The Trevor Rose Podcast

Welcome to episode #50 & the Christmas Edition of the rose bro podcast !Hopefully this episode finds you safe and healthy with friends and family.We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about the beginning of the Rose Bros Book Review!Starting with The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson, our plan is to read one book per month (roughly) and review it on the podcast.Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema and The Big Goodbye chronicle's everyone from Jack Nicholson, to Roman Polanski & Robert Evans on how the cinematic masterpiece came to be.A great movie and hopefully a great book...We also got an update on the status of Jimmy's new book coming out in the coming months.Stay tuned for the official review of The Big Goodbye & enjoy the conversation!Support the show

This episode, we are joined by Dr. George Athanassakos -  Professor of Finance and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at Ivey Business School. Dr. Athanassakos is the Founder & Managing Director of The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing, and the Founder and Managing Director of the Center for the Advancement of Value Investing Education. Prior to joining Ivey, Dr. Athanassakos spent a number of years at various research-related positions with banking and trust companies in Canada and Greece, and taught at York University and Wilfrid Laurier University, where he was professor of Finance and Founder & Director of Laurier's Financial Planning Program. Dr. Athanassakos has a BA  from The School of Industrial Studies of Thessalonica, Greece, and a MA,  MBA &  PhD in Finance from York University. The Financial Planning Standards Council has bestowed Dr. Athanassakos with the FP Canada™ Fellow distinction for his outstanding contribution to furthering the organizations mission. Dr. Athanassakos is also a Fellow of the Quality Shareholder Initiative at the Law School of George Washington University in Washington, DC. He is the only Canadian to receive this distinction.Dr. Athanassakos has been ranked among the top 10 researchers in Canada by research published in Financial Management and among the top 10 Canadian professors by the Globe and Mail. He has also prepared studies on the Canadian capital markets and industry analyses for Greece and Canada. We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and discussed the origins of value investing from people like Ben Graham to Warren Buffett, Prem Watsa and Seth Klarman, what makes a good business,  life and investing advice from Warren Buffett, career advice and a lot more. Enjoy!Support the show

This episode, we are joined by Project Forest founder - Mike Toffan!Mike graduated with a degree in Forest Management from the University of Alberta and has since used his experience as General Manger of Reclamation and Forestry at Tree Time Services to found Project Forest. Project Forest is a non-profit reforestation company that has partnered with conservation groups and private landowners to afforest large areas of land. Project Forest leverages their strong relationship with silviculture foresters at Tree Time Services to develop site specific plans and utilize the largest privately held seed bank in Alberta to ensure the correct seed species are used to plant trees.The first partner to sign on to the project was Tidewater Midstream, who in their first year of investment will see 4,000 trees take root within Alberta’s newest forest, removing over 2,100 metric tonnes of C02 and create over 1.2 million pounds of biomass over its lifespan.It was a great episode and I really like Project Forest  because they actually work with industry and companies like Tidewater Midstream to help give back to reforestation.You can find them at projectforest.ca for more details and information on how you can support reforestation!We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about taking centrist view on industry vs. the environmental, being transparent as a non-profit, environmental problems and opportunities, how you can help and a lot more!Enjoy!Support the show

This episode we are joined by entrepreneur - Karen Anderson - CEO and Founder  of Alberta Food Tours. Since 2006, Karen has led  Alberta Food Tours with the idea of serving her customers and community in Calgary, Banff, Canmore and Edmonton - even making international food tours to places like India. After Covid-19 hit, Karen adapted her business to include digital food tours, packaged honey and her extremely popular "Alberta Cares Box", packed with a selection of Alberta products (including rose bros chocolate) to her business.Karen is also a food journalist who has written for radio, television, print and new media including CBC Radio, PBS-TV, Apple Magazine, City Palate, Avenue and WestJet magazines. She’s a Taste Canada award-winning cookbook author and a writing award winner for Food Artisans of Alberta.You can follow her personal and travel adventures on Instagram at "Savour It All" and she is currently building a new South Indian cookbook at "Faces Places and Plates" also on Instagram.We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about being an entrepreneur in the food business, adapting the business during Covid-19, never retiring, building a business sustainably, serving your community,  creativity and a lot more!Enjoy!Support the show

This episode we are joined Geordan Spicer for part II of our ongoing conversation on the podcast. Geordan is the founder of  Kin + Pod Chocolate - a Calgary based “bean to bar” chocolate company whose mission is to inspire kindness in others while treating its own suppliers and customers fairly. Kind & Pod has won multiples awards at the International Chocolate Awards and is planning on further growing in 2021 through its own distribution, online sales other creative ways of building the brand. We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about everything from how Kin + Pod has grown 4x from this time last year, dealing with Covid-19, building your own stability through entrepreneurship, seeing multiple points of view and a lot more!Enjoy!Support the show

