Behind The Business Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jason Manarintr & David Luu
Behind the business is a podcast that allows the business owners and entrepreneurs to tell their story of how it all came about. We talk about the journey, life lessons, struggles, and what you don't see.
In episode #49 of Behind the Business Podcast, join hosts Jason and David as they explore the intersection of spirituality and business with special guest Kiel Tewarie, a local community/men's work facilitator. Kiel shares his unique insights from his nomadic journey of living in a car to now starting a family here in Calgary. Delving into the importance of surrender and following one's path, this episode offers a refreshing perspective on business in the modern world. Tune in for an enlightening conversation that challenges conventional thinking and inspires a more conscious approach to entrepreneurship and community building.
In episode #48 of Behind the Business Podcast, hosts Jason and David sit down with special guest John Tsai, President of EXP Realty, for an insightful conversation about his journey to success. John shares his inspiring story, detailing the challenges he faced and the strategies he employed to rise in the real estate industry. Join them as they discuss the importance of mentorship, the power of mindset, and the keys to building a thriving real estate business. This episode offers valuable insights and practical advice for anyone looking to make their mark in the world of business. Tune in to discover the secrets behind John's remarkable come-up and gain valuable lessons for your own entrepreneurial journey
Join hosts David and Jason on this special episode of Behind the Business Podcast as they take a deep dive into the highlights and challenges of the past year in episode #47. Reflecting on key moments and insights gained, they share candid reflections on the journey so far and exciting plans for the future. This episode also marks a significant milestone as they announce an exciting reboot of the podcast, promising fresh perspectives, inspiring stories, and valuable lessons from the world of business. Tune in for a compelling conversation that celebrates growth, resilience, and the power of reinvention.
In this week’s episode, we have Spencer McGillicuddy, founder of Grey Recruitment. The company was created with the mission to help founders scale technical teams and hire niche talent, as they recognize the critical need for finding the right employees for all organizations.
Spencer is a passionate professional who just moved from Toronto to pursue his dreams of starting his own recruitment company in Calgary. We dive into the realm of tech recruitment - precisely the process to get into the recruitment space and gain some valuable insights for those who want to start their own business but don’t know how to or for those who are just beginning.
Spencer McGillicuddy of Grey Recruitment
Website: https://greyrecruitment.ca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencermcg/
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Luxe Du Jour is a curated Canadian online luxury consignment boutique where you can shop, sell, consign, rent, restore and accessorize luxury goods.
We dive in with Tammy Phan, CEO, of Luxe Du Jour on how she have taken the business to grow from a local brand into an international scale, the importance of multi-step authentication, the process in building trust within the luxury goods industry, and to wrap it up with some advice and tips from Tammy on how to grow/scale a business.
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We are back with a new episode with a repeat guest, Peter Ly of Precision Auto Films.
Peter is a professional at car detailing and is passionate and knowledgeable for the art and craft of restoration and more.
His precision and attention to detail goes above and beyond to ensure the result is exceptional and the experience is smooth.
In this week’s episode, we talk about various topics such as growing your business during the pandemic, how expectations can be turmoil, and practice can have a positive result.
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This week we have Jay Hsu, Co-founder of @blackboxcustoms_. Black Box Customs provides premium firearms performance services to Canadians since 2014, offering a multitude of services to bring a new level/customizable aesthetics, ergonomics and performance to your firearm.
In this episode we talk about the challenges in running a business in the firearm industry in Canada, the cornerstone to a good business, and the impact customer experience has on a business.
Jay Hsu of Black Box Customs
Website: http://www.blackboxcustoms.com/
Email: sales@blackboxcustoms.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackBoxCustoms
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This week on Behind The Business Podcast, we have Jason Ngo, real estate agent from YYC Real Estate Group. Jason has a diverse background in sales and is passionate about real estate, stocks, and all things entrepreneurship. He goes above and beyond in everything he does to ensure the experience is smooth and reassuring, leaving a memorable first impression.
This episode we talk about all things real estate. Jason talks about his story of how he came on top, the importance of consistency, the change in mindset and discipline, and having an effective support system.
Jason Ngo of YYC Real Estate Group
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In this week’s episode we have Mélanie Villeneuve, founder and head designer, or Urtica Design. She is a Jane of all Trades with over 10 years of experience in branding, strategy, copywriting, graphic design, and more.
We dive into the realm of marketing as Melanie shares her expertise and experiences of her career as an entrepreneur, the importance of marketing, effective ways to grow a startup and small business, and learning how to sell yourself to businesses.
Mélanie Villeneuve of Urtica Design
Website: https://urtica.ca/
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This week’s episode we have co-hosts and realtors, Jason Manarintr and David Luu, from Behind the Business Podcast recapping the past year. We will be talking about the journey, life lessons, struggles, and what you don't see behind YYC Real Estate Group and Behind the Business Podcast.
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In this week's episode we have the Airbnb Superhost duo, Joe and Mary, from JMStays. They are husband and wife who love to travel and give back to travellers by hosting outstanding experiences in their hometown Calgary.
