Introducing Derek Riedle Sometimes every entrepreneur needs a change. It could be just a change of scenery, or a shift in mindset. Derek Riedle recently made a change that involved both. Derek and his wife Terri are the owners of the marketing and PR firm, Revolution Strategy , as well as the content creative company Talons of Venice , and also under their portfolio is a real estate business called Riedle Urban Spaces . Derek and Terri had spent around 18 years working within and growing their b...
Apr 06, 2015•31 min
Introducing Lisa Hrabluk Decision makers of all stripes will eventually find themselves in a bind. They will come across a situation where it seems there is no answer that will be pleasing enough to all stakeholders and the result is a deadlock of argument. Lisa Hrabluk and her company Wicked Ideas is just the person you need in such a situation, as she has a passion for finding a way forward. Lisa is a veteran journalist who knows that way forward is through humility and asking the right questi...
Mar 30, 2015•31 min
Introducing Tim Ryan There are times in business when the demand for your work slows down or even grinds to a halt. These situations can sometimes be completely out of your control, like when your region begins an economic slump. However, just because there may be a lack of business in your own neck-of-the-woods, it doesn’t mean you necessarily will have to make the hard decisions in relation to your workforce. Tim Ryan faced a very similar issue with Fundy Engineering when a number of their pro...
Mar 23, 2015•30 min
Introducing Aaron Emery Daniel Burnham, one of the fathers of the skyscraper, once said, "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood... Make big plans, aim high in hope and work." This quote resonates deeply with this week’s guest Aaron Emery. Aaron is a B Corp lead, who is responsible for all B Corp certifications in Canada. As mentioned in previous episodes, a company with a B Corp designation is one who subscribes to a triple bottom line. This means that the company isn’t ju...
Mar 17, 2015•31 min
Introducing Craig Norris There is a popular biblical analogy which says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Perhaps there is something missing to this axiom however. Our guest, Craig Norris would add, “Teach a man about fishing, and he’ll figure it out for himself.” Craig is an entrepreneur and filmmaker, who previously spent time in the world of big business, but left due to a conflict of ethics and lifestyle. He now runs his pro...
Mar 09, 2015•31 min
Introducing Curtis Kleisinger It is incredible how one woman from the other side of the world can inspire positive change in your own backyard. A number of years ago, a group of CEOs and businesspeople travelled to India and were granted an audience with the famed humanitarian Mother Teresa. After hearing her speak, many in attendance were interested in how they could help her mission. Mother Teresa was not interested in their money; instead she urged the group to return to their home community,...
Mar 02, 2015•48 min
Introducing Don Fillmore Don Fillmore is in an industry where the only thing they don't deliver is babies. Don is in the trucking industry and is the president of Atlantic Pacific Transport and of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association. It has been a dream of many to hit the open road and live the convoy lifestyle. Surprisingly, however, Don finds it difficult to find staff. Though his business is located in a region with high unemployment, it seems many haven't thought of a career in the t...
Feb 23, 2015•31 min
This week’s episode of Boiling Point is going to be a little bit different as we turn the table and our own Greg Hemmings is the guest. In conjunction with a group of New Brunswick thought leaders, Greg has recently started work on his newest documentary, “The Millennial Dream”. New Brunswick, like a number of rurally based economies, has a problem. Many of it’s smart, and talented young people are moving away to “greener pastures” in order to retain good, well-paying jobs. These young people co...
Feb 16, 2015•34 min
Introducing Ja-Nae Duane Ja-Nae Duane is the definition of the Renaissance woman. She is an author, a public speaker, a nondenominational Christian minister, a university lecturer, a serial entrepreneur, and even an opera signer. Her books include “How to Start Your Business with $100”, “How to Create a Revolution”, and “The Startup Equation” which was co-written by her husband and previous Boiling Point guest Steve Fisher. Ja-Nae always had an eye for improvement and evolution. As a young girl ...
Feb 02, 2015•48 min
Introducing Janna Hare There comes a time for every entrepreneur when they would relish the opportunity to pick the brain of those who have come before. Mentors give us the power of knowledge from experience that we do not personally have. They also can give us insights, short cuts, and anecdotes that can save greener entrepreneurs an immense time, effort, and money. Normally, a person would have to stumble upon a worthy mentor, or beg an experienced person to share a few moments together in con...
