British Columbia

Arran was born in 1944 and was raised on Vancouver Island. His parents pioneered sustainable farming in the 1950’s and advised Arran to “leave the earth better than you found it.” After pursuing art and having several successful exhibitions of his paintings in NYC, SF and Vancouver, Arran left for India to study meditation and spirituality with his revered teacher, Sant Kirpal Singh in 1967. Returning seven months later with only $7, a $1,500 loan and blessings, he opened the Golden Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant. He returned to India the following year and married his Life-partner Ratana. Together, they began Nature’s Path Foods in 1985, which, after many struggles, became North America’s largest organic breakfast foods company, employing hundreds at three facilities in US & Canada. In an age of sell-outs, Nature’s Path remains fiercely independent and family-owned. Their children and valued team members are carrying on the torch, with Arran and Ratana serving as mentors. Download this episode (right click and save)

Sam is a serial entrepreneur with prior experiences in print, politics, tech and mobile games. He is the founder of V2 Games, a mobile game studio with offices in Vancouver, Canada and New Delhi, India, and has spearheaded projects that have had over 10 million combined downloads on iOS and Android devices. He is also a Director at Immersive Experiences, a Vancouver-based real-world game experiences company, and the Founder of SmartShare Solutions, which aims to create smarter cities through its flagship product Garage, which enables the shared economy for the parking industry. He is a recipient of the 2014 BCBusiness Top 30 under 30 award, and was nominated for the 2015 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant awards. He routinely talks at various startup events and universities around entrepreneurship. Download this episode (right click and save)

Today we are with Terry McBride who is the current CEO of YYoga and one of the three founding members of the Nettwerk Music Group, which includes Nettwerk Productions (independent record label), Nettwerk Management (artist and producer management), Nettwerk One (publishing), and Artwerks (graphic and fashion design). Founded in McBride’s apartment in 1984, Nettwerk has corporate offices in Vancouver, Boston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Hamburg and London. Since 1984, Nettwerk has released over 500 albums and sold over 150 million copies worldwide. Download this episode (right click and save)

Skai graduated with distinction from the Ivey School of Business and Western Engineering programs. He then founded a very successful tour company called Whistler Tasting Tours that has hosted thousands of guests and driven Millions of dollars in revenue. He’s now leveraging his experience to build a digital gift card company, called Guusto (pronounced Goose – toe), that allows users to send thoughtful items – like a drink, a bottle of wine or night at the movies – that can be redeemed at thousands of locations. Download this episode (right click and save)

Neil is an experienced technology entrepreneur with a background in real estate. Born in the United Kingdom, Neil has been an entrepreneur since the age of 14, running his parent’s corner grocery store while still in school, and then later opening his first business, a car garage. He has founded a number of successful businesses in Canada and overseas and has provided advisory service to businesses of all sizes on financial management. He has held senior management roles for over 20 years, and CEO for over 10 years. Neil is currently the Founder and CEO of Kabuni, an omni-channel marketplace for designers, makers and clients in the home design space. He is a family man and an avid cricket fan. Download this episode (right click and save)

Bosco Anthony is a digital strategist and storyteller. His background in the corporate sector provides wisdom on thought leadership, business growth and critical thinking ideology. Bosco spends much time on research, trends and is an idea rebel at heart. He is recognized for his mentorship, entrepreneur spirit and passion for strategy. Bosco thrives in a collaborative playground and is known for being an influence to the business and digital community. Download this episode (right click and save)

Cybele is the CEO and Co-Founder of Webnames.ca, Canada’s original .CA Registrar and accredited registrar for hundreds of domain extensions as well as provider of webhosting, email and web development and many other services. The multi-million dollar company has an impressive client list including many Fortune 500 companies. She’s also a four-time winner and Hall of Fame Inductee of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, BC Business Top 50 Most Influential Women, BIV Influential Women in Business as well as Top 40 Under 40 winner and nine-time winner of PROFIT W100. Cybele is a columnist for Business in Vancouver, the national Profitguide and speaker at over two dozen events each year including TEDx. Download this episode (right click and save)

Connor Beaton is the founder of ManTalks, and he’s a Speaker, Business Coach and lifestyle entrepreneur. Before founding ManTalks, Connor pursued his passion as an Opera singer which allowed him to sing in Europe, China and North America. He then went on to work with the largest company in the world, Apple, leading high performance sales and operations teams. Connor currently runs ManTalks which has expanded to Toronto and Los Angeles. ManTalks supports men who are looking to achieve greatness in their life by connecting them with like minded individuals and giving them the tools to grow their desired area of life. Connor also recently spoke at the TEDx Stanley Park event at the Queen Elizabeth theatre.Download this episode (right click and

Melanie is the founder and president of Gutsy Lady Travel. A company that empowers mature women to be more, to do more, and to see more through travel. She’s also known as ‘gutsy lady’ solo travel expert, author, speaker and photographer. Her mission is to empower mature women through travel across the globe. Her Amazon’s Bestsellers’ book is titled “Gutsy Lady Travel – How To Build Unshakeable Confidence By Travelling”, and she shares her story of how she became empowered at the age of 40 on an unexpected solo journey through Egypt. She wants to inspire women to become who they truly are – to do more, to be more and to put the fire back in their lives. Download this episode (right click and save)