If you're curious about investing in a property, managing property, or how to rent out property, see what YYC Real Estate Group and JMStays has to offer.
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Empower your soul with life coach Alex Rzepa. Alex offers mentorship and guidance to regain self-awareness and self-confidence, identify areas of development, and teach forward-thinking techniques.
Alex analyzes areas of your life that you’re struggling with and brings relief from current circumstances by reverse engineering your issues to reveal the limitations of your subconscious mind. Alex’s work provides a new experience of what it means to be human and dramatically increases your capacity to deal with whatever life brings you.
In this week’s episode, Alex discusses his experiences in the world and how we can learn to be more confident by becoming more self-aware. Alex touches on how shifting your mindset can unlock your potential and help you get to where you want in life; and notes how fear can withhold you from self-development and progression and suggests to continuously challenge yourself while modifying your thought patterns. Alex also expresses when you find self-love, you begin to see yourself and the universe from a different lens.
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In this week's episode, we have Jeremy Ho, co-founder of Monogram Coffee. Since 2014, Monogram Coffee has evolved and expanded across Calgary, Alberta, and is now bringing us the behind the scenes of how the business operates. We'll be discussing topics related to the approach in partnership and friendship in business, how Monogram Coffee sources and roasts their coffee beans, when to delegate tasks and responsibilities, and advice when starting your own coffee/café business.
With over 30 years of senior sales, sales management, and coaching experience, we have top-performing "sales sisters", Karen and Kirstin, from Sales from Scratch.
They have invested more than $100,000 in sales training and personal development. In this episode, they will share their journey starting up Sales from Scratch during the pandemic. If you're struggling in sales and/or wanting to grow your connections, the two sisters share their stories, pieces of advice, and valuable tricks that top-performing sales use to succeed.
Tune into this week's episode with female entrepreneurs, Jhoan Molin and Chloe Man, of Joco Foods. They are a food manufacturing company based in Toronto that is locally sourced and made specializing in premium sauces and spreads. They distribute across Canada and can be found in local stores in Toronto, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta. The co-founders dive in about what it's like to start a business in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry and talks about their knowledge and experience on how to take the first step, marketing tactics used, advice from Arlene Dickinson (Dragons Den), importance in celebrating the successes/wins, and lessons learnt working with a business partner.
Wind down to this week's episode with entrepreneur, Ross Agler, from Confluence Distillery. We'll be talking about how to make craft spirits and cocktails, the differences between beer, vodka, and whiskey, and advice on how to build your idea into a business plan.
With over 43 years of experience in the commercial real estate business, Terry Brooke from Equium Living shares his knowledge about appraisal, his experience as a mortgage broker, commercial real estate, key takeaways in the industry, and his next steps into his career.
In this week's episode, we are stoked to have Eric and Lance from Off the Wok Podcast joining us. We'll be discussing the behind-the-scenes of our podcasts and the ins and outs of starting up a podcast that goes into building and creating an episode. If you're interested in starting your own podcast or curious about a side hustle keep watching.
Meet Tanner O’Krane, a seasoned E-commerce specialist, who tells us how he found his freedom from the monotony of the daily grind and today makes his business work for him (and not the other way around) as a successful Amazon FBA seller.
With almost 16 years old experience of real estate under his belt, John Tsai breaks down his journey with residential real estate in Vancouver and what it takes to make 7 figures - from being inspired by Rich Dad, Poor Dad to the importance of structuring, discipline and delegation.
If you’ve ever walked through a mall in Calgary, chances are you’ve seen the phone repair & accessories store CaseMogul. Meet the man behind the company, Andrew Tian, who talks about taking the leap from investment banking at Goldman Sachs into entrepreneurship and how he’s successfully expanded his company to 35 employees and 11 stores in Calgary, Fort McMurray and Vancouver!
Born and raised in Calgary and now based in Florida, head of “The British Bulldog Companies” Georgia Smith talks to us about how she keeps her father WWE Hall of Famer The British Bulldog’s legacy alive.
What does it take to grow a practice? Chris Vu shares his experience from making the big move to Calgary to the ins and outs of running a private optometry practice alongside his wife Gabrielle Ma.
What does it take to make 6 figures in network marketing? We chat with Steph Ly about the value of taking care of your health, discovering her passion beyond her role as a mother, the success of cloud-based businesses like LeVel Thrive (even during the pandemic) - and thriving both in life and in work.
We dive into the aviation world with Caleb Chung, who describes his journey in aircraft maintenance, taking over the helm of and expanding AeroCorp Avionic Solutions Inc, and the professional and personal significance of gaining his father’s trust and respect. Caleb talks about the importance having a business partner that alligns with the vision of the company and what it takes to grow his company to 19 employees.
In this episode we learn about software consulting with Michael Domingo, owner of Devingo Consulting Company. Michael shares the positives and challenges to being his own boss, how COVID-19 affected him and his business, the value of networking and never fearing failure.
