Founders Drive

Sometimes we just need a little push. Being successful is about taking that next step, but what is that next step? 

We asked our interviewees what they would say to a young person trying to start out in the complicated world of business.  

In episode three, Chris Schnedler and Afaf Ghazi go over the words of advice given by the entrepreneurs featured in Founders Drive Season Two, and also share some of the resources found along the...

Education is key! Which kinds of education leads to success? How do we learn? Though some might define success through money or individual accolades, the Indigenous entrepreneurs that we spoke with emphasize the importance of community and cultural education in a successful business.

In this episode, your hosts Navraj Sandhar and Megan Foster challenge the individualistic image often associated with entrepreneurship and explore how...

What does entrepreneurship look like? What does a successful entrepreneur do? The perception of entrepreneurship varies in different places with different people, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities.

In the Season 2 opener of Founders Drive, meet the new members of the team to hear about why we joined as well as what we learned about culture, tradition and innovation and how it ties to entrepreneurship from convers...

In this special bonus episode, Andrew Neary sits down with Anong Beam, an entrepreneur making natural paints with traditional methods she learned from her father on Manitoulin Island.

Originally set to air in an earlier episode, the Founders Drive team agreed this conversation needed to be heard in its entirety. So here it is, a conversation with Anong Beam.

Funding support from ⁠CEWIL Canada⁠.

Supported by Venture Develo...

The first episode of Founders Drive, a startup podcast - about startups.

In this episode, Katie Sampson, Deidra Clarke, Tammy Raycraft, and Andrew Neary share the personal stories of the faces behind the stats. People who have encountered financial barriers, experienced discrimination, grew up in underrepresented communities, have disabilities or weren’t taken seriously because of their age.

In this episode, we speak with...

Yes, you can.

In this episode, we speak with six successful entrepreneurs who faced major obstacles to pursuing their dreams of starting a business: systemic discrimination, not being taken seriously as a young founder and disability.

Taylor Lindsay-Noel was on track for the Olympics when a career-ending injury got in her way. Today, her teas are among Oprah’s Favourites, and she's showing the world what an accessible life ca...

Getting over rejection isn’t easy, especially when it’s personal. Many of us have heard the word “no.” Sometimes from family, sometimes from friends, a bank, a landlord – or even ourselves.

In this episode, we hear from entrepreneurs who overcame their 'no's' to succeed. Frank Porco is a tattoo artist and owner of Against the Grain Tattoo Collective, a tattoo parlour in Whitby, Ont. Frank told himself 'no' f...

Success can mean many different things, from making a social impact to making millions.

In the last episode of season one, we learn what winning means for the entrepreneurs we met.

To Jenna McInnes and Ashley Moore of Bombshell Beauty Bar, success is doing what you love for a living - supporting women entrepreneurs and running a successful business at the age of 20.

Tia Grossett grew up dancing and loved every second of it, but...