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64. Improving your luck with brand guru Shane Skillen
Global Ivey Day Special - Entrepreneurial success can often hinge on luck. But what if you could improve your luck? What if you can bend the forces of fortune just enough? That’s exactly what Ivey HBA 2000 grad Shane Skillen was eager to share with our community of entrepreneurs.
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62. Powering a revolution in how Canadians travel with Chris Misch
Entrepreneurs are at the forefront of innovation. They change the way industries work and impact the global, local, and personal. Christopher Misch embodies that innovator ethos.
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55. Legends with Trent Kitsch of SAXX
Serial entrepreneur and founder of SAXX, Trent Kitsch, shares his journey of building a brand during his MBA and his ability to discover unique opportunities.
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52. Helping Canada Upskill with Melissa Sariffodeen
Melissa Sariffodeen has a number of roles and titles on her profile. One of them is "lifelong student." And it’s fitting.
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51. Everyone is selling something with Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki joins Eric Janssen to discuss his career, the importance of sales, how to be an effective employee in an early-stage start-up, and fatherhood.
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41. Finding direction in a distracted world with Cal Newport
Cal Newport shares his thoughts on how to stay focused in a world of digital distractions, the benefits of being impatient, and the fallacy of following your own passion.
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40. Community-centric entrepreneurship with Zita Cobb of ShoreFast
Eric Janssen speaks to Zita Cobb about entrepreneurship for the purpose of more than just profit, asset-based community development, why community is important and how one can build it.
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28. Entrepreneurship, Leading teams, and lessons learned with Ron Close
There is no shortage of descriptors for Ron Close, HBA ’81: a seasoned entrepreneur, leader, educator, coach with a small ‘c’, board member, investor etc.
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26. High-growth and its unique challenges
On the latest edition of the Ivey Entrepreneur Podcast, Eric Brass, HBA ’05, Founder of Tequila Tromba, Debbie Fung, Co-Founder of Yoga Tree Studios, and Anton Rabie, HBA ’94, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Spin Master, discuss high-growth and its unique challenges.
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23. Inclusion: How to go out of your way and move the dial in business and life with Jodi Kovitz, founder of #movethedial
Jodi Kovitz, a lawyer, turned tech executive, founded #movethedial, an organization to advance the participation and leadership of women in tech. In this episode, we talk about her entrepreneurial upbringing, how she navigated her early career, and the nudge she finally received to start her own company, and global movement.
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22. Mastery: Learning how to learn with Zero-to-Mastery founder Andrei Neagoie
On this weeks podcast, Eric Janssen is joined by Andre Neagoie, a software developer, turned entrepreneur, and currently lead instructor at his own company, Zero to Mastery (ZTM): the highest-rated programming course on the web that has graduated over 200,000 students.
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20. The Hundred Year Flood
In this episode, Ivey alum, lecturer and serial entrepreneur Dave Simpson, MBA ’89 shares the story of The Hundred Year Flood, hoping to remind entrepreneurs the importance of staying calm and carrying on, because entrepreneurs more than anyone understand that existential crises happen all the time.
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19. Prioritization: How to cut through entrepreneurial overwhelm and focus on what actually matters with Janet Bannister, Managing Partner of Real Ventures
Early this year Janet Bannister, HBA ’92, became the first woman to lead one of Canada’s largest early-stage VC firms. Janet has built her career on quickly figuring out what matters, and then becoming the best in the world at those things.
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18. Mobilizing networks and community building is key for women’s venture creation
Mona Sabet is a technology sector deal maker, an entrepreneur, a diversity advocate, and a community builder. With over 20 years of experience in driving inorganic growth for technology businesses from startup to public company, Mona has cultivated an expertise in formulating, structuring and negotiating strategic initiatives that power corporate growth.
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15. How to be innovative and make yourself indispensable with Brent Choi of DDB Canada
Brent Choi learnt the importance of being indispensable the hard way. Fired from his first four jobs, Brent began his recovery by relying on his work ethnic, and passion to find solutions.
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14. Looking for 'more' with Alan Gertner of Tokyo Smoke
In 2015, Alan Gertner was working his dream job at Google. Growing up, Alan was the type of kid who preferred computer camp to sports camp, and at only 30 years old was an executive at Google, living in Singapore. He’d dedicated his 20’s to winning at work and realized he wanted the next chapter to be different – so he left.
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13. Building a product for yourself with Sarah Sklash of The June Motel
For the first episode of 2020, Eric Janssen speaks to Sarah Sklash, HBA ’07, co-owner of The June Motel, a 16-room boutique motel in Prince Edward County.
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6. Taking Risks in Entrepreneurship w/ Rami Helali
This week’s Ivey Entrepreneur podcast features a New Yorker who quit his corporate job and moved to Egypt--all for the sake of the perfect t-shirt.
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5. Being an Introverted Entrepreneur: How to Survive in a World That Wont’ Stop Talking w/ Bobby Besant
We all know those people. The people that won’t stop talking. The people that never seem to be quiet long enough to hear what is ACTUALLY being said. Bobby Besant is not one of those entrepreneurs. He’s anything but.