Canada’s Entrepreneur

Amanda Munday is the founder and CEO of The Workaround and author of the best selling memoir  Day Nine: a postpartum depression memoir . She advocates for childcare at all orders of government, and sits on the Board of Directors for Creative Preschool of East Toronto and the Danforth Mosaic Business Improvement Area. She also is a speaker in the upcoming TedX Toronto 2020 series: Uncharted. Entrep...

Jessica Schacht is an artist and entrepreneur based on Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley. As a co-founder of Ampersand Distilling Company she manages sales and communications and has helped develop the award winning recipes that make Ampersand one of the top craft distilleries in British Columbia. Jessica has found many ways to combine her passion for art & entrepreneurship. In 2017 she star...

Tugreofia (Tugs) Smith is the Vice President of Operations at A&T Ascension Consulting (ATAC) , a virtual staffing company she co-founded with her husband Adrian, where she manages hundreds of remote workers across North America. Having successfully led virtual teams for over 10 years, she is passionate about the opportunities that remote work provides to individuals, rural communities, and evolvi...

Jane Stoller is a Swiss-Canadian life-biz organizer, speaker, author and university instructor whose passion is in decluttering spaces and organizing business processes. Jane wrote her first book in 2016 to help friends get more organized. It ultimately gained international attention, and this allowed Jane to turn her passion into a profitable business, Organized Jane . Stoller’s global reach has...

G. Scott Paterson is a Toronto-based technology and media venture capitalist who has been active for 28 years in the investment banking industry. Paterson received his start in the investment industry in 1985 at Dominion Securities Pitfield working at the firm as a retail broker. Paterson quickly ranked #1 in commissions of all the brokers with three years or less of service at the Firm. Paterson...

Mike Desjardins (pronounced day-jhar-dain) is an entrepreneur, husband, dad, Crossfitter, skier, yoggie, and long-time meditator. His business, ViRTUS (pronounced ver-tuss), has been on an 18 year journey focused on making a difference in the lives of others through leadership development and strategic planning. His clients are $100M+ medium to large enterprise organizations spread across Canada....

Omar Khan and Matthew Todman , Co-Founders of Theta Trading Co. , have been determined to spread knowledge when it comes to option trading. They strongly believe that people are not educated enough early on in their lives when it comes to financial literacy. They have been in the industry for over 20 years and have a vast amount of knowledge through making mistakes and learning the hard way. This...

Rebecca Cramer is Founder and CEO of LOUD Marketing , a successful marketing/social media agency based out of Calgary. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada’s economy. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada’s economy. To support Canada’s businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn and Twitter . Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entreprene...

Morgan Browne is a fierce and passionate partner at Oakwyn Realty . Co-founding the company in 2014, Morgan has nurtured Oakwyn Realty into Vancouver's fastest-growing realty brokerage. Morgan’s can-do attitude and passion for building make it possible for Oakwyn’s forward-thinking and expansion plans. Driven to make a difference in the Canadian business community and embracing change in the real...

In today’s challenging economic climate, it’s more important than ever to celebrate a business success story. Calgary-based Fuelled , the exclusive online reseller of new and used idle energy equipment, has placed No. 5 out of 400 on the 2020 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. The top Alberta company on this year’s ranking, Fuelled earned its spot with a three-year growt...

Shawn Johal co-founded DALS Lighting, an LED lighting business, in 2009. He implemented the Scaling Up Growth System and led the company to 3X its revenues well into the 8-figures. Shawn went on to found Elevation , a business growth coaching & consulting firm, working with entrepreneurs & their teams to help accelerate their growth – while helping them find personal balance and happiness. Former...

This live discussion was the first off many to come. Subscribe to Canada's Podcast to join us on future sessions. This month you can meet The Grumpy Accountant , Neal Winokur and sound off about the CRA and its approach to small business entrepreneurs in Canada. Neal Winokur , CPA, started his practice in 2013 and his grumpiness has grown ever since. An active blogger, several of his articles have...

