BUILDERS with Alex Snider

Alexander Booth is the founder of Huckleberry Consulting and GetCSM.com, two companies changing how customer success is built, delivered, and scaled for modern businesses. Before stepping into entrepreneurship, Alexander spent over a decade climbing the corporate ladders at Microsoft and Amazon - eventually becoming a trusted builder of high-performing customer success teams. After years of leadin...

Jeremy Jenson is not your typical CEO. As the founder of Encore Search Partners - a $13M direct hire executive search firm - Jeremy has spent the last decade mastering the art of strategic growth, culture curation, and personal reinvention. But this episode isn’t just about business. It’s about falling down and getting back up. It’s about redefining success as a father, leader, and legacy builder....

As the Founder of Proximity Solutions LLC, one of the fastest growing managed outsourcing companies in the US and Canada, Karla knows a thing or two about the challenges and opportunities of outsourcing. Having taken an outsourcing company from zero to 7 figures in a year, without ad spend, Karla’s commitment to customer satisfaction, high-value plans and business savvy is evident and she has infu...

Sydney is a social impact leader, researcher, and advocate for gender equity and social justice on a global scale. She is currently the Senior Social Impact Manager at Shopify where she champions education programs for underrepresented youth in tech and entrepreneurship with partners around the world. Before joining Shopify, she held leadership positions at Elevate and YWCA Canada. She is also a m...

With a career in Law and Business spanning over 20 years, Eugene has a keen understanding of what matters most when an organization is growing and scaling. As VP Business Development and General Counsel for Align Technologies, he helps founders, leaders, C-suite executives, teams and business coaching clients implement good business habits through a software technology platform so that they can ac...

Born and raised in small town Mansfield, Connecticut, Alexa Curtis knew she was different. She didn’t fit into the “normal social mold”, at just 12 years old she started a fashion blog as an outlet from difficult circumstances which later became a lifestyle website and podcast for teens and parents discussing topics such as social media and mental health which she grew to a full time platform, sec...

Kristina Knapp is so much more than a marketing coach! She began her career taking underperforming Michael Kors stores and turning them into the nation's top-selling locations in a matter of weeks. She then travelled the country as a ‘fixer’ flipping retail stores for different companies. When they asked her to stay on for consulting, Elixir Media Co. was born. Kristina is the founder of Elixi...

Nicole Piggott has 30 years of experience as a senior leader in Human Resources for some of the top Canadian and US multinationals delivering strategic people and business initiatives and human resources operations to ensure a high-performing engaged workforce. She has seen firsthand the incredible advantages that diversity and inclusion bring to organizations and teams, as well as the struggles m...

Aeon Karris is the Founder of Know The Self a Consultancy and Mystery School for Modern Day Living, a Founding Partner of Leadership2, the author of Synchronicity: Unlock Your Divine Destiny and Co-Host of Love, Sex, and the Hidden Agenda Podcast where she explores the misuse of power on the planet in the hope to shed light on this sticky energy. She uses her myriad of unique talents as an interna...

Daphne Barron is the Founder and Managing Director of Serotina Media, a trilingual, fully remote (pre-pandemic!) social media marketing agency whose mission is to help businesses become brands through social media strategies and solutions. Her professional journey is defined by continuously pushing the boundaries of what social media has to offer and her commitment to empowering SMEs to effectivel...

Mimi Lam cut her teeth in the Venture Capital and Investment Banking space before wading into not only the startup world but the nascent Cannabis space, where she co-founded Superette and its iconic ‘retro bodega’ brand; becoming a pioneer of the emerging Canadian recreational retail market. Excited by things that are different and undefined, and in search of opportunities where she can push the e...

In this episode we are joined by not one, but two, incredible leaders in the conscious creative space! Derek Vaz and Brad McDonald, the dynamic duo leading DVXD’s expansion talk about why Co-Creation is fundamental not only to the future of business but also society. Derek is a seasoned design leader and strategist with a track record of creating influential digital products, platforms and service...

