Canada’s Entrepreneur

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Canada’s #1 Community for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs. We talk to the entrepreneurs who are making it happen throughout Canada. Finally, a national podcast company that creates an active online community for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs so they can stay connected locally and to let the world know how Entrepreneurs in Canada make things happen. Check us out on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@CanadasEntrepreneur

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Wednesday Apr 29, 2026

Opportunity-driven retirement entrepreneurship - Toronto - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Apr 29, 2026

At a time when more Canadians are rethinking what retirement looks like, lifelong sailors and retired brand builders Sian Roberts and Kevin Dunal offer a compelling second-act founder story.

While living aboard a 95-year-old Dutch barge in the Netherlands, the couple encountered a problem familiar to many downsizing consumers: traditional cookware simply wasn’t designed for tight, modern living. Their search led them to nesto by Cook Vision, a German-engineered nesting cookware system that reduces storage needs by up to 50 per cent without compromising performance or durability.

With more than 50 years of combined experience launching and scaling brands across North America, Roberts and Dunal quickly recognized a broader market opportunity, particularly as Canadians move into smaller homes and prioritize longer-lasting household investments. Though officially retired, they made the deliberate decision to return to entrepreneurship, leading nesto’s expansion into Canada.

Today, they are building the brand around a system-based, "buy better, buy once" philosophy, positioning nesto as a premium alternative to cluttered cookware sets, and a case study in opportunity-driven retirement entrepreneurship.

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Friday Apr 24, 2026

Putting a delicious spin on the ancient digestive tonic Kombucha - Toronto - Canada's Entrepreneur

Friday Apr 24, 2026

Zoey Shamai, founder of Tonica Kombucha, which is celebrating 20 years in business this March.

Zoey founded Tonica in 2006 as the first commercially available kombucha brand in Canada, helping introduce and build a category that is now firmly established in grocery + specialty retail nationwide. With no outside investment and no formal business training, she grew the company from small-batch brewing within Toronto’s yoga community into a national brand now available in more than 2,500 stores.

Under her leadership, Tonica became a recognized Canadian success story, including a memorable appearance on Dragon’s Den, further cementing the brand’s profile and credibility as it scaled. As a former yoga teacher with a deep interest in health and fermentation, Zoey built Tonica around traditional brewing methods, ingredient integrity, and long-term thinking.

Today, Tonica operates out of its own certified organic and HACCP production facility in Ontario and offers a diverse portfolio of bottled and canned kombucha flavours. Zoey remains the sole owner of the business, overseeing production, distribution, and brand strategy - an increasingly rare model in today’s consolidated CPG landscape.

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Wednesday Apr 15, 2026

The Billion-Dollar Lesson in Being Different - Toronto - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Apr 15, 2026

Come into any situation with a clear idea of what you can contribute, and what you would like to get out of it.

Michael Shapiro is a cultural entrepreneur, author, and language enthusiast passionate about reviving ancient Jewish traditions through modern innovation. He's spent my life embracing what others might call "personal weirdness" and turning it into something extraordinary.

He’s always been fascinated by languages, alphabets, and the meaning of words. At age twelve, he took a Hebrew calligraphy class and in high school, he was the Hebrew language valedictorian.

After earning his MBA from the University of Michigan, he spent two years in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble, but the corporate world felt too narrow for his creative spirit. In December 1994, he left P&G and flew to Israel to study at the Pardes Institute. By June 1995, he met his first Ketubah (artistic Jewish marriage contract) artist. In 1996, he registered Ketubah.com. What he had envisioned as one product line for a gallery soon became his entire focus online.

Nearly three decades later, Ketubah.com has become the largest Ketubah publisher on the planet, featuring 75+ leading artists and 900+ fine art limited edition designs. Michael has created HebrewNamer.com, a platform helping people discover the meaning and proper spelling of their Hebrew names. Last year, a major Jewish Publisher (JPS) published "Ketubah Renaissance", a coffee table book about this ancient tradition's modern revival. And he’s about to launch "Doing Jewish Today" an e-magazine for Jewish, interfaith and LGBTQ+ couples and families interesting in connecting with Jewish traditions on their own terms.

As someone who speaks multiple languages and reads 6-7 alphabets (and is aiming for 10!), he believes deeply in embracing what makes you unique. Whether you're a "Jewish day school nerd" or have your own passion, he encourages everyone to lean into their personal weirdness—it might just become your greatest strength!

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Thursday Apr 09, 2026

From Electrician to AI Data Center Founder - Calgary - Canada's Entrepreneur

Thursday Apr 09, 2026

"We're a small team achieving big things. I realize that our people are the biggest value in the business."

Chuck L'Ecuyer is Founder, Owner, and CEO of Intellifelx. Chuck is a third-generation electrician with more than 20 years of experience in project operations. He founded CES Corporation in 2011 and built his company from the ground up, staffed it with skilled professionals through all subsidiary divisions of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Construction, therefore accommodating multidisciplinary EPCM services.

