Hear from changemakers, movement drivers and young Canadian entrepreneurs, and learn how they developed their key tools of change and innovation: an entrepreneurial mindset and skillset. Discover your own entrepreneurial potential. Join the new wave that’s building Canada into the most prosperous place in the world.
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A New Wave of Entrepreneurship
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Katie Dunsworth-Reiach: Scaling a Marketing Agency From 0 to $10 Million
With Katie Dunsworth-Reiach
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Mario Nigro: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Canadian Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA)
With Mario Nigro
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Alex Baniczky: Empowering Canadian Companies for Economic Resilience
With Alex Baniczky
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Laura Buhler: Harnessing the Power of Community
With Laura Buhler
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Cyrus Symoom: From Search to Scale – Navigating the Journey of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
With Cyrus Symoom
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Juanita Lee-Garcia: Shaping the Future of Philanthropy in Canada
With Juanita Lee-Garcia
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Glen Silvestri: Investing in the Future With Search Funds and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
With Glen Silvestri
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Sean Speer: Creating New Pathways in Canadian Media with The Hub
With Sean Speer
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Mastering Resilience: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities, Finding Joy, and Embracing Fear as a Friend
With Jennie Wedd
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Jessica Bosman & Bryn Davis Williams: Transforming the Apparel Industry One Bra at a Time
With Jessica Bosman & Bryn Davis Williams
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Drayton Mulindabigwi: The Power of Dreaming Big
With Drayton Mulindabigwi
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Martin Basiri: Challenges and Triumphs – A Tale of a Tech Entrepreneur
With Martin Basiri
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Abi Coman-Walker: Navigating Change From Finance to Biotech Innovation
With Abi Coman-Walker
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Reuven Ashtar: Top Tips for Influencers, Creators & Talent Managers
With Reuven Ashtar
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Tamara Vrooman: Leading at YVR Airport with a Curious Mind
With Tamara Vrooman
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Lourdes Juan: Practical Tips for Serial Entrepreneurship
With Lourdes Juan
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Karen Greve Young: Championing Inclusive Leadership at Futurpreneur
With Karen Greve Young
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Stewart Beck: Cultivating a Global Entrepreneurial Mindset
With Stewart Beck
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Ian Brooks: Revolutionizing Meal Kits with HelloFresh
With Ian Brooks
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Geoff Smith: Driving Innovation in Traditional Industries
With Geoff Smith
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AJ Tibando: Scaling Social Innovation
With AJ Tibando
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Jenn Harper: Embracing Vulnerability in Leadership
With Jenn Harper
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John Montalbano: Impactful Mentorship
With John Montalbano
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Kevin Kliman: Navigating High-Growth Team Building in Tech
With Kevin Kliman
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Hamza Khan: From Management to Leadership
With Hamza Khan
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Jonathan Hackett: Shaping a Career in Sustainable Finance
With Jonathan Hackett
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David Johnston: Building a More Innovative Country
With The Right Honourable David Johnston
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Kayla Isabelle: The State of Entrepreneurship in Canada
With Kayla Isabelle
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Bruce Sellery: Fostering Financial Resilience in Entrepreneurs
With Bruce Sellery
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Desh Deshpande: What it Takes to Become an Entrepreneur
With Desh Deshpande
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Ronald Richardson: The Importance of Board Governance
With Ronald Richardson
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John Baird: How To Deal with Geopolitical Risks
With John Baird
Stephen Poloz: How to Navigate Uncertainty
With Stephen Poloz
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Irfhan Rawji: How Immigration Fosters Canadian Competitiveness
With Irfhan Rawji
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John Ruffolo: Fostering Self-Discipline
With John Ruffolo
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Chad Lubelsky: The Role of Post-Secondary Institutions
With Chad Lubelsky
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Jason Della Rocca: Building A Successful Video Game Company
With Jason Della Rocca
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Colin Deacon: Building An Entrepreneurial Government
With Colin Deacon
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Janet Bannister: Learning How to Make Difficult Decisions
With Janet Bannister
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Jay Reid: Increasing Your Adaptability
With Jay Reid
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Sara Wilshaw: Fostering Canadian Trade Around the World
With Sara Wilshaw
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Christian Lassonde: Learning How to Interact with Venture Capitalists
With Christian Lassonde
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Sam Duboc: Reducing The Stigma Around Mental Health
With Sam Duboc
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Darian Kovacs: How To Become a Successful Marketer
With Darian Kovacs
