Why Stuart Faught Believes Small Businesses Create Big Opportunities What if building a successful business didn’t require hundreds of employees or years of complicated operations? In this episode, we sit down with Stuart Faught to explore the opportunities behind small, profitable software businesses. Stuart shares how he transitioned from selling
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Andre Alexander on Redefining Business Success What if your business gave you more time instead of demanding more of it? In this episode, we sit down with Andre Alexander to explore a different approach to entrepreneurship. We discuss why financial success doesn’t always create personal freedom and how business owners
How Reid Robinson Turned Recovery Into Action Reid Robinson’s story connects recovery, invention, consulting, and entrepreneurial resilience through several major changes in his life. He grew up in Nova Scotia before moving west to Calgary for work. Although his parents taught at universities, Reid initially chose labor jobs instead of
Steve Mack on AI and Better Decisions We start with Steve’s path from enterprise technology into AI-focused entrepreneurship. He outlines Blue Sky AI’s work across products, placements, projects, and AI-enabled systems. He also explains PHIT, which combines wearable data with coaching for health and human performance. However, the conversation quickly
When Angus Nelson Says Growth Changes the Founder As companies grow, founders often face more decisions, people, uncertainty, and responsibility. However, the real strain can come from how they respond internally. Angus explains why founder resilience becomes essential when the company changes faster than the person leading it. He argues
Zech Thomas Finds Direction Through Hockey Zech Thomas’ path started with hockey, not business. He began at ten, which he describes as extremely late for the sport. Still, he climbed through competitive levels and eventually played junior, professional, and national team hockey. Along the way, hockey taught him repetition, competition,
Confidence Starts With Action We open with David Wagstaff, who explains how a childhood lemonade stand changed his confidence. First, the lesson isn’t that entrepreneurship starts with perfect skill. Instead, action creates experience, and experience can reshape how you see yourself. That founder mindset begins with doing the work before
Delegation Beyond the Task List Talking with Cory Blumenfeld we start with a practical question many founders face. What should you keep, and what should you hand off? He argues that nearly every role can become delegable without making the founder irrelevant. Instead, leaders should build systems that keep moving
Why Haren Looks at Who Owns the Company We open with a simple investing question. Who actually owns the companies that investors trust with their money? Haren explains why founder ownership shapes how he evaluates public companies. Specifically, he looks for leaders with meaningful personal stakes in the businesses they
Boris Wexler grew up in Paris with a strong academic focus and a clear path toward science. However, his interests stretched far beyond engineering. He loved movies, art, and creative work, but he didn’t initially see them as realistic careers. That tension shaped his view of entrepreneurship and personal choice.
Greg Roe explains how freestyle trampoline grew from his frustration with traditional sport systems. He saw young athletes seeking creativity, freedom, and personal style. Therefore, he chose to build an alternative instead of waiting for established leaders. Freestyle trampoline became his answer to rigid rules and limited expression. However, that
Derik Krauss explains how early experiences shaped his interest in business ownership. His father’s career changes showed him persistence during uncertainty. Later, a business framework helped him separate personal effort from scalable value. That idea sparked his commitment to entrepreneurship. However, his path still required patience, experimentation, and entrepreneurial resilience.