The Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast

S4E6: Interview with Yukon Entrepreneur Lauren Manekin Beille, Consultant and Facilitator | November 2, 2023   It’s Yukon Innovation Week 20223 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is once again featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs on what innovation, inspiration, wellness, and community mean to them.   (0:21) Lauren introduces themselves and shares their rece...

S4E5: Interview with Yukon Entrepreneur Amber Berard-Althouse, Owner – Amber Heals | Recorded on October 30, 2023   It’s Yukon Innovation Week 20223 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is once again featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs on what innovation, inspiration, wellness, and community mean to them.   (0:24) Amber introduces themselves and shares a bit...

S4E4: Interview with Yukon Entrepreneur Vanessa Ægirsdóttir, Co-Owner and Founder - Vanessa Ægirsdóttir | Recorded on October 28, 2023   It’s Yukon Innovation Week 20223 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is once again featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs on what innovation, inspiration, wellness, and community mean to them.   (0:22) Vanessa introduces thems...

S4E3: Interview with Yukon Entrepreneurs Kyra Chambers, Equine Director & Nataschaa Chatterton, Clinical Director – Shäwthän Näzhì | October 31, 2023   It’s Yukon Innovation Week 20223 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is once again featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs on what innovation, inspiration, wellness, and community mean to them.   (0:24) Kyra...

S4E2: Interview with Yukon Entrepreneur Ammanda Patridge, Owner, Service Provider and Instructor – Elements Hair Studio and Day Spa and Elements Esthetics Academy | Recorded on October 25, 2023 It’s Yukon Innovation Week 20223 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is once again featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs on what innovation, inspiration, wellness, and...

S4E1: Interview with Yukon Entrepreneur Gina Nagano, President & Community Safety Specialist – House of Wolf & Associates | recorded on October 25, 2023   It’s Yukon Innovation Week 20223 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is once again featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs on what innovation, inspiration, wellness, and community mean to them.   (0:24...

It's Yukon Innovation Week 2022 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs who are transforming our economy and affecting positive change by connecting, creating and collaborating to build a better Yukon. Watch the full podcast on YouTube   For more information about Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Development Corporation: nnddc.ca @facebook....

It's Yukon Innovation Week 2022 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs who are transforming our economy and affecting positive change by connecting, creating and collaborating to build a better Yukon. Watch the full podcast on YouTube For more information about Dawnix Water Services: dawnixservices.com @facebook.com/dawnix...

t's Yukon Innovation Week 2022 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs who are transforming our economy and affecting positive change by connecting, creating and collaborating to build a better Yukon. Watch the full episode on Youtube For more information about Inspire Reconciliation Potential visit: irpotential.com @facebo...

It's Yukon Innovation Week 2022 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs who are transforming our economy and affecting positive change by connecting, creating and collaborating to build a better Yukon. Watch the full podcast on YouTube   For more information about Shot in the Dark Productions visit: shotinthedarkmedia.com @...

It's Yukon Innovation Week 2022 and the Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast is featuring a mini-series of insightful conversations with Yukon entrepreneurs who are transforming our economy and affecting positive change by connecting, creating and collaborating to build a better Yukon. Watch on YouTube For more information about YukonStruct visit: yukonstruct.com For more information about Yukon Innovation...

S2E24   Join Yukon entrepreneur Larra Daley, owner and operator of Cultured Fine Cheese, a store in Whitehorse that sells cheese and many specialty food items, as we discuss their experience and the impacts the Covid-19 pandemic has had on them and their business.   (3:26) Larra shares how they have connected with their customers and community through cheese, and that establishing the relationship...

S2E23   Join Yukon entrepreneur Mark Stenzig, owner of Up North Adventures, an outdoor adventure company that has operated year-round tours in the Yukon for the past 31 years, as we discuss the impacts they have experienced during the pandemic.   (4:00) During the pandemic, Mark shares that their customer base changed from an international and national market to a very localized market.  This mean...

