The Boiling Point

In This Episode:

• Dave talks about having his son be a contestant on Canada's Smartest Person Junior (1:39)
• Greg and Lisa talk about the new project they have been working on called The Mars Collective, a project based around the necessary shift of our education system to better ready children for the future (3:35)
• Lisa explains how she and Greg ended up in Dubai together with some of the smartest people in the world (5:12)
• Greg and Lisa discuss the role they think New Brunswick could have in the future of education (9:45)
• The gang talk about getting over barriers of access and problems within the education system (11:45)
• Greg explains the current state of The Mars Collective (17:30)
• Greg and Lisa talk about how the two of them learned to work together and shared stories from their trip to Dubai (20:27)
• Lisa and Greg talk about what they gained from their trip (28:23)
• Dave and Greg talk about a new project they are working on (36:35)

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• (5:43) They tell of their “leap” into entrepreneurship when developing into an already established business and how they honored it and strive to grow the business for the better.
• (9:55) The Hyslop’s explain why the two are so aligned in their business desires and in their personal and company values, especially in their case of being a married couple, or “Couplepreneurs”.
• (14:28) Our two guests explain their definition of their style of social entrepreneurship, why they see themselves as such, and how they set out to make the kind of company that they themselves would want to work for.
• (26:01) The Two explain how many social entrepreneurs will allow the amazing things they’re doing fly under the radar because of their humble nature. They believe talking about what they do is their obligation as social entrepreneurs because not talking would be discouraging young people to strive for social impact.

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• (2:58) Curtis explains his product and his motivations for starting his company, Vertiball.
• (8:11) We hear how Curtis’ experience with cancer along with his grandfather's influence helped change his career aspirations from wanting to be an astronaut to wanting to be an entrepreneur.
• (14:46) Curtis explains how he’s made his way through the day to day challenges of starting up his company by seeing his growth as a step by step process to get to his end-goal.
• (20:20) Finally, Curtis describes the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone to succeed in your business.

• Curtis Kennedy is a mechanical engineering student at the University of New Brunswick and is the CEO of his own company, Vertiball, where he has been revolutionizing muscle care since 2017 with his suction cup based product.
• His goal is to eventually get into the field of clean energy with a future business venture.

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In This Episode:

• Dave talks about the story behind the "United Breaks Guitars" videos from 2009. The three discuss the deeper meanings behind the videos' popularity and how it affected United Airlines as a company.
• He also talks about how he got started on writing his book, "United Breaks Guitars: The Power of One Voice in the Age of Social Media"
• The three talk about the way social media let's people amplify their voices, and how that can be good or bad.

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In This Episode:

• Greg and Dave sit down with Nelson Terroba to talk about his career as a basketball coach and how he approaches team building and teamwork.
• They cover how we got started, how he ended up in New Brunswick, Canada, and his relationship with The G League.
• Nelson goes over his early loud and continuous model for working as a team.
• He also goes over his favourtie John Wooden quotes that he uses with his team.
• Dave and Nelson talk about the take off of Canadian Basketball in recent years.

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In This Episode:

• Greg and Dave talk with Adam Lordon who is both the mayor of Miramichi, New Brunswick and a passionate filmmaker.
• Adam reveals the touching story of why he moved back home to Miramichi and how he got into politics.
• He talks to Greg and Dave about the rich history and culture of Miramichi.

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• [2:00] Gavin explains why and how he is helping to combat iron deficiency with his heavily reusable product, ’Lucky Iron Fish’.
• [9:04] He explains how his companies biggest failure ended up becoming their biggest success in increasing the sales of his product in North America.
• [12:35] Gavin describes his experience pitching the Luck Iron Fish Enterprise on Dragons Den.
• [15:53] Gavin explains his business journey and the lessons around he learned along the way.
• [22:35] We learn how Gavin intends to improve the lives of 1 million people by 2020 with Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise.
• To donate 5 Lucky Iron Fish to families in need, click here! https://luckyironfish.com/collections/all/products/give-5-lucky-iron-fish-to-families-in-need

BIO

• Dr. Gavin Armstrong is the Founder and President of the multi Cannes Lion awards winning company, Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise, a social enterprise attempting to alleviate iron deficiency around the world.
• He was a Fulbright scholar at Auburn University, was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Social Entrepreneur category in 2016, and was named 'Social Entrepreneur of the Year' by EY Canada.
• In 2018 He brought Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise onto CBC's Dragons Den.
• Gavin is the first Canadian to receive the William J. Clinton Award for international work against hunger, and according to Town & Country, he is one of the 50 philanthropists changing the world.

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