This Commerce Life
Phil Chang / Kenny Vannucci
A Canadian Podcast, focused on Canadian brands, determined to talk about Canadian success stories.
We are two retail guys that believe that Canadians are smart, resourceful entrepreneurs that Canada needs to know about.
We find great stories of entrepreneurs for inspiration, teach the principles of retail, share best practices,. We play the role of connector to help entrepreneurs to find great partners.
We are two retail guys that believe that Canadians are smart, resourceful entrepreneurs that Canada needs to know about.
We find great stories of entrepreneurs for inspiration, teach the principles of retail, share best practices,. We play the role of connector to help entrepreneurs to find great partners.
Episodes
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Feb 2, 2021 • 57min
Nicole Murphy, Vice President of Growth at Bell Curve comes on to talk career, email marketing and how Bell Curve is doing things different
Philly and Nicole laugh about how long they've known each other, they geek out about email marketing and how it can power a business' growth. The boys are amazed at Nicole's skills and how many pots she's had her hands in. To find Nicole: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemjmurphy/Check out Bell Curve here: https://www.bellcurve.com/
Jan 26, 2021 • 44min
Shelby Taylor, Founder, CEO at Chickapea comes on to tell us about her unconventional journey to success
Shelby started working on Chickapea in 2015. Today, Chickapea is everywhere! Check out Chickpea here: https://chickapea.ca/You can find Shelby here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorshelby/
Jan 19, 2021 • 59min
Wondering what you do with classic CPG skills? Angie Baker comes on to talk about using her strategic skills for helping children
Phil and Angie talk old J&J days and Philly relives some battle scars that left marks. Angie talks about putting her strategic skills to work with the Save the Children Organization, getting deployed to El Paso and helping children reunite with their families. To find Angie Baker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/angiembaker/
Jan 12, 2021 • 46min
First episode of the year is just the boys. Getting their sh*t together, Philly's pro-tip for the month, Google Adwords analytics improvements
The boys talk about getting their businesses right, how they're thinking about the year. Philly struggles to help an owner become a CEO. Philly talks about how to think about client hours and how and when to work a little harder, when to balance versus family life. Philly's pro-tip for the month - last month was WIFI Mesh, and now Philly wants you to think about buying a budget gaming laptop. (sub-$1000, light weight gaming)
Jan 5, 2021 • 2h 5min
2020 Holiday Hangout! We opened the Zoom Room and podcast guests of old came and hung out!
We had lots of guest come and hang out for our last podcast of the year. This one is pretty fun - if you want to watch it, it'll put faces to voices. Head to https://youtu.be/QI4iS-GsrsoSome of our guests that came by:Tim Dumas, Jaks AlcoholStephen Sotto, Bed Bath & Beyond MexicoMark Stirling, Orion SalesCherry Yang, Air Ops Consulting https://www.airopsconsulting.org/Tazz Latifi, https://petropolisnyc.com/the-petropolist-podcast/Chloe Holyman, Brand Manager for https://www.tryenerc.com/April May Bellia, formerly of Granola Girl now The Optimystic Soul life coachBram Warshafsky, Shelfgram, https://www.shelfgram.com/Laurie Shopland, https://laurieshopland.com/Jim Shopland, https://shoplandhealth.ca/Richard Pollock, https://www.takeharmony.ca/, https://www.kihealthdefence.ca/
Dec 29, 2020 • 1h 3min
VP Of Business Development at Daiya Foods, Chris Bailey comes on to talk career path and leading edge plant based food innovation
Long time "rock" of the retail industry...Alan Bates comes up, we talk career progression and Philly drools (as usual) over Daiya's new lineup of products. You can find Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bailey-4130958/You can find Daiya here: https://daiyafoods.com/ Drool over Daiya's food lineup here: https://www.youtube.com/user/daiyafoods/videos
Dec 22, 2020 • 1h 21min
The Boss makes an appearance! The pandemic from a manufacturer's perspective
The Boss, Linda, talks about the pandemic from a manufacturer's perspective...A manufacturer that makes hand sanitizer. The boys and the Boss talk about concerns about the upcoming year, how to look at growth differently, and they talk growing up and ethnic backgrounds. Check out Linda's profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindambwebb/ find Prolab here: http://www.prolabhealth.com/
Dec 15, 2020 • 1h 12min
A return visit by Intelocate's CEO Yulia Vasilyeva, to talk about her new round of funding
When businesses land funding and have a chance to grow, it's always exciting. It's even more exciting when it's a business that helps other businesses solve communication and operational issues. On top of that, the business is a friend of the show - that's very exciting! CEO of Intelocate, Yulia Vasilyeva comes on to talk about her $1 million in funding from TCap Private Equity. To find Yulia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliavas/Intelocate: www.intelocate.comTCap Private Equity : https://www.tcapequity.com/Yulia's first episode with us is here: https://this-commerce-life-fb5a846c.simplecast.com/episodes/3f43fcd5
Dec 8, 2020 • 1h 15min
A simple, economical online ordering system for restaurants built by a software company. Parachute Software co-founder David Linton explains what this is all about
Parachute Software rolls out a new menu ordering platform that's simple to use and cost effective. Calling all restaurants - a profitable way to do take out! To check out Parachute Software: https://www.parachutesoftware.com/Check out their ordering page here: https://order.parachutesoftware.com/order/You can find David here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlinton/
Dec 1, 2020 • 1h 4min
Philly doesn't pay full price for anything...Shane Pounder from Flipp helps to fuel Philly's shopping ways. We talk online flyers, black friday and more
We talk to Shane Pounder, Vice President Operations and Interim Vice President Marketing at Flipp and we talk about consumer behaviour vis a vis digital shopping, the struggle of getting good content and some new channels Flipp is exploring. To find Shane, click here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanepounder/To get Flipp, click here: https://flipp.com/
