Calgary Business Podcast

This is the 13th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ In this episode, Errol recommends that during a recession or downturn in the economy, companies should double-down on their marketing and advertising efforts.  He cited a terrific example from the Great Depression in which the cereal company, Kelloggs, not only increased its advertising expenditures but also introduced the iconic brand, Rice Krispies. Perhaps now for companies to “Seize the Day” and ensure their brand stands out during tough times? §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Errol Vas YouTube channel | https://bit.ly

In this episode, Av Utukuri, the CEO and co-founder of Vizetto Software, the Toronto-based startup that created the Reactiv presentation tool.  Av describes Reactiv as follows: Reactiv leverages the neuroscience of engagement and cognitive learning models to dramatically improve the remote meeting experience Reactiv helps presenters to stand out and provides them with the necessary workflow and management tools to ensure that the key information presented is elevated and retained in long term memory, regardless of the video conferencing platform being used. §§§ To learn more about Av Utukuri and the Reactiv presentation tool, click on one or more of the following links: Vizetto Software   Website: https://vizetto.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vizetto/   Twitter | @vizettosoftware   Instagram | @reactivsuite   Facebook | @reactivesuite Av Utukuri on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/avutukuri/ §§§ Zoom | Presentations |

This is episode 7 in the “All Psyched Up About” series dedicated to the work of clinical psychologist, Daniel McMillan and his team at Assured Psychology, whereby each episode seeks to highlight a variety of issues and topics around mental health. §§§ In this episode, I was joined in the studio by Daniel McMillan and his colleague, Konstantinos Chondros, a Registered Psychologist with a doctorate in Counselling Psychology FROM THE University of Calgary and a Sexual Health Certificate from the University of Michigan, specialized in Sex Therapy & Sexuality Education. §§§ To learn more about the work of Daniel, Konstantinos and their colleagues at Assured Psychology, click on one or more of the following links: Assured Psychology Website | https://www.assuredpsychology.com LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/assured-psychology/ Facebook | @assuredpsych or https://www.facebook.com/assuredpsych/ Instagram | @assuredpsychology §§§ Mental Health | Psychology | Psychologist | Health Clinic | Counsel

Overwatch World Finals Final on 4 November with Dallas Fuels taking theGrand Prize over San Francisco Shock (4-3) | Livestream broadcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO1XjffJ5f8 §§§ LEAGUE Of Legends World Championship DRX Global (Korea) defeated T1 LOL (Korea) – score of 3-2 to win the Summoners Trophy | http://bit.ly/3zWQfKW §§§ MLB The Houston Astros won the World Series in 6 games over Philadelphia.  The side story is Mattress Mack and his $75 million betting proceeds | https://apple.news/ApoByoVIuRfecXOLKbl9UBg §§§ Women’s World Cup Rugby Semi-Final: England over Canada (26-19) | Final: New Zealand over England (34-31) | France over Canada in the Bronze Medal match (36-0) Rugby World Cup | https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021 §§§ World Cup Soccer | starts next week in Qatar.  One unique item is the stadium made of 974 recycled sea containers.  They named it Stadium 974 | Wilson Centre article: http://bit.ly/3TAmnLm §§§ NHL Borje Salming, former Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman,

This is the 4th episode in the “Clint’s Chronicles” series whereby Red Deer, Alberta high school student, Clint Cadio, shares his passion and creativity around entrepreneurship. §§§ In this episode, we started off talking about Formula 1, a passion that Clint has had since he was 12 years old.  Before very long, we managed to pivot into the main topic “Researching Emerging Technology”: Formula 1 and Crypto.  As many know, crypto startups have been big promoters (advertisers) in the Formula 1 space for some time but the crypto winter has had an impact as revealed in this Bloomberg Crypto podcast of 7 November 2022, titled “Crypto Sponsorships of Formula One racing dwindle with Downturn”| http://bit.ly/3UYX32q §§ FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried (“SBF”).  For those following blockchain and Crypto currencies, the “SBF” story has been a hot topic for some time and ended with the declaration of bankruptcy on 11 November 2022 for the FTX Group that Sam Bankman-Fried controls.  Clint first heard of SBF

