The StartWell Podcast
1) Roundtable on Cannabis in Ontario
At this roundtable we feature the perspectives of three guests who work within the Canadian cannabis industry - including a grower and two gentlemen who have previously owned a production/processing f...Show More
2) Cato Pastoll – Canadian fintech bank founder
Cato Pastoll is the co-founder and CEO of a Toronto based fintech startup called Loop. Loop bills itself as Canada's #1 bank for entrepreneurs - with a cross border banking platform that includes c...Show More
3) Andrew Ingham – Beer/wine buyer turned entrepreneur
Andrew Ingham has had an interesting career - he started working in his youth in plumbing and then spent years building markets for beer companies before becoming an alcohol buyer for large grocery ch...Show More
4) Jasmine Daya – Personal injury lawyer and entrepreneur
Jasmine Daya developed a successful injury law practice in downtown Toronto leading up to the pandemic - in the down-time when courts were closed and business was slow, her entrepreneurial spirit saw ...Show More
5) Nick DenBoer aka Smearballs on his creative journey
Nick DenBoer is a film and music video director based in Toronto who has worked with a wide array of high profile clients - including ad agencies like Wieden+Kennedy, media personalities like Conan O'...Show More
6) Alan Smithson – Co-Founder, MetaVRse
Alan Smithson co-invented the world’s first touchscreen DJ system called 'Emulator' - an award winning piece of performance kit used by some of the top DJs on the global dance music circuit. In a twi...Show More
7) Lisa Mattam – Founder, Sahajan
For the 51st episode of StartWell's Podcast, we sat down with Lisa Mattam - the Toronto based founder of Sahajan. This unique clean skincare company develops Ayurveda based products with the rigor of ...Show More
8) Stefany Nieto – COO & Co-founder, Gwella/MOJO
As with most pharmaceutical drugs, Adderall comes with side-effects which make it undesirable for a lot of people - including addictiveness, something which inspired the team behind Gwella, a Toronto ...Show More
9) Samir Mourani & Matthew Chapman from Gent’s Talk [Ep.49]
Originally a written series of interviews with male celebrities and athletes published online through a website called Gents Post, Gents Talk was launched in 2022 as a video podcast to better articula...Show More
10) Food Philanthropist Chef Jagger Gordon [ep.48]
Accomplished Toronto Chef Jagger Gordon joined us in studio to share the inspiration behind his philanthropic endeavours to battle food insecurity and reduce food waste. In this engaging conversati...Show More