Through overcoming one of his biggest fears, public speaking, Graeme Lea has grown to accept a challenge and embrace a fear that many hold. Starting without experience, his journey led him to become President of the BCIT Toastmasters Club where he earned the Competent Communicator and Competent Leader designations. He graduated with a Diploma in Business Management and swiftly took on a demanding sales job with Ledcor. Helping people grow and develop their public speaking was Graeme’s next priority, which led to the opportunity of SoapBox Speakers. Ever since then his quest has become to push his own and the speakers of SoapBox Speakers’ boundaries to become the best. Download this episode (right click and save)

Mark is an EPIC SHIT Creator! With over 30 years of work experience in a variety of business models, Mark has seen it all and been through it all. His three kids and two step kids between the ages of 12 and 22 have also greatly contributed to his learning. It is his deep understanding that enables him to quickly connect with his clients, whether they’re entrepreneurs, middle managers, or CEOs. He’s passionate about connecting people, building strong foundations and guiding success. Mark holds an ACC credential and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. Mark works with individuals, teams, business leaders, thinkers and those that are stuck to build foundation, set direction and reshape their personal and business vision. The right time is RIGHT NOW! Download this episode (right click and save)

Sam has mentored hundreds and engaged with thousands of students over the last many years and as a result, is Co-Founder and Chief Motivating Officer of GradusOne, an organization to help high school/post-secondary and recent graduates in their life and career. Added to this, Sam is an accomplished speaker and storyteller. As a result, he helped create and speaks for SoapBox Speakers. Either as a mentor/coach to a single student or speaking to hundreds as a keynote speaker, he shares his experiences through storytelling and has helped thousands in the pursuit of their dreams. Download this episode (right click and save)

Ilya Goldman, has been in the internet marketing industry since 1996. He started his own web design and online marketing company, Internet-Exposure, in 2001 with a goal of bringing more businesses into the world wide web. He has worked on over a thousand web projects. His clients include huge organizations such as UBC Press, McGill Press, and the BC Liberal Party, as well as very small companies with self employed individuals. Lately his company has been working with many charities and non profits helping them to take advantage of a special grant from google for $10,000 month to advertise. Download this episode (right click and save)

Copywriter and content marketer, Dave Barton, has been writing professionally for the past 12 years. He cut his teeth in B2B PR and has since worked his way across marketing, communications, advertising, and social media. Dave now operates as a freelancer from his native UK and continues to work with a number of startups and tech businesses from around the world; doing everything from blogging, content writing, and copy, developing their brand voice, communication plans, and social media campaigns. Download this episode (right click and save)

Angela Hamilton is the VP of Business for Quupe, a peer-to-peer rental startup based in Vancouver, B.C., where she met her three international co-founders in the MDM program at the Centre for Digital Media. Prior to moving to Canada, she lived in Cape Town, South Africa for a short time, and before that, worked as a digital news editor for The McClatchy Company. She loves traveling, writing, carpentry, and playing guitar, and lives in Mount Pleasant with her partner, Grant, and their dog, Woodrow. Download this episode (right click and save)

Bert TerHart is the CEO of NextGenSeo and is a search, social media and online marketing expert. He’s a soldier turned sailor, adventurer and geek. While helping build and managing a large medical clinic, Bert became increasingly frustrated with technology and how best to use it. Realizing it’s better to master technology than become a slave to it, he built one of the first computerized patient diagnostic and treatment tools. That tool helped health care practitioners manage the treatment of hundreds of thousands of patients. For the last 19 years, Bert has sweated in the trenches helping business owners and professional corporations leverage technology. From just-in-time inventory, to lab testing and reporting to clinic management to patient compliance, Bert has helped clinicians to implement, use and ultimately master technology. Download this episode (right click and save)

Adam Hart, CEO and founder of “Power of Food”, has spent the past 13 years providing forward thinking organizations with his blueprint for optimizing people performance. As a bestselling author & highly engaging keynote speaker, having performed over 400 presentations in the past 10 years, Adam has guided thousands of people to reclaiming their health while becoming more efficient with their time. He has been featured in numerous print and online publications and has appeared on CTV, Global, National Geographic, Dragons Den, Breakfast Television, CBC Radio 1 and more. He is also the creator and host of the Shaw Cable cooking show “Power of Food”. Download this episode (right click and save)

Carol Simpson has worked in the IT field for over 30 years, managing departments with 60+ IT professionals and project budgets of $50M. Her career began in Vancouver as a programmer at IBM Canada and moved on to operate her own software development shop. She now runs Focus Professional Services and is one of a handful of individuals in Canada who has successfully placed and hired individuals with autism into full-time careers that afford them solid, middle-class lifestyles.Download this episode (right click and save)

At age 22, with no previous business experience, Adam left his day job to chase the dream of business ownership. He started out by peddling Gmail address’ by the bundle. Today, he leads a team of 30+, remote team members, runs 2 successful companies (is currently building 3, 4 & 5) and hosts The Steele Entrepreneur Show. When not working his face off, he can be found rolling on the Jiu Jitsu mats, tinkering in his garden or with his nose in a book. Adam’s mission is to share his experiences, past and present, with anyone audacious enough to want to be great.Download this episode (right click and save)

Widely known as “DA” and the owner of DA Top Talent. Doug has helped over 500 hundred business owners over the past 35 years. His passion is to provide world-class business advisory services for entrepreneurs and business owners and is dedicated to helping people achieve and succeed. DA has a world-class assessment system that helps identify potential problems in hiring and staffing. He uses world-class materials to help implement change and develop internal systems and offers ongoing mentoring to ensure new plans are implemented and followed through for as long as it takes to reach success.Download this episode (right click and save)