This is episode 6 in the “All Psyched Up About” series dedicated to the work of clinical psychologist, Daniel McMillan and his team at Assured Psychology, whereby each episode seeks to highlight a variety of issues and topics around mental health. §§§ In this episode, I was joined in the studio by Cody Harper, a social worker in the Assured Psychology offices here in the City of Calgary.  Cody took a deep dive into providing guidance and recommendations around “How to stay present during Life’s Stresses”.  The discussion during Episode 6 focused around: ⇒ Good stress vs. Bad stress ⇒ Stress hormones – Cortisol ⇒ Rumination ⇒ Two methods to avoid or stop ruminating: (1)  The “R-A-I-N” method and (2) the “A-C-E” method §§§ CONCLUDING THOUGHTS FROM CODY HARPER: Much of our stress is generated from the fear of not being good enough.  Check your expectations; are they realistic? Accept your emotions and stop trying to control others §§§ To learn more about the work of Cody Harper and his

This is the 2nd Episode of “Dr. Vee’s Coaching Corner”, a series dedicated to  Dr. Veronica De La Rosa sharing her practical business advice for the benefit of small and medium sized businesses across many industries and service sectors. §§§ In this episode, Dr. Vee continued with the “Self-Confidence” theme from episode 1 and provided practical guidance around: ⇒ Self-confidence gives you the drive to start hard things ⇒ Fear usually keeps people from taking action ⇒ Doing difficult tasks leads to growth ⇒ Growth makes us stronger and more competent ⇒ Harder tasks become easier to do §§§ Dr. Vee outlined 3 Simple Actions that are meant to help anyone get motivated 1st |  Think of a past challenge and how you handled it? 2nd | Seek to accomplish any outstanding tasks (this will bring you to the present) 3rd | If you have a really difficult task you find it difficult to complete, try utilizing the “5 second rule”. It is a self-management tool which Mel Robbins explains “If you have an instinct to

This is the 12th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ Episode 12 focused on 3 ways to improve your workplace efficiency 1st | to have a dedicated software person IT person to help staff automate routine and manual processes.  “Feedback Whiz” is one example for ecommerce merchants on Amazon | https://www.feedbackwhiz.com. 2nd | Introduce a task management system to improve the efficiency of your own tasks and those of your staff.  “Monday.com” is a terrific example | https://monday.com 3rd | Reduce time spent on meetings.  This includes having “less meetings” and also have shorter, more productive meetings.  “Loom” is a one recommended software for meeting management | https://www.loom.com §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolva

This is the 10th episode of the Crypto Market update with Mark Magliocco, co-founder of Crypto528 DAO and Allen Wazny, COO of Backers Network Inc All discussions in this episode are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services §§§ Episode 10 focused on the following stories featured in the “Crypto Press”: MoneyGram Introduces Crypto Purchases On Its App | MoneyGram article (1 November 2022): http://bit.ly/3UxZt88 JPMorgan Trade on Public Blockchain ‘Monumental Step’ for DeFi; Blockworks (2 November 2022): http://bit.ly/3FSydwX §§ Tech layoffs and Crypto Job Lists (3 November). 1st | Tech news continues to focus on layoffs at many Tech firms (Meta/Facebook announced expected to layoff thousands of staff; Twit

Halloween played tricks on the sports world as excerpts from the 1977 movie “Slap Shot” appeared at the opening of Episode 9 the Streakers Gaming weekly sports rundown.  The highlight was the pre-game brawl the Hanson Brothers started before the Charlestown Chiefs game against the Peterborough Patriots.  This epic battle can be watched here courtesy of YouTube: https://youtu.be/VHMi-j7W2gM §§§ The usual suspects received coverage on “All Hallows Eve” including a feel good story in the NFL and some major longevity in the NHL.  Here is a summary: NFL (games).  A recap of the week 8 games courtesy of The Athletic: https://bit.ly/3fmRPP0 NFL (human story). The Chicago Bears Linebacker, Robert Quinn, was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles. Such trades are commonplace.  The reaction of Quinn’s teammate, Roquan Smith, put a light on just how “human” NFL football players can be. Saturday Down South covered the story: https://bit.ly/3flqnBp NHL (Iron Man).  The season is still early but th