Jan 26, 2015•51 min
Introducing Mel Norton Sometimes the best way to tackle an issue is to stop perceiving it as a problem but as an opportunity to make things better. This is the approach that Mayor Mel Norton has decided to take while attempting to steer Saint John , New Brunswick in the right direction. Saint John has lots to be proud of; it houses two of the largest IT firms in Atlantic Canada, as well as having Canada’s only liquid natural gas plant and its largest oil refinery. However, Saint John has a numbe...
Jan 19, 2015•43 min
Introducing Glenn Cox So often, innovation is inspired through the day-to-day lives of people. However, these innovative people are stopped from pursuing an idea because of fear of the unknown. Our guest this week, Glenn Cox, didn’t allow anything to stop him from pursuing his innovation that can save money, people, and the environment. In his previous life, Glenn was an RCMP officer stationed out of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He received a call that a tanker truck had been in an accide...
Jan 12, 2015•49 min
Commander Hadfield expresses the lessons he has learned from floating around our little blue dot that we call home. Greg is struck by the idea that the higher you get into space the more you can understand humanity. Dave notes that in the commander’s case the message and messenger are totally aligned. Dave is also impressed with Chris Hadfield’s comfort in expressing the lessons from his success. Greg recalls a moment he felt connected to how astronauts feel looking down on humanity. Learn more ...
Jan 05, 2015•46 min
Introducing Andrew Tidby Andrew Tidby is a filmmaker, explorer, space worshiper, and our host Greg’s BFF. Through the course of events, Andrew has many amazing experiences and stories to tell. For example, he and Greg produced a show called “ Planet Luxury ” which showcased the world’s most expensive luxury items and the people who own them. Andrew has had over a decade of experiences while traveling the world and telling stories, but some of his greatest life lessons come from the past year or ...
Dec 29, 2014•49 min
Introducing DJ Waldow It is coming upon that time of year again where many assess changes that need to be made in their lives. A course of action is taken where we vow to make these changes and we call them New Year’s resolutions. Many will choose to lose some weight; others will choose to quit smoking. Perhaps for your next New Year’s resolution, you might consider a plan to follow your passions. Our guest this week is just the guy to get the ball rolling for you. DJ Waldow was formerly an emai...
Dec 22, 2014•54 min
Introducing Lauchlan Ough Sometimes the most effective form of leadership involves empowering the people who work for you to be leaders themselves. A lot can be said enabling leaders, as well as getting them to jump right into unfamiliar tasks. This is exactly the approach Greg Hemmings takes with the people who work for him. One of the greatest examples of this is Greg’s employee, Lauchlan Ough. Lauchlan was one of the original employees at Hemmings House , and the youngest at the time. Lauchla...
Dec 15, 2014•42 min
Introducing Jeff Roach These days most businesses try to get with the times and engage people through social media with mixed results. Many take the route of duplicating the ads they use in traditional marketing and posting them to social media. Jeff Roach would tell these people they are going about social media marketing all wrong. Jeff is the founder of Sociallogical , a company that works with other businesses to embed social media tools and practices into their operations. His company helps...
Dec 08, 2014•47 min
Introducing Peter Stoddart It is the dream of many to open their own restaurant, café, or pub. However, the food and beverage industry is not an easy business to succeed within. Most restaurants fail within a few years of opening, so what can you do to stand out and atop the rest? Peter Stoddart is an entrepreneur that did just this. Peter is the owner of The Saint John Ale House in beautiful uptown Saint John, New Brunswick. Peter opened the Ale House in 2004, but had the inspiration to open su...
Dec 01, 2014•46 min
Introducing David Meerman Scott Sometimes you can learn aspects of business from obscure and seemingly unrelated places and people. Like learning lessons of marketing from the Grateful Dead . David Meerman Scott did just that. David is an international best-selling author of several books and speaks routinely around the world. David doesn’t like to write typical, boring marketing books though. He looks to write about things he enjoys. David came up with the idea of taking business concepts from ...
Nov 24, 2014•54 min
Introducing Jason MacLean Jason MacLean is the type of entrepreneur that just goes for it. This includes opening a health and lifestyle business in an industrial town not known for patronizing such businesses. However, Jay’s huge personality, passion, and work ethic have made his yoga studio, The Yoga Haus , a great success. Jay originally worked with big corporate in their marketing division. He credits a number of learning opportunities and lessons to the time he worked under someone else. How...
