Ignited - Lighting a Fire for Entrepreneurs, Innovation and Community

Laura Muise is an entrepreneur and restaurateur well known in the Yarmouth area. She has spent years involved in the local food scene here, as owner of a beautiful restaurant called the Hatfield House, and as a Food Blogger and influencer with her blog Laura’s Tastes. Laura is on not just a entrepreneurial journey but a spiritual one, and her latest venture Inner Oaks reflects that. Inner Oaks off...

Dorien Bouma is a Brain-Based Certified Coach who’s company “Create Brain Space” is based in the small town of Shelburne Nova Scotia. She has experience coaching Executive Leaders, Solopreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Freelancers, Managers and Directors but her journey to that is anything but linear. Find out how a TV Producer from the Netherlands ended up Coaching business people in Shelburne Nova Scotia...

This is the fourth of a six part Ignited series on Female Founders! Wade Cleveland is joined by co-host Amanda Langley, herself a Female Founder with Superyacht East Coast, as well as a professional Marketer. This time we are joined by Interior Designer Kelly Duprat of Duprat Designs in Yarmouth Nova Scotia. A Yarmouth native, Kelly always dreamt of becoming an Interior Designer, and that dream le...

This is the third of a six part Ignited series on Female Founders! Wade Cleveland is joined by co-host Amanda Langley, herself a Female Founder with Superyacht East Coast, as well as a professional Marketer. Wade and Amanda are joined by Sheena Russell of Made With Local , a company that produces snack bars. Sheena started Made With local with a friend back in 2012, hand making the bars and sellin...

This is the second of a six part Ignited series on Female Founders! Wade Cleveland is joined by co-host Amanda Langley, herself a Female Founder with Superyacht East Coast, as well as a professional Marketer. Wade and Amanda chat with Angela Riley, the founder of Scotian Shores, a company dedicated to cleaning Nova Scotia’s shorelines, creating awareness of ocean pollution, and perhaps most import...

This is the first of a six part Ignited series on Female Founders. Wade Cleveland is joined by co-host Amanda Langley, herself a Female Founder with Superyacht East Coast, as well as a professional Marketer. For this first Episode we talk to Cheryl MacLean, owner and operator of the Marmalade Motel. Cheryl is a veteran Marketing Executive with over 25 years of experience in international sales and...

Candice Phibbs and Rick Allwright run Mile East Productions, an event company based in Yarmouth Nova Scotia that is – at least for now – the ultimate side hustle.  Mile East, creates and run their own events, organize and conduct national events that happen in the area and do wedding planning. On top of that Candice has yet another side hustle, with Yarmouth Walking Tours, a tourism experience she...

Part 2 of our interview with the Mayor of Yarmouth Nova Scotia, Pam Mood, talking about Downtown Revitalization and creating Community. Mayor Mood and Wade Cleveland discuss why a revitalized downtown is so important to a town's vibrancy and how Yarmouth began to rebuild its downtown, along with a lot of hope and optimism. Find out more about the Town of Yarmouth, their programs, activities and mo...

At a time when Yarmouth as a town was back on it’s heels due to the loss of the Nova Scotia-Maine Ferry and a significant Economic downturn in the fisheries, Mayor Pam stepped up with a message of optimism, personal responsibility and a question “what can YOU do to help move your community forward?” Mayor Mood and Wade Cleveland discuss why a revitalized downtown is so important to a town's vibran...

We talk marketing, both as a business and for your business with Sean Williams of Dashboard Marketing. Sean and Dashboard Marketing is Ignite Atlantioc's "Marketer in Residence" We find out what a Boutique Marketing Company does, and get some tips to help your organization. To find out more about what Dashboard Marketing can offer you visit their website dashboardmarketing.ca To find out more abou...