*TW this episode includes mentions of abuse and sexual assault Aalia is an International Multiple-Award Winning Novelist, Filmmaker, Impact Investor, Executive Producer and host of the award-nominated social good talk show, UNSUGARCOATED with Aalia. She is a survivor of multiple traumas which she has alchemized into empowerment by sharing her raw, unvarnished experiences and enabling others to do...

Willo has been called an Oracle, an Alchemist, a Liberator, and a Doula for Hatching Big Ideas. Her experienced guidance and masterful facilitation of individuals and groups is rooted in compassionate commitment, conscious mindset/behaviour rewiring, and channeled energy transmissions. As a seasoned creative entrepreneur, Willo has continually faced her fears, followed her heart, and founded over...

Charles is a serial entrepreneur, comedy enthusiast, Brazilian JuiJitsu and kiteboarding aficionado AND my former business partner! You could say we have HISTORY, so this episode is funny, deep and vaguely rated for adult consumption 😅 You don’t want to miss it. With a wild & winding journey from staging record-setting speed dating events to the car accident that launched what would eventuall...

*TW: This episode discusses mental health and suicide. Mike Hayles, the founder of TekConnected and Courageous Resolve (formerly Men's Mental Health Retreat) https://www.courageousresolve.org/jointhecommunity is a multi-faceted guy, with an early military career and 20 years in the construction business before making the leap into Digital Entrepreneurship and Non-Profits. Mike gets very real i...

Investing always comes with a level of uncertainty and risk, but in a recession when the NASDAQ has dropped 30% Year to Date, is it a good time to invest in Tech and VC? How are expectations and valuations changing? And what about new markets and opportunities to ‘do good’ via impact investing? It’s enough to make anyone’s head spin. In this final episode of Season 1 we are joined by Christián Qui...

We’ve all got questions on just what these uncertain times mean for financial strategy. Getting to know your options is vital to be able to make informed decisions and maybe even launch that new business idea you’ve been mulling over. After all, great businesses are built in recessions! On today’s episode we are joined by Edward Nisanov to talk about the hidden fortune that exists inside your busi...

Fundraising as a startup or venture fund has never been ‘easy’, but throw in a recession and that uphill journey just turned icy and extra treacherous. If you’re an investor, do you lock up your wallet and wait? As a founder, is it futile or has the game simply shifted slightly?  In this episode we are joined by David Charbonneau to talk about expectations, experiences and essentials for raising c...

Gone are the days of a single career path for life, the average person will change careers 5-7 times during their working life. But change is stressful and jobs are an integral part of our identity and security. So when you feel it's time for a change, how do you know you’re ready, decide on timing and most importantly, evaluate what you want to do next?  In this episode we are joined by Becki...

A provocative perspective on outcome drivers in tough times. Most of us know that to generate uncommon results, we need to act in uncommon ways… but we’re also evolutionarily programmed to see threats and focus on survival. So how can you swim against the tide in order to find opportunities where everyone sees only challenges?  In this episode we are joined by Kena Paranjape to talk about how to p...

Value proposition is the name of the game in lean times  It makes sense that ROI becomes even more critical as companies start making cutbacks. So how do you determine where to invest, get that message across and keep vital initiatives moving forward? Like it or not, it starts with your stakeholders… In this episode we are joined by John Williams to talk about how the principles of Change Manageme...

Is your snacking habit or daily coffee sign of something deeper that’s holding you and your business back? We all know what we ‘should’ be doing, but so many of us struggle to provide ourselves with the optimal conditions for success. This is no truer anywhere than entrepreneurship where there are very few guide rails, tons of stress and occasionally a reticence to conform.  In this episode we are...

The world of entrepreneurship and M&A are generally regarded as the wild west, but today’s guest has one of the wildest tales I’ve personally encountered in startup world. From driving a limo and sleeping in his car to becoming the President of SISU which sold for $100M in a $1B transaction, John has seen and done more than most and his ability to articulate the salient takeaways is phenomenal...

What makes a successful business leader? There’s a lot of debate, especially in our rapidly changing times where there is an evolving dichotomy between old school and new school approaches. But what if there were core ingredients regardless of your work and leadership style that generate true success? And just how can we all leverage those to propel us forward in even the most challenging times? I...