Podcast
Edge of Business
Joe Foster: Co-Founder of Reebok
Dating back to the late 19th century, the Foster family was known for hand-made running shoes, supplying world athletes like Harold Abrahams and Erica Liddell. In later years, Joe Foster and his brother Jeff decided to take the family business in a new direction, reaching a global market and competing with big players like Nike and Adidas. Fast forward to the 1980s, and Reebok became a global phenomenon with Hollywood stars like Jane Fonda seen wearing the brand.
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Dwight Drummond: The Future of Media
The old saying “childhood dreams do come true” has certainly held true for CBC’s prime time Toronto News anchor and veteran television journalist Dwight Drummond. Despite his humble beginnings growing up in the notorious Jane and Finch area and as a Jamaican immigrant to Canada, Drummond defied all odds, and emerged as one of Canada’s “Best Local Newscasters,” according to his prestigious Canadian Screen Award.
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Michael Lee-Chin: Prosperity with Care
Jamaican-born Lee-Chin’s ambitions led him from modest jobs as a teenager, working as a hotel landscaper and cleaning the engine room of a cruise ship, to financial success a little more than two decades later. Today, the Jamaican-Canadian is in rare company as a Black billionaire businessman and philanthropist who currently sits at number 1,063 on the Forbes list. He is Chairman and CEO of Portland Holdings Inc, a privately held investment company.
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Mike Wekerle: Being Your Own Boss
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has shaken the world to its core. Every business, for the most part, has been impacted negatively with a decrease in revenue and customers. There are business titans who haven’t been touched by the pandemic, like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and then there are others like Dragons’ Den alum Michael Wekerle, who is feeling the strain of COVID-19, despite his wealth of knowledge and his years of acquiring monetary wealth, given his business acumen.
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Geena Jackson on uplifting Indigenous Businesses through Bears' Lair TV
In this exclusive interview with Geena Jackson, a proud member of the Shishalh Nation (Sechelt), a passionate advocate for Indigenous Rights and the powerhouse behind Bears’ Lair, we talk about her journey and the challenges of being an indigenous leader.
Geena has helped over 800 indigenous business, entrepreneurs and communities thrive and her expertise in business development has been instrumental in empowering all indigenous ventures. Her show Bears’ Lair is currently in their second season and aims to support business owners that thrive through tradition just like herself.
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Amoye Henry, Cierra Madore, and Peta Ann Leon from Pitch Better
We sat down with Amoye Henry, Cierra Madore, and Peta Ann Leon from Pitch Better, a market research building program that uses data and strategy to enable entrepreneurs and small business owners to scale. In our conversation, we discuss the influence Pitch Better has had on the Canadian entrepreneur landscape and what that means for Black-owned businesses.