Livia is the founder of Funky Feet, a dance program where the main goal is to help empower children and build their confidence through dance. Livia started her company in 2001, on her own, after seizing the opportunity to teach a dance class as a last-minute replacement. Flash forward almost two decades later, Funky Feet is now a wildly successful …

Dr. Joe Flanders is the founder and director of Mindspace as well as the host of the Mindspace Podcast. Joe discovered mindfulness through one of his professors while studying to become a psychologist. Seeing lots of potential in meditation and how mindfulness could help people, Joe stepped away from the traditional full-time clinical psychology ca…

Owner of Bak’d by Mona, a very successful gourmet cookies business, Mona Segal is a true force of nature. She’s unstoppable: on top of running her own business, Mona volunteers at school and works part-time as a marketing specialist. Her growth story is truly inspiring and touching. Having always loved to bake and cook, Mona decided to take the plu…

Don White is on a mission to help people lead a healthier lifestyle. Many years ago, Don left his desk job and