Annie Cyr, from Tengiva, tells us about her love for textile innovation, educating buyers for smarter textile sourcing, and helping manufacturers from around the world empty their warehouses.

Pierre explains how a trip to Europe inspired him to create self-serve windshield washer fluid stations across the province; killing two birds with one stone, as Pierre is helping remove tens of millions of plastic containers in circulation in Quebec alone, and making it easier for everyone to fill up as needed.

Judith Fetzer from Cook tells us about her dream to simplify healthy cooking for families with her pioneering meal kits. As one of the first in the country in the ready-to-cook business, she acquired some prominent competitors, and is developing a sustainable version of her meal kits, including addressing the packaging dilemma.

Félix Adrien Belisle Dockrill of GRAD4; tells us about helping manufacturers save time and lower costs by giving them access to local machine shops. His system brings together over 200 Quebec-based vendors at the client's fingertips and landing contracts with big names.

Karine Idrissi, from Influence + All Management, tell us about becoming a serial entrepreneur, founding one of the first influencer management agencies in North America, and creating a roster spread throughout Canada, the US and Europe. Over a decade of entrepreneur stories: www.todaysentrepreneur.org

Bastien Poulain and Mélanie Mamet from 1642 talk about their commitment to using only quality, natural ingredients, supporting more than 400 jobs locally, and providing an answer to a very a-propos question: "If your gin is from Quebec, why isn't your tonic water?" www.todaysentrepreneur.org

Today's Entrepreneur by FL Montreal returns next week on all your favourite podcast channels and on CJAD 800 AM Saturday February 27 at noon. Join FL's Michael Newton and TNKR Media's Dan Delmar with Bastien Poulain and Mélanie Mamet of 1642.

Listen to over a decade worth of entrepreneur stories and resources for small and medium businesses and family businesses at todaysentrepreneur.org.