Doug Jones, the Founder and CEO of Ignite Atlantic tells his Entepreneurial Story, from his days marketing for various sport franchises to developing Baseball Camps with the Toronto Blue Jays to inventing and developing sports equipment, with some great tidbits and advice for young entrepreneurs thrown in! To find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com  

Ignite CEO Doug Jones joins Wade Cleveland to talk about what Ignite has planned for 2023, plus a discussion on Networking If you want to find out more about Rural innovation and what Ignite does, check out IgniteAtlantic.com

Led by Phillip Nickerson, Aqua Production Systems or APS designs and builds innovative tank systems for the seafood industry. These tanks are used for live lobster holding facilities, oyster holding facilities and fin fish hatcheries, and smaller versions are used to transport that product to market. APS designs tanks for 100 pounds of lobster and for a million pounds of lobster.  Maria McLean tal...

As a single mother Ingrid d'Eon was working multiple jobs and struggling to make ends meet. With a degree in journalism, she finally convinced a marketing company to allow her to work remotely from her home, and it was with them that she discovered her love for Social Media. She started Word-Craft in 2019 with two national clients. Since then she has grown the company to be a National leader in Or...

James and Candy MacDonald run Green Oil Solutions, a New Glasgow based company with some innovative and environmentally friendly technology. They developed a solution to clean stored diesel fuel, furnace oil and lubricating oils that became contaminated and would normally be disposed of.   Realizing there was a problem with boats pumping contaminated water into the oceans and waterways, they devel...

Sarah De Shiifert and Dave Armstrong moved to small town Nova Scotia from Toronto, intending to stay a month. More than a decade later they are still here, making a life and operating Big Cove Foods. They join Wade to chat about their journey building the company, and offer advice about everything from building a commercial kitchen to the power of social media, and their ability to have a company...

Lydia and Brad Sayeau run New Brooklyn Media, which is a full-service production company offering traditional video production, photography, and photo production, and graphic design services, and 360LAB, who create fully immersive storytelling experiences in 360°, 180° Stereoscopic and Virtual Reality spaces. They tell the story of their journey with Wade Cleveland, and talk about the potential of...

By day Danny Reid is a Yarmouth based Investment and Retirement Planner. He's the driving force behind the "Shag Harbour UFO XPO", coming October 1st and 2nd 2022. The Shag Harbour UFO Incident is one of the best known UFO incidents in Canada. Danny believes that the Incident could become our very own Roswell, eventually bringing hundreds if not thousands to the area. Wade discusses the details of...

Saltwreck is a former Ignite Resident Company known for taking Iconic Images and superimposing maps on top of those images. Miguel d'Eon tells Wade Cleveland the story of Satlwreck, and speaks to how his art is being embraced by smaller areas in the Country as a source of community pride. Miguel also talks about his own Acadian Culture, and some facinating initiatives Saltwreck is involved in to s...

Michelle Hurlburt is the CEO of 3D Life Inc, an Ignite Resident Company. With more than 25 years experience in business and education, 3D Life Inc helps guide her clients to become not just better leaders, but more well-rounded, fulfilled people. Michelle tells Wade Cleveland her story of living and working overseas, how her experiences have influenced how she teaches, and how helping others has b...

Ignite Atlantic is a rural innovation hub that brings people together to explore how to make change possible in rural communities. In this inaugural episode, Doug Jones the founder and CEO of Ignite joins us to discuss how Ignite came about, and how it helps budding entrepreneurs and the wider community. A must listen for anyone interested the whys and hows of being an innovator. Check out Ignite...

Trevor Murphy is a musical renaissance man. He's an accomplished musician, publicist, and entrepreneur with his own record label. Trevor joins Wade to talk about his journey through the music industry, the power of networking, and founding the Acadian Embassy recording label. He also shares a couple songs in this upbeat exploration of a life lived in the Nova Scotia music scene. Check out Acadian...

A native of the small Acadian Village of Pubnico Nova Scotia, Robert d'Enremont is making waves in Montreal as an actor. Robert joins Wade to tell the story of his journey in pursuit of an acting career, his role in the hit Quebec TV show "La Maison-Bleue", and his excitement in coming home to film as host, writer and director of ‘La fête en Acadie: Havre au tchai’, a celebration of Acadian music...

Welcome to Ignited! Broadcaster Wade Cleveland is dedicated to showcasing the innovators and difference makers in rural Nova Scotia. Tune in to hear from entrepreneurs, artists, and dynamic leaders who are bringing big changes to small towns! Check out Ignite: https://www.igniteatlantic.com/