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 entrepreneur and founder of the app "Drag Me," Ailsa Blair.
Ailsa is a neuro-diverse trans-non-binary queer, who grew up in Liverpool, England. At heart, they’re a product design leader, having spent over a decade in the field. Ailsa was part of the project team that was third in the world in building out instant payouts, behind only Square and PayPal. I...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Renée Yoxon.
Renée is a gender-affirming voice teacher with a passion for voice education, creativity, and vocal curiosity. Since 2010, they have taught thousands of students how to love their voice. Their strength as a teacher is explaining complicated concepts in plain language that anyone can understand, as well as anticipating student problems before...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with HR Consultant & DEI Specialist, Clea Arrieta.
Clea is a big sister, first-generation Canadian, and queer woman of colour. She’s had the deep privilege of working with incredible teams within the tech, non-profit, and civic organizing spaces that are focused on creating employee experiences that matter. By day, she is an HR Consultant at Bright + Earl...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Founder and Managing Partner at Misfit Ventures, Mandy Potter.
Mandy has always danced to the beat of her own drum and is now on a mission to invest in others who do the same. With over 15 years of experience building and scaling VC-backed startups, raising millions in funding, growing companies to tens of millions in revenue, and even selling one, she’s...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Managing Director & Wealth Management Advisor with Warrioress Wealth, Sarah Tinkler.
Sarah is the first financial planning business within Northwestern Mutual history to be NGLCC LGBTBE certified, & she & her fiancée Renata are the only 2 openly LGBTQ+ directors within Northwestern Mutual. With almost 18 years of experience within the industr...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Founder and CEO of Virtual Gurus, Bobbie Racette.
Bobbie is a Cree-Metis 2SLGBTQI+ entrepreneur with an unmatched ability to drive change and empower historically underrepresented communities through equitable remote work opportunities. Her passion has created a community of diverse talents where "no" is not an option.
Virtual Gurus is North America’s...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with DEI consultant, Geffrye Parsons.
in 2022, Geff retired from a 35-year front office executive career in financial services to set up his own Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consulting practice, The Inclusion Imperative.
Formerly based in the UK and now living in Canada, Geff has received multiple decorations for his work around LGBTQ+ inclusion, incl...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Founder and CEO of Reya Health, Dallas Barnes.
Reya Health is a company founded by a birth control user for birth control users. After years of experiencing the gruelling trial and error process of trying to find a suitable contraceptive, founder and CEO Dallas Barnes set out to change the way people approach birth control. Building a birth control m...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the Founder and CEO of EqualityMD, Justin Ayars.
Justin is a former healthcare trial lawyer turned serial entrepreneur. His latest endeavour, EqualityMD, is an LGBTQ+ healthcare and data analytics company that blends healthcare and technology with marketing and data science.
EqualityMD is changing how the underserved LGBTQ+ community perceives and rec...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with special guest, Gregg Brown.
With a career spanning 30 years, Gregg is an internationally recognized speaker, advisor, entrepreneur, and business mentor. Gregg was part of the team that opened the first wave of Starbucks in Canada. His insights on change and the future of work have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and Entrepreneur, as wel...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with co-founder and CEO of Orgmatch, Trevor Loke.
Trevor has worked with dozens of community investment teams around the world, including Patagonia, to move over $100M in capital. He currently lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he was previously a locally elected official.
Now Trevor is working to grow Orgmatch, which is revolutionizing philanthropy by part...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with California licensed attorney and tax professional, Braden Drake.
Braden works primarily with online and creative small business owners through his law firm, the Not-Your-Average Law Firm and his online programs and memberships.
He’s also the host of the “Unf*ck Your Biz” podcast and is the author of his book by the same title. When not doing business ...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Andrew Gurza.
Andrew is an award winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief Disability Officer and Co-founder of Bump’n, a sex toy company for and by disabled people. Their work has been featured on BBC, CBC, Gay Times UK, Huffington Post, The Advocate, and Out.com just to name a few.
Today Calan is talking with Andrew about bringing access...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with small business marketing coach, Lauren Tilden.
Lauren teaches small business owners how to do better marketing more consistently. Her podcast, Making Good, explores all things marketing, mindset, and doing good through small business.
As an ex-corporate marketer, Lauren fell in love with small businesses through her first small business, the plant-ins...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Real Estate Investor and Entrepreneur, Jason Muth.
Jason stepped away from corporate life after decades of work at some of the biggest media companies in the US including Comcast, NBC Universal, and iHeartMedia to name a few. Jason became a full-time entrepreneur in 2022 when his ongoing real estate investing side hustle became more profitable than his c...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with Sam Naylor.
Sam is the Chief of Staff for Deloitte Canada’s Consulting Technology Executive, as well as the firm’s National Pride ERG Co-Chair. On the side, Sam is a Venture Partner for Chasing Rainbows and provides operations/strategy advice to a handful of start-ups and scale-ups. Outside of work he is the Director of Gradient Spaces - a 2SLGBTQIA...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with the founder of Advisor AI, Arjun Arora.
Advisor AI is a AI-Technology startup designed to increase student engagement and satisfaction by providing personalized academic guidance and career recommendations.
Based in San Francisco, Arjun is on a mission to empower every student to realize their boldest career dreams. With over a decade of exp...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with co-founders of Level Studio, Vinh Le and Luca Campacci.
Level Studio specializes in creating unique, functional, residential interior design projects with an exciting, enjoyable and collaborative design process inspired by their client’s story. They continuously innovate and redefine the possibilities of interior design, shaping environments that inspire...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with entrepreneur, Swish Goswami.
Swish is the heart and soul behind Surf, a loyalty platform shaping ethical consumer connections and data collection. As CEO, Swish has woven Surf into the fabric of internet browsing and worked with giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime Gaming, raising over $8M and sealing two impactful acquisitions. Beyond the boardroom, he ...
In this episode of The Business Gay Podcast, host Calan Breckon speaks with entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Founder of Hangtight, Armando Vera Carvajal.
Hangtight is an AI-powered social planning app that is transforming how people come together in life. This is Armando’s second startup and he’s been in the Austin founder ecosystem for 10 years. Originally from Mexico City before immigrant to America at age 4, Armando grew up in McAlle...
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