Calgary Business Podcast

What an incredible origin story. Matthew and his partners initially wanted to solve the problem associated with a hands-free or key-less keyboard to complete work for a client. That idea lead to the ZeroKey team solving a decades old problem for the German car manufacturer, VolksWagen (VW). To learn more, click on the links below:  §§§ ZeroKey Inc website | https://zerokey.com/  ZeroKey on Twitter |  @zerokey123 Matthew Lowe on Twitter | @OnTheMF ZeroKey on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/zerokeyinc/  Matthew Lowe on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwlowe/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

It is well known that Covid-19 has shut down the global travel industry. Natasha Spokes and her FarCloser Travel team are using this downturn to get “closer” to their existing partners and seeking ways to improve their platform for the future. To learn more, click on the links below: §§§ FarCloser Travel website | https://farclosertravel.com/ FarCloser Travel on Instagram | @farclosertravel FarCloser Travel on Twitter | @farclosertravel FarCloser Travel on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/farcloser-travel/ Natasha Spokes on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashaspokes/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

FKN Beer, derived from the initials “Furniss Kirk Nterprises” has a combined a unique marketing strategy with a quality brewer in Calgary, “Last Spike Brewery”, to launch a new business.  To learn more about this unique beer brand, click on the links below:  §§§  FKN Beer website | https://www.fknbeer.ca/  FKN Beer on Instagram | @fknbeer  Captain Kirk Furniss on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/capt-kirk-furniss-5335b6aa/ §§§  To find more about Last Spike Brewery, click on this link | https://www.lastspikebrewery.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Moe has been around the Swiss Chalet franchise since the early 2000’s, first as a manager in Edmonton and secondly as a franchisee owner at the Shawville location in Calgary since 2009.  To learn about how to get 20% off of your next food order, listen to the podcast and then click on the links below:  §§§  Address: 265 Shawville Blvd SE, Calgary  Phone: 403-919-2636  §§§ Swiss Chalet website | https://www.swisschalet.com/  Swiss Chalet Shawville on Instagram | @swisschaletshawville  Moe Ali Khawaja on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/moe-ali-khawaja-89a8076a/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Being part of the College Pro Painters franchise during his university days inspired John to find another franchise. Ironically, he went from painting houses to painting roads while forming a successful franchise business of his own.  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  EverLine Coatings & Services website | https://everlinecoatings.com/  EverLine on Twitter | @EverLineCoatngs  EverLine on Instagram | @everlinecoatings  EverLine on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/everline-coatings-and-services/  §§§ John Evans on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnevansyyc/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Paul is a computer science student (and recent U of C graduate) that felt there was a “social media” void for students to access all relevant aspects of campus life. The ivy app brings events, people, classes, ideas, news, activities direct to students. To learn more about how this innovative project turned business, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  ivy website | http://www.theivysocialnetwork.com/  ivy on Twitter | @network_ivy  ivy on Instagram | @theivysocialnetwork  ivy on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivy-social-network/  Paul Dan on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-dan/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

What happens when a financial planner decides to invest in a franchise? He selects one that is low cost and has the potential for high growth. To learn more about how Aziz Rahman got in the loop, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Get in the Loop website | https://getinthelooplocal.com/  Get in the Loop on Twitter | @getintheloopca  Get in the Loop Calgary on Instagram | @getintheloopCalgary  Get in the Loop on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/getintheloop-marketing/  Aziz Rahman on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/azizyyc/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Dave and Mike have combined their expertise in digital marketing, construction, entrepreneurship and software coding to bootstrap their residential construction SaaS marketplace that is set to disrupt the industry both in Canada and abroad.  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Cost Certified website | https://costcertified.com/  Cost Certified demo on YouTube | https://youtu.be/e1aF2R_Nb0g Cost Certified on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/costcertified/ §§§  Mike Bignold on LInkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bignold-6092a27/  Dave Vass on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/davevass/  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

