The spark for serial entrepreneur, Shaheel Hooda, started young in the family business, leading him into businesses of his own, a Harvard MBA, driving two tech companies to success and finally, a role as a venture capitalist. Hear about his successes, failures and learnings along the way.

Shaheel Hooda was responsible for the books for four of his father’s companies at the ripe old age of nine. The early life experiences led him to a lifetime of entrepreneurial pursuits, often in completely different sectors where drawing on his experience tied with a drive to learn and take on new challenges led to numerous wins and a few defeats. As experiences compiled, Shaheel turned to advising entrepreneurs and taking a role as a managing partner for an early stage venture fund.


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From a founder in the tech space, through to an acquisition and multiple businesses along the way, today Scott helps businesses build systems and processes to drive success and growth.

Early in Scott Rusnak’s career, he grabbed opportunity and moved his family to the United States from his home in Canada. There, he built a tech business to an exit and began a path taking through opportunities and experiences that laid the foundation for his role today as an EOS implementer. Scott has always been passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience with other entrepreneurs. Today, he is highly sought after by businesses seeking to improve their operations and grow.


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Innovation so often comes from first-hand experience and Bryan McIver has experience in droves. After building and selling a business that managed major construction projects, Bryan is now working on building Vitruvi to bring innovation to the space.

Bryan McIver has a unique set of skills. While his core experience lies in managing major infrastructure projects, his ability to build software to help him in his role laid the foundation for Vitruvi (vitruvi.cc). After building up and selling a construction management company focused on data network infrastructure, Bryan turned his attention to creating software that handles the complex, time-consuming and ultimately, expensive management of these massive projects.


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After a successful exit from his company, Mailout, Jon Larson has shifted his focus to Zept, an online service that matches international students with perfect-fit post secondary schools across the globe.

Finding a niche in a highly competitive tech space is always a challenge but Jon and his partners found a way to that tied a ‘land and expand’ sales model within big organizations, tied with outstanding service, was the key to success. After selling ‘Mailout’, and a battle in the online document signing space, Jon and his partners are now building Zept, an online platform that matches students with their dream schools across the globe.


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After thirty years as an entrepreneur spanning numerous sectors, Colin Christensen has transitioned to helping startups across the globe. Via his Accelerator, Fuse42, Colin drives change through innovation and social enterprises.

Colin Christensen was determined to be an entrepreneur from a young age and took the leap by the time he was twenty years old. From successful ventures through to ill-timed failures, Colin learned the path to success comes from a mix of hard lessons and solid management. The culmination of thirty years of experience led to establishing Fuse42 Accelerator and guiding numerous startups through the early struggles of business. Today, Colin has his hand in a number of ventures, all with intriguing stories and opportunities.


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After building a successful and growing marketing firm, David felt the need for a wholesale change, pairing his business acumen with a social cause that he is truly passionate about. 

With a foundation in marketing, David Cree built rapidly growing companies, experienced the sting of economic slowdowns, and realized that landing the ‘big deal’ wasn’t all that exciting anymore. Falling back on a life changing experience, Dave set out to solve a business problem alongside a social ill, as a model for building business that truly make the world a better place.


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An opportunity to earn some money during a tight job market led Colin to his role as a CEO delivering innovative education software that’s used around the globe.

A computer engineer by trade, Colin found an opportunity for innovation tying together emerging tablet technology with a need in the classroom. Fast forward a little over a decade and Colin’s company, Showbie, (showbie.com) helps millions of kids across the world harness technology to learn and interact with their teachers.


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Ken shares with Blaine the journey and challenges as he moved from the creative industry, to building the startup community, and now revitalizing business communities for the new norm.

Diving into entrepreneurship while an education student, Ken diverts from teaching before he even gets started and dives into the world of e-learning and games. His early experience in business leads him first, starting a ground-breaking startup community, through to today, where he’s driving forward ‘One Million Feet’ with Makespace (makespacegroup.com), their innovative community building venture.


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Starting out working in a gym – Tom Port never pictured himself in the software industry, but ten years, several pivots and a major acquisition later, Tom has been a part of a great success in the FinTech industry.

Tom's enthusiasm is truly contagious. He goes back to the early days tackling issues in the accounting industry with their software, AutoRec, and how it was involved in AutoEntry (autoentry.com). He discusses the role ‘the entrepreneurial spirit’ plays in driving the business forward, from the early days sitting on the floor in a tiny office making cold calls to ten years later selling AutoEntry to Sage and the adventure that lays ahead.


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Jason watched his father struggle as an entrepreneur and swore it was not for him. Now – an entrepreneur – Jason is in the education and gamification industry working on amazing projects with institutions and corporations alike.

The life of an entrepreneur is not something Jason wanted to emulate as he watched his father struggle, then he ended up in the same position... thankfully. Working in education and gaming led him to a unique opportunity in staff training. The new role suited him well, building on his past successes and dovetailing with new opportunities. Jason describes how his passion for learning, and for kids, became a stepping stone for unique partnerships in the corporate world through his company TIQ Software (tiqsoftware.com)


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