Entrepreneurs Exposed

Louis Felix Boulanger, is the co founder and COO of the budding Canadian-based fashion eyeglass retailer Bon Look. What started as a business online selling direct, has grown into an omni channel retail model with 22 stores, 300 employees, and growing. In this one, we talk all about the business of eyewear and Bon Look's start online before piloting a kiosk, then rapidly expanding with physical stores; how to get store expansion right, other cool eyewear disruptors like Ollie Quinn and Warby Parker, and why listening to what your customer demands can be pivotal to a company's success. 

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Michael Hyatt is the co-founder of BlueCat Networks, which was sold to Madison Dearborn Partners, of Chicago, IL.  He serves as a board member and director of BlueCat, and ranks as one of Canada’s top entrepreneurs. Michael also sits on the Board of Advisors of Georgian Partners, one of Canada’s leading venture capital firms and was a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 award.  In this episode, Michael and I discuss various experiences at Bluecat, the birth and sale cycle of companies and capital, entrepreneurship with a sibling, Michael's perspective on money, finding one's purpose, and more. Enjoy! 

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Lesley Stowe, a true Canadian food entrepreneur, and the founder of the infamous artisan crackers – Raincoast Crisps. The crackers are so popular, they’ve been featured on Oprah’s list of favourite things and in Martha Stewart Living magazine. They’ve also been served in the White House. In this short chat with Adam, Lesley shares stories about how she funded the venture early on, the importance of being in the right environment for your passion, and why she sold to Dare Foods, a family owned private company vs. a private equity firm. Enjoy! 

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Mike Bosworth, has been a thought leader within the field of sales for decades. He has designed several sales training programs for a number of fortune 500 companies, and is a seasoned author, speaker, entrepreneur, and sales philosopher. In this conversation, we hit on the power of stories and use case selling, what signals to look for to know whether a prospective buyer is warming up to your offering, how to relax buyer scepticism, the Hollywood story approach, and what it means when you hear a prospective client drop the F-bomb! (hint, it's a good thing).

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Paul Jarrett is a Subscription Box Champion, Midwest entrepreneur, and Co-Founder and CEO of Bulu.  After a decade working on ad campaigns for Lowe's and Nike, Paul co-founded and launched Bulu Box with his wife, Stephanie in 2012. In this episode, Paul shares the unfiltered truth about his entrepreneurial experiences raising capital, scaling to $500k in MRR, self-awareness as CEO, and ‘subscription’ as a hedge against Amazon’s dominance. 

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