Aaron Serruya is the President and CEO of Yogurty’s, Yogen Fruz, and Canadian Juice Company, the master franchisor for Jamba Juice in Canada. Aaron faces competition head-on and relishes the opportunity to excel in his ventures. Aaron shares the secrets of mastering the competitive landscape in any business, in any industry.
Ken Segall is the author of ‘Insanely Simple – The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success’. Ken worked closely with Steve Jobs for many years and understands the minds of Steve and Apple. Ken readily shares great inside stories, and expounds on Apple’s drive for simplicity.
Arlene Dickinson is the CEO of Venture Communications and an award-winning star of CBC’s Dragons’ Den. Few people have the perspective on business that Arlene has gathered over the years. In this episode she readily shares the tips to successful branding for entrepreneurs and business owners.
Dave MacDonald is the CEO and President of Softchoice, named a ‘Best Large Workplace in Canada’. How they’ve maintained that elite status for the past seven years is a great story, with lessons for every business owner and manager
Asif Khan is the founder of the Location Based Marketing Association, and a popular return guest. Now with international LBMA chapters, Asif talks about the creative approaches to location-based marketing, both outdoors and indoors. The new hot topic? Indoor location-based apps.
Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Claudiu Popa, security and privacy advisor and lead author of “Managing Personal Information – Insights on Corporate Risk and Opportunity for Privacy-Savvy Leaders” host the launch event for this new Carswell resource. With author and guest interviews, this episode contains unique insights for business leaders from the people setting Canada’s privacy agenda.
Lisa Kember is the Regional Development Director at Constant Contact, a multinational public company. With roots as an entrepreneur, she faced unique transitional challenges and opportunities joining a large organization. Lisa shares some of her insights that will benefit those changing their business careers, or rebranding themselves.
David Fono is the co-founder of Atmosphere Industries. With significant funding from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Atmosphere created WatchersGame.com, an augmented board game. The game’s purpose is to teach online privacy literacy skills to kids. David speaks with us from ‘INplay 2012 – The Art & Business Of Kids Interactive’. Bonus: David talks about adapting gamification to serve the enterprise and its audience
Dave Dinesen is the President & CEO of BackCheck, Canada’s largest pre-employment screening company. A rogue employee is a disaster – and Dave has the stories. Plus, BackCheck has recently been acquired by an American firm. Dave shares the lessons from the transaction.
Matthew’s perspective on the new entrants into the social media toolbox is guidance for any business working with an online community, or wanting to increase its social awareness. From Google+ to Pinterest, Matthew has thoughts on them all, and how to use these tools successfully.
Chris Taylor is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Actionable Books, the industry leader bringing business lessons from the top business books into the workplace. Chris’ team repurposes the information into lively and interactive workshops. The result: retention and development of top people and enhancement of leadership’s credibility. Chris’s approach to his own business? Ready, Fire, Adjust – by getting customer feedback as quickly as possible.
Dr. Vivien Brown is the VP Medical Affairs, Medisys Health Group Inc. Dr. Brown shares her unique insights into strategically controlling your business’ healthcare costs as stress, aging, and cardiovascular issues all come into play in today’s enterprise.
Leaders Series: Athena Varmazis is Amex Canada’s VP and General Manager, Small Business Services. Having just released the Amex Q1 Monitor exploring cash flow management in 2012, Athena shares the surprising results from the survey’s analysis.
Darrell MacMullin is the Managing Director, PayPal Canada, bringing a unique perspective to the world of payment technologies. To Darrell there is no online or offline, there is only commerce. And with the introduction of PayPal Here, mobile payments go mainstream.
Jeff Fox is the author of ‘How To Become A Rainmaker’. Jeff’s mantra is ‘You’re not at lunch to eat lunch’. As the founder of Fox and Company, Jeff has authored numerous books on leadership, and ‘Rainmaker’ is the classic. We all learn from Jeff (and he’s a highly engaging interview).
Erik Qualman is the founder of Socialnomics and the author of ‘Digital Leader’. Known as the Digital Dale Carnegie, Erik puts his STAMP on digital leadership and influence (listen to the podcast to understand the acronym). Described as being to social media what Drucker is to management, Erik’s unique approach to the digital world will work for any leader or aspiring leader.
Phil Hogg is the President, Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (Toronto Chapter). Phil understands the advantages of aligning with your friends and foes. When Rogers and Bell came together and acquired MLSE it was for mutual advantages that might not be readily apparent. Find out why, and how being a strange bedfellow can also work for you.
Mitch Joel is the president of Twist Image and the author of ‘Six Pixels of Separation’. In ‘Six Pixels’ Mitch addressed how new media has changed business forever. His new book ‘CTL ALT DLT’ answers the question “Now what?”. As everyone is sharing and conversing on social networks, Mitch talks with us about adapting your business to this reality and capitalizing on the new paradigm.
John Boynton is the EVP Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer at Rogers Communications Inc. When Rogers launches a new product they do so after deep research and significant internal testing. John shares his unique insights about their methods and innovation style, which can work across all organizations.
Peter Sander is the author of ‘What Would Steve Jobs Do?’. By probing into the six steps of Steve’s leadership style, Peter lays out the elements that all leaders can easily apply within their own organizations and lead like Steve.
Albert Lai is the co-founder and president of Big Viking Games, his seventh company. Albert addresses the three drivers that guide him as a serial entrepreneur: corporate culture, innovation, and financing.
Marc’s Canadian-based division is behind numerous Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and has faced lightening-fast industry changes. Marc talks about adaptation and challenges, and how to stay well ahead of the global curve.
Leaders Series: Jennifer Beale is the founder of BizNetworkNews.com and she’s at the hub of networking in Canada. Her weekly publication connects managers and entrepreneurs to networking events across the country. Jennifer shares the networking tips that benefit every business owner, no matter the stage of their company’s growth.
Leaders Series: Rajah Lehal and Chris Kay are the co-founders of Multiplicity Accelerator. Focussed on the growth and sales of fast-paced tech startups they offer a view beyond that of the previous generation of incubators. Acceleration, iteration and speed are what drives them and their Project Companies
Leaders Series: John Holland is the co-founder of CustomerCentricSelling and the co-author of ‘Rethinking The Sales Cycle’. John’s approach: Selling is dead. Long live buying. John challenges our historical approach to selling and looks at the world of the customer today, with an eye on tomorrow.
Leaders Series: Ellen White is an International Life Coach. The issues between work/life balance and integration can stump even the most ardent executive or entrepreneur. Ellen leads us through the fray with tips that are designed for the start of a new year, and new opportunities
Leaders Series: Hosts Robert Gold and Andrew Brown revisit the lessons learned and guests grilled, with some of the ‘best-of’ business tips and success stories from the past year’s BusinessCast catalogue.
Leaders Series: Warren Coughlin is one of Canada’s top business coaches. Resistance to change is rampant among entrepreneurs and business owners. Warren explains why and shares the secrets of getting out of the resistance rut. A ‘must hear’ episode as we all look back over the year, and ahead to 2012.
Leaders Series: Abhi Rege is the Director Small Business Services, American Express Canada. Amex just released their Small Business Monitor – Wave XI. This quarter’s hot topic is ‘Employee Attraction and Retention’. We dig into the survey and share great advice on how to take advantage of the lessons learned.
Leaders Series: Bruce Hunter is a former Kraft Foods executive, and the president of Lighthouse 360. Bruce talks about the Ostrich Syndrome and how it’s affecting business owners who fail to look at themselves first when planning to exit their ventures.
