You Can Do That Here

Lars Chose of Mandala Homes has instill his company with the values he and his partner Rachel Ross hold true. From Bhuddist beliefs to a thriving round home manufacturer, Lars has infused his personality into his product, and the results speak for themselves.

Learn how they built a company around a set of beliefs, and have built a thriving and attractive company culture that not only draws in talented employees, but also sells itself through it's brand culture as much as it's one of a kind stunning round homes.

Today we’ll be talking to Bradley Roulston of time.ly, which is currently one of the top three event listing /calendar platforms in the world. Just 2 years into the venture, which got it’s start in Nelson BC, Bradley and his brother in law partner Rik Loktenburg have been living out the dilemma of whether or not you can launch and grow a successful tech start-up in the wilds of the Kootenays.

Today on the You Can Do That Here Podcast we’ll be talking to Bradley about how they came up with their "billion dollar" idea and a created game-changing calendar software along with the challenges and possible advantages to launching a billion dollar tech startup in a small town.

Discovering the real value your business offers to customers is a critical piece of the success puzzle. Part way into Thoughtexchange's life as a business they realized their in person facilitation and collaboration practice was not their core value proposition. Instead a piece of software they were developing to augment their business, became their entire business. When they discovered that, it lead to a complete 180 degree pivot and the beginning of exponential growth.

Learn how Jim and Dave discovered their true value proposition, how it changed everything, and the unique processes they put in place to allow that to happen, to change course successfully and go on to big time growth.

People. Any smart entrepreneur out there knows that to truly do great things in business, it’s going to take more than just yourself to get the job done. Greg Malpass of Traction on Demand was recently named one of Canada’s top 3 employers by The Globe and Mail.

 How did he do it? His story is inspiring and loaded with knowledge bombs you can implement today.

Simply knowing that people are your most valuable resource is the first place to start, and for most, that doesn’t take much convincing. But how do you figure out just what type of people you both want and need around you to help you venture succeed? Once you know who those people are, how do you find them? How do you attract them to get as excited about your business as you are? Once you have them, how do you make sure they stay, and not just stay but spread the word about how great your company is? Listen to how Greg did it, and the hugely valuable advice he gives on how to replicate his success.

How many hats are you currently wearing at the moment? True entrepreneurs naturally see products, places or services that could be better, and ways to make it happen, and sometimes see things that don’t exist at all yet to solve everyday problems and make life better.

Amber Hayes has launched a space defining cloud based adventure travel booking software before "The Cloud" was a term anyone knew. She has since launched a talent linking service, business coaching service, dance classes, managed The Basin Business Advisors program and is always on the lookout for the next business idea.

Learn how Amber has taken her ideas, and turned them into winning businesses, again and again, all the while maintaining a balanced life as a serial entrepreneur.

Have you ever had an idea for a new product or how to make an existing product better? We all have. But what did you do with that idea? Most let them go. Kaj Gyr of Nelson, BC, a former nurse, has taken many of his ideas, turned them into licensed products for big name companies, and makes a full time living doing it.

Better than 50% of his ideas were licensed. How did he do it? It's not as hard as you might think, and anyone can do it.  Learn how Kaj has turned more than half of his ideas into licensed products and learn tips and advice for how you can do it to!