237 How she built a PODCAST that ranks in the top 1.5% globally | Danielle Wiebe, Business Babes Collective

237 How she built a PODCAST that ranks in the top 1.5% globally | Danielle Wiebe, Business Babes Collective

Danielle is a business strategist, podcast host and the founder of Business Babes Collective, a global community for female entrepreneurs.

With over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience, Danielle loves helping women launch and scale profitable businesses through one on one coaching, group Masterminds, and her signature business program: Action Takers Club. She believes every woman is capable of creating a full-time income in their business without having to work around the clock.

Danielle discovered her love for building relationships & networking and in 2015 launched the Vancouver Chapter of Business Babes Collective. Since then, Business Babes Collective has grown to 5 chapters that expand across North America and reach over 80,000+ women through social media and online communities.

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236 10 Life-Changing Health Habits for Entrepreneurs

236 10 Life-Changing Health Habits for Entrepreneurs

Are you a small business owners that is struggling to find balance between work and health?

If you answered yes, you're not alone.

Juggling the demands of a business can be tricky. It might feel like you traded a 9-5 for the 24/7, or that you’ll never get a real day off.

But your health needs to remain a priority as you work hard to grow your business! Even making the smallest of changes in your daily routine can have a big impact on your overall well-being and excitement you feel towards your work.

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235 Joy McCarthy shares how it's ALL an EXPERIMENT when you run a business | Founder of Joyous Health

235 Joy McCarthy shares how it's ALL an EXPERIMENT when you run a business | Founder of Joyous Health

Joy McCarthy is back for her 2nd appearance on the Visionary Life Podcast.

If you don't know Joy, she the Founder of Joyous Health, she's an award-winning Certified Holistic Nutritionist and best-selling author of The Joyous Cookbook, Joyous Detox and Joyous Health.

A passionate natural beauty lover, Joy also has a line of natural hair-care, skin care and body care products that she founded in 2013.

Joy has been featured in hundreds of publications and she lives in Toronto with her husband Walker and their daughter Vienna.

I first heard about Joy when I was a student at the CSNN many years ago & that lead to me purchasing her first cookbook. Ever since, I’ve watched her journey unfold and it’s been very inspiring to see the incredible business, brand & community she’s created.

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234 How to Build a Family Chocolate EMPIRE - Mid-Day Squares

234 How to Build a Family Chocolate EMPIRE - Mid-Day Squares

Midday Squares is a Canadian Snacking Chocolate Company based out of Montreal, founded by Jake Karls, Lezlie Karls, and Nick Saltarelli (yes, they are family!)

Sitting down with Midday Squares for an interview was a dream come true! I had followed their work for years, I snack on their products daily, and I eat up their content because it's so damn good. They are leaders in the food and bev space not only because of a high quality product, but also because they are transparently sharing the behind the scenes of building their business: documenting the highs (aka getting listed in walmart) and the lows (spending 2 years and tons of money to develop a new flavour, only to have it flop).

It was an honor to sit down and record this episode LIVE in Toronto with a studio audience.

I know that our conversation will be one that you guys LOVE and many of you have been obsessed with MDS for years, like me, so I hope you enjoy this conversation!

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228 Become the BEST in your Industry & Stand Out from your Competitors w/ April Dunford

228 Become the BEST in your Industry & Stand Out from your Competitors w/ April Dunford

Everyday, people choose to spend money with your business for a REASON.

Do you know what that reason is?

Are you clear on that thing that sets you apart from your competitors?

My guess is that many of you listening are thinking, well I kinda know… I think… I could figure it out.

But without clear positioning right now, you are leaving money on the table while your customers choose to work with a competitor, because they don’t know what sets you apart.

Let’s not let that happen any longer.

April Dunford is a globally recognized leader in positioning and she has a deep curiosity about what makes the difference between a winning product and a loser.

And she’s here today to share exactly how we can ALL become winners, through proper positioning.

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226 Your Excitement Towards Your Business Is Contagious | Emma Stern, Co-Founder of Felix Health
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226 Your Excitement Towards Your Business Is Contagious | Emma Stern, Co-Founder of Felix Health

This week, we are chatting with Emma Stern, co-founder and chief operating officer of Felix Health, Canada’s first end-to-end digital healthcare platform—from diagnosis to delivery, we make it easy to get prescription treatments.

Emma is a force and someone to watch, a true visionary and perfect fit for this podcast.

What stood out most to me in our conversation was the line about “If your excitement is contagious, people cannot help but get on board.”

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224 Jason Brown | The fear NEVER goes away
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224 Jason Brown | The fear NEVER goes away

I had a conversation with Jason Brown that totally blew my mind, because he thinks outside of the box and challenges his way of being & thinking every single day.

He's always challenging his own beliefs and looking at things from different perspectives. This allows him to come up with new and innovative solutions to problems, including his recent venture of launching dripdrop.gg, the mental fitness app for families.

He's not afraid to take risks, and he's always seeking out new opportunities - something he calls ‘Following The Nudges’. This willingness to try new things has led to his success in a variety of ventures.

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220 How to grow your business using Online to Offline Marketing | Jessica Malach
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220 How to grow your business using Online to Offline Marketing | Jessica Malach

This week I’m excited to introduce you to Jessica Malach, current VP of Marketing & Insights for Social Nature, which is a discovery platform powered by a half-million natural shoppers.