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Goldy Hyder: Enhancing Canada’s Economic Competitiveness
With Goldy Hyder
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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Becoming a Risk Taker
With Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
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CCI – Understanding the Intangible Canadian Economy
With Benjamin Bergen and Dana O'Born
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Tim Jackson: What the Non-For-Profit and For-Profit Sectors Can Learn From Each Other
With Tim Jackson
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Mike Wessinger: Building a Human-Centred Organization
With Mike Wessinger
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Michael Garrity: The Gift of Feedback
With Michael Garrity
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Kirstine Stewart: Cultivating Your Self-Awareness
With Kirstine Stewart
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Annette Verschuren: Trust Your Instincts
With Annette Verschuren
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Martin Picard: Transforming the hospitality industry
With Martin Picard
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Eva Lau: How to Cultivate Resiliency
With Eva Lau
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Fahd AlHattab: Becoming a better leader and manager
With Fahd AlHattab
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Todd Finch: Building Concrete Habits
With Todd Finch
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Vicki Saunders: Re-Imagine the System
With Vicki Saunders
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Magaly Charbonneau: Understanding the Journey
With Magaly Charbonneau
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Mark Wiseman: Investment in Human Capital
With Mark Wiseman
Gorick Ng: The Unspoken Rules
With Gorick Ng
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Kim Kaplan: All About Authenticity
With Kim Kaplan
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Alison Loat: Easy to start, Hard to Grow and Build
With Alison Loat
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Afraj Gill: Health , Wealth and Happiness
With Afraj Gill
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Mohammed Ghalayini: You Have Time to Course Correct
With Mohammed Ghalayini
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Markus Frind – Continual Improvement
With Markus Frind
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Probal Lala: All About People
With Probal Lala
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Mark Macleod: How Do I Grow 1% Each Day?
With Mark Macleod
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Andrew Graham: The Importance of Financial Health
With Andrew Graham
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Erin Bury: How Do I Get to that Stage?
With Erin Bury
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Matt Golden: Wait, there’s a talent war?
With Matt Golden
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Heather Payne: The School of Choice
With Heather Payne
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Becoming a Tri-Sector Leader with Lekan Olawoye
With Lekan Olawoye
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Resilience and trusting oneself with Daniele Henkel
With Danièle Henkel
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From a PHD in Genetics to a career in public Policy with Val Walker
With Val Walker
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It’s Never a Straight Line in Entrepreneurship with Boris Wertz
With Boris Wertz
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No One is An Expert in Anything with Desiree Bombenon
With Desiree Bombenon
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Arguing for Both Sides with Daniel Debow
With Daniel Debow
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Investing | It’s All About Perseverance
With Charlie Feng
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Behaviours in Tech | It’s All About self-awareness & self learning
With Brittany Danishevsky
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Execution | It’s All About Helping You Reach Your Vision
With Sam Daviau
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Decision Making | It’s All About Your Mindset
With Shivani Chotalia
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Communication | It’s All About Understanding the Problem
With Nico DiPlacido
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Think Ambitiously | It’s All About Having a Clear Vision
With Lucia Gallardo
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Fake it till ya make it | It’s all about practice
With Stewart Hillhouse
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Own who you are | A Leaders Mentality
With Natasha Dhayagude
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LISN-IN | It’s all about trusting the process
With Zameer Masjedee
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Wants vs Needs: It’s All About Curiosity
With Susie Pan
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Talk like a human: It’s all about people
With Kelsey Burdett
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Comfort with ambiguity: Setting Expectations to get what you want
With Josh Macintyre
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Founding a Start Up: Mastering the art and science of sales
With Chris Grouchy
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From the ground up: What does it take to build a successful e-commerce business?
With Micha Saade
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Customer Success Management must-knows: Squeaky wheel gets the grease?
With Ben Winn
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Putting your Growth Mindset to Practice: Building The Habit
With Manuela Barcenas
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The Creation of New Ventures: Serendipitous Moments, Serendipitous Connections
With Mark Dhillon
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Stepping into Your Best Life with Kiki Athanas: Optimizing Health and Happiness
With Kiki Athanas
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