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THE POTENTIAL OF CARBON CREDITS W. ANTHONY MILEWSKI – EP. 83
The time has come for environmental issues to take the stage; with companies being pressured from all angles to employ sustainable...

MAKING M&A WORK W. JON OUELLETTE – EP. 81
The vast majority of mergers and acquisitions don’t work out well. Jon Ouellette, a lifelong entrepreneur and our guest on today’s show;...

DESTINATION SUCCESS W. PETER THOMAS – EP. 78
The path to success takes many steps. Today we sit with Peter Thomas to learn from his journey and hear about each of the steps that he...

BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY IN A BAD MARKET W. DOUGLAS HURST – EP. 77
In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Douglas Hurst. He is a person that knows all about building successful companies in bad markets....

3-PART MINISERIES – KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS W. CODIE SANCHEZ – EP. 74, 75, 76
PART 1 In this three-part miniseries, you’ll hear from Codie Sanchez. She is a venture capitalist and a former investment banker and...

THE FUTURE OF FINANCE W. CARLOS DOMINGO – EP. 71
Crypto and blockchain technologies have gone from being the wild west into creating and converting bonafide securities AKA digital assets...

BUILDING BILLION DOLLAR SUCCESSES WITH LUKAS LUNDIN – EP. 69
Lukas Lundin, head of the Lundin Group, has grown his group of resource companies into a combined market cap of over $20 billion dollars....

A YEAR IN REVIEW WITH YOUR HOST, CORY CLEVELAND – 68
Welcome to a recap of 2020 and an overview of what to look forward to in 2021. I have been fortunate enough to introduce you to dozens of...

INVESTING IN THE NEW ECONOMY W. HARLAN CAPITAL – EP. 65
We have witnessed a significant shift in the investing landscape: companies no longer derive their value from their net tangible assets....

THE CASE FOR PUBLIC VENTURE CAPITAL WITH ARI PANDES – EP. 64
Ari Pandes, Associate Professor at the Haskayne School of Business has published numerous papers on the capital markets with a focus on...

VALIDATING YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH GRANT FINANCING W. GEORGE PALIKARAS – 62
There are millions of dollars in government grants, tax credits, and R&D subsidies available for your business. But how do you access...

LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM LOUIS VUITTON, SAMSONITE AND NOW, EVCP GROWTH EQUITY – EP. 61
Marcello Botolli is the co-founder and Managing Partner of EVCP Growth Equity. EVCP is a boutique private equity firm dedicated to...

MANAGING FINANCIAL CRISIS DURING COVID-19 W. HOWARD KATZ – EP. 41
The financial crisis we are entering from the COVID-19 pandemic is of huge concern. It is easy for rational thinking to go out the window...

DIGITAL INVESTOR MARKETING W JASON HILTON – EP. 25
Digital marketing to investors isn’t much different than marketing products or services to customers, but it can have a profound impact...

NEGOTIATION TACTICS W NEGOTIATIONS NINJA HOST MARK RAFFAN – EP. 24
In life, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. So, in this episode, we talk about negotiation. We are joined by...

WHY VISUAL CONTENT IS KING (NOT CASH) – EP. 21
Jeff Desjardins is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Visual Capitalist. If you haven’t seen the work of Visual Capitalist yet, it won’t...

POWERFUL NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION W MARK BOWDEN – EP. 19
Mark Bowden is an internationally acclaimed body language and communications expert. In this episode, he talks with us about how to be a...

GARY HOOVER ON THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS – EP. 13
Gary brings some 40+ years of business experience to this interview. You’re going to hear about a lot of things, from his early days as...

SMALL CAP CONFERENCES W CAMBRIDGE HOUSE’S JAY MARTIN – EP. 12
Jay Martin is president and CEO of Cambridge House. He and his team produce a number of events focused on connecting investors with small...

NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING W TRACTION CONFERENCE COFOUNDER LLOYED LOBO – EP. 10
Lloyed and his team at Boast help companies access capital through non-dilutive government tax programs – mainly R&D and SRED programs....
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