Entrepreneurs Exposed

Dean Brauer is the Co-founder and EVP, of UK-based goHenry. goHenry is an innovative consumer internet and FinTech business with a mission to help millions of kids understand and manage money. There is some amazing discussion on GoHenry's emotional connection to the two most important things in many people's lives - money and children. We also talk about how that's helped the company build and foster a connection with its community of customers - which in 2016, culminated with a world record equity crowd funding raise of 4 million GBP.

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Andrea is a Scale Expert, a Multi-Exit Entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience in technology - She has built three start-ups from zero to successful exit, including Proponix, which grew from O to $175 million in just 24 months. Andrea is also largely credited for helping one of the biggest telecom companies in Canada navigate through Y2K. In this wide ranging episode, we talk with Andrea about the keys to scaling up, her multiple exits, why hiring for mindset trumps skillset, the importance of balance to avoid burn out, the failure of Google Health, and much more.

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Justin Thouin is the Co-Founder and CEO of LowestRates.ca, one of the fastest growing companies in Canada. Justin calls LowestRates.ca "the expedia of personal finance”. The site compares prices on things like mortgages, car insurance, and credit cards. In this episode, Justin discusses Fintech, Canada's lack of financial literacy, and why Canadians typically don't comparison shop for financial products; the media's love and obsession with start-ups that raise capital vs those that bootstrap, starting something on the side vs. jumping in with lazer focus, and more. 

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Alex has co-founded several businesses (Luxy Hair, Five Minute Journal, Productivity Planner) and also runs a creative agency called Dreamers & Creators, based in London, UK. He shares all of his entrepreneurial and life activities with his wife and business partner, Mimi Ikonn, who is by all accounts, a major online celebrity. Alex and Mimi are also angel investors in great companies like Calm, and Tradesy. In this episode, we discuss Alex’s businesses, the serendipity that is the "Tim Ferriss Effect", growing a company through organic content, the difference between a lifestyle business and a real business, the importance of knowing one's purpose, and more.

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Ami is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peekapak. The company's content is designed with early childhood education experts, teachers, and parents, with the help of students themselves. The former Procter & Gamble marketer, is now committed to the education space; helping children become successful, compassionate, and caring citizens. In this one, Ami and talk about the evolving education space, and what skills are critically important for kids as they learn and grow. We also talk about funding strategies, what investors tend to look for in a team, and Ami's experience in Silicon Valley with Imagine K12. 

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