Entrepreneurs Exposed

Mark Bowden is one of the world’s top 30 Body Language Professionals, and the founder of TRUTHPLANE, a communication training company. Mark has an impressive client list of leading executives, politicians and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. His popular TEDx talk called the ’The Importance of Being Inauthentic’ has been viewed nearly 300,000 times.  In this episode, Mark and I discuss how to sell more effectively, how to build trust and engagement, and why politicians, including Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, and others really on body language to persuade. We also talk about key take away’s from Mark’s new best-selling book, Truth & Lies. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samer led Iristel from a small startup to an international telecommunications service provider with infrastructure licenses on three continents. Samer has won numerous entrepreneurial awards, including Profit Magazine's youngest CEO among the Top Profit 100 companies in Canada. In this episode, we discuss the future of broadband and 5G, the risks associated with entering emerging markets like Africa, and the imbalance of power perpetrated by legacy incumbents and the CRTC.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Cigos is the Co-Founder and Vice President at Buddha Brands Co./Temple Lifestyle Inc. The company’s hugely popular Thirsty Buddha coconut water is flying off retail shelves, and is a viable market leader in natural organic CPG. In this great conversation, Mark and I hit on competing vs "the big guys” (Coke & Pepsi), what it takes to play in the US as a Canadian brand, and the business impact of appearing on Shark Tank or Dragon’s Den. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilana Ben-Ari is the founder and CEO of Twenty One Toys. The company’s first product The Empathy Toy, is now used in thousands of schools, homes and corporations across 45 countries. It was featured in TIME as one of 6 new technologies shaping classrooms and offices of the future. In this episode, we discuss the rise of her toy start-up, how to teach empathy and "soft skills", why toys are the new textbooks, and the gap between what kids are being taught vs. what jobs will actually exist when they graduate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Larochelle is the co-founder of the Extreme Bean, and he is taking the art of pickling to a whole new level. From pickling in their condo, these beans are now selling "en masse” with a jar of extreme bean consumed every 11 seconds. In this fun episode focused on niche food, we discuss the art of bootstrapping, best friends and business partnerships, how to get a niche product into national retail, debt vs. equity, and launching products that celebrate social and fun parts of life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and JournalEngine™ Software. She is recognized as world leader in thought mastery. In this incredible episode, we hit on belief systems that hold us back from getting what we really want, how we can find our unique ability and harness it, and the 3 ways extraordinary leaders think that separates them from the average. Kim also shares some deeply impactful client stories in this fun and intense conversation about crafting an extraordinary life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Herold, author, speaker, and entrepreneur is known as the CEO Whisperer. He is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth. The current publisher of Forbes magazine, Rich Karlgaard, called Cameron Herold the best speaker he’s ever heard. In this episode, we talk about bridging the culture gap across generations, spotting entrepreneurial traits in kids, the potential collapse of the college system, and how balance is about focusing on the 5 F’s: Friends, Family, Fitness, Finance, and Faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Warren, who some call the meditation MacGyver, is a Canadian meditation teacher, writer, and author. He recently co-wrote the New York Times bestseller, 'Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics' with ABC news anchor Dan Harris, and continues to lead the ever-expanding Consciousness Explorers Club, a nonprofit meditation group based in Toronto. In this episode, Jeff and I discuss various forms of meditation, the struggles people have with respect to maintaining a practice, and how meditation can help cope with (and perhaps even eradicate) symptoms of ADD, anxiety, and depression.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode focused on retail and men’s fashion, entrepreneur & Indochino CEO Drew Green shares how the retailer plans to grow through more showrooms and expansion into outerwear. We explore a number of topics including; why money is not always the best motivator, how millennials actually like to dress up despite “casualization” in workplace dress codes, and striking life balance as CEO of one of the world’s fastest-growing apparel companies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Dennis is, in his words, the world's only entrepreneur in residence at a law firm. In this episode, Jeff and I discuss issues facing startups, balancing marriage and entrepreneurial life, significant disruptions coming to the legal industry, and why Trump’s vision equates to turning the clock back to the 1950’s. We explore some deep topics in this fun 40-minute chat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices