley-Anne Scorgie is founder of MeVest, Canada’s leading edge money school offering unbiased one-on-one money coaching and workplace financial edu...

Saher Ghattas Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

09 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Saher Ghattas immigrated to Canada in 2005 from Cario, Egypt. He is a natural entrepreneur being involved in two startups since 2012 prior to founding...

Christian Mena Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Mena is a well-known restaurateur and former lead singer of 90's latin pop funk band MARACUJAH. He also starred on Broadway touring as Roger...

Michael Koral Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

02 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Koral leads customer acquisition and operations at Needls. He is a sales and marketing expert who has excelled both as an employee and an entr...

John Cooper Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

29 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Since fleeing the traffic & expense of Vancouver in 2007, John Cooper has worked to build one of the Island’s best-known real estate brands, the Joh...

Kathy Yuen Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kathy Yuen is president of Phase One Design with offices in Calgary and Vancouver. It’s a residential design firm specializing in custom luxury home...

Ken Vinge Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

19 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Vinge is the President and Co-founder of Equation Staffing Employment Solutions, a Calgary-based firm offering staffing and recruitment services a...

Tony Spoletini Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Spoletini is a co-founder and co-owner of Spolumbo's - a very popular Italian restaurant and deli. He's also a former Canadian Football League pl...

Justin Hartzman Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Hartzman is a born entrepreneur, motivated, hard working, ambitious and high level thinker are a few words that describe Justin and his passio...

Kaitlyn Gottlieb Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kaitlyn Gottlieb has been a successful realtor in Calgary for a number of years but recently she moved to Edmonton to set up her Exclusive Real Estate...

Braden Parker Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

08 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Braden Parker is co-founder of Casca Footwear, an innovative startup, developing all-day performance shoes for future builders. In the past year, Brad...

Gavin Harrison Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin Harrison is a lifelong entrepreneur, Facilitator of Compello and the creator of ALTAS, a five-stage framework for highly-effective strategic pl...

Mike Morrison Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

01 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Morrison is the founder of Mike's Bloggity Blog, a blog which this year celebrates its 13th anniversary. The blog covers all things pop culture h...

Gifty Serbeh-Dunn Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gifty Serbeh-Dunn founded Shea Butter Market in 2003 to create an all-natural beauty product while supporting widows and their families in Ghana to cl...

Jacqueline Kitzan Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqueline Kitzan is owner of Somewear Mobile Boutique Consignment - retrofitting a 1977 Airstream Globetrotter into Edmonton's first mobile consignme...

Tanya Eklund Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tanya Eklund is a realtor in Calgary and considered to be an industry expert. She is often quoted as a source on real estate stories by the media. Tan...

Mark Evans Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

19 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Evans spent 10+ years as a technology reporter with two of Canada's largest newspapers and has four startups under his belt. Mark brings his uniq...

Sharon Hapton Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

15 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sharon Hapton is the founder and CEO of Soup Sisters, a charity dedicated to ‘creating a stir’ in communities across North America. Soup Sisters a...

Matias Marquez Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Matias Marquez founded Buyatab in 2008. He has since received numerous awards and recognition for his entrepreneurial success, including: being named ...

Emily Salsbury-Deveaux Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

12 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Salsbury-Deveaux is an entrepreneur and a retailer. She first opened her fashion store EMMYDEVEAUX as a pop-up location in the West Edmonton Mal...

Ron Spreeuwenberg Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2013, Ron Spreeuwenberg has been the Co-Founder & CEO of HiMama based in Toronto, where he leads all aspects of a business that facilitates info...

Manjit Minhas Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Manjit Minhas is one of Canada’s best known entrepreneurs. She is a co-founder and owner of Minhas Brewery in Calgary and one of the dragons on the ...

Teresa Spinelli Interview - Edmonton - Canada's Podcast

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Teresa Spinelli is owner of the Italian Centre grocery and deli store chain with stores in Edmonton and Calgary. The store has been a fixture in the ...

Pierre Seguin Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pierre Séguin is a dynamic technology leader, innovator and product manager with almost two decades of experience creating, developing and implementi...

Mallory McKewen Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mallory McKewen founded and currently serves as President & CEO of BridesMade.ca, an e-commerce business focused on improving the bridesmaid dress sho...

Michael Kehoe Interview - Calgary - Canada's Podcast

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Kehoe is an Alberta-based retail real estate specialist. He is often quoted in the national media as an expert on retail stories. Michael is b...

Reema Duggal Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Reema Duggal is a strategic IT professional and technology entrepreneur with significant experience in the global IT industry where she helps companie...

Andrew Novak Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Novak is an Entrepreneur from Hamilton. Andrew founded his own digital marketing company after a career in the Financial Services industry. And...

Phil Hemmings Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Hemmings is the Sales Manager at Ross Chocolates in Port Coquitlam. His experience stems from starting and running two food related companies as ...