Chuck’s Corporation developed the Intelliflex line of products in 2019 to accommodate today’s data centre needs from cloud to blockchain computing. As a fully integrated immersion modular data centre solution, it allows fast growth operations to expedite AI data centre infrastructure deployment.

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Wednesday Apr 01, 2026

Scaling a business idea into a success story - Toronto - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Apr 01, 2026

Dylan Munro is co-founder of Spot & Tango, a fast-growing U.S. based direct-to-consumer dog food company, which launched in Canada in March. Canada is the brand’s first international expansion and is being led by co-founder Munro, a Toronto native who is bringing the brand he helped build in the U.S., back home.

The move reflects both the growing appetite among Canadian pet owners for premium, human-grade nutrition and Dylan’s personal desire to introduce the product to his own family, friends, and fellow Canadians.

Spot & Tango delivers human-grade, vet-developed dog food through a subscription model, including its best-selling FreshDry™️ "UnKibble," which combines the nutritional integrity of fresh food with the convenience of dry. The company has served more than 100 million meals in the U.S. and is now adapting its operations specifically for Canadian pet parents.

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Wednesday Mar 25, 2026

Running a successful business while in high school - Saskatchewan - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Mar 25, 2026

Chanelle Chalazan is the 15-year-old founder of Chic & Charmed Boutique, a Canadian jewelry brand she launched at 13 that scaled nationally in under a year. The brand has exhibited at major shows across Canada, runs year-round billboards, has been featured on C95 Saskatoon, and won the Saskatchewan Wedding Industry Award for Best Unique Wedding Service. Chanelle speaks on youth entrepreneurship, confidence in business, and building a national brand while still in high school.

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Wednesday Mar 18, 2026

Connection Heals What Correction Can’t - Calgary - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Mar 18, 2026

Carlamay Sheremata is a retired police officer, keynote speaker, award-winning author, and family conflict resolution specialist—but more than that, she's a bridge-builder. Between systems and people. Between leaders and their teams. Between families and the youth they love.

After 21 years in law enforcement—including 8.5 years as a School Resource Officer—she's seen what happens when people lose connection. She's watched families fracture, leaders burn out, teams implode, and kids fall through the cracks. Not because people didn’t care—but because they didn’t know how to lead through the hard stuff.

That’s why she created the CALM Leadership Method™️—a trust-centered, emotionally intelligent approach to leadership that works in real life. Under pressure. In crisis. In the moments that matter most.

She now helps corporate teams, educators, frontline professionals, and families lead with connection, rebuild trust where it’s been lost, and communicate clearly when it counts most—at home, at work, and everywhere in between.

Whether she's on stage speaking to executives, equipping frontline teams, or sitting across from a family in conflict, she brings the same message: Connection heals what correction can’t.

And if we don’t fix the disconnection, we lose the people who need us most.

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Wednesday Mar 11, 2026

How Lucas McCarthy Is Transforming Live Events with Smarter Event Technology - Calgary - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Mar 11, 2026

Lucas McCarthy is the CEO and founder of Showpass, a leading event technology company powering North America’s most dynamic live experiences. He drives the company’s product and strategic vision with a focus on building tools that make events easier to manage and more profitable. Under his leadership, Showpass has become known for its agile, scalable solutions that empower event organizers to move quickly, operate efficiently, and stay ahead in a fast-changing industry. A champion for creators and independent operators alike, Lucas believes operational simplicity is key to ensuring a vibrant, diverse future for live events.

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Wednesday Mar 04, 2026

Driven and Results Oriented Marketing Entrepreneur - Calgary - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Mar 04, 2026

Danijel Sliško founded Cerco, a marketing agency specializing in creative design, creation of original content across various platforms and channels. It includes campaign management, branding services, custom website design and development, video series, documentaries, news programs, blogs, social media posts, and environmental design. Equipped with its own production house and a skilled team of designers, content writers, creators, producers, and technical staff, the agency is dedicated to delivering high-quality media content to meet people's marketing and communication requirements.

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Tuesday Feb 24, 2026

He Monetized Fandom Before Anyone Else - Canada - Canada's Entrepreneur

Tuesday Feb 24, 2026

Nathen Mazri, who I interviewed 4 years ago is a fandom-driven entrepreneur. Widely known for breaking the internet through iconic licensing ventures that include Garfield Eats and Scooby-Doo. His work has been featured in over 500 global media outlets and has generated more than 50 million impressions, and he's built a passionate community of about 500,000 fans and fanvestors.

Nathan is the founder of EGEEZ, creator of the world's EGEEZ Cloud, an algorithmic verification marketplace connecting fans directly to verified licenses that brings transparency and counterfeit protection to the $70 billion global licensing industry. The platform earned a Government of Canada SHRED and will debut its beta at Bridge. He also coined Egeezment, a brand new category of real estate that merges entertainment IPs with sophisticated living.

Through EGEEZ, he represents IP giants like Mr. Bean, The Smurfs, Emoji and others to build the world's first IP-themed residential developments, a new category beyond hotels and theme parks.
He's also the author of Arabiolosis, and founder of EGEEZ Academy, and is currently filming a documentary drama about his extraordinary entrepreneurial journey for release in 2026.

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