This is the 9th episode of the Crypto Market update with Mark Magliocco, co-founder of Crypto528 DAO and Allen Wazny, COO of Backers Network Inc All discussions in this episode are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services §§§ Episode 9 focused on the following stories featured in the “Crypto Press”: 1st |  Crypto’s ‘Revolving Door’ Hires Are Raising Eyebrows Among US Lawmakers  | Blockworks article (25 October 2022): https://bit.ly/3h0pNJq 2nd | Outlier Ventures newsletter of 21 October 2022 2 (a) Reddit users upvote NFTs: The social network’s users have opened almost 3M wallets on the platform since Reddit released its NFT marketplace in July 2022 | https://bit.ly/3TUnI0B 2 (b) Warner Broth

NBA and Draymond Green Interview with Brian Heater of TechCrunch.  Video of Jordan Poole incident that “leaked” was actually part of TNT Countdown from the start of pre-season (together with Omaha Productions, a Peyton Manning company). Techcrunch Disrupt 2022 | https://tcrn.ch/3SvtSCM MLB Houston Astros swept NY Yankees in 4 straight games Philadelphia Phillies defeated San Diego Padres in 5 games (4-1) ESPN highlights | https://es.pn/3gubzQS Women’s Rugby Canada defeated USA 29-14 to finish 2nd overall; they play USA again this coming weekend in the Quarterfinals Cool Fact: Tyson Beukeboom, lock forward on Team Canada is the daughter of former NHL defenceman, Jeff Beukeboom.  Toronto Star article: https://bit.ly/3DwAtsq SOCCER | MSL CF Montreal eliminated after 3-1 loss to NYCFC (Sunday); NYCFC will play Philadelphia Union in the Eastern Conference Final; LAFC defeated LA Galaxy (3-2) to face Austin FC in the Western Conference Final after Austin defeated FC Dallas (2-1) MSL News | https://bit.

This is episode one of “Dr. Vee’s Coaching Corner”, a series dedicated to  Dr. Veronica De La Rosa sharing her practical business advice for the benefit of small and medium sized businesses across many industries and service sectors. In this episode, Dr. Vee focused on: ⇒  Differences between Self-Confidence and Self Esteem ⇒  Making an objective assessment of your skills and abilities ⇒ Three reasons why self-confidence leads to success ⇒ Introduction to building self-confidence §§§ To find out more about Dr. Veronica De La Rosa and her important work in the Calgary community, click on one or more of the links below: LinkedIn Profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicadelarosa/ §§§ Executive Mindset Coaching LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/executive-mindset-coaching-dr-veronica-de-la-rosa/ Website | https://veronicadelarosacoaching.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

This is the 11th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ In this episode, Errol focused on the well known marketing term “SEO” or Search Engine Optimization and primarily covered what Errol believes are three key aspects of SEO: 1st | on-site (focus on web pages); 2nd | off-page (back links; third party mentions); 3rd | Technical SEO (easily crawled) §§§ Errol ended the podcast with two areas for marketers and businesses to consider around SEO: ⇒ What is the “searcher intent”? ⇒ How to “Cut the Line” when others search your company on Google? §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Er

This is the 7th episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown recorded with Craig Weissenfels of Streakers Gaming Inc and special guest, Justin Fox, CEO of Backers Network covering the week of sports from 11 October to 17 October 2022 MLB Padres defeated LA in a 5-run 7th inning to eliminate the Dodgers. Houston defeated Seattle in the 18th Inning 1-0 to move on – they essentially played an entire 2nd game.  A total of 6 hours and 22 minutes. Each team used 7 relievers (8 pitchers in total). Cleveland defeated Yankees 6-5 in game 3. Yankees won game 4 (4-2).  Game 5 was rain delayed and is being played today. Yankees won game 5 (5-1) to advance to the LCS against the Houston Astro. NFL No more “NFL Least” – NFL East has gone from the NFL bottom dwellers to some early season contenders. Philadelphia is 6-0 after defeating Dallas (4-2) in Sunday Night Football (score of 26-17). NY Giants knocked off Baltimore Ravens (24-20) go 5-1. Talking about NY.  The Jets walked all over the Green Bay Pack

