This Commerce Life

Jan Stenc, Co-Founder and Head Distiller at Copperpenny Distilling Co. teaches us about gin, and also sorts of yummy alcoholic things.  To reach Jan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-stenc-9651a955/To find Copper Penny: https://copperpennydistilling.com/ Thank you to our sponsor today. The Food Executives Club of Vancouver https://fecov.com/ 

Aeryon came on to talk about lady bits and chlamydia. We had some internet issues, but the CEO of Aeryon Wellness Nutraceuticals was super informative and lots of fun!Find Aeryon here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aeryon-ashlie-027040105/check out the website here: https://www.aeryonwellness.com/You can find Aeryon's podcast, Friends you keep here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/friends-you-keep/id1668005542

He's fixated on data. We know how hard it is to get good data - Nimesh finds your data, fixes it, and helps you tell the story.CEO of Gainops, Nimesh Jaspal talks about what does the data tells us.  to check out Gainops: https://www.gainops.com/to find Nimesh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimesh-jaspal-462615/  

Happy 10th birthday to Moonshine Mama's! Mel Divers talks about putting summer in a bottle.I could have sworn I produced it, but I can't find it!(Phil) Check out Moonshine Mama's here: https://moonshinemamas.ca/Melinda is here on Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-divers-75a32259/Her episode on Hearts & Carts is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/bg/podcast/melinda-divers-ceo-founder-moonshine-mamas/id1653692647?i=1000632562460  

He has 18+ years of real estate development, and he knows music spaces. But now, he knows kitchens too. COO of Coho Collective Kitchens, Amrit Maharaj talks about one of our favorite subjects - food! check out Coho Commissary here: https://www.cohocollectivekitchens.com/Find Amrit here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrit-maharaj-00334b193/  

This one is a different episode. Daniel Rabu is an aquaculturist. We didn't really know what that was. Daniel talks about his work with First Nations,  he talks about growing seaweed, abalone, oysters, sea cucumbers and many more things.  You can find Daniel here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-rabu-177b3b16/?originalSubdomain=ca 

We get naked and saucy (sortof) with Founder Paul Gill. Paul talks about his sauces, but he also gives an episode full of tips & tricks for founders - things that he's learned along the way. You can find Paul here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillpaul/Check out  Naked & Saucy here: https://nakedandsaucy.com/Make sure you subscribe here: www.thiscommercelife.com  

John Danyluk and Michael Rende  from Earth's Own come on to talk milks - oat, almond and we get a bit of masterclass in how to look at category analytics and how they look at strategy. John Danyluk - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-danyluk-7194405b/Michael Rende - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelrende/Check out Earth's Own here: https://earthsown.com/

We spend some time with Hope Aylen. We learn a few things and see how a designer sees the process of designing our hopes and dreams in packaging and labels.  To find Hope https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-aylen-designfulhope/check out her services here: https://www.designfulhope.com/ 

We brought her back to talk about her! Cheryl Grant, the founder of Vitality comes on to talk about her journey. Last time she was on, she spent a lot of time talking about Save our Supplements. We wanted to make sure we got a chance to talk to Cheryl about Cheryl. We're glad we did. We talk about work life balance, taking time for oneself, and what it takes to "unplug" To find Cheryl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylgrant25/ Shop Vitality here: https://www.vitality.ca/