Amplify Your Business

Amplify Your Business: Mining For Gold

For Episode 139 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Arden Styles of Crypto Cache.
 
When tech goes smaller, it often goes smarter. Crypto Cache sees this trend through to the finish for cryptocurrency mining by uniting software, power handling, and lightweight weather-resistant enclosures that allow companies to add to their digital wallets anywhere, anytime. As a veteran of highly adaptable industries, Styles offers our listeners a few crucial insights about brand communication, envisionment, and ultimately, delivery.To learn more, visit Crypto Cache online.
 
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - What are three things every entrepreneur needs to know?
2:18 - What problem is Crypto Cache solving?
5:19 - Setting yourself apart in an industry
11:04 - Sometimes, it's just luck
13:59 - Managing an influx of business
16:04 - What would you say to your younger self?
19:53 - How to be distruptive
24:57 - An entrepreneur's journey
29:37 - If you had the money, what would you have done differently when you founded Crypto Cache?
32:34 - Spending more on marketing]
33:55 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: Managing Risky Business

For Episode 136 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Julie Shipley-Strickland—Senior Wealth Advisor at Wellington-Altus Private Wealth and owner of JSS Wealth & Risk Management.
Risk can equal reward when it comes to running your business—you just want to make sure you have someone like Julie keeping an eye on the horizon. Risk management involves the present as much as it does the future, and for maintaining a strategic eye of your operations that still leaves room for dreaming up a bold new future, the importance of wealth management expertise cannot be overstated. This episode is definitely for owners who want to see tremendous success as their business grows, especially in terms of efficient money management.
 
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Meet Julie
3:26 - Ups and downs
5:29 - Getting into wealth management
8:27 - Managing volatility
12:55 - Investing for entrepreneurs vs. non-entrepreneurs
19:42 - Buying investments in your business
24:13 - Managing a successful exit
27:17 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: The Love Business

For Episode 135 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Gay Derk of Bridal Fantasy.A lot of business is impersonal—needs being satisfied by the most efficient or cost-effective means the market allows. But for something as personal as a wedding, the entire focus needs to be on the client and their desires. That’s what makes Bridal Fantasy such an interesting company—they do the work behind the scenes so that the couples-to-be can take centre stage and truly live their dream. Derk works in the business of love, and from listening to her talk, it sounds like business is booming!
 
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Becoming a business owner
3:28 - Calming chaos (in life)
5:33 - Introducing a new type of business
9:16 - The start of Bridal Fantasy
10:56 - Adapting for longevity
14:28 - What would you do differently?
16:25 - What would you say to the younger Gay?
21:42 - The impacts of COVID-19
24:38 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: Minding The Gaps

For Episode 137 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Tatiana Soldatova—Co-Founder and Principal of Syllable, Inc.
 
Big thoughts (and designs) can come in small packages as Tatiana Soldatova tells us. Syllable, Inc. takes the best parts of a mindful and future-focused entrepreneur into the architectural design space, resulting in both happier clients and communities. If you’ve been looking for an insightful pick-me-up with practical lessons on bringing your business and self forward, this episode is for you.
 
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Three things every entrepreneur needs to know
5:54 - What is Syllable Inc?
8:06 - The importance of the customer experience
9:30 - Overcoming the challenges of COVID-19
16:27 - Changing your ideal customer
22:34 - The power of looking at things differently
27:07 - You should go to therapy
29:03 - What would you do differently?
32:45 - What does success look like to you?
37:03 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: Mind Over Matter

For Episode 134 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Trish Tutton, Speaker & Mindfulness Teacher.Trish Tutton is on a mission to create calmer, happier workplaces and employees. With training programs designed to help us thrive in the present moment (and all those unpredictable ones to come), it’s no wonder she is trusted across Canada as an empowering coach who helps elevate speaking and listening skills at the same time. We can learn a lot from finding our calm in a busy world—maybe for you that starts with popping on your headphones for this episode?
 
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - Starting as a Mindfulness Teacher
5:57 - An accidental entrepreneur
10:25 - How to ground yourself
17:16 - How to recognize your negative emotions
21:11 - Are we more anxious?
25:57 - Are we experiencing a wave of mindfulness?
32:55 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: A Job Hunting Tool for Hirers

For Episode 133 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Lea Carr of Tilr.
 
As an entrepreneur, you’re always looking in new places to grow your business. But what about looking inside your organization? It is critical for staff to understand the unique impact they can offer their place of work in as many ways as it is important for managers to understand the team of problem-solvers they have. Carr and her team are designing and implementing systems to bridge this gap in fun and engaging ways, resulting in better and more prosperous hires.
 
0:00 - Intro
1:02 - What is Tilr?
5:04 - A novel idea
8:00 - You're never too small to understand your work force
10:22 - Hiring a CEO: when and why
14:28 - Starting Tilr Hire
20:30 - The impact of AI on the workforce
25:33 - What advice would you give your younger self?
34: 56 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: Culture Clash

For Episode 132 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Ted Kouri of Incite Strategy. Marketing your business through an acquisition is a challenge not many think of—it’s not so much taking the ball and running as it is remapping the entire playing field. For outside-the-box considerations around the biggest transaction of your professional life, it takes outside-the-box thinkers. From pre-empting potential problems to solving new ones on the fly, today’s episode is a masterclass on the side of business that a customer may never see.
 
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - What is Incite?
5:14 - Demand in the consulting space
9:49 - Advice for early M&A
15:12 - How long should a founder stick around?
22:18 - Getting top-down buy in
27:23 - Lessons learned
31:43 - Managing change
40:37 - Outro

Amplify Your Business: Brewing Up A Strong Business

For Episode 129 of Amplify Your Business, we’re joined by Ryan Saunders of Stone Temple Coffees.From diving instructor to niche winemaker, Saunders’ journey took him from Canada to Honduras with unpredictable results—including marriage! From governmental quirks to the thrill of exporting, this episode answers as many questions about international business as it does pose new ones. Check it out!
 
To learn more, visit Stone Temple Coffees online.
 
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - Ryan's entrepreneurial journey
2:08 - Cashew wine?!
5:02 - Growing a business in a developing nation
11:54 - Operating a business in Honduras
20:35 - A unique product development process
24:40 - Growing new markets vs. existing markets
31:50 - Finding a mentor
33:33 - Outro