Calgary Business Podcast

Marlo has built this energetic and modern workout studio in a re-purposed brick warehouse in the Ramsay area of Calgary. To find out more, click on this website link: https://barrebodystudio.com/ Instagram: @BarreBodyStudio Twitter: @BarreBodyStudio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

To find out more, click on this website link: http://www.mellonrealestateinspection.com/ Instagram: @mellon_real_estate_inspection --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

To find this quaint cafe in southwest Calgary, click this website link: https://sucrecafe.com/ Instagram: @sucrecafeyyc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Alex has taken his understanding of “off the shelf” sensors to create a complete technical solution that combines hardware software, data and cloud capabilities to be applied to monitor conveyor systems used in the food processing industry To learn more, follow this link to the E.O.I Technologies: www.eoi-technologies.com LinkedIn Profile of Alex Sulkin: http:// --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Lisa Maric has created a real sense of community in this quaint social house located in the heart of Marda Loop and Garrison Woods community. The Distilled Beauty Bar and Social House combines coffee, food and personal aesthetics to create a wonderful customer experience. How wonderful? As Lisa explained “...some guests will stay for two or three hours...” To learn more, follow this link to the Distilled Beauty Bar and Social House website: www. https://distilledbeautybar.com/ Instagram: @distilled_beautybaryyc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Karen is a serial entrepreneur that has successfully transitioned from running her “Studio Gorgeous” business for 13 years to writing a book to starting her latest venture “A Dose of Happiness” right in the heart of downtown Calgary in Bankers Hall. To learn more, follow this link to Karen’s website: www.getadoseofhappiness.com Follow Karen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenjudgeadoseofhappiness/ Instagram: @doseofhappinessyyc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Jackie shares her experiences from working as a sales and marketing executive in the plumbing business to starting her own business to writing a book titled “The Badass Guide to Superstar Selling”. To learn more, follow this link to Jackie’s website: https://rainmakersgroup.ca Follow Jackie on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackierainforth/ Instagram: @jackierainforth Twitter: @jackierainmaker Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rainmakersgroup.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Stan Peake is obsessed with removing the barriers to business growth, and empowering leaders to transform their organizations into the powerhouses they should be. To learn more, follow this link to the InSite Performance Coaching website: https://www.insiteperformancecoaching.com Follow Stan and his team on: Instagram: @coachpeake Twitter: @yourbizcoaches Twitter: @stanpeake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InSitePerformanceCoaching/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Sean took his experience as a real estate developer and combined it with his love of farming to delve into the world of “controlled-environment agriculture” or CEA. To learn more, follow this link to the Harvest Hub website: http://theharvesthub.ca/ Follow them on: Instagram: @theharvesthub Twitter: @theharvesthub --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Vicki shares a brilliant story of how one day she was working in a pipeline monitoring control room and the next day (metaphorically) she was traveling to Oslo, Norway to attend a Techstars Energy accelerator. To learn more, visit the Crux OCM website : https://www.cruxocm.com/ LinkedIn profile of Vicki: http://linkedin.com/in/vicki-knott-p-eng-00b0ab27 Twitter: @cruxcom --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

This family-owned business has done an amazing job at recreating what can only be described as a typical Middle East retail shop. Jacob and his parents truly understand the products they are selling for Calgary and international customers. To learn more, visit their Instagram pages: @sonofthepharaoh @realegyptianpapyrus The link to their website: https://sonofthepharaoh.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Bryce Currie, one of the co-founders of The Dandelion Cafe, took me through the origin story of the cafe and yoga studio — located just off the beaten Inglewood path and close to Scotsman’s Hill in the Ramsay district of Calgary. Instagram: @thedandelioncafe_ Website: https://the-dandelion-cafe.myshopify.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Briana started her journey in 2017 as a blog writer in order to share the message with others. Briana takes pride in impacting her family, friends and relatives but simple ideas like “a plastic free month” or “don’t take your plastic to work” days (okay, I made that last one up!) will easily spread to others. To learn more about the programs and initiatives of Briana Loughlin and her team at PlasticFreeYYC, follow one or more of the links below: Instagram: @plasticfreeyyc @zerowastefestyyc Twitter: @plasticfreeyyc Website: https://plasticfreeyyc.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Work Nicer provides a real community for startups and small businesses to share common resources and work in a thriving hub of activity that really defines the term “coworking”. Instagram: @worknicer Twitter: @worknicer Website: https://www.worknicer.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Set in the heart of Inglewood, Kyle Chow has built two cozy businesses: Plant and Recess. Words can hardly describe the care and attention Kyle and his team have taken to ensure the experience of their customers takes precedence. Instagram: @plantshopyyc Twitter: @plantshopyyc Website: www.plantshop.ca --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Conrad and his wife, Louisa, have taken the trendy kombucha tea drink to the next level in Calgary. From his Chartered Accountant roots, Conrad has branched out into the world of entrepreneurship with his True Büch beverage drink. To learn more, visit the True Büch Kombucha website: http://truebuch.com Twitter: @true_buch Instagram: @true_buch Finally, check out Conrad’s LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/cferrel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Kyla took me through her life as a political science student that did not want to go to law school and search land titles on micro fiche. Kyla has spent a number of years in the health and fitness industry working with amateur and pro athletes. This work recently lead to Kyla working on mental health issues. To learn more, visit her website: www.fitnessevolution.ca Twitter: @fitnessevolyyc Finally, check out Kyla’s LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/kyla-zalapski --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Steve and Zoe understand what it means to combine their efforts in events management with drama, performing arts, tech, nostalgia, and creativity, to name a few. That probably explains how they can transcend their work at RocketHouse into an fundraising event, Spin for Life, for the Canadian Cancer Society. To learn more, visit the Rocket House website: https://rockethouse.ca/ and the Spin for Life website: https://spinforlife.ca/ Instagram for both: @rockethouseinc @spinforlifeyyc Finally, check out Steve’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-klintberg-nagy-52b9453a/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Jacques and Daniel have masterfully converted the retail showroom of this former furniture seller located just off Edmonton Trail and Memorial Drive. To learn more about this unique business: Find them on Instagram: @bridgelanddistillery Website link: https://bridgelanddistillery.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message

Within seconds of walking into the market, anyone will understand the user experience (or UX) will be terrific. Lina’s Italian Market is a thriving Mediterranean experience that Matthew and his team have curated with a combination of staff, fresh ingredients and reliable suppliers. You can find out more about Lina’s Italian Market on their website: https://linasmarket.com/ You can follow their posts on Instagram: @linasmarket --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message