We kick of 2021 in the new studio with Chris Odds - Odds on Home Inspection Services. Chris talks about his move from UK and what it took to grow the company to service around 1500 homes a year. Having over 1200+ google reviews, Chris talks about the importance to get them and how its helped his business thrive.
In this Episode we talk with Brian Pham about what it was like switching from the oil and gas industry to him discovering his passion with taking photos. Brian invites us into his studio were we shoot the first video podcast with Behind the Business.
In this episode we talk with Melissa Luu a serial entrepreneur who opened up Amaido Cafe this year in Calgary. Melissa talks about adapting with Covid as she launches her Amaido Cafe this year and how she was able to create hype and sell out donuts daily. She discusses the importance of marketing and how she manages and market her businesses.
Not everything is rainbows and unicorns for business owners and Peter shares what it was like the first 2 years with his business and what it took to turn things around. Peter also talks about his mental health and what its like starting a new business.
In this Episode we talk with Sam Kwong and his journey leaving his 9-5 accounting job and doing pursuing something more fulfilling. Sam talks about the important education and listening and what led up to Evolution Learning and Clear Match Talent.
Have you ever heard of workers co-op for a restaurant? Well if you haven't give this episode a listen! In this episode we go behind the business with The Allium, a vegan restaurant that has structured their business model as a workers co-op. Jared And Laura share their story about why they created Allium and what its like running the business since the launch of it last year.
What were you doing at 23? In this episode we talk with entrepreneur Rahim Damji and his journey to building Tree Trunk, a real estate service for Realtors and Homeswipr, a website for people looking to search home online. He discusses the future of real estate and what its like to start a tech company for the real estate industry at such a young age and what got him started.
In this episode we talk with Nawaz Damji the owner of Equium Group. He talks about growing the company and the journey from when it all started. Nawaz shares his insights about work and business and growing Equium Group to 35 full time employees within a spand of a few years. Equium is ranked 2nd best work places in Canada in the globe and mail in 2020 and ranked in the top 10 growing companies in Calgary. Over 1.5 Billion total real estate assests under management and over 4200 units managed in Calgary which encompasses 12% market share in high rise condos across Calgary. Most recently they created Equium Living a division for Real Estate sales that has now partnered with YYC Real Estate Group. This is an episode you wont want to miss!
In this episode we talk with content creator Rose Lee about her journey building the brand Cheap Lazy Vegan. Cheap Lazy Vegan currently 698,000 Youtube subscribers, 600+ videos, E-books, and has over 150,000 followers on Instagram. Rose has opened up a cafe in Calgary called the SaVeg Cafe and has a podcast called the SaVegpodcast with over 40 episodes. Rose brings her fun and exciting energy to the podcast, this is an episode you wont want to miss!
In this episode we go behind the business with Simyrn Thind, the founder of SLXT MERCH. Simryn shares her journey that led up to her new brand Slxt Merch. We discuss the meaning behind slxt and talk about her experiences that led up to the name Slxt Merch. Simryn talks about women empowerment and shares her stories that will surely keep you engaged.
In this episode we talk with Drilon Beqa, the owner of Flash Express. Drilon talks about how he started Flash Express and how it took him 10 years to actually start it. Flash express now has 5 employees with 5 vehicles and has been running for 3 years. Drilon shares his life lessons in business and his personal life and will surely keep you entertained with his sense of humor.
Welcoming Miraj Vyas to Canada as he starts his new chapter at age 35. In this episode we talk about his experience moving to Canada and his 15 years in Media sales, Social Media and digital strategy. His accent and enthusiasm will surely keep you listening!
Are you Happy? At the end of the day Happiness is all we really want, isn't it? In this Episode Jason and David will be discussing the topic of Happiness and share what they have learned through out the years. We appreciate all the listeners and thank you for listening up to the 10th Episode!
In this episode we go behind the business with Tanim Rasul discussing his role with NDAX. We talk about his experience and what he has learned in the last few years being with a start up tech company in Alberta.
In this episode we talk about the first steps in getting your first rental property. Things to avoid and what to really expect.
In this episode we discuss what its like running a family business that consist of a Dairy Queen, Best Western and multiple liquor stores. Gurkamal shares his experience, journey and life lessons with business and entrepreneurship.
In this episode we discuss Airbnb's and the impact Covid-19. We talk about our Airbnbs and how we run them along with insider tips.
A great episode with Jimmy Diep sharing his story about being a broker with the RE/MAX brand and other business ventures. Jimmy shares his knowledge and stories about entrepreneurship and shares his personal journey.
A fathers day special podcast about life and business between Jason and his Dad, "Peter" AKA Suriyan.
Suriyan owns and has been operating Scissors West Beauty Salon for the last 37 years. In this podcast we will be talking about his journey to Canada and life lessons.
Whats its like being a realtor and busting 3 myths of being a realtor -
1. We are all the same!
2. Realtors make a lot money!
3. Real Estate is easy!