FL Consultant: Kevin Ammerman, IT Consulting

Sometimes opportunities are born from obstacles. In this case, Eric Leclair found his entrepreneurial opportunity in his struggles with rubber suppliers. The inception of Vicone Rubber came from Eric’s belief that success is derived from great service, delivery and quality.

FL Consultant: Ernie Furt, Tax Services

Understanding your niche is important, and from the beginning Sebastian Van Berkom has built on this strength in the investment world. This week we’ll hear how Van Berkom and Associates expanded by taking their focused service offering into other geographic.

FL Consultant: Stephanie Darwish, Marketing

Portatec manufactures high-end residential entry doors and the key to his success is salesmanship. Leo Lapointe discusses with us how important it is to understand the product you are selling and why he places so much value on teamwork.

FL Consultant: Lorne Brotman, Accounting, Real Estate & Wealth Management The start-up phase is a unique stage in the business cycle in that has the steepest learning curve, and is filled with more questions than answers. Our guests this week, Mark Rhyman of Acumen Factory and Ovi Mija of Outpost Travel are in the midst of starting up a business and will share their experiences thus far.

FL Consultant: Stephanie Darwish, Marketing

Jon Kyres of Angelo’s gives us a unique perspective of the restaurant industry in Montreal, and especially on Crescent Street.

FL Consultant: Nick Moraitis, Tax Services

Top Marks provides uniforms to schools across the country. We’ll chat with them about their strict “made in Canada” policy and how their business process differs from traditional Canadian manufacturers.

FL Consultant: Kevin Ammerman, IT Consulting

Image-24 is an outsource call centre for businesses looking to provide top-notch customer service to their client base. We’ll talk to Gary Blair about the importance of human resources in his industry and how he has adapted to changing technology.

FL Consultant: Patrick Sullivan, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency

Khadjavi brothers, Reza and Ali, found a solution to the universal pain point of laundry. We’ll discuss their business model of dry-cleaning pickup and delivery, and look to the future and how they plan to expand outside the island of Montreal.

FL Consultant: Stephanie Darwish, Marketing

The Kid Scoop is a story of innovation. Josh chats with owner Cindy Fagen about how early funding was key to the site’s development, and how Cindy has expanded the business from local directory to national end to end solution for children activities.

FL Consultant: Nick Moraitis, Tax Services

Learn how Sonomax has taken the lead in hearing protection. Nick LaPerle will guide us through his journey in this field which has taken him from his parent’s dinner table, to a stage in Vegas with Dr. Dre.