This Commerce Life

She's done a fast thought with us, but we finally got a chance to hang out for real with her.  This started with a journey to switch the family to vegan, and she realized how hard it was to get healthy, tasty and relatively to make. check out Yumasoy here: https://yumasoy.com/ Find Gina here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-arsens-cpa-ca-cbv-05533312/

Cedar Valley founder Ameen Fadel talks about how he got started at 16 and how he and his family have built a national business Find Ameen here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameen-fadel-48175514b/Shop Cedar Valley here: 

A colouring cookie kit. Who knew? Chris Goodrow and his wife, Kristy, that's who.  They began baking out of a licensed kitchen in their basement part-time and frantically juggling 3 small children, a travel work schedule and growing demand. Today, they're pioneering a whole new category, and pushing the borders on decorating kits. check out https://bysweetness.com/Find Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgoodrow/

They bought their uncle's business, got orders by fax machine, and didnt' know who their end customers were. It took a pandemic, and a timely instagram post by Ryan Reynolds, and a lot of sweat and selling to get this business into what it is today.  shop Grandpa J's here: https://www.grandpajs.com/ Find Jenny here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennygrandpajs/ 

A father/daughter podcast on families in business together.We spent some time with Randy Sihota at Nationwide, and this time, his daughter Kamryn joins us and talks about working with her dad.  She talks about reconsidering working with her dad and Nationwide. The two of them talk about family dynamics and what it takes to try and continue to build a family business together.  You can find Kamryn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamryn-sihota-4865b826b/Randy is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-sihota-04593444/check out Nationwide here: https://nnfd.ca/check out Wescana foods here: https://wescanafoods.com/Randy's original episode is here: https://www.thiscommercelife.com/tclpodcast/episode/231333c0/they-could-have-bought-a-mcdonalds-in-1976-but-his-dad-and-his-brother-chose-to-get-into-granola-instead-fast-forward-randy-sihota-is-still-in-the-family-businessOld Growth beverages tea will make a great Christmas gift! www.oldgrowthbeverages.com

This episode finally happened. We get a chance to talk to Aaron Chin about 30+ years in the Organika business. He always knew that he wanted to be in the business of helping others. Watching his dad do it served as role model for what he's trying to do with the business today. You can find Aaron here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-chin-b1336336/check out Organika here: https://organika.com/ check out our microground teas here: https://oldgrowthbeverages.com/  

CEO and a partner of Unity Brands Inc., David Lui comes on to talk about the company he cofounded with Joe Mimran and Frank Rocchetti. We talk to David about his wide and varied past, and how he's lived right across Canada. Find David here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidymlui/ Check out Kit and Ace here: https://www.kitandace.com/  

Mayumi Bae and her siblings are committed to bringing Asian inspired, innovative plant based products to market. Their newest product Noods, surprised us at CHFA East. In case you want to check out their food offerings in person, head to their cafe - the Plant Based Workshop find Mayumi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayumi-bae-b735b1277/?originalSubdomain=catheir cafe is here: https://plantbasedworkshop.com/If you're interested in microground tea, head to www.oldgrowthbeverages.com  

Sonia Strobel talks about supporting Canadian fishing families and keeping small-scale fishing alive in BC and providing transparency around what they are catching, where and how.  Find Sonia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-strobel/Sign up for Skipper Otto here: https://skipperotto.com/ Homework for our listeners - watch the cbc documentary on Skipper Otto here:: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2256028739565 Thank you to Fieldagent Canada for sponsoring this episode.  You can find Buy and try here: https://www.fieldagentcanada.com/buyandtry

Celebrating small business month, releasing a special episode with Christina Santini from CFIB.  92% Canadians said they love having small businesses in their community, but only 13% do most of their shopping at small businessesChristina Santini from Canadian Federation of Independent Business  talks about influencing goverment policy, helping small businesses  and fighting for a CEBA extension.  Connect with Christina here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-santini-711ba5222/On CEBA, fighting for an extension while providing information on refinancing for those who will need it.New CEBA Provisions -  https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/ceba-updateCFIB’s CEBA Petition – https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/petition/national-petition-ceba-loansNDP Petition in the House of Commons: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4624 (Closes December 5th)Tips if refinancing - https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/tools-resources/financing-options-ceba-loan On payroll taxes, here is a link to resources, as well as to a report that speaks to all the payroll taxes that exist across the country and their impacts: https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/2023-payroll-tax-deductions Link to our Cybercecurity Academy, as well as Webinars and Qs&As on the issue: https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/cybersecurity It is October. Small Business Month. Our #SmallBusinessEveryDay campaign is on! Resources to promote small businesses and shopping local are included below. https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/celebrate-small-businessToolkit for business owners: https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/celebrate-small-business/toolkitsBig Thank You contest open October 30, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET: https://www.smallbusinesseveryday.ca/big-thank-you-contest. Small business supporters can enter the weekly draw by visiting SmallBusinessEveryDay.ca and leaving a thank-you note to their favourite small Canadian business. The winners— one supporter and the business they thanked—are announced every week. The winning businesses will receive a $2,500 cash prize sponsored by Interac Corp., a one-year CFIB membership and a Big Thank You box. Small business supporters can also win $1,000 cash to shop local and a Big Thank You Box that includes small business products from every province and territory.Small retailers’ local contributions report: https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/research-economic-analysis/small-retailers-local-contributions Membership benefits and how to become a member: https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/membership-benefits or https://members.cfib-fcei.ca/en-ca/join-now