The Generation Hustle Podcast

We're back & starting off 2022 with a great guest from the world of HR! Episode 59 is with Evan Hallward, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Aboard! Aboard enables growing startups & small businesses to find, implement, and automate their People Programs. From onboarding to offboarding, and everything in between, Aboard ensures that employees will be better prepared to succeed. We talk to Evan about...

Episode 58 is with Mark MacLeod! Mark is a semi-active angel investor with a portfolio of 14 investments, 2 highly positive exits and counting. He was most notably General Partner at Real Ventures, Canada’s largest and most active seed stage fund. With a background in finance, he also served as CFO for software companies including, but not limited to, Shopify and Freshbooks. We talk to Mark about...

Episode 57 is with Alexander Jivov, Co-Founder & CEO at Hopeful Inc.! Hopeful Inc. is the first Social Fund-tech platform that enables nonprofits and charities to monetize their social media followers specifically for fundraising, while giving them visibility on why donors are engaging through a proprietary Storytelling A.I. dashboard. Alex is a Salesperson, Digital Marketer, Full-Stack Web De...

Episode 56 is with Taran Singh Kainth, Co-Founder & CEO at Flahmingo! After witnessing the financial crisis of '07/'08, Taran pursued his curiosity in finance and investing to understand the markets. His ambitions increased in complexity, from managing his family RRSP at the age of 16 to democratizing investing for students and young investors with the founding of Flahmingo. Flahmingo is a nat...

Episode 55 is with Tiago Teixeira, Co-Founder and CEO of xix3D and Founder of Sekanskin! xix3D runs a 3D car configurator that helps visualize the artistic work through hyper-realistic renderings and custom graphics in seconds. Sekanskin has established the industry benchmark with meticulously dedicated vinyl artists that have a reputation for perfection. After graduating with a degree in Psycholo...

Episode 54 is with Phillip Gales, CEO and Founder of inate.ai! Holding a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard, Phillip is a serial entrepreneur focussed on applying machine learning algorithms to financial portfolio optimization. Inate.ai automates the analysis of growth stage start-ups, using artificial intelligence to facilitate venture capital d...

Episode 53 is about money in sports - more specifically, everyone’s favourite word, taxes! When we look at the business of sports, it’s easy to get fixated on the glamorous life of athletes, player contracts, sponsorships, and lifestyles of these individuals. However, when we take a step back, the owners behind many of these teams tend to be the big fish that remain hidden. This episode will uncov...

Episode 52 is with Professor Karl Moore! Professor Moore is an award-winning teacher, researcher, and an internationally recognized leader in the study of Introvert/Ambivert/Extroverted Leaders. He has interviewed thousands of CEOs, Premiers, Cabinet Ministers, and even Prime Ministers. He holds an MBA from USC, a Masters from Oxford University, and a PhD from Schulich School of Business. He is cu...

Episode 51 is on Identity Politics! In recent years the weaponization of identity politics has wreaked havoc on Western societies and is becoming more prevalent.  Aman and Sheriston break down the ideology, how it has been utilized by the powers that be to the detriment of citizens, and what we can do to break the trend. The boys also dive into the recent revelation of condo developers buying...

Episode 50 is with Abdullah Snobar! Abdullah is the Executive Director of the DMZ and the Chief Executive Officer of DMZ Ventures. Ranked as one of the top university-based tech incubators in the world, the DMZ provides a launchpad for founders to build and scale fast. To date, the DMZ has helped more than 400 startups raise over $1B in capital and created 4,000+ jobs. We talk to Abdullah about hi...

Episode 49 is with Davina Kaonohi, Co-Founder & CEO of Element Apothec! Element Apothec is an innovative and purpose-driven consumer brand focused on CBD wellness & body care products. It was established with one goal in mind: to create a line of natural and organic, CBD-infused skincare and wellness products which combine the healing powers of nature with the ingenuity of innovation. The...

Episode 48 is with Brennan McEachran! Brennan is the Co-Founder & CEO of Soapbox, the app built for managers. Managers are the most unsupported and under resourced individuals in corporate organizations and the consequences of this are dire. Bad leadership trickles down into teams, company culture, and eventually the overall performance. Soapbox is the first software platform designed to help...