Jessica is truly the pioneer of this concept of Online-to-offline marketing, so I can think of no greater guest than her to enlighten us on this topic!

In fact, she literally authored the e-book called The Complete Guide to Online-to-Offline (O2O) Marketing for CPG Brands featuring 50 pages of tips from 17 CPG expert contributors!

If you’re a brand that promotes online and sells in stores, this episode is a must listen.

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217 Leaving Corporate to Launch a Social Media Agency | Ingrid Deon
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217 Leaving Corporate to Launch a Social Media Agency | Ingrid Deon

Today on the show I am sitting down with Ingrid Deon.

Ingrid is a social media expert and founder of word-craft, a digital agency located in Canada. Her company works with national brands such as Nestle, Kraft Dinner and Manulife Bank, as well as smaller sized companies.

We talk about how she got into social media with no prior experience, how she stays on top of social trends and tips for establishing boundaries with time spent on social media.

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216 How To Apply Life Lessons To Business Growth
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216 How To Apply Life Lessons To Business Growth

Growing your business is definitely not easy.

It takes hard work, dedication and most importantly, learning from your mistakes.

Over the years, I’ve learned many life lessons which have helped me grow my business and today I want to share 5 of them with you.

If you are launching or growing an online business, these will be great reminders for you!

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215 From Entrepreneur to Author: How to Write Your First Book
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215 From Entrepreneur to Author: How to Write Your First Book

Today on the show I am sitting down with Scott MacMillan who is a Toronto-based publisher, entrepreneur, and advisor to start-ups - with a passion for helping entrepreneurs grow their business by extracting, productizing, and publishing their knowledge and expertise.

If you have a dream of writing a book one day (even if that day is far away!) then this is the episode for you.

Scott wrote a book called Entrepreneur to Author: the 5 steps to writing and publishing a nonfiction book that builds authority and grows your business. The book is right in front of me and I have very much enjoyed diving into it and scribbling out notes about my future book.

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214 Don’t Settle: How To Find What You’re Truly Passionate About | Amanda Hudson
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214 Don’t Settle: How To Find What You’re Truly Passionate About | Amanda Hudson

Today’s guest is Amanda Hudson the Founder and CEO of A Modern Way To Work (an HR Consultancy)

Amanda started a company called A Modern Way To Work as an antidote to traditional HR practices - and because we are ALL about visionary thinking around here, I couldn’t think of a more perfect guest to introduce this topic and her edge on it.

We talk about: why she left the traditional HR professional track in pursuit of her own business, why it’s NOT essential to find your niche right away, contrary to popular belief, the ONE question she asks to everyone on an airplane & more

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213 Why Community is SO Important (And How To Find Yours)
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213 Why Community is SO Important (And How To Find Yours)

A community is essential for a thriving life and a successful business.

Defined as a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals - feeling rooted in community is important in everyday wellbeing and feeling less alone as we navigate life.

In this episode, I'll be sharing Why Community Is Important, How To Find Community Using A Simple 4-Step Exercise, and then I'm sharing a conversation that I had with a Master Community Builder named Floyd Ruskin who co-founded a community called Don't Mess With The Don.

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212 How this Young Entrepreneur *Blew Past* $1M in Revenue with her Fitness Apparel Company
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212 How this Young Entrepreneur *Blew Past* $1M in Revenue with her Fitness Apparel Company

In this episode, I'm chatting with Selene Dior, the young entrepreneur who created a million dollar fitness apparel company and she's sharing her secrets of success.

Selene is the founder of Vitae Apparel and she's on a mission to change the world with her athletic clothing line. She started the company at just 18 years old and a few short years later she blew past $1 million in revenue in a single calendar year.

Selene's story is proof that when it comes to entrepreneurship, age doesn't matter if you have ambition and can execute goals.

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211 Surviving Your Circumstances & Becoming a Successful Businesswoman | Nichole Nzegwu, Founder of Krave Granola
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211 Surviving Your Circumstances & Becoming a Successful Businesswoman | Nichole Nzegwu, Founder of Krave Granola

Nichole Nzegwu came to Canada as an immigrant.

Despite not having any experience in business, she took a leap of faith and launched her own company, Krave Granola. Fast forward to today, and her company is thriving.

Thanks to her hard work and dedication, Nichole is living proof that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to put in the effort.

In addition to being a success story, Nichole is also an incredible role model for other women both in Canada and around the world. She is a reminder that no matter where you come from or what your circumstances may be, anything is possible if you have the courage to pursue your dreams.

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210 From Foster Care to Founder | Mellisa Mills of Spread’Em Kitchen is Changing the Food Industry
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210 From Foster Care to Founder | Mellisa Mills of Spread’Em Kitchen is Changing the Food Industry

Melissa is someone who grew up in poverty, had nothing handed to her and spent time as a child in foster care.

While stocking shelves at Whole Foods Melisa found her passion for good quality food and through her passion and expertise in graphic design she was able to bring it all together to launch SpreadEm Kitchen.

I really enjoyed this conversation. Mellisa is real, she’s honest, she’s transparent about her humble beginnings and transparent about where the company is at today.

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