Small Town Wealth

The beautiful part of a broad-based podcast is you get a ton of "firsts"!

Sam Plovie has become a great friend to our whole podcasting group. She is Sproing's very first podcasting client and working with her as proven to be a mutually beneficial relationship that we cherish.

Sam is a powerhouse of a person who specializes in leading and guiding clients using Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology, Face Reading, Qi Men Dun Jia, as well...

The man with the plan.

Meet Real Rousseau, Partner & Business Strategist for Sproing Creative in Vernon, BC.

Real began his career as an engineer in the forestry industry. These skills eventually took him to New Zealand where he led a sizeable program for a large forestry company. It was here that Real helped develop a software system to optimize the foresting of steep terrain. The software was brought to Australia therea...

Have you asked yourself lately if your goals and desires are consistent with what you actually desire in this world? Do you wonder if there is deeper meaning and context required to realize the most ambitious of goals?

Enter Andrew Allen! Andrew is a Canadian singer-songwriter that currently resides in our beautiful small city of Vernon. He has carved out a storied and diverse career in the music industry that has spanned well o...

What is the intrinsic makeup of an entrepreneur? What does it mean to bet on yourself, and also in this case your partner, to the fullest extent?

Jesse and Ashley Hammer are here to inform the uninformed and give us a snapshot into life as entrepreneurs. Jesse and Ashley are a dynamic duo in a world of uncertainty, driven by the power of mutual love, support and admiration. Between the two of them exists three different enterpri...

There are some people that embody tenacity and inspiration in equal amounts. Brad Marsh is one of these people.

Brad is the owner/operator of Global West Real Estate Group, an organization that encompasses many aspects of the real estate world from residential sales all the way to commercial transactions. Brad is Shelby's managing broker at RE/MAX Vernon, which was the source of inspiration bringing Brad into the studio.

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What is authenticity, really? There's a dictionary definition, which is "the quality of being authentic", but that doesn't really tell the whole story. What does it actually MEAN to be authentic in this crazy world?

Well, rather than go on some type of quest to brag or bore you with his own definition of it, our guest Keith Crewe just straight up lives it. He is the no nonsense type of guy you just can't help but want to hang wi...

Welcome to the new age, folks! While the world is an increasingly complex maze of globally connected businesses and enterprises, there has been a recent resurgence of towards the notion of supporting your local businesses first and foremost. It's true, many of the products we enjoy today are almost certainly going to be a big name brand. Think Iphone or Android, for example. However, we use hundreds of products on a daily basis, ma...

What comes to mind first when you think about coffee and donuts? For some, it's simply the Dunkin' Donuts brand or trips with to Tim Hortons before hockey games. For others, it's their favourite Seinfeld episode. Whatever mention of this dynamic duo conjures up in your mind, chances are it's both a positive and timeless one. It is hard to resist coffee especially in the context of it being paired with a righteous piece of pastry.

In the modern world, we really don't have to think much about the decisions we make. Vendors name a price, we pay that price, and then we consume. This consumption is a byproduct of the industrialized world, and is therefore perpetual. This cycle plays out in a vast number of ways, namely in terms of the way we consume food. The supermarkets are an acute example of mindless consumerism, one where quality and health is almost always...

Schooling, Helicopter Parenting, ADD, Wedding Photography, Sproing, Star Wars

WARNING: This episode contains a multitude of Wookie noises.

Today we welcome Heath Fletcher! A lover of all things star wars, Heath is one of the brilliant minds behind Sproing Creative, a multifaceted Marketing Agency based out of Vernon, BC. The team at Sproing has defied the odds and the limited population that Vernon offers to become host to a ...

Ranvir Nahal is a man on a mission. In a landscape of 'spec' homes largely in the craftsman style, he dreamed of building a unique product with elegance, personality and beauty in mind. Ranvir came from humble roots, working in the local sawmill to begin his working career; all while making connections and then eventually becoming involved in the ever-competitive home construction industry. Enter Sunterra Custom Homes, a home build...

We are joined in the studio by “Super Dave”… Also known as Dave Rothwell. Dave is a longtime Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who planted his roots in the sport during the very beginning of it’s inception in the province of BC. Until then, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was a sport only beginning to become popularized in southern US states as prolific Brazilians started moving north to start businesses and spread their knowledge. Dave is ...