The Moment

After building their careers in pharmacy, Aba Anton and Mina Rizk noticed a troubling trend: many men felt ashamed to talk openly about their health concerns. To help change that, they teamed up with longtime friend Dr. George Mankaryous to launch Rocky Health —a digital platform tackling sensitive topics like erectile dysfunction and hair loss with a personalized, discreet approach. In this bonus...

Eva Wong, COO and co-founder of Borrowell, joins The Moment to share the behind-the-scenes journey of building one of Canada’s leading fintech companies. From launching a product that failed, to navigating team tension, fundraising hurdles, and the double standards female founders face, Eva offers a candid look at what it really takes to survive—and thrive—as an entrepreneur. She reflects on resil...

After being laid off from the oil and gas industry, Bobbie Racette found herself at a crossroads, until she took a leap into entrepreneurship, founding Virtual Gurus , a talent platform that’s redefining the future of remote work. But her success didn’t come easy. In this episode, Bobbie opens up about the 170 investor rejections she endured before becoming the first Indigenous woman in Canada to...

You might think the toy industry is all fun and games—well, it is, but running a toy business is no child’s play. This episode welcomes Anton Rabie, Co-Founder and Chair of Spin Master, the powerhouse behind beloved brands like PAW Patrol, Hatchimals, and Bakugan. After being co-CEO for nearly three decades, Anton is known for cultivating a fearless mindset, embracing risk and failure as essential...

You might think selling a company is the ultimate goal for founders—but for Satish Kanwar, it was just the beginning. In this episode, the co-founder of Jet Cooper shares how his agency’s acquisition by Shopify transformed his career, leading to a decade of scaling one of Canada’s biggest tech success stories. Now, as the co-founder of Good Future and Chair of the Board of Directors at BetaKit, Sa...

The journey to starting a business can be difficult, rewarding, exciting, stressful, and so much more. But what about the journey to closing a business? This often overlooked aspect of entrepreneurship is the focus of this week's episode. Jason and Fatima sit down with Marie Chevrier Schwartz, the current CEO in Residence of TechTO and former CEO of Sampler. Marie shares her unique experience of c...

Allen and Eva Lau are founding team members at Wattpad, one of Canada’s most well-known and successful tech startups. Today they run Two Small Fish Ventures , an early-stage tech venture capital fund that recently closed a $41 million fund III. They join us on The Moment to talk about their incredible journey building Wattpad at the beginning of the user-generated content boom, being in rooms with...

Every entrepreneur faces a moment, a turning point in their journey that defines them and their business. These moments can be stressful, exhilarating, and unexpected. In “The Moment,” hosts Fatima Zaidi, Founder and CEO of Quill and CoHost, and Jason Maghanoy, Publisher for Canadian Business, sit down with some of the biggest names in the Canadian entrepreneurial landscape to break down their ver...