What happens when a serial entrepreneur attends an incubator program in Denmark? A Virtual Reality (VR) training application called “We are Nidum” is created for the hospitality sector! In fact, Nidum may just have more widespread application to other sectors, including oil and gas — the exact sector where the Founder and Chief Ideology Officer, Jose Azares, began his career and entrepreneurship!  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Nidum website | https://nidum.buzz/  Nidum on Instagram | @we_are_nidum  Nidum on LInkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/loveinclusion/  Jose Azares on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/zemiguel36/  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Ian Holloway shared some unique insights into the changes of teaching law at the U of C law faculty that has made their graduating students more relevant upon entering the work force.  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  U of C, Faculty of Law website | https://law.ucalgary.ca/  U of C, Faculty of Law on Instagram | @ucalgarylaw  U of C, Faculty of Law on Twitter | @ucalgarylaw  Ian Holloway on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-holloway-pc-cd-qc-7534851//  Link to University of Calgary website | https://www.ucalgary.ca/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Chantelle provided some unique insights on the shift in marketing from traditional “word of mouth” to the need to understand and learn in a rapidly changing digital marketing world. Chantelle also provides some key recommendations for businesses (small or large) to create content during the Covid-19 crisis.  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Website  * https://tillerdigital.com/  * Follow their blog | https://tillerdigital.com/blog/  LinkedIn  * Tiller Digital | https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiller-digital-inc-/  * Chantelle Little | https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiller-digital-inc-/  Instagram  Tiller Digital |  @tillerdigital  Chantelle Little |  @chantellemlittle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

“Bessie” is a business that facilitates the direct ordering of meat and poultry from ranchers and farmers to consumers. Bessie cuts through many supply chain layers to reduce the “order to delivery” time from more than a week to “same day” service  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§ Link to Bessie website | https://bessiebox.com/  Bessie on Instagram | @getbessiebox  Bessie on Twitter | @getbessiebox  Spencer Kerber on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerkerber/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Carrie has combined her power of the “pen” to co-found a software company that takes the written word, from text or email, to provide evidence used to resolve difficult relationships.  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Link to PwrSwitch website | https://www.pwrswitch.com/  PwrSwitch on Instagram | @getpwrswitch  wrSwitch on Twitter | @getpwrswitch  Carrie Gour on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriegour/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Tom Morin has taken his life skills to the classroom, consulting table and book pages. Personal life and work incidents in the past have motivated Tom to change his work focus on several occasions and inspired him to write a book on work titled “Your Best Work”  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§ Link to Tom’s website | https://workfeelsgood.com/  Tom’s book can also be found on Amazon | https://www.amazon.ca/Your-Best-Work-Create-Working/dp/1989603505/  Tom Morin on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-morin/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Iggy has some wise advice for business leaders that are managing through the Covid-19 crisis including embracing video-conferencing and engaging staff through other creative means such as recording short video and audio messages then upload onto YouTube for your staff and/or customers.  To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Tundra Process Solutions website | https://www.tundrasolutions.ca  Tundra Process Solutions on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/ TundraProcess Tundra Process Solutions on Instagram | @tundraprocesssolutions  Iggy Domagalski on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/tundra-process-solutions/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

To learn more, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Website | https://www.remaxirealtyinnovations.com/  Jimmy Diep on Instagram | @remaxirealtyinnovations  Jimmy Diep on Twitter | @Jimmy_Diep  Jimmy Diep on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-diep/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

A fellow member of CPA Alberta, Deepak used a personal health moment to pivot from accounting  into helping others with their health, fitness and diet to improve their wellbeing.  To learn more about  Deepak and his work, consider clicking on the links below:  §§§  Deepak Saini Health Website | https://deepaksainihealth.com/  Deepak Saini Health on Twitter | @DSainiHealth  Deepak Saini Health on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChWvgpLG5V19PKDkFitQR-g  Deepak Saini on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-saini-health-aa486215a/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Lisa and her team provide targeted advice to clients on their marketing strategies by mixing together research, data analytics and technology with staff that understand the human side to consumer behavior, patterns and trends. To learn more about the “BottomLine”, consider clicking on the links below: §§§ BottomLine website | https://www.wearebottomline.com/ BottomLine on Instagram | @BottomLineYYC BottomLine on Twitter | @BottomLineInc BottomLine on YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/BLMarketinginc Lisa Genovese profile on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamariegenovese/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

To learn more about Driverseat Inc, the franchise business that Brian started with his brother, Luke, in 2012 and has expanded across Canada including 2 states in the USA, click on the links below:  §§§  Driverseat Inc website | https://driverseatinc.com/  Driverseat Inc on Instagram | @driverseatinc  Driverseat Inc on Twitter | @driverseatfirst  Driverseat Inc on YouTube | https://bit.ly/3cqvVmZ  Brian Bazely profile on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbazelydriverseat/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

If you ever want to know about peanut butter, Margaret Taylor in Calgary is the person to ask. From all natural ingredients to reusable glass jars, Margaret makes sustainable and zero waste peanut butter through her Nude Market brand name. To learn more, click on the links below:  §§§  nudemarket website | https://nudemarket.ca/  nudemarket on Instagram | @Nudemarket.yyc  nudemarket on Twitter | @nudemarketyyc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message