The Yukon Entrepreneur Podcast

Join Yukon Entrepreneur Selene Vakharia of SMRT POP UPS . Selene is a Whitehorse-based entrepreneur who works with organizations and governments to engage their audiences and she also works with businesses and entrepreneurs to help them market and increase their profits and client-base.  On the podcast Selene shares hot tips on how to market online, the mindset of business success, her hopes for t...

Join Yukon Entrepreneur Patti Balsillie, owner of Patti Balsillie Management Consulting. Patti is a northern and national management consultant with 30+ years in the Yukon. She specializes in governance, tourism and community economic development and currently serves on the board of the Canadian Crown Corporation for tourism, Destination Canada.   (2:35) Patti is really inspired by the social inno...

Join Yukon Entrepreneur Georgia Hammond owner of Axe & Crocus, a small batch food product company based in Dawson City, Yukon.    https://www.axeandcrocus.com/   (0:30) Georgia is a cook by day and has a side-hustle as a small batch producer of hand-crafted culinary delights using locally-foraged ingredients called Axe & Crocus. (1:40) For the most part, Georgia hasn’t operated within a rigid busi...

Join Yukon Entrepreneur Ddhälh kït Nelnah, Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé, member of White River First Nation as she talks about her business as an Upper Tanana Curator and Visual Artist.    www.teresavandermeerchasse.ca   (1:45) Teresa discovered her passion for art at a young age through music and learned beadwork from her grandmother. It was during her time in university studying Anthropology, as sh...

Join Yukon Entrepreneur and Hunting Outfitter/Tour Operator Teena Dickson of Dickson Outfitters and Who What Where Tours as she talks about how her businesses are adapting to the pandemic. Teena has extensive experience in the tourism industry and is proud to be part of a multi-generational family-owned business that has been operating since 1903. https://www.whitehorsetours.com/ https://www.dicks...

Join entrepreneur Ammanda Partridge, owner of Elements Hair Studio and Day Spa, as she talks about what she has learned about her business model during the pandemic as orders came from the government that her personal service business was required close. http://elementshairandspa.ca/ (1:00) Ammanda reflects on her realization that her business wasn't as diversified as she thought when she was orde...

Join Yukon entrepreneur and photographer Alistair Maitland as he talks about pivoting his business during the pandemic. ( 1:00 ) Alistair talks about adapting his business model as he realized that every event he had planned to shoot for the foreseeable future had been wiped off his calendar. ( 1:40 ) Alistair talks about his first pandemic pivot: "doortraits". He talks about how putting his energ...

Join entrepreneur Mark Wykes, owner of Wykes Your Independent Grocer in Whitehorse, as he talks about how his business has transformed due to the pandemic. Mark has over three decades of experience in retail grocery. ( 1:15 ) Mark talks about experiencing the most challenging couple of weeks of his career when the pandemic first hit. ( 1:50 ) Mark talks about learning how to react in the midst of...

Join Yukon entrepreneur Lasänmą (Katie Johnson), member of Kluane First Nation, Wolf Clan, as she talks about her career bringing people together and creating opportunities for indigenous artists. Katie owns the event planning company Bella Elite and is the Director of Arts and Producer for the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association (YFNCTA). ( 2:28 ) Katie talks about accepting that...

Join entrepreneur Tyler Doll of G-P Distributing as he talks about working in food distribution in the territory during the pandemic and how he and G-P Distribution are growing and adapting to the change. ( 2:00 ) Tyler talks about being raised in an entrepreneurial family in the Yukon. ( 3:50 ) Tyler comments about working hard and having a nimble organization that can react to changes in the mar...

Join Sierra Van der Meer, Regional Director of Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (Yukon) as she talks about working with Yukon entrepreneurs through the Covid-19 Pandemic. ( 1:20 ) Sierra comments on what she's learned about CanNor (Yukon) during the pandemic and government's ability to respond and adapt quickly. ( 2:30 ) Sierra talks about the CanNor's new relief program providing fix...

Join social innovation consultant, Michael Pealow as he talks about systems thinking, shifting worldviews and asking "why?" ( 1:00 ) Michael speaks about his career working in the north in economic and business development. ( 1:40 ) Michael advises business owners to pay attention, accept and adapt. ( 2:05 ) Michael comments on how he's adapting his business model -- a real challenge since his cur...

Join entrepreneur Sonny Gray as he talks about the role of agriculture in the Yukon, his transition to corporate farming and disrupting the food supply chain here in the north. Sonny is CEO of North Star Agriculture, co-owner of Flat Creek Farms and Yukon Born & Raised. https://www.northstaragriculture.com/... https://www.localline.ca/yukonbornand... ( 1:00 ) Sonny talks about what he's growing (...

Join Chef Chris Irving as he discusses how he's transitioning his business model during the pandemic to support essential workers and his philanthropic work producing meals for the Food Bank. ( 1:50 ) Chis talks about how he's transitioned his business model to produce healthy and nutritious meals for essential workers. ( 4:15 ) Chris talks about his work with the Food Bank and founding the Yukon...

Join entrepreneur Blair Hogan from Gunta Business Consulting in a broad ranging conversation about how he's thinking about his business through the pandemic, systems change and creating adaptable business structures. www.guntabusiness.com ( 1:20 ) Blair reflects on changes in his business model ( 3:00 ) Blair reflects on parenting, work experience for students this summer, and leveraging/layer tec...

Join entrepreneur Joella Hogan as she talks about what she's learning about her business during the Covid-19 Pandemic. https://yukonsoaps.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Theyukonsoap... Q1: ( 0:30 ) Joella tells us about what she's learned about her business model during the pandemic. Q2: ( 3:50 ) Joella talks about giving-back through a new t-shirt initiative that she started that will make you lau...

Join Yukon entrepreneur Kate Fitzgerald from Velvet Antler Productions in an interview about what she's thinking about as we transition our businesses because of Covid-19. To learn more about Kate and Velvet Antler Productions, visit: https://velvetantlerproductions.com/ or find them on Facebook or subscribe to their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXD... Q1: Kate share a little...

Join Yukon entrepreneur, business coach and tax accounting/bookkeeping expert Joanne Thomas in an interview about what she's thinking about as we transition our businesses because of Covid-19. Q1: Joanne begins by explaining a bit about her business model and her focus on collaboration, relationships, processes and life-long learning. Q2: ( 4:50 ) Joanne offers advice how to make decisions during...