Chatter that Matters

Thirty-eight years in business. No salespeople. How does Jody Steinhauer do that?

By building a team of problem solvers and being a high achiever.

As a child, Jody led the country in Girl Guide Cookie Sales. At 14, Jody talked her way into a job at a women's fashion chain and became the region's top salesperson. Her approach? Instead of selling merchandise, she ...

What would you risk to build something remarkable?

Andrew Black sold sunglasses from under his bed at Queen's, built a million-dollar business before graduating, and sent his résumé to 500 headhunters before Nike USA gave him a shot. Andrew learned from Phil Knight, joined LEGO when it was struggling, and launched Virgin Mobile Canada after Richard Branson hired him. T...

"Go through your day, find something that pisses you off, and fix it."

That might be the best definition of entrepreneurship I've ever heard. It comes from Julie Cole—a "recovered" family lawyer, mom of a growing family and co-founder of Mabel's Labels.

For Julie, necessity truly was the mother of invention. And it served her twice.

First, Julie noticed p...

For decades I've admired Bruce: his integrity, his personality, his intuition and his drive. He helped build Lavalife before most of us trusted the internet, became one of Canada's best-known Dragons on Dragons' Den, and co-founded Round13 Capital. Few people have had a front-row seat to nearly four decades of disruption. Fewer still are this honest about what it takes.

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