On this episode of In Her Blazer podcast we explore what the Vice President of Global Franchise Development at Freshii, Toni Ronayne does to keep sane as a a mother of 3 while having to excel at her corporate job.

She isn't just a parent, she isn't just successful leader, she is an incredible human being who decided to adopt not 1, not 2, but 3 CHILDREN right before we went into a global lockdown!

Subscribe and download this episode now to learn how you too can also stay sane while being a mom, a career woman and an incredible human being as we continue to weather the never-ending lockdown.

About Toni Ronayne
Toni Ronayne is a visionary leader, culture champion, mother and advocate. She believes in the power of connection through authenticity and challenges cultural norms for how female leaders need to “show up” in the corporate world, championing that vulnerability is a strength to be shared. Toni is the co-founder of H20 Canada, a charitable initiative that provides clean water and sanitation education to villages and communities in Eastern Africa and she is committed to using her privilege in the mentorship of others.

In her professional life, Toni is the Vice President of Global Franchise Development for Freshii, leading the growth of their healthy quick service restaurants and has held various senior leadership roles with Starbucks, Teavana, and Aveda. As a global executive, Toni has traveled to the far corners of the earth to grow talent and industry across 5 continents.

Toni has committed herself to living a life of “yes” which has opened up a multitude of experiences. In this vein, Toni took on her greatest growth experience in her new role as a mother, when she and her husband adopted their three daughters. She now devotes her life to loving and supporting her strong and beautiful children as they bloom and grow. Toni is passionate about advocating for families to overcome the archaic methods that exist within the system, to reduce the layers of trauma that adoptees experience in their lives, and to challenge the systemic beliefs that “adoption is a fairy tale”.

Toni’s new personal ambitions now involve becoming an author, moving to the country, and restoring the 1800s Victorian farmhouse of her dreams in 2021.

How to contact Toni:
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https://tonironayne.com/

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Founder of Blazer app, Global Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

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On this episode, part 2 of Launching a Startup: Here's What You NEED to Know on In Her Blazer podcast you will continue learning what it takes to launch your own business, what skills you need to possess, where to find a mentor, if accelerator programs are worth it, what types of funding are out there, if you should look to get investment from venture capitalists or angel investors vs. a small business bank loan, what you need to include in your pitch deck to funders to set you up for success, and more!

We continue walking you through the whole process end-to-end and we do it with the Queen of the startup world, current Executive Director of Ryerson Venture Zone in Brampton, past Chief of Staff at Elevate, past Vice President of Venture and Talent Programs at MaRS Discovery District, and current amazing human being, Usha Srinivasan.

Subscribe and download this episode now to learn what you need to do to launch your business successfully.

About Usha Srinivsan
A recognized leader in the Canadian innovation community, Usha Srinivasan has built some of the sector’s most unique service offerings for startups over the last 12 years. An early member of the MaRS Discovery District, she rose to Vice President - Venture & Talent Programs, leading teams dedicated to both nurturing and developing the talents of Canadian entrepreneurs through a range of diverse programs including the Market Intelligence, Scale-up Voucher, and the Business Accelerator Programs. Her team also worked to make online and entrepreneurial educational content widely accessible through Ontario’s Regional Innovation Centres.

Passionate about making the tech community fair and inclusive, Usha co-chaired the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging council at MaRS. Recently, she served as Vice-President, Partnerships and Talent with Elevate TO and co-founded a startup. Prior to her time with MaRS, she was Research Manager with the global market intelligence firm Frost and Sullivan.

Usha is a recent graduate of Stanford’s LEAD Corporate Innovation program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental microbiology from the University of Bristol and a PhD in environmental sciences from Abertay University in Dundee. She was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow and has also completed postdoctoral work at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the University of New Brunswick.

If you want to get in touch with Usha after listening to this unreal episode, listen right to the end - where she gives away her juicy contact info.

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Global Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

On this episode of Launching a Startup: Here's What You NEED to Know on In Her Blazer podcast you will learn what it takes to launch your own business, what skills you need to possess, where to find a mentor, if accelerator programs are worth it, what types of funding are out there, if you should look to get investment from venture capitalists or angel investors vs. a small business bank loan, what you need to include in your pitch deck to funders to set you up for success, and more!

We walk you through the whole process end-to-end and we do it with the Queen of the startup world, current Executive Director of Ryerson Venture Zone in Brampton, past Chief of Staff at Elevate, past Vice President of Venture and Talent Programs at MaRS Discovery District, and current amazing human being, Usha Srinivasan.

Subscribe and download this episode now to learn what you need to do to launch your business successfully.

About Usha Srinivsan
A recognized leader in the Canadian innovation community, Usha Srinivasan has built some of the sector’s most unique service offerings for startups over the last 12 years. An early member of the MaRS Discovery District, she rose to Vice President - Venture & Talent Programs, leading teams dedicated to both nurturing and developing the talents of Canadian entrepreneurs through a range of diverse programs including the Market Intelligence, Scale-up Voucher, and the Business Accelerator Programs. Her team also worked to make online and entrepreneurial educational content widely accessible through Ontario’s Regional Innovation Centres.