Episode 47 is all about pre-nuptial agreements and marriage! Numbers don't lie - almost half of all marriages end in divorce. But what about the numbers that come up during the divorce?  Aman and Sheriston break down some strong, controversial opinions on divorce laws and pre-nups using some famous examples of the past and present. Given the topic, this conversation is wild from start to fini...

Episode 46 focuses on the hottest thing in the economy right now - real estate. The housing market has been on fire this past year, with supply shortages and pandemic activity driving prices to record levels, month after month with no signs of slowing down. Aman and Sheriston break down how we found ourselves in this situation, what you should do with your finances in the interim, and what to expe...

Episode 45 is with Dan Park.  Dan Park is the CEO of Clutch Inc., a tech company reinventing the way people buy cars through e-commerce. With a completely virtual showroom, you can browse, get prequalified for and order a vehicle that will be delivered right to your home, which you can return within 10 days. Before Clutch, Dan was the General Manager of UberEats Canada where he helped launch...

Episode 44 is with Erica Rankin aka The Cookie Dough Girl. Erica is the Founder and CEO of Bro Dough, Canada’s first 100% plant-based, protein-infused, edible cookie dough. Having launched her business in late 2019, Erica is the epitome of an entrepreneur, working out of a commercial kitchen rented by the hour, storing inventory in her living room, and even packing orders at her dining room table...

Episode 43 is with Mohsen Omrani and Sarah Rennick. Mohsen is the CEO & President of OPTT, a digital health start-up that provides behavioural health providers the tools to build an affordable, online mental health clinic powered with AI. Sarah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Alli Therapy, an online therapy portal for parents when they need it, in the way they need it. The need for mental health...

Episode 42 is with Ruben Harris, Co-Founder & CEO of Career Karma! Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online, matching people with the right coding bootcamp and supporting them throughout their careers. With over 150,000 members, 9,000 bootcamps and trade schools, Career Karma is on a mission to help 1 billion people. Ruben is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Geo...

Episode 41 is with Eliot 'The Fire' Marshall! Eliot is a former UFC Light Heavy Weight, member of The Ultimate Fighter season 8, Head Coach at Elevation Fight Team, owner of multiple Easton Training Centre facilities, a motivational speaker, a TEDx Speaker, and an all-around good guy. He has successfully transitioned his career from professional fighter to business owner, but if you ask him he say...

Episode 40 is with Colin Chartier, Co-Founder and CEO of LayerCI! LayerCI is the DevOps platform for distributed software teams. Their web application enables the highest performing software developers to preview full stack environments for every commit and have a centralized CI/CD stack. Going against the typical path of graduates heading to big tech firms, Colin decided to build a business of hi...

Cannabis. Hemp. Weed. Marijuana. Mary Jane. Devil's lettuce. The Greens. The list goes on. But have you wondered why we have an endless list of names that we use for this plant just to get around the law? It's time to talk about the truth.  Legalization is slowly crawling its way through states while federal decriminalization is still outstanding. But, how did we even get here to begin with?...

Episode 38 is with Josh Domingues, founder and CEO of Flashfood!  Flashfood is a mobile platform that connects surplus food from grocery partners directly to its users at reduced prices to alleviate food waste. Solving food inequality and food waste is a tall order but the company is well on its way to becoming a household name across North America, with partnerships with Loblaws, Farm Boy, a...

Episode 37 is with Gethin Ellis, Founder of Gethin Ellis Coaching & Nutrition! Gethin is a chef based in Wales who left the apron behind to pursue his passion as a Nutritionist and Personal Trainer. In a matter of years, he has completely transitioned his career to work with high profile athletes at the top of their game. With clients like Darren Till and Robert Duran Jr., Gethin is making a n...

Episode 36 is with Nick Saltarelli, one of three Co-Founders of Mid-Day Squares! Mid-Day Squares started with Lezlie Karls, Nick’s wife, creating homemade fudge bars to solve their afternoon cravings while also keeping the junk away. What started as a home experiment became the seed for an incredible business idea. Today the company has sold over a million units and is available in grocery stores...

Episode 35 is with Marie Chevrier Schwartz, Founder & CEO of Sampler! A proudly Canadian, venture-backed technology company, Sampler is the leader in digital product sampling. Their software helps hundreds of brands like Nestlé, L'Oréal and Kimberly-Clark make their product sampling strategies targeted and measurable. Their approach builds a personalized product sampling experience that gets s...