Conversations With David

Jimmy is an entrepreneur, course creator and speaker. His mission is to help millions of people with their psychological and confidence issues. He has spent over 7 years teaching over 200,000 people in his online courses while travelling full-time and his courses have been mentioned in leading publications such as Entrepreneur, FoxNews, Forbes and BusinessInsider.

Jimmy also loves connecting with audiences all over the world, from Barcelona to Tokyo. He regularly speaks on prestigious stages such as Digital|K, MindvalleyU, WeWork, and DNX to name a few, often being voted the best speaker of the event.  

In this podcast episode, Jimmy shared his journey into entrepreneurship, his childhood experience growing up in post-communist Poland, his insights on content creation and his passion for personal development and emotional intelligence.

You can learn more about Jimmy at jimmynaraine.com

Shyanne is an entrepreneur and founder of Beauty Compass Marketing, a company that helps contractors generate clients and allow them to spend their time growing their business and brand.     

Prior to this, Shyanne ran and operated a College Pro franchise for 2 years where she grew her business to about half a million dollars in revenue, and holds the record for the largest business run by the youngest female entrepreneur.   

In this podcast episode, we discussed Shyanne's entrepreneurship journey, lessons and insights from her first business and tips for marketing your business online.    

You can learn more about Shyanne at compassmedia.ca/home

John Sparrow is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of GO Oil Canada, Canada's largest mobile oil change company with franchises in multiple Canadian cities. John dropped out of high school at age 16, a few days before launching his first business - and he has never looked back.  

In this episode,  John talked about his passion for entrepreneurship and his journey to building a number of businesses including Go Oil. He also talked about his success, struggles and insights he has learned along the way.  You can learn more about John and his company at www.gooil.ca.

Rana is a business owner and lawyer at Bokhari, Smith and Walker.  In 2013, shortly after being called to the Manitoba Bar, Rana was elected Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party - The party's first female minority leader and its youngest.  Rana is no longer partisan, but she continues to advocate for women's rights, intersectional feminism and the First Nations community.

In this episode, we talked about Rana's career as a lawyer, her lessons from being the youngest and first female leader of a major provincial party as well as emotional intelligence and skills needed to thrive in today's world.

You can learn more about Rana at linkedin.com/in/rana-bokhari-b95878121/

Aaron is an entrepreneur and business coach. He is currently the Vice president for College Pro Window Cleaning, Canada where he oversees the franchise development program for young entrepreneurs. Aaron is passionate about personal development and the development of other future leaders and believes in learning by doing.

In this episode, Aaron shared his entrepreneurship journey which started from a very young age and really bloomed when he ran his first College Pro franchise. We also discussed the realities of entrepreneurship, the traits of successful entrepreneurs, emotional intelligence and the importance of creating a community.

Aaron was also kind enough to share stories about his lifelong passion for fishing and how he created a business and community around his passion. You can learn more about Aaron at wootungsten.com

My guest Laura is a marketer by day and a podcaster by night! She specializes in helping service-based entrepreneurs build profitable podcasts for their businesses. Laura was particularly helpful in the early days of the launch of my podcast. 

Laura has over 6 years of experience in inbound marketing and has a podcast called the Marketing Bound Podcast, which is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs leverage inbound marketing strategies. 

In this engaging chat with Laura, we discussed the focus of her podcast and shared lessons learned from publishing over 60 podcast episodes! 

Laura was also kind enough to share how entrepreneurs can leverage marketing to differentiate their business and how to use inbound marketing techniques to generate leads at no cost.

You can learn more about Laura at marketingbound.com

Happy new year my friends and dear listeners!

My guest is the entrepreneur and Dragon slayer John Evans!

John is the founder and CEO of EverLine Coatings and Services, an industry game-changing company in Canada. Everline specializes in pavement marking in the parking lot services industry and has franchises across the country.

In this engaging conversation with John, we discussed his entrepreneurship journey and insights from his years as a business owner.

John was also gracious to share his experience successfully pitching his business on the hit show Dragons' Den.

You can learn more about John and his company at www.everlinecoatings.com

Episode 8 of my podcast is out! This is the last episode for 2020. Thank you for listening and your support so far! Please feel free to send me a message on your thoughts about this podcast or any of my guests - [email protected].

My guest is Uzoma Asagwara. They are an addictions specialist, registered psychiatric nurse and an elected official as the MLA for Union Station in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Prior to their election, Uzoma worked as a psychiatric nurse specializing in adult and youth mental health and addictions. They have a long history of grassroots community activism and was also a member of the Canadian National Women's Basketball and acts as a mentor for youth athletes in downtown Winnipeg.

Uzoma was one of the first 3 black Canadian MLAs elected in Manitoba and was also the first queer person to win a seat and is Manitoba's first gender non-conforming MLA.

In this podcast episode, we discussed their self-discovery and career journey, emotional intelligence and their role as the critic for Health, Seniors and Active Living in Manitoba.

Happy holidays and see you in 2021!

Leighton is a serial entrepreneur, innovator and business leader with over 15 years of establishing, launching and growing successful companies. He is the founder of Bootkik and KnowHow, where he has built a team focused on an operations and project management tool used by growing Blue Collar service companies to predict profitable outcomes and improve decision making. 

Leighton's background includes 7 years in executive leadership with College Pro, where he was responsible for over $40MM in revenue. He got his start in entrepreneurship with the founding of LTX Trades Ltd. in 2005, where he won dozens of awards and set records as one of the most successful franchise owners in College Pro's 40+ years in operation. 

Leighton is an expert trainer, facilitator and speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, team formation, organizational culture, productivity, operations & performance management and leadership development. He is an active mentor at multiple business accelerators and has played a key role in the development of over 400 entrepreneurs. He has also advised members of the Canadian Parliament and Legislative Assembly of Alberta and has served on advisory boards and leadership committees. 

In this podcast episode, we discussed Leighton's journey in entrepreneurship, types of entrepreneurs and his insights on soft-skills, emotional intelligence and venture creation. You can learn more about Leighton's work at tryknowhow.com

Margaux Miller is an experienced host, keynote speaker and host of the START Podcast, a podcast focused on promoting entrepreneurship in the Canadian Prairies through interviews with local business founders. 

Margaux is an accomplished professional and was the winner of the Future Leader of Manitoba Award for 2017.

Margaux is currently the program director of Tech Manitoba, an organization that represents Manitoba's top tech businesses, from start-ups to multinationals companies. Their goal is to help companies thrive and showcase Manitoba's innovation and growth in the tech sector through collaboration, education and promotion. 

In this podcast episode with Margaux, we had a fantastic conversation about her insights on the start-up and entrepreneurship scene in Manitoba, her ideas on building a successful career, her expertise in communication and branding as well as her passion for increasing women participation in Tech.

You can learn more about Margaux at www.startpodcast.ca