Paperstack Audio Experience: Recent Episodes
Paperstack Audio Experience
Welcome to Paperstack Audio Experience. Our mission it to bring together great minds and inspiring entrepreneurs to provide our listeners with valuable and actionable insights for business owners and entrepreneurs.
Paolo Campisi has very broad experience in business, innovations, and marketing consultancy. He was previously a director of marketing at No Fixed Address. Currently a head of Marketing at Urban Beard as well a founder of Elementary Ventures where his focus is on providing services to startups and enterprise clients focused on launching new product or service lines.
Jared is a world class marketer with 10+ years of Marketing experience in various industries as well as dozens of D2C brands in his marketing portfolio that he helped grow. We will find out unique trends in the PPC space; How to get your first customers with a D2C brand; Some tips and tricks for beginner marketers and business owners and A LOT MORE! But wait! There is more: Jared and his wife Amy founded Ry & Pen in 2020 in Toronto, where they produce high-quality, soft, breathable, premium, durable, eco-friendly clothes for children - and make them readily available to families across Canada. We will make sure to discuss early days of their business journey and how they were able to build such a strong brand while in the pandemic.
After discovered the pet food industry was unregulated and many ‘reputable’ brands contained ingredients that over long periods of time may be harmful to dogs, something had to be done. And this is where the story of Puppy Gang Fresh Foods begins. Their long term goal? It's straight forward- to make an impact on the pet food industry! To stop the poor practice of feeding dogs nutritionally deficient foods! And to help regulate and educate as many people as possible. We will also discuss how to start a business? How to navigate in the beginning? And how to get proper help when starting! Enjoy
They first bonded over their love of Cabernet Sauvignon in a wine tasting class and both realized that they were constantly frustrated by the lack of clean and flavourful snacks out on shelves.And what do you do when you see a gap on the market? That’s right! You quit your desk jobs to pursue a lifelong passion for food and drink. Well, at least that is what Vincent and Charlene did when they decided to start their new journey. And just like that EATABLE was born.We are super curious about: The beginning of EATABLE; How to compete in a very competitive space like snacks?; How to run and scale a premium product?; How to get into Hudsons Bay?; And a lot more
After recognizing the peanut allergy, Brittany decided to find peanut-free versions for her favourite foods and snacks, but sadly, only to discover that there were barely ANY on the market....4 Years later:- She is on Forbes 30 under 30-; Ohh Foods products are in 1,800+ retail stores including Walmart; She built out an amazing a loyal community. We spoke to Brittany about How to start and scale a brand? Tips and suggestions for young entrepreneurs; How to sell to Walmart? How she got on Forbes? And much more.
These guys are an absolute inspiration and a solid example of how to build a strong and loyal community. We asked them about their journey with Local Laundry; What is Local Laundry and whats the mission; Tips for business owners and entrepreneurs; how are they able to deliver the absolute BEST customer service; and much more! They are on the road to donate $1,000,000 by 2030; Only Canadian-made clothing with a MASSIVE community behind them; Featured on Globe and Male, National Post, Curiocity, Impact Magazine; and that is just the tips of the iceberg
We got to interview LIVE amazing entrepreneurs and founders of Sleepout: Mark Coombs and Hannah Brennen right as they have reached a major milestone in their business- They just passed $1,000,000 in revenue and they are growing faster than ever. Find out how they started; How they parents reacted to their journey; What it takes to build a successful e=commerce business and what was it like for them to be on Shark Tank. All of that and more on our episode of Paperstack Audio Experience
On this episode of Paperstack Audio Experience we sat down with Founder & CEO of a Fulfillment Automation company Charu Thomas. Charu started Ox in 2019 and since then has scaled her team to 28 full-time employees. Additionally, Ox raised 3.5M in seed funding in March of 2021. . We talked about how she got into Automated Technology; How she started her journey and pivoted her vision, and how she navigated in the business as a women.
Salma Hamidi Currently Co-founder and CMO of Cola's kitchen which is The ONLY fresh dog food that is individually balanced based on your dogs nutritional needs. Previously for more than 6 years she served as a Marketing director for healthy food restaurant chain Crave Healthy Habits. Salma and her company Cola's kitchen appeared on Toronto.com , Toronto Star, Toronto Guardian, Holr Magazine, Go Solo, BayStreetBull and more. Cola's Kitchen is a Winner of best pet food subscription award in the Canadian business awards 2022. Salma is also RBC’s women of influence nominee and on top of all that she is an incredible ballroom and latin dancer. Please enjoy this episode brought to you by Paperstack Audio Experience.
Please enjoy our First episode of Paperstack Audio Experience with Svetlana (Lana) Karapetyan. She created a community (Women Who Freelance aka WHF) for freelancers and self employed workers and grew it to over 25,000 followers across multiple platforms! She is sharing her journey. Obstacles she had to overcome. But mainly some valuable and actionable tips on How to Grow Your Community!
Welcome to our First Women Make Great Leaders Fireside Chat hosted by Assel Beglinova (CEO of Paperstack). Our Guests: Arion Long (CEO & FOunder of Femly) and Marie Chevier Schwartz (CEO & FOunder of Sampler), both of whom we deeply admire and respect as entrepreneurs. While many people look at their much-deserved success, we were also interested in learning how they got here. What setbacks they faced and what challenges they overcame. For every "overnight success" there is usually a story of 10 years in the making so what we focused on in this podcast is What does it take to go to the next level and what can entrepreneurs expect in their journey. Enjoy!
Three Women CEOs sit down to discuss challenges, possibilities, and new trends in the startup ecosystem. They go deep into important components to have when pitching to investors, looking for talent to hire, or just running your a successful company. Our guests: Carolyn Rodz, CEO at Hello Alice; Maelle Gavet, CEO of Techstars. And our host Assel Beglinova, CEO at Paperstack.