Randy Thompson is the CEO of Venture Alberta, Canada’s most active Venture Group. With 60+ deals done, Randy shares the inside scoop about angel investors and entrepreneurs.
Leaders Series: John Doemer, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at U of T conducting advanced research into new technologies. John’s background is in business and science and he shares his views on innovation, from a global perspective with a Canadian twist.
Leaders Series: Dave Bouskill and Debra Corbeil are Canada’s Adventure Couple and the founders of The Planet D. They talk about the missteps and tricks along the way that turned their passion into a successful, fun, and profitable global business.
Leaders Series: Zachary Killam is the President and CEO of Play Taxi Media. Zac and his team are changing how people spend their time in cabs with the launch of 1,500 interactive taxi headrest touch screens in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. Zac identifies the unique issues faced and the solutions applied in the building of a multi-faceted startup.
Leaders Series: Cameron Herold is the former COO at 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and he understands hyper business growth. In our discussion about his bestseller ‘Double Double’ Cameron gives us the lowdown on how to double revenue and profit in 3 years or less.
Leaders Series. Carrie Wilks is the Founder of HR Resolution Inc. As a leader in outsourced HR solutions, Carrie is a guru in the field of human resources. She shares real-life business lessons and addresses the issues faced by firms large and small, each with its own unique HR issues.
Leaders Series: The Pitch is BNN’s top-rated entrepreneur vs. investor show. The BusinessCast debriefs three investor/panelists, immediately after they’ve turned down the entrepreneurs. A unique listening opportunity as we get inside the heads of the investors.
Leaders Series: Lloyd Taylor, Founder of Taylor Label, and Eric Nielsen, VP & GM Small Business Services, Amex, tackle tough questions on leadership and management. These two seasoned executives share valuable insights, honed by a wealth of leadership experience
Leaders Series: Maggie Fox is the Founder & CEO of Social Media Group. Maggie takes our ‘Social Case Study Challenge’ and puts social media to work in a real-world scenario, with some of SMG’s behind-the-scenes techniques.
Leaders Series: David Kaiser is the Senior VP & Partner at Fleishman-Hillard, a leading strategic communications firm. David talks about choosing and working with a PR firm, and reaping real rewards.
Leaders Series: Peter Aprile is the Founder and Counsel at ATX Law, a boutique tax law firm. Peter shares his secret sauce to dealing with the taxman, and outlines his practical approach to tax disputes.
Leaders Series: Katherine Roos is the Small Business Manager, Economic Development and Culture, City of Toronto. Katherine shares Enterprise Toronto’s knowledge about the incredible growth of small business, and gives us the lowdown on the people and events at Small Business Forum 2011, happening in Toronto on Oct. 18, 2011.
Leaders Series: Eric Nielsen is the VP & General Manager, Small Business Services, Amex Bank of Canada. Eric talks about the just-released ‘Amex Small Business Monitor X’, and offers insight and understanding of the trends and mindset of Canada’s most important economic engine.
Leaders Series: John Livingston is the CEO of Absolute Software, Vancouver’s largest independently owned software company. With data valued at $49,000 per laptop, Absolute’s recovery of 20,000 missing laptops has saved companies around the world millions of dollars. A great Canadian success story.
Leaders Series: Simon Brightman is the Director of Product Management at Points.com. Simon has brought many products to market and he shares his secret sauce: PDLC – Product Development Life Cycle, and how to execute it successfully
Leaders Series: Simon Plashkes is the founder of Art Battle, a unique venture bringing community, content, and commerce together via ‘live competitive painting’. This is a successful business unlike any other, and it’s about to go national.
Leaders Series: Marty Natterer, Regional VP, North Region, CertaPro Painters, talks about taking his company beyond the ‘man-in-the-van’ and growing internationally.
Leaders Series: Wes Lenci is the VP – Canada at Regus. With Regus’s 1,100 workspace centers in 500 cities, Wes understands and talks about the phenomenon of the growing global mobile workforce
Leaders Series: Garrett Oliver is the VP and Brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery. Know as the Renaissance Man of Craft Beer, Garrett and his partners have used niche marketing campaigns to grow their brewery into one of the most renowned brands in the industry.
Leaders Series: Joanna Track is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dealuxe.ca, Canada’s newest online retail experience. Joanna talks about leveraging her experience as the founder and publisher of Sweetspot.ca (which she sold to Rogers) into a unique retail offering, competing with the best of the Groupon sites.
Leaders Series: Brian Church, new Country Manager, Canada at LinkedIn shares the story of their first year in Canada and reveals practical tools and advice you can use today to become more effective on LinkedIn.
Leaders Series: Richard Courtney and George Cassidy, co-authors of ‘Come Together – The Business Wisdom Of The Beatles’ dive into the good, bad, and ugly business lessons learned by the Fab Four as they advanced their careers. Can the Beatles dispense sage business advice to today’s entrepreneurs and corporate leaders?
Leaders Series: Devon Cranson, President of Cranson Capital Solutions, delves into financing for companies at the 10th – 15th year of their life cycle. We further identify sources of funding for innovation, no matter what stage of growth.
Leaders Series: Michael De Monte, founder and CEO of ScribbleLive.com, talks about creating a Canadian web-based application that allows big-name news agencies worldwide to compete in real time with the faster social media outlets.
Leaders Series: Kevin Murphy, PEI’s serial restauranteur (12 eateries, 2 hotels, and a brewery), returns to tackle our popular ‘Top Ten Business Questions In Under Ten Minutes’. Kevin serves up a fascinating take on what makes his ventures successful.
Leaders Series: Sean Graham, partner at Eisen Graham Barristers & Solicitors, is a guru estate litigator. Sean talks about succession train wrecks and how they can be avoided.
Leaders Series: Ben Baldwin, Co-Founder of ClearFit, talks about building a game changing company, and shares with us how ClearFit has become the hiring tool of choice for Tim Hortons and thousands of smaller businesses. Using ClearFit, 50% of all hires don’t have to be mistakes, anymore.
Leaders Series: Brian Shepard, CEO of Tenzing, talks about transitioning Canada Web Hosting into Tenzing and becoming a major force in the Canadian Cloud Computing arena.
Leaders Series: Mike McDerment, Founder and CEO of FreshBooks, talks about the inspiration and exponential growth behind Canada’s world leader in online invoicing. MIke also talks about giving back to the community that helped propel FreshBooks to it’s leadership position.
Leaders Series: Daniel Debow, founder and co-CEO of Rypple.com talks about ‘working better, together’ using Rypple’s unique social software. We also speak about the ‘gamification of business’ and what that trend means to today’s business world.