Pavel Bains Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Pavel Bains is the CEO of Bluzelle - the decentralized database for the new internet. He is an expert in digital media having worked with Disney, Micr...

Zeeshan Hayat Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Zeeshan Hayat is the CEO and Co-founder of Prizm Media Inc., a digital health agency that services some of the fastest growing mail-order pharmacies a...

Troy Assoignon Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Troy Assoignon has been an entrepreneur for 10 years, starting off as an interior contractor in Winnipeg to working in the technology scene in Vancouv...

Spencer Sheinin Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Spencer Sheinin, a CPA, CA, has a unique background with over 15 years as an Entrepreneur combined with extensive financial experience as an investmen...

Steve Beatty Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

27 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Beatty is the founder of cultureONE which in In May 2015 merged with Front Row Insurance Brokers and created Canada’s largest insurance broker...

Anthony DeCristofaro Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony DeCristofaro is currently President and CEO of Qnext Corp. and has over 25 years of computer industry experience. In his entrepreneurial caree...

Izzie Egan Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Izzie Egan is the founder of BLANKSLATE Partners. In 2015 Izzie started her company to allow SMBs and scaleups access to enterprise-level management ...

Aliya Amershi Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Aliya Amershi is the CEO and Founder of AskaTechie.com, a tech talent 2.0 marketplace that intelligently matches companies with a supply of vetted tec...

Karen Magill Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

At 35, Karen Magill was forced onto disability due to MS. Taking a 30% cut in pay, caused her to file for bankruptcy. Karen is disabled by MS but ever...

Jesse Barruch Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Barruch is the founder of Avanta Consulting in Vancouver. The company partners with companies to find the right people for high-performance cult...

Irene Strong Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Irene Strong was born in Nakusp, BC, a small village in the West Kootenayregion along the Upper Arrow Lakes. She has since worked with NBC Olympics, T...

Alecia Repp Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

14 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Alecia Repp is a small town girl from Alberta who moved to the big city of Vancouver at the age of 17 to start a new life for herself. She became a pr...

Julian Bolster Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Golfi Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Hartvigsen Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Hartvigsen is the CEO & Co-Founder of Dooly and a leader in the tech industry with over twenty years of experience. Before founding Dooly, he ...

Justin Vaillancourt Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

10 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Vaillancourt is a force to be reckoned with—he started teaching himself how to code at the age of 8 and was working as a Software Developer ...

Tuesday Johnson McDonald Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

24 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Vanessa Vakharia Interview - Toronto - Canada's Podcast

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Williams Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Megan is the award-winning author of Our Interrupted Fairy Tale. She is also the co-author of a children’s book with her award-winning, 10-year-old ...

Merideth Shutter Interview - Vancouver - Canada' Podcast

16 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Merideth is an entrepreneur and mother of three from Vancouver. She is the Founder of PROtect…Smart Personal Safety. The development of PROtect came...

Ilya Brotzky Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

09 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ilya is the CEO and founder of VanHack. After graduating from Cornell University with a Degree in Applied Economics and Management, Ilya spent 4 years...

Brad Rudover Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

05 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Romani Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

26 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Romani is the co-founder and director of Pear Tree Elementary, a progressive K-7 elementary school in the Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver, an...

Jen Ray Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

20 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jen Ray, Director & Owner of Dancinema. Dancinema is a Canadian and American-based company founded in Vancouver that fuses the arts and industries of ...

Diana Pederson Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Diana is the Founder and CEO of Dragonfly MedTech, an early stage startup company in Vancouver who is building clinic software to enable medical docto...

Fergus Parkinson Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

28 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Fergus leads acquisitions and strategic partnerships at Glance Technologies. He has a background in strategic advising and management consulting for s...

Melanie Ewan Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Melanie Ewan is Managing Partner at local startup advisory firm, Volition, where she oversees operations and communications, in addition to working wi...

Diane Currie Sam Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

31 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Diane is an award-winning communications strategist and a sales & marketing expert. She is a master storyteller who has spoken on stages international...

Bob Wang Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Wang is the founder and CEO of Legacy Advantage. He holds a CPA, CA and had cut his teeth at one of the Big 4 accounting firms. Bob is passionate ...

JoAnne Marlow Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

04 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

JoAnne Marlow is an educator/trainer, public speaker, professional life coach, and best selling published author of over 15 books and articles. JoAnne...

Bruce Sharpe Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

18 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

He got his Ph.D. in Mathematics from UBC in 1984. Bruce started his first company while finishing his thesis and was soon acquired into another startu...

Gregg Peacock Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

05 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A Blockchain Solution Expert at Vanbex Ventures. A 2x entrepreneur, Gregg has been working with technology startups since 2002 and blockchain since 20...

Darian Kovacs Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

26 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Brings over 15 years of experience in marketing, communications and public relations. Throughout his career, he has also been a founder and board memb...

Phil Craig Interview - Vancouver - Canada's Podcast

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Craig is originally from New Zealand, where he studied Chemistry and International Business. Despite the great people and an awesome place to wor...