AQ's Blog & Grill Podcast
1) Taking the ‘Why Not’ Approach and Running with Opportunities as they come | Donna Litt
Uvaro: Helping professionals have more fulfilling careers In this episode, Donna talks about the ‘Why Not’ approach that has led her through much of her entrepreneurial career. Taking advantage of opp...Show More
2) Knowing When to Pivot in Your Startup | Mallorie Brodie
In this episode, Mallorie talks about the $24M CAD Series B funding that the company has just secured as well as the importance of maintaining the mindset of a start-up. To always be innovating and lo...Show More
3) Building a Successful Innovation Ecosystem With Collaborative Capitalism | Communitech CEO Iain Klugman
“We can honestly say that every assumption we made about how we thought it was going to work was wrong.” Iain Klugman has spent the last 16 years bringing together government organizations, businesses...Show More
4) Driverseat Director of Marketing talks Franchise Expansion and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs | Dani Bazely
In this week’s episode, Alan sits down with Dani Bazely, Director of Marketing for Driverseat, as they discuss the innovative, award-winning business. Driverseat’s franchise-based business model focus...Show More
5) How Bridgit Founders Used Customer Insights to Build a Multi Million Dollar Business | Lauren Lake
What does successfully breaking into an untapped market actually look like? How do you do it? How do you bring a product to market that the market is ready to adopt right away? You ask the market. Wha...Show More
6) Hamilton’s Innovation Factory and the Value of a Startup Supercluster | David Carter
"Innovation Factory Accelerates Success" - who doesn't want that!? Incubators and accelerators, like Hamilton's Innovation Factory, are the not so hidden gem that entrepreneurs need to know. In this w...Show More
7) Finding Your Way Through Uncertainty and Coming Out Stronger | Jennifer Moss
The world is currently going through the strangest thing that any of us will likely face in our lives. And there's a ton of fear and anxiety and doom and gloom that comes along with a worldwide pandem...Show More
Finding Your Way Through Uncertainty and Coming Out Stronger | Jennifer Moss
30:42 | Mar 30th, 2020
8) How to Build a Word of Mouth Strategy | Talk Triggers Author Jay Baer
90% of B2B purchases are influenced by word of mouth. Fewer than 1% of companies have an actual “word of mouth” strategy. Jay Baer knows that one of the best ways to grow a business is for your custom...Show More
9) Balancing it all – From Career to #MomLife and Everything in between | Melissa Melnychuk
From her demanding and successful career in sports marketing as the VP of Business Development for the KW Titans to balancing being a single mom to three busy children, Melissa Melnychuk has mastered ...Show More
10) How This Startup is Making a Huge Global Impact | Peter Whitby - CEO of O2 Canada
“I wanted to do something global and make an impact” - Peter Whitby What started as a leisurely trip in China has become a global product and a growing team. With intensive research, O2 Canada has tru...Show More