Founder Journey

Alex Benjamin, an Australian-Canadian entrepreneur who has started multiple companies. He grew up with a father who worked at the bank, was always interested in the stock market and was constantly surrounded by people trying to raise money for their business'.

At one point in his journey he wasn't enjoying his work and the people he was surrounded by. How did he deal with that? By creating an organization that represents his values. He started, Lendful which makes personal loans very simple, and has since sold the company.

Currently, he is President of You Move Me, a fast growing North American premium moving and home services franchise. Through his entrepreneurial journey, Alex now knows what he values and shares with us how it has shaped the person he has become now.

Tune in to hear more of his journey.

Collin Stewart is a resilient entrepreneur who co-founded Predictable Revenue, a company that helps business' grow with outbound sales development. Collin has gone through some serious f*ck ups and shares them all with us. He talks about the problems he faced as an early founder and knows that many can relate. This episode may help a lot of early startup founders avoid these challenges!

This entrepreneur is currently building an elevated private office space concept in Coal Harbour where you can eat, workout and work in the same building. How did Sylvia Rayner get to where she is now? She started with humble beginnings of working at a print shop in Kits to owning her own picture shop in Squamish to starting a hypnotherapy business. She has gone through a lot, and you will learn a lot from her experiences!

We are concluding our last episode in our #FounderJourneySeries Season 1 with Lloyed Lobo. He is the Co-founder and President of Boast.AI and our Traction conference Co-founder!

Lloyed walks us through his humble beginnings growing up in Kuwait, the switch that made him jump ship into starting his own company, building a tech company in San Francisco, work life balance and of course, some solid entrepreneurial advice.

Gary is an expat South African, former Olympian, and experienced entrepreneur.

Currently, he is CEO and co-founder of PlayWize, previously SportsTech.io. Playwize allows professional and non professional athletes to create, find and score sporting, educational and brand opportunities all over the world.

This seasoned entrepreneur and former athlete has got many years of insight and advice into the world of sports and business.

One of his biggest tips is having a good network. He loves to connect. So if you would like to connect with Gary, his LinkedIn inbox is always open!

James Clift has been building companies for 15 years. He started his first company when he was 15, importing cars from the US and flipping them in Vancouver. Currently, he is the founder of Holopod, an app that helps you get your best work done on Slack. In this weeks episode, he talks about challenges he has faced as a founder, how to not fall into the trap of thinking small, and wants to encourage YOU to build something in the next 3 months.

Jayesh is a Canadian entrepreneur who has built some great companies. He was the founder of Picatic, a Launch Academy company, which has now been acquired by Eventbrite. In episode 12 of Founder Journey Series, Jayesh talks about his beginnings, how he started his first startup, exited, became an angel investor, and is starting another business but this time in consumer packaged goods.

His kickstarter has just been launched this week! Check it out: https://gunkii.com

Kelly Hoey is the author of Build Your Dream Network. She is also one of the most influential women in the tech industry. She's an entrepreneur, speaker, one of the most well connected people in New York's startup scene, and a proud Canadian! In this episode Kelly gives us examples of how to stand out from the crowd, why you should build a business on limited resources, and how to create some great opportunities for yourself.

Greg Smith is the CEO and Cofounder of Thinkific, the #1 online course creator. With Thinkific, you can turn your expertise into a thriving business by creating your own courses. Greg Smith talks about how covid has impacted business', the importance of revenue, the proper entrepreneurial mindset, and gamevchanging advice.

https://www.thinkific.com/

Charlyne Fothergill is the Sr. HR Business Partner at CTO.AI, a serverless Kubernetes platform for building, deploying and managing Cloud Native workflows. Charlyne, who is constantly surrounded by entrepreneurs, brings a meaningful HR perspective in this episode. She has seen and dealt with many cofounder issues. She talks about what to look for in a cofounder, the steps you should take to ensure a successful cofounder relationship, and what you need to do when there are disagreements.