S2E22   Join Yukon entrepreneur Les Walker, owner of Walker Home Construction which has operated in the Yukon for over 13 years, as we discuss their experience during the pandemic and how it has impacted their business.   (2:38) Les describes the challenges the construction industry has faced during the pandemic, especially with sourcing materials and the rising interest rates for mortgages.  They...

S2E21   Join Yukon entrepreneur Alison Zeidler, owner and founder of Elemental Holistic Therapies, a business that offers wholistic wellness services to both people and their companion animals as we discuss how the pandemic has impacted them and their business.   (2:50) During the first year of the pandemic, Alison found that their client base had shifted quite a bit.  They ended up seeing a lot o...

S2E20 Join Yukon entrepreneur Lasänmą (Katie Johnson), member of Kluane First Nation, Wolf Clan, owner of the planning company Bella Elite and Director of Programs and Partnerships as well as a producer for the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association (YFNCT) as we catch up since our last discussion that occurred over two years ago.   (1:14) Katie discusses co-founding the Adäka Cultura...

S2E19 Join Yukon Entrepreneur Jayden Soroka, CEO of Outpost31, a media production company based in Whitehorse as we discuss what has been happening since we last spoke in November of 2020.    (00:53) Jayden shares how the work they do has evolved over the last few years, specifically due to the pandemic.  They are a classically trained animator; however, they have moved to focus on developing XR c...

S2E18   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Mike Pemberton, general manager of Erikco Holdings Ltd. as we connect with them about what impacts the pandemic has had on their businesses and how they have adapted over the last couple years.   (2:55) Mike shares their first memory of the pandemic. Initially, they heard rumblings while in Las Vegas for an annual furniture market at the end of January 2020, but it...

S2E17   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Kate Fitzgerald, co-owner and creative director of Velvet Antler Productions as we discuss what has been happening with them since our last interview in April 2020 near the very start of the pandemic.   (1:42) Kate shares their first memory of the pandemic. They specifically remember Friday, March 13th, 2020, and the rumblings of uncertainty at their work on whether...

S2E16   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Teena Dickson, hunting outfitter/tour operator of Dickson Outfitters and Who What Where Tours as we catch up on what has been going on since we last connected in June of 2020 closer to the start of the pandemic.   (1:51) Tina shares their first memory of the pandemic.  Whitehorse was just getting ready to host the Arctic Winter Games, and when the games were cancell...

S2E15   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Inga Petri, creator of Strategic Moves, as we reconnect since we last chatted over a year and a half ago and find out what changes have occurred for them and their business.   (2:02) Inga shares their first memory of the pandemic.  Their very first memory was of the strange news reports coming out of Wuhan, China, but their first major memory of realizing it was a b...

S2E14   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Myles Hougen, co-founder of Yukon Built, a community-focused, apparel company located in Whitehorse as we catch up and find out what has been happening since our last interview with them the summer of 2020.   (1:14) Myles shares their first memory of the pandemic. Their brother Tanner, co-founder of Yukon Built, was one of the first people in the Yukon to test posit...

S2E13   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Mark Wykes, owner of Wykes Your Independent Grocer as we catch up on what has changed since our first interview near the start of the pandemic in May of 2020.   (1:09) Mark shares their first memory of the pandemic.  They started seeing it happening in different parts of the world and Canada before it hit the Yukon.  Seeing the grocery shelves going empty due to hoa...

S2E12   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Vanessa Ægirsdóttir owner of V. Ægirsdóttir Artist and partner in Wild Yukon Furs as we reconnect since our first interview that happened near the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.   (1:30) Vanessa shares their first memory of the pandemic.  The pandemic started a week after they came home from their honeymoon and several weeks before their birthday.  Instead of a...

S2E11   Join Yukon Entrepreneur Tarek Bos-Jabbar, Chief Operating Officer of ColdAcre Food Systems, as we catch up on what has changed since we last connected in the summer of 2020 near the start of the pandemic.   (1:40) Tarek shares their first memory of the pandemic.  They ordered pizza and when it was dropped off the delivery worker dropped it off and backed away.  Their next moment was feelin...