Entrepreneurs Exposed

Shant Mardirosian is the founder of The Burger's Priest - which sold to Recipe Unlimited in 2017. Shant's new restaurant initiative, called the Fourth man in the fire, is taking shape in ways he couldn't have imagined in a food scene plagued by a global crisis. In this one, we discuss Fourth Man's unique business model, the death of the food critic, why many restaurants will never open again, and how Shant has seen sales pick up in the wake of COVID 19 while much of the industry is being choked by little or no revenue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilana Ben-Ari is a multiple-award-winning design entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker, and founder of 21Toys; a company that has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Bloomberg, ... her invention, The Empathy Toy was praised by TIME magazine as a “technology that is reshaping the future”.  In this conversation, we discuss how 21Toys has gone from a company running in-person training, and workshops all over the globe, to a radically different business model supported by a now fully remote team. We also discuss the importance of empathy, creativity, and resilience, how we're all trying to adapt to this "great pause" and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this first episode of our special series focused on businesses and their founders navigating these unchartered waters, we are in conversation with Founder/ CEO of Kognitive Marketing Josh Singer. In this conversation, we are focusing on how Kognitive has gone from millions in revenue to near zero, and from 546 employees down to 20 as a result of the pandemic. And despite this new reality, Josh believes he will come out stronger on the other side.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Ronzio is the founder and CEO of Trainual, a leading SaaS company helping fast-growing businesses automate their onboarding and training by documenting every process in one simple system. In this episode, we get into the origins of the Trainual, whether a start-up's geographical location matters, the concept of tool overload, email hacks such as getting to "inbox zero", why deleting your email folders is perhaps the most efficient productivity move for your sanity, and much more.  Support the show here: https://glow.fm/e2/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Owen, is the co-founder at one of Canada’s most promising e-commerce businesses, Rent Frock Repeat. Lisa's team is turning the retail model on its head, and leading the sharing economy while ensuring women across Canada of any age, race, or economic status have the opportunity to access amazing fashion while also reducing their collective carbon-footprint. In this episode, we dig into the burgeoning world of "renting fashion", discussing the likes of Rent the Runway, Gwynnie Bee, Stitch Fix, and more; Lisa's take on business partnerships, her experience fund raising, the company's appearance on Dragon's Den, why fashion is the second biggest polluter on the planet and what Lisa's company is doing about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Gallacher is the Chairman, and co-founder of Performance Phenomics — a health care company at the edge of stroke and concussion research. Drafted to the NHL in 2010, Ben played Division I NCAA hockey, before graduating from the University of Massachusetts and then subsequently pivoting away from a career in hockey in favor of entrepreneurship. We hit on the company's big pivot after a target market failure, stepping aside as CEO and knowing when to do it, finding your "north star", and more.Support the show here: https://glow.fm/e2/EP Sponsor: https://www.gohenry.com/us/?utm_campaign=Feb2020trial&utm_source=e2&utm_medium=podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Marcaccio is the Co-Founder and CEO of the budding lifestyle physical therapy brand, Myodetox. Through the power of a brand-first approach and an industry-leading social media strategy, Myodetox has forged partnerships with global brands including Nike, Equinox, and Lululemon. In this EP, we discuss the pull of Instagram as a customer acquisition tool, the explosion of boutique fitness, building a business with purpose, and way more.   Support the show here: https://glow.fm/e2/EP Sponsor: https://www.gohenry.com/us/?utm_campaign=Feb2020trial&utm_source=e2&utm_medium=podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shant Mardirosian, is the founder of The Burgers Priest - arguably the biggest Canadian burger success story in recent memory, and a chain that has changed the entire culture of the food scene. Shant, a dedicated Christian, went from pastoral ministry into entrepreneurship, and his story is unbelievable. In this episode, we get into Shant's journey, which begins with his desire to find purpose, his experience dealing with fear and burnout, the company's recent exit, and much more. Originally released: Dec 2018  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Herold is a lifelong entrepreneur, and the head of the COO Alliance, the largest global network for the second in command. In this conversation, we dive into the differences in personality traits with respect to CEOs and COO's, leadership topics such as conflict management, and getting to inbox zero; why meetings are often unproductive, how to calculate the cost of a meeting, the real stressors that founders and CEO's deal with behind the scenes, and more.Support E2 here! https://glow.fm/e2/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special 60th EP, we chat with Dani Lipkin, Innovation Sector Head for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV). In this deep dive into technology IPO's, we discuss steps to a public offering, the right company profile, common misconceptions about going public, some of the Canadian tech unicorns that went public early and more.  Support E2 here! https://glow.fm/e2/  EP Sponsor: https://www.metro.ca/ - use the code: E215 for $15 off your order of $50 or more   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices