The Trevor Rose Podcast

This episode we are joined by Dalia Kohen - co-founder of The Coup - a modern day vegetarian restaurant serving fresh, whole, organic, local foods and beverages. Dalia started the Coup in 2005 after she spotted an opportunity in Calgary for a restaurant that built upon her passions for organic vegetarian food, permaculture and sustainability in general. Through a lot of hard work and passion, Dali...

This episode we are joined by J.D. Clarke - Executive Director for the Ivey MBA program at the University of Western Ontario. J.D earned his bachelors and MBA degrees from Queens and Western University respectively. From there he started his career at Queens University holding roles as Associate Director and Director of Operations in the Smith School of Business. Since then, he has held roles such...

This episode we are joined by Craig Borgland - CEO & Chairman of Eagle Pass Heliskiing & Highrock Resources. Craig graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in applied energy economics and has built and sold numerous energy companies, including Market Energy, Landex Petroleum, Highrock Energy and Highrock Resources. A few of Craig's previous board positions include direct...

This episode we are joined by Peter Freiberg - Owner of Grumans Delicatessen, a "mostly traditional " Jewish deli located in Calgary, Alberta. Grumans has been serving the Calgary area delicious Jewish-inspired deli food since 2005. Started by Peter Fraiberg, and named after his mother’s side of the family, he is now joined by his sister Gail at their new location in Britannia. Grumans i...

This episode we are joined by Cam Proctor - Chief Operating Officer of PrairieSky Royalty - a multi-billion dollar oil & gas royalty company based out of Calgary, Alberta. A lawyer by training, Cam completed his undergrad and and law school degrees at the University of Victoria and University of Calgary respectively. Prior to joining PrairieSky in 2014, Cam was the Executive Vice-President and...

This episode we are joined by Kelsey Serwa Rey! A brief list of Kelsey's accomplishments are as follows: -2018 Olympic Gold Medalist -2014 Olympic Silver Medalist -2 time X-Games Gold Medalist (2016 & 2011) -2011 World Championships Gold Medalist Kelsey started skiing as soon as she could walk,  and with the influence of people like her Grandpa - Cliff Serwa (co-founder of the Big White S...

This time we are joined by Brady Leman - Olympic Gold Medalist and Member of the Canadian National Ski Cross Team. Brady was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and grew up ski racing- but later switched to the sport of ski cross after he spotted an opportunity in an emerging sport. This bet has paid off for Brady, as he has become one of the leading ski cross athletes in the world and one of Cana...

Trained as accountant, Ken Klatt (pictured here with son Brendan) combined his interests in healthy eating, the environment and business into what is today known as Amaranth Foods.  It was the early 90's and Ken Klatt  had just launched his first business as he approached middle age. Not exactly the traditional career path for a would be entrepreneur. From the early beginnings of large amount...

Today we are joined by Bernard Callabeut - a renowned 4th generation Master Chocolatier and entrepreneur. Bernard has a long list of awards for his chocolate including a few of the following:  1) Winner for "Best Milk Chocolate Bar" at the 2013 International Chocolate Salon Awards in Los Angeles 2) Winner for "Best Chocolate Boutique" at the 2013 Top Choice Awards in Calgary 3)...

Today we are joined by Matt Hill - founder & CEO of One Tree Planted, a non-for profit organization who's mission is to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees! Since starting in 2014, One Tree Planted has grown to a company with over $5 million dollars in annual revenue, an employee count in the double digits and are targeting to plant over 10 million tress th...

Today we are joined by best selling author Terry Etam - a twenty-five-year veteran of the energy industry, who is an accountant by training and has a variety of experience in production, trading, storage, and energy transportation. Terry is currently an energy executive at an exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta and is the best selling author of The End of Fossil Fu...

Today we are joined by Kerstan Hopkins and her partner Matt Larsen- owners of Hopkins Harvest & The Hot Spot- a farm to table market and wood fired pizza oven located in Windermere, British Colombia. Started in 1995 by Kerstan's father - Fred Hopkins- who having grown tired of the local supermarket selection of lousy produce brought up from the US and Mexico,  spotted a market opportunity...

Today we are joined by Stan Rey- professional skier, member of the Salomon Freeride Team and co-owner of Blank Collective Films. Stan grew up ski racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club and and as a teenager, made it onto the British Columbia Ski Team where he was a member for two years. From there, Stan went on to spend three years on the Canadian National Ski-Cross Team where he won a Canadian...

Repeatedly told he should quit and that he had no place on the Canadian National Ski Team, Ben has not only earned his spot on the team, but consistently been one of the highest performing ski racers from Canada.  Two Olympic appearances, a World Cup podium and other top ten finishes support his resume as he continues his journey this season with the aim of finally winning a World Cup ski race (pr...

In 2018 Geordan Spicer started Kin + Pod Chocolate with the aim of mixing kindness with her passion for chocolate. Since then she has focused on slowly growing her company one step at a time. We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee and talked about many topics including quitting your day job, inspirations and even mob run kitchens which she used to get her company started!  Support the sh...