Podcast created by students of the F.C. Manning School of Business at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Discussions cover entrepreneurship, business, innovation and growth in Atlantic Canada with local leaders.
Brendan MacNeil ('20) interviews Logan MacGillivray ('19) about his new strtup: Kangaroo Delivery. Founded as an alternative model to uber eats that works in rural areas, Kangaroo is just kicking off its first few months in Wolfville, N.S, and Logan shares the story of what its been like to get here. A worthwhile podcast for students interested in entrepreneurship.
EPISODE 17: SAVIOR JOSEPH BEING A LEADER ON AND OFF THE COURT by Acadia Business School
Podcast host Evan Shergold interviews Laura Mason-Hoad, of LinkedIn Learning Solutions and Sales Leader of Toronto Account Executives. Ms. Manson-Hoad has also worked with IBM and Angloss Software.
Podcast host Evan Shergold ('19) interviews Chris Graham ('03)founder of TellPeople, a company focused on helping you take your message and tell people. Chris helps business leaders share the mission and message clearly, simply, and powerfully. Today he shares his personal stories on the struggle to realize this, from law school to speaking at Acadia, he asks, whats your story?
Podcast host Brendan MacNeil (’20) interviews Malcolm Fraser, President and CEO of Innovacorp. Innovacorp is a venture capital fund and startup accelerator with capital totaling $40m to invest in local entrepreneurs. Malcolm is well known in the IT area for his company Internet Solutions Limited, which he was President of for over 20 years.
Podcast host Brendan MacNeil interviews Francis McGuire, president of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, former CEO of Major Drilling Group International, and inductee of the New Brunswick Business Hall of fame, on new initiatives in Atlantic Canada, and where the hundreds of millions of dollars are going to fund innovation. In 2013, Francis McGuire was Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year.
Podcast host Brendan MacNeil interviews entrepreneurs Paul Griffith and Ron Lovett. Both men are members of EO, the Entrepreneurs' Organization, the world’s only peer-to-peer network exclusively for entrepreneurs. Ron and Paul discuss their businesses, sources of success, and the purpose of EO.
Podcast host Brendan MacNeil interviews David Harrison, manager, investor education, and Communication Officer at Nova Scotia Securities Commission; and Lianne Bradshaw, senior investigator with Nova Scotia Securities Commission, enforcement branch.
Podcast host Brendan MacNeil interviews Chris Keevill (’87), CEO of Colour, a creative digital agency that has offices in New York, Toronto and Halifax, about his adventure from NBTel to COLOUR, where he took an old age Ad agency and turned it into a modern marketing giant.
Podcast host D.J. Daw (’20) interviews Sara Baxter (’19), President of Enactus Acadia, a student entrepreneurship group.
Podcast host Brendan MacNeil (’20) interviews Gerry Pond, Chair and Co-founder of East Valley Ventures and Mariner Partners. (Informally) named The Godfather of Atlantic Canada, Gerry Pond spear headed the IT boom in Atlantic Canada, leading the ship at NBTel/BellAliant through the 90's and early 00's. He now uses his expertise to help fund and build startups primarily in the IT/ICT sector.
Podcast host Noah Tompkins (’18) interviews fellow co-founder of Creative Tide, Brett Murray (’18). Creative Tide is a social media and marketing company whose mission is to “Empower rural Nova Scotia to tell its stories and show its value through videography, social media, and human-centred marketing solutions.”
Podcast host Bailey Darling (’20) interviews Jeremy Novak (’08), Grave-keeper Entrepreneur.
Podcast host Bailey Darling (’20) interviews Justin King ('18), president of Enactus Acadia, a student entrepreneurship group.
Podcast host Sara Baxter (’19) interviews Dr. Roger Wehrell, past director and adjunct professor of the Fred C. Manning School of Business Administration and former director of the St. Francis Xavier University extension Department.
Podcast host Bailey Darling (’20) interviews Jessi Gillis, business counsellor at the Acadia Entrepreneurship Centre, Acadia University.
Podcast host Bailey Darling (’20) interviews entrepreneur and co-founder of Annapolis Cider Company, Sean Myles.
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