Passionate about making the tech community fair and inclusive, Usha co-chaired the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging council at MaRS. Recently, she served as Vice-President, Partnerships and Talent with Elevate TO and co-founded a startup. Prior to her time with MaRS, she was Research Manager with the global market intelligence firm Frost and Sullivan.

Usha is a recent graduate of Stanford’s LEAD Corporate Innovation program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental microbiology from the University of Bristol and a PhD in environmental sciences from Abertay University in Dundee. She was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow and has also completed postdoctoral work at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the University of New Brunswick.

If you want to get in touch with Usha after listening to this unreal episode, listen right to the end - where she gives away her juicy contact info.

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Global Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

This episode, part 2 of a 2-part series of In Her Blazer podcast will teach you everything you NEED to know about how to be a drug dealer.

And when I say drug, I mean cannabis, and when I say dealer, I mean a legal retail store.

We dive into the details on how much it will cost you to open up a retail cannabis store in Canada, what the process looks like from end-to-end, how to do this legally, what the difference is between recreational and medical cannabis and everything else you will want and need to know - all right here, and all with Jenn Juby, Vice President of Retail Operations at Hemisphere Cannabis Co. at Aegis Brands.

Subscribe and download this episode now to learn what you need to do to start selling weed.

About Jenn Juby
Jenn is the Vice President of Retail Operations at Hemisphere Cannabis Co. at Aegis Brands, which owns Bridgehead Coffee, Second Cup Coffee and of course Hemisphere Cannabis Co.
Before Jenn jumped into this highly challenging role, she was he Vice President of Retail Sales and Operations for MJardin Group, which operates in the cannabis space in the USA and in Canada.
Prior to that she was the Director of Operations North America for Freshii, the Regional Director for Jack Astor's restaurant and the Regional Director of Operations for Starbucks Coffee Canada. When she isn't being superwoman, she's also helping the next wave of women to come up through the ranks and kick serious ass.

If you want to get in touch with Jenn after listening to this unreal episode, listen right to the end - where she gives away her juicy contact info.

***This podcast has been edited by the Mauricio Strange and is the genius behind the computer making this sound great for all of our subscribers. If you need a podcast editor, hit him up at: [email protected].

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Global Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

This episode of In Her Blazer podcast will teach you everything you NEED to know about how to be a drug dealer.

And when I say drug, I mean cannabis, and when I say dealer, I mean a legal retail store.

We dive into the details on how much it will cost you to open up a retail cannabis store in Canada, what the process looks like from end-to-end, how to do this legally, what the difference is between recreational and medical cannabis and everything else you will want and need to know - all right here, and all with Jenn Juby, Vice President of Retail Operations at Hemisphere Cannabis Co. at Aegis Brands.

Subscribe and download this episode now to learn what you need to do to start selling weed.

About Jenn Juby
Jenn is the Vice President of Retail Operations at Hemisphere Cannabis Co. at Aegis Brands, which owns Bridgehead Coffee, Second Cup Coffee and of course Hemisphere Cannabis Co.
Before Jenn jumped into this highly challenging role, she was he Vice President of Retail Sales and Operations for MJardin Group, which operates in the cannabis space in the USA and in Canada.
Prior to that she was the Director of Operations North America for Freshii, the Regional Director for Jack Astor's restaurant and the Regional Director of Operations for Starbucks Coffee Canada. When she isn't being superwoman, she's also helping the next wave of women to come up through the ranks and kick serious ass.

If you want to get in touch with Jenn after listening to this unreal episode, listen right to the end - where she gives away her juicy contact info.

***This podcast has been edited by the Mauricio Strange and is the genius behind the computer making this sound great for all of our subscribers. If you need a podcast editor, hit him up at: [email protected].

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Global Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

We all wear a Blazer, armour, walk around in some sort of protective gear to mask our pain, trauma and insecurities, and as women, this is amplified by our unique challenges.

On this episode of In Her Blazer podcast Jeboah discusses her experiences with racism, whether she herself is racist, or if she just hates herself.

She dives into the ultra uncomfortable topic of racism to unpack the topic, discuss black lives, Indigenous lives, colourism, and what the world really, truly needs - in a vulnerable, honest and ultra raw way.

Subscribe and download this episode to explore where you are when it comes to racism and what you need to do as a first step to be less so.

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

We all wear a Blazer, armour, walk around in some sort of protective gear to mask our pain, trauma and insecurities, and as women, this is amplified by our unique challenges.

On this episode of In Her Blazer, part 2 of 2, we join back up with Maribel Lara, Senior Vice President, Head of Consulting at The Sasha Group (a Gary Vaynerchuk (a.k.a. THE social media maven himself) company) to finish off discussing LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter hacks that you as a small or medium-sized business owner can implement today to social media market your company properly during this pandemic to continue making money.

