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What starts as a university meal-prep idea can apparently turn into a health-tech company working at the intersection of nutrition, technology and healthcare.

This week on The 403 Podcast, Karissa sits down with Sam Hale, co-founder of NutriMeals and Nurish’d, to talk about the eight-year journey from cooking, packaging and delivering meals themselves to building something much bigger.

They get into starting NutriMeals with essentially $0, learning entrepreneurship the hard way, some expensive ideas that didn’t quite work out 😂, taking on risk, raising capital and the decisions that ultimately led to Nurish’d.

Sam also shares what it’s really like building alongside his co-founder and life partner Grace, how his role has changed as the businesses have grown, and why the entrepreneurial journey is rarely as linear as it looks from the outside.

In this episode:

• Starting NutriMeals from the ground up
• The infamous vending-machine experiment
• Knowing when an idea isn’t working
• How NutriMeals evolved into Nurish’d
• AI, personalized nutrition and “food as medicine”
• The risks and sacrifices behind entrepreneurship
• Building with a co-founder and life partner
• What eight years in business has taught Sam
• Where Nurish’d is headed next

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Learn more about Sam, NutriMeals & Nurish'd
🌐 Website: www.nutrimeals.ca & www.app.nurishd.ca

📸 Instagram: @nutrimeals.ca or @nurishd.health

💼 LinkedIn: Sam Hale
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-hale-94539779/

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If you're thinking about buying, selling, investing, or moving to Calgary, I'd love to connect.

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🎙️ Episode 3 | Claire Masikewich — Finding the Light in the Middle of the Hard

What does it mean to keep building when life changes overnight?

In this episode of The 403 Podcast, host Karissa Savage sits down with Claire Masikewich, keynote speaker and founder of Strong Like Sloane, to talk about purpose, resilience and finding light in the middle of life’s hardest moments.

After Claire’s five-year-old daughter, Sloane, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, Claire began using her background in marketing, communications and storytelling to advocate for pediatric cancer research. What started as a way to support her daughter grew into Strong Like Sloane, major fundraising initiatives and an unexpected career as a keynote speaker.

Claire shares how the experience changed her definition of success, what she’s learned about letting go of what she can’t control, and why we don’t have to wait for the hard part to be over before allowing ourselves to find joy, purpose and hope again.

Whether you're an entrepreneur navigating uncertainty, a parent facing something difficult, or simply rethinking what success looks like in your own life, this is a conversation about continuing to live and build—even in the middle of the hard.

In this episode:
✔️ Sloane's stage 4 neuroblastoma diagnosis and the moment everything changed
✔️ The story behind Strong Like Sloane
✔️ Turning marketing and storytelling skills into advocacy and impact
✔️ Claire's unexpected journey into keynote speaking
✔️ What we get wrong about resilience
✔️ Letting go of what you can't control
✔️ Redefining success, ambition and legacy
✔️ Why Claire asks, "What if it all works out?"

Learn more about Claire Masikewich
🌐 Website:
https://www.clairemasikewich.com/

📸 Instagram: @therealclairem
 https://www.instagram.com/therealclairem/

💼 LinkedIn: Claire Masikewich
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemasikewich/

Strong Like Sloane
💛 Learn more & ways to support:
https://linktr.ee/stronglikesloane

📸 Instagram: @stronglikesloane
 https://www.instagram.com/stronglikesloane/

Another Tomorrow — October 30
🎗️ Tickets & Event Details:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/another-tomorrow-tickets-1990107975527

Follow The 403 Podcast
🎙️ YouTube: The 403 Podcast
📸 Instagram: @the403podcast
📧 Email: [email protected]

Connect with host Karissa Savage

If you're thinking about buying, selling, investing, or moving to Calgary, I'd love to connect.

📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 Phone: 587-839-7120
🌐 Website: https://www.karissasavage.com/

🏠 Download my property app: HERE

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