Cameron McNeil recently announced The Par 94 Bar and Golf Lounge: the first downtown golf destination in Fredericton, hosting golf simulations in its 3600 square foot location. Listen in to hear about why he jumped into the world of entrepreneurship.

Many businesses are looking to go full steam ahead in 2022, and that means implementing new action plans; creating new strategies; simplifying decision-making and more. I pulled in Andy Clark from Clarkie Consulting to walk us through what businesses can do right now to prepare for 2022.

#SupportFredLocal sounds like any other support local campaign, however with this iteration, currently in its fourth phase, the committee did something a bit different. The committee, which consists of the City of Fredericton, Fredericton Tourism, Ignite Fredericton, Fredericton Chamber of Commerce, Business Fredericton North and Downtown Fredericton, decided to focus on our regions local talent for this campaign, so the committee worked with creators within the city to help us build content and share the stories of our businesses.

Laura Clendenning was the first creator. She not only has a strong following here in the region, but she is also a business owner, owning the sweat club and sweat supplements. Laura joined me to talk about her business how the Fredericton region has been supporting here (and vice versa) through the past couple years.

During a time of disruption such as the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for a business’s products/services can fluctuate dramatically. In speaking with our businesses, adapting to consumer behavior and maintaining your sales prospects can be quite a daunting task. This week, I asked the team at Atlantic Growth Solutions to join me. Specifically, Kent Murphy, Mark Haines-Lacey and Kyle Holder all took the time to talk to me and give advice to our business community on where their focus should be on holding onto those customer relationships.

Adam Harris is the CEO of C-Therm Technologies, an organization that provides sensor solutions for R&D, manufacturing and quality control environments, offering the latest in rapid non-destructive thermal analysis instrumentation. Adam has led the growth and development of C-Therm Technologies from their early days as a Startup to now a global competitor, now being the controlling shareholder of the company. Adam joined the podcast to talk about what the next few years look like for C-Therm and the industry as a whole – and more importantly how he keeps up with it all.

Asif Hasan, CEO at Simptek joined the podcast once again to continue the conversation on green economy. Joining him this time was Keelen Gagnon, COO and Winston Morton, CTO to hit topics such as grid edge economy, the virtual energy audit product, and more!

Many listeners will be very familiar with the work Krista Ross and her team does. I have known Krista for a few years now, and since March 2020, I would argue our paths cross at least weekly as a result of the work the are doing for the business community. That’s why when I wanted to have a conversation with Krista about the last year in the business community and what we see the future looking like in Fredericton.

Asif Hasan, CEO & Co-founder of Simptek, a company that helps residential homeowners and electric utility companies to better understand, engage and predict energy usage. On this subject, I wanted to pick Asif’s brain on everything green economy, and he absolutely had things to say.

Andrew Carnell, owner & operator of Montana's Fredericton, took some time out of his schedule to talk about owning a franchise, business through a pandemic, and how Montana’s here in Fredericton has played an important role for family gatherings and special occasions.

Scott Everett is the CEO and co-founder of Eigen Innovations, which creates AI business solutions for customers all around the world. Scott joined me to talk about a series of topics including how Eigen started, the Fredericton community and how COVID-19 is shaping the future of automation.