Subscribe and download this episode to learn what you need to do to sustain your business throughout this pandemic and well into the future.

About Maribel Lara
Maribel is SVP, Head of Consulting at The Sasha Group a VaynerX company that provides educational, consulting and marketing services to companies with a growth mindset. She has been within the Vayner world since 2014 and her role has included reporting to and partnering with CEO and serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk to execute initiatives tied to the strategic growth of the agency. Maribel entered the marketing space in 2009 after receiving her MBA. Prior to her work in the corporate sector, Maribel spent the first eight years of her career focused on student leadership development at several colleges and universities throughout the USA.

If you want to get in touch with Maribel after listening to this unreal episode, listen right to the end - when she gives away her juicy contact info.

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

We all wear a Blazer, armour, walk around in some sort of protective gear to mask our pain, trauma and insecurities, and as women, this is amplified by our unique challenges.

On this episode of In Her Blazer, part 1 of 2, we sit down with Maribel Lara, Senior Vice President, Head of Consulting at The Sasha Group (a Gary Vaynerchuk (a.k.a. THE social media maven himself) company) to discuss how you as a small or medium-sized business owner can do to social media market your company properly during this pandemic to continue making money.

Subscribe and download this episode to learn what you need to do to sustain your business throughout this pandemic and well into the future.

About Maribel Lara
Maribel is SVP, Head of Consulting at The Sasha Group a VaynerX company that provides educational, consulting and marketing services to companies with a growth mindset. She has been within the Vayner world since 2014 and her role has included reporting to and partnering with CEO and serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk to execute initiatives tied to the strategic growth of the agency. Maribel entered the marketing space in 2009 after receiving her MBA. Prior to her work in the corporate sector, Maribel spent the first eight years of her career focused on student leadership development at several colleges and universities throughout the USA.

If you want to get in touch with Maribel after listening to this incredibly powerful episode, tune in for part 2 of 2 next week, on Wednesday, June 17th to hear the rest of her wisdom and to learn how you can get in touch with her directly.

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

We all wear a Blazer, armour, walk around in some sort of protective gear to mask our pain, trauma and insecurities, and as women, this is amplified by our unique challenges.

On this episode of In Her Blazer, part 2 of 2, we sit down with Tara Ramsay, Vice President of People at Second Cup to uncover what industries are still hiring, what roles are still being filled in the midst of COVID-19, how you can nail your home interview (from the waist up), the reality of what it's really like to work for companies like Second Cup, MLSE, CBC and Woodbine Entertainment, and more.

Subscribe and download this episode to learn how you can get a leg up in your job hunt without having to settle for whatever is available.

About Tara Ramsay
Tara is a seasoned HR professional with an extreme focus on people! Tara joined Second Cup/Aegis in September 2019 as their Vice President, People. Her experience has driven her to continually develop and align programs around enhancing the customer, employee & franchisee experience. In her role Tara has a keen purpose to develop leaders to engage, motivate and allow for best performance to drive results. Tara has worked in leadership roles for other strong Canadian Brands such as Woodbine Entertainment, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). All of which she has learned from deeply, and absolutely loved.

Tara has a 10 year old son, who is her world! And is a fitness enthusiast who grew up loving sports and twirling baton!

If you want to get in touch with Tara after absorbing her incredibly powerful wisdom, add her on LinkedIn and send her a message!

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!

We all wear a Blazer, armour, walk around in some sort of protective gear to mask our pain, trauma and insecurities, and as women, this is amplified by our unique challenges.

On this episode of In Her Blazer we sit down with Tara Ramsay, Vice President of People at Second Cup to discover how you, as the HR, Organizational Development or Founder that you are can help your staff get through COVID-19, keep engagement and productivity up, lead your team and onboard new employees all while living through this pandemic.

Subscribe and download this episode to learn what you can start doing today to continue being the exceptional people leader that you are, and when you're done, leave a review to help others find this episode too.

About Tara Ramsay
Tara is a seasoned HR professional with an extreme focus on people! Tara joined Second Cup/Aegis in September 2019 as their Vice President, People. Her experience has driven her to continually develop and align programs around enhancing the customer, employee & franchisee experience. In her role Tara has a keen purpose to develop leaders to engage, motivate and allow for best performance to drive results. Tara has worked in leadership roles for other strong Canadian Brands such as Woodbine Entertainment, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). All of which she has learned from deeply, and absolutely loved.

Tara has a 10 year old son, who is her world! And is a fitness enthusiast who grew up loving sports and twirling baton!

If you want to get in touch with Tara after absorbing her incredibly powerful wisdom, tune in to episode #2 of this two-part series next week and you will hear her spill her personal details.

Jeboah's Background: Former corporate marketer for RBC, GE, Newell Brands and others, turned Entrepreneur, Nonprofit Founder, Keynote Speaker and vulnerable human being. But did she grow up in an ivory tower groomed for this life? Listen and learn!