Dave Brown is an engineer/entrepreneur who emphasizes the centrality of HUMAN-centered DESIGN in the success of any product enterprise. He is currently the Founder/CEO of QiiQ Healthcare , focused on the operational dysfunction in hospitals. QiiQ ("Quick") is building a sophisticated virtual assistant for hospital staff. The healthcare industry has systemically installed barriers to innovation tha...

Principal of Toronto-based Candido Consulting Group , Janet Candido is an authority on workplace systems and culture. With more than 20 years of business and HR expertise, she provides innovative solutions for clients with the goal of helping organizations, executive teams and their employees reach optimal performance. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada’s economy. To support Canada’s busines...

Tziporah Kingsbury ( https://www.tziporahintimacy.com ) is an Intimacy and Mindful Relating Educator, Transformational Leader and Breath work specialist. She has shared her services globally with high achieving, consciously minded professionals, men and couples to cultivate their most potent self-expression and build skills to navigate everyday intimacy and thriving connections. Her vision is to e...

Lisa Marks , BComm, CSEP, is an award-winning global event industry leader. Her background includes more than a decade of experience in the special events business, with a past role as head of events for Shaw Communications, where Marks built and led the event and experiential strategy and execution for the brand. Marks has held strategic leadership roles with the International Live Events Associa...

Marc Daniel is a business psychologist, talent expert, and founder of Nextwork - a digital talent marketplace and work platform that connects organizations with experienced talent on demand. Marc has an ambitious vision – to retire retirement – and is realizing this vision through championing a more flexible approach to ongoing work that better serves everyone’s needs. Visit  www.ebay.ca/upandrunn...

Mark Morissette created Foxquilt to empower consumers with greater purchasing power when acquiring and managing their insurance. Foxquilt is a Canadian financial technology company focused on using big data and machine learning to empower social groups to save on Small Business and Home insurance. Foxquilt creates new value opportunities for customers by bringing people and communities together on...

Brandy Gallagher (BSW, MA) is one of the original founders and developers of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE , Shawnigan Lake (Vancouver Island) BC. She is one of the designing 'creatixes' dedicated to outreach projects (local and International), and the development of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE as a demonstration/model sustainable village. Her sustainable land management planning and ecological design work has made her...

Nancy Wood was a senior business communications specialist in Toronto for several years. In her "rewirement" years in B.C. she has toiled to transform her business-style writing into more creative writing - non-fiction essays, prose and books for little kids. She has written five books for kids, but it was not until an interesting opportunity came her way last year, that the first one of her books...

Legend has it, Sean Hoff started out his career as a Banker but cast off to start Moniker , after being an attendee on a number of "President Club' trips and believing he could do it better. Fast forward several years, some amazing adventures around the globe, and a talent for creating magic from a blank canvas. Sean plays the role of creative devil's advocate, always asking "why not" and figuring...

Diplômé d’un baccalauréat en ingénierie de l’École de technologie supérieure et diplômé d’un baccalauréat en droit de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, Sean Tassé est aussi membre de l’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). Grâce à sa formation en génie de la construction, il a eu l’opportunité d’acquérir une solide expérience en gestion de projets en réalisant des projets d’envergure pour de gran...

Armed with the dream of a family farm, finance experience and theological training, Brett Annable and his wife Janet purchased a 10-acre apple orchard in Summerland, British Columbia, discovered a rich history on their land, then launched ‘Millionnaires’ Row Cider Company . Brett & Janet combined their skills and together tapped into their entrepreneurial spirit to become a couple and ‘product’ of...

Katelyn Bullock is co-founder of Enta Solutions , a management consulting firm in Calgary. Visit  https://www.ebay.ca/upandrunning  to open your online shop. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada’s economy. To support Canada’s businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Jeune passionné des technologies et des Affaires depuis son très jeune âge, Jonathan Léveillé , 34 ans, est à la tête de Openmind Technologies depuis maintenant plus de 15 ans, entreprise s’étant classée pour une troisième année d’affilée dans le prestigieux classement du CROISSANCE500, soit parmi les 500 entreprises ayant la plus forte croissance au Canada. Openmind est actuellement la 13e entrep...