This episode we are joined by entrepreneur - Mitch Jacobsen - CEO and Founder of Rviita Energy Tea.After graduating with a degree in petroleum engineering, Mitch spent the first few years of his career in the energy industry.However, after a close friend's heart attack - part of which was attributed to unhealthy energy drinks - Mitch believed there had to be a better product which supplied energy and was also made of healthy ingredients.Mitch used his experience in sports combined with a lot of trial and error in the lab to create a low sugar energy tea made to give you a little energy when you need it most, without the crash and unhealthy ingredients.Fast forward a few years, Rvitta Energy Tea is now sold in 300 stores across Canada with major plans going forward.Along with co-founders Karly Jacobsen and Robert Wigg, Rviita is soon planning to launch in the USA as well as further expand in Canada. We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about the dangers of too much sugar, scaling a business, having an idea vs. execution, burning the boats & going all in, good business books and a lot more!Enjoy!Support the show

This episode we are joined by entrepreneur - Lou Rosenfeld (MSc, Engineering) - owner of Lou's Performance Centre.Lou's provides boot fitting services as well as  high performance ski equipment including  everything from skis, boots and bindings to foot beds, boot lifters and every thing else in between.In short, Lou’s specializes in adapting ski equipment with the knowledge of Biomechanics and modern pressure/balance measuring tools to properly set up alpine skiers. Lou has also published numerous articles and academic papers on everything from the science of boot fitting to avalanche transceivers. Lou graduated from the The University of Calgary with a Masters of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a specialization in Biomechanics, as well as the Oregon Institute of Technology with Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about Lou's roots in the United States, being a Vietnam era veteran, becoming an entrepreneur in the ski industry, career paths, the science behind boot fitting, race car driving and what you can do to get the best ski setup for the upcoming season.Enjoy !Support the show

This episode we are joined by Don Hladiuk - scientist and professional geologist who has been heard for over 35 years on on the CBC morning show the Calgary EyeOpener as well as seen occasionally on CBC and CTV local TV news.Don is also an enrichment lecturer for the Road Scholar “Astronomy Above the Arctic Circle” program (Norway) and gives presentations on what’s up in the night sky to various organizations.Among other things, Don was the President of the Calgary centre of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) from 1990-1992 and is a member of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Task Force  for Astronomical Society of Canada. Don has published photos in Sky News and Spaceflight magazines and shares his photos on Twitter, (@astrogeo), Instagram and YouTube (astrogeol).Don also volunteers at public astronomical events and even has Asteroid 73704 named after him to acknowledge his contributions in public education.Don is based out of Calgary, Alberta (Canada) where he lives with his wife and family.We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about the ethics of space debris from the Starlink program, reusable rockets, asteroids hitting Earth, Aliens and a lot more.Enjoy!Support the show

This episode, we are joined by endūr CEO & Founder - Rob Fraser. Rob currently lives in Victoria, BC Canada and is a former 5-time member of Canadian National mountain bike team.In 2016, Rob founded endūr, an athletic lifestyle brand that creates performance socks by combing expressive design and technical features.Endūr has since grown to a seven figure business and shows now signs of slowing down!Today, Rob's mission at endūr is focused on building a sustainable company and inspiring a collective of athletes who persevere in pursuit of their goals. When he's not working at endūr, Rob enjoys spending time with his son and wife as well as getting back out the mountain and road bike. We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee  and talked about starting and building endūr, Rob's experience on Dragons Den, how you can start a business, good books and a lot  more!Enjoy!Support the show

This episode we are joined by 2x Olympian & World Cup Ski racer Ben Thomsen for part II of our ongoing conversation!As discussed in part I of the show, Ben has spent 10 years on the World Cup circuit where he has competed in two Olympic games (Sochi 2014 & PyeongChang 2018) With numerous top ten results and World Championship finishes, he has been a tough competitor from the start. This season Ben has opted to race as solo athlete, since he was not re-selected to be a member of the Canadian National Ski Team which further adds to this great story. We sat down for a smooth cup of rose bros coffee and talked about everything from dealing with highs & lows, how much it costs for season on the World Cup, wind tunnels, doping in ski racing, re-building Canadian ski racing and a lot more!Also, we were fortunate to have Ben star in the most recent Rose Bros Coffee commercial produced by Justin Woodman at JayBird Media - so if you get a chance - check it out on YouTube or Instagram! You wont regret it!Enjoy!Support the show