Nov 17, 2014•41 min
Introducing Calvin Milbury Great innovations and inventions sometimes come from the smallest places. Take the Boiling Point’s home province of New Brunswick. This small province has been the home to things such as the snow blower, and the scuba tank. Don’t forget the other New Brunswick innovation that affects all of our daily lives, the vortex flushing toilet. Our guest, Calvin Milbury is the man in charge of making sure the next big New Brunswick innovation gets the launch pad it needs to succ...
Nov 10, 2014•52 min
Introducing Lee Odden Lee Odden has been called a pioneer and legend of SEO. He has blogged over 1.2 million words on his TopRank Online Marketing Blog , and is the CEO of TopRank Marketing . Lee is also amongst an exclusive club of marketers with beards . Our host, Greg Hemmings, met Lee at last year’s New Media Expo , which was one of Lee’s twenty-ish speaking engagements of the year. Lee’s speaking engagements not only help to educate attendees, but also generate sales leads for his company, ...
Nov 03, 2014•56 min
Introducing Nancy Mathis Nancy Mathis is a lady who knows how to lay down the framework that allows entrepreneurs to become better and achieve more. She is the founding executive director of the Wallace McCain Institute ; a group that was formed in 2007 to see the entrepreneurs of Atlantic Canada have a better chance of success. Nancy has a background in chemical engineering, and a designer by nature. Prior to the Wallace McCain institute, Nancy ran a venture capital backed company, which unfort...
Oct 27, 2014•47 min
Introducing Gene Fowler Gene Fowler is a man who knows the ups and downs of running a creative business in an untraditional location. He is the owner and creative director at the animation studio L oogaroo , which is a boutique animation agency focusing on commercial animations and tablet gaming. Gene is also the creative director at the publicly traded e learning company Blue Drop . He works both jobs out of his hometown studio in Miramichi, New Brunswick-- an area mostly known for fishing and ...
Oct 20, 2014•38 min
Introducing Ibarionex Perello Ibarionex Perello is a man who lives the creative life and knows how to parlay his lifestyle into a career. He is a photographer, writer, educator, and podcast host. In his previous life, Ibarionex was an editor for some photography magazines including Outdoor Photographer . During his long Los Angeles commutes, he got into the habit of listening to books on tape and eventually podcasts. He found that most of the photography podcasts he was listening to revolved aro...
Oct 16, 2014•43 min
Introducing Dr. Bill Howatt Dr. Bill Howatt has a goal to improve the lives of people and to improve the productivity of their employers. Dr. Bill works with our host, Dave Veale, as a coach at Vision Coaching Inc. , along with being an author of over 60 books , a columnist with the Globe and Mail , and a number of other things with his bag of tricks. He has done all of this and achieved a PhD, despite not being able to read or write proficiently until the age of 19. Dr. Bill credits his success...
Oct 06, 2014•39 min
Introducing Cathy Sweet Cathy Sweet has had the entrepreneurial spirit since she was a child. She would collect and trade frogs with the kid up the street. She came from a family business people in commercial real estate. Cathy learned a lot of her lessons in business around the kitchen table. Cathy started in the business in university by managing a few properties and continued to do so even while working for a few Fortune 500 companies. Eventually, Cathy decided that she was going to focus on ...
Sep 29, 2014•36 min
Introducing Jake Palmer Jake Palmer always had a creative and humorous side to him. As a young man, he even had is own sketch variety show on community television. When Jake grew up he went toward a career path in IT and worked in the field for a number of years. He had been interested in a career change to real estate, but a local broker had told him not to start until he had enough cash to float himself for six months. This would happen soon enough when Jake’s employer came to him with an “opp...
Sep 22, 2014•37 min
Introducing Hal Somers Hal Somers is the type of guy that takes opportunities in life when they are presented to him. Hal went to trade school to learn brick laying as a young man and for a short time worked in mining. However, one day a friend in the used car business called him and told him that he was perfect for the job. So, Hal decided to take a crack at selling cars. He asked for two-weeks vacation from the mine to try it out, and after two weeks he put in his resignation at the mine. Hal ...
Sep 15, 2014•39 min
Introducing Levi Lawrence Levi Lawrence is a trained chef that has cooked in kitchens throughout the world. As a chef, he knows the importance of fresh, local ingredients. However, for the longest time if you wanted fresh, local ingredients you had to attend your weekly farmers’ market. If you weren’t awake early on a weekend morning, you would have to buy your produce from California via your local grocery store. Having worked in Europe, Levi knew there was a better way to offer local food. So,...
Sep 09, 2014•34 min
