The Business Gay
The Business Gay is a weekly podcast all about business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Hosted by Calan Breckon, it's a mix of 1-on-1 interviews as well as round table discussions with experts on hot topics happening in the world of business and tech, as well as tips and ideas to help grow your business.
Episodes
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with founder and CEO of Gaddies, David Morgenstern.
Gaddies is the brand doing fatherhood the gay way. Inspired by his own experiences as a dad, Gaddies' mission is to build community and celebrate gay dads through physical products and digital storytelling. Before launching Gaddies, David held global leadership roles in Apparel and Supply Chain at Nike, as w...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with founder and principal at Elle Community Strategies, Erica Charron.
With more than a decade working in the nonprofit community development sector, Erica founded Elle Community Strategies as a response to the evolving landscape of nonprofit/corporate partnerships and the drive for collaborative social impact. She is the author of various publications explo...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Jim Fielding.
Jim is a respected leader and C-Suite veteran in brand strategy, consumer products and experiences, and storytelling. He has worked at some of the world’s largest media and retail companies, including Disney, Dreamworks, and 20th Century Fox. He is a passionate advocate and philanthropist for the Queer Community, higher education, and diver...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Podcast Growth Strategist and Marketing Expert, Kylee Chandler.
Kylee has scaled top podcasts, including The Amy Porterfield Show which she helped grow over 234%. Kylee has also led audience growth for Cathy Heller and Bossbabe to name a few. She has worked with networks like HubSpot and YAP and now runs her company - Podcast Marketing Hub, helping...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Michael Venturiello.
Michael is a historian, writer, educator, and New York City tour guide. He is the founder of Christopher Street Tours, an LGBTQ+-owned and -operated walking tour company with a mission to increase access to LGBTQ+ history by sharing stories and uplifting the voices of those who paved the way before us. Michael has been recognized as ...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with serial entrepreneur Sean Ramsay.
Sean is responsible for pioneering and innovating immersive technology development in VR, AR, XR and 360 degree image and video deployments for Google StreetView and YouTube 360. Through his patented camera and software invention of the Bublcam and Bubl Technology, Sean successfully exited to Samsung and private equi...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Robin Shaban.
Robin is a consultant and Canadian public policy expert. They help advocates, businesses, and non-profits create government policy change by empowering them with in-depth economic and policy research and insights. They’re the Co-Founder and Chair of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a fellow at both the Public Policy Forum and Social Capi...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with principal lawyer at Zubas Flett Liberatore Law LLP, Ted Flett.
Ted represents both employers and employees in all matters of employment law. He is committed to delivering collaborative legal solutions for his clients and combines his passion for the law and problem solving with his education and experience to deliver results to clients with a workplace o...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Co-Founder of designACE, Andrew Charles Edwards.
designACE is your partner for a fun, impactful, and growth-focused LinkedIn journey. Andrew is a Futures Innovation Partner at OCAD University Co, which is Canada’s oldest and largest art, design and media university in North America, where he helps enterprises, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits leverage s...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Co-Founder and CEO of ColdStart, Brandon Teller.
ColdStart is an AI program designed to automate your marketing channels and decrease your marketing spend using SEO tactics. The results of ColdStart since launch have been astounding to say the least with customers increasing their conversions by over 1000% in almost every case.
Brandon is also the...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Founder and CEO of IntroStars, Mike Adams.
After 28 years of experience in tech sales & marketing including time at Zoom, Apple, and HP, Mike has become the king of networking and calls himself a super-connector. He’s also a startup investor, mentor, and founder, and his mission in life is to connect a million people via his platform In...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with financial coach, Marcus Brown.
For over 20 years, Marcus has been involved in growing and sustaining many successful small businesses and increasing wealth for his clients. He’s an experienced financial coach specialising in financial advising, financial management, wealth building, strategic planning and fiscal responsibility.
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Founder & CEO CITIZN, Murray Simser.
Murray is a serial tech entrepreneur whose software has been used by millions of people. His latest venture is the AI company CITIZN and its flagship products HumanityGPT & DemocracyGPT powered by a global societally-owned network.
As the foundation of CITIZN, Murray invented Societal Networks & th...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Eric Krull.
Eric currently serves as the Director of Programming for Out In Finance, an LGBTQ+ nonprofit founded in Chicago in 2019 which brings together LGBTQ+ finance professionals and their allies to network professionally and work towards making the financial services industry a more inclusive place. In addition to this, Eric is Second Vice President...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Founder and CEO of So.Gay, Alex Hughes.
Alex is an award-winning and innovative media executive who has 13+ years of experience at some of the world’s most prominent internet businesses, including Yahoo, AOL, and more. His work has driven tens of billions of content views, acquired 80+ million social followers, sold over $125M in e-commerce products, won...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Jordan Robinson, the CEO and Founder of FTNSS.
Jordan is a 2x startup founder originally from Detroit who now calls Toronto home. His previous roles included positions at Apple, Warner Bros Music and Automobile Magazine but now Jordan is focused on growing FTNSS. FTNSS is an app that makes it easy to buy a short-term gym membership anywhere in the w...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with business growth strategist, Marc Smith.
Marc has over 40 years of diverse experience in driving growth and innovation across multiple industries.
Most recently as a fractional COO of a multi-location cafe, Marc successfully overhauled operations, introduced modern HR policies, implemented strategic marketing initiatives, and boosted gro...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with entrepreneur, Cat Perez.
Cat and partner Marianna Di Regolo - Cat’s wife - co-founded Famm together, a platform that makes it easy to discover and support hundreds of LGBTQ+ owned brands and service providers.
Cat is the CEO of Famm and has 20 years of expertise in the product, design, and startup growth world where their focus was on creating impactf...
Normally I'm the one doing the interview, but this week we're flipping it and reversing it and I'm the one being interviewed.
Back in June, I was on the Making Good Podcast throwing down some mad knowledge about SEO and business.
It was so well received by listeners that I asked host Lauren Tilden if it would be alright to share it with all of you.
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In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with entrepreneur, Ryder Damen.
Ryder is a creative technologist, content creator, and the CTO of Cache, a brand new Toronto startup in the fashion resale space. Ryder is bullish about taking big risks and reaching for delusional goals.
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