This is the 10th episode in the “Errol’s Eye On” series dedicated to Errol Vas providing practical marketing and business advice to startups, small to medium-sized enterprises and large multi-national corporations. §§§ In this episode, Errol highlighted three key areas that businesses can consider to protect their brand Competitors Market Fluctuations Platform Changes §§§ To learn more about Errol Vas and his work, click on one or more of the following links: Errol Vas Business Website | https://errolvas.com Errol Vas Business LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/company/errol-vas-com/ Errol Vas Personal LinkedIn profile | https://www.linkedin.com/in/errolvas/ Errol Vas YouTube channel | https://bit.ly/3mzjRa0 Director of Marketing at Diversitech Global | https://www.diversitech-global.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

This is the 6th episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown recorded with Craig Weissenfels of Streakers Gaming Inc covering the week of sports from 3 October to 10 October 2022 MLB The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Seattle Mariners 10-9 after relinquishing an 8-1 lead after 5 innings.  The last time an MLB team came back from a similar deficit was in 1929 when the Philadelphia Athletics  trailed 8-0 versus the Chicago Cubs heading into the bottom of the seventh inning of game 4 of the World Series.  The A’s went on to win that game 10-8. Sporting News | https://bit.ly/3eqrOxN The LA Dodgers were not playing this weekend but right fielder Mookie Bets took time to score a perfect 300 in 10-pin bowling MLB.com article | https://atmlb.com/3yUQBBl Women’s World Cup Rugby in New Zealand Canadian women’s rugby team defeated Japan (41 to 5).  Canada entered this tournament ranked #3 in the world behind England and New Zealand.  England defeated Fiji 84-19 and New Zealand beat Australia

This is the 8th episode of the Crypto Market update with Mark Magliocco, co-founder of Crypto528 DAO up to 9 October 2022 All discussions in this episode are for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services §§§ Episode 8 focused on the following stories featured in the “Crypto Press”: 1st | New ETF by Blackrock | Finance Feeds article (29 September 2022) https://bit.ly/3dWlFco 2nd | EU proposal to require Bitcoin wallet providers to check users identities under new MiCA legislation | Crypto Potato article (5 October 2022) | https://bit.ly/3T1hB9W 3rd | Binance Hack $100m cross-chain bridge hack | Cointelegraph article (6 October 2022) | https://bit.ly/3rBlMxp 4th | “VISA partners with FTX”; Visa launches crypto

This is episode 5 in the “All Psyched Up About” series dedicated to the work of clinical psychologist, Daniel McMillan, whereby he highlights a variety of issues and topics around mental health. §§§ In this episode, I was joined in the studio by Dave Ponak, a colleague of Daniel in the Assured Psychology offices in the City of Calgary.  Dave shared his experiences of working with individuals and couples around managing mental health, with a particular focus on men. As I learned from Daniel McMillan during episode 4 and his comment: “...we are reducing barriers to normally hard to access employees…” …it is my view that Dave Ponak is also opening the proverbial door and reducing a similar barrier  to allow men to share their feelings and emotions around managing and improving their mental health. §§§ To learn more about the work of Daniel McMillan and Dave Ponak as well as their fellow clinical psychologists at Assured Psychology, click on one or more of the following links: Website | https://www.a

This is the fourth (4th) episode in the series titled “Judith’s Journals On” whereby Judith Virag, the CEO and founder of Clean Club Calgary, share her practical advice and suggestions around managing a small business. In this episode, Judith is joined by her colleagues, Carlee and Laurie, to share some “tough” cleans they faced in the Calgary community. §§§ To find out more about Judith Virag and her business, Clean Club Calgary, click on one or more of the links below: Clean Club Calgary Website | https://www.cleanclubcalgary.com/ Instagram | @cleanclubcalgary Facebook | @cleanclubcalgary or via this link: https://www.facebook.com/cleanclubcalgary §§§ Judith Virag on LInkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-virag-72b4775/ Universal Women’s Network (2020, Women of Inspiration - Customer Experience Award winner) | https://bit.ly/3uzugqq §§§ Small Business | Entrepreneur | Startup | Calgary | YYC | Residential Cleaning | Commercial Cleaning | Canada | Podcasts | Customer Experience | Customer Car