This Commerce Life

Founder of Manitoba Harvest, Mike Fata comes on to talk about his remarkable journey to making hemp mainstream again. Mike talks about how he began looking at hemp, his incredible struggle to bring hemp back to mainstream, and how he's giving back now. To reach Mike, you can find him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manitoba-mikefata/  

Bram Warshafsky, marketer, entrepreneur and Founder of 5Crowd comes on talk about his latest venture, Shelfgram. [Think Nielsen meets Pinterest]Store checks now come to you digitally. Imagine being able to do store checks virtuallyCheck out Shelfgram here: https://www.shelfgram.com/To find Bram, hit this link. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bramw/

This one is all about us. Philly breaks his own rules, Kenny leans into less-than-40-hours...We talk trade shows - do the online versions work? If you've been to one that you like, please let us know.  We were also talking about  - https://ecrm.marketgate.com/  

The deadline is Sept 4th.  Apply here: https://www.intuit.com/ca/prosperity-accelerator/Highline Beta and Intuit Accelerator closing Sept 4th - This program focuses on solving the most pressing financial problems for Canadian small businesses and consumers in the wake of COVID-19. Work with Intuit experts and Highline Beta to bring your solutions to market and make a difference!  

Wondering what a good influencer / industry expert looks like? You'll like what Pindy has to say. Pindy talks a lot about how to work with brands, what an expert looks like. You can find Pindy at:https://censeopharm.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/pindy-janda-rph/

Daryna Kulya, Co-Founder at OpenPhone comes on to talk about changing the business phone for modern businesses. Kenny wants to be like Phil when he grows up and Phil has an aw-shucks moment.  We talk to Daryna about her past  - from founding Product Hunt in Toronto, and her time at Vidyard, to her current venture at OpenPhone.  Kenny gets super stoked and downloads Openphone, gets set up and running in less than the time it takes for us to talk about Openphone.  Check out OpenPhone here: https://www.openphone.co/Find Daryna on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darynakulya/ 

We head to Singapore to meet Richard Loat who helped to create Five Hole for Food talks about his journey of learning. We also talk to Richard about what brands can learn about cultures overseas.  Richard's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardloat/Richard's book recommendation for brands wanting to head overseas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22085568-the-culture-map

A great conversation with Simrit, founder of Treatsmarts. She made a treat in her kitchen, and 3 years later, it's Treatsmarts and listed at Whole Foods and 16 other retailers To find out more about Treatsmarts, head to https://www.treatsmarts.ca/Instagram: @TREATSMARTS You can find Simrit at https://www.linkedin.com/in/simrit-ollek-566b14168/

Kenny is STOKED. Arjan Stephens, President of Que Pasa Mexican Foods and EVP for Nature’s Path Foods comes on the show.  A great story...where to begin?A great look at one of the pioneers of organic products, and the struggle to take organic foods mainstream.  Nature's Path is now found in 55 countries. Find out about Que Pasa's unique story and Arjan's wedding present to his guests that became maybe one of the best cereals that Phil's ever tasted. Nature's Path website is here: https://www.naturespath.com/en-ca/Que Pasa can be found here: www.quepasafoods.comArjan's linkedin profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjan-stephens-4a84067a/ 

WWLD: _Laurie Shopland quotes Wonderman "I have super powers and I'll use it for good" She talks about how it feels to accomplish a goal, and how to find people who are ahead of you in the process to help guide you. Laurie was published in the print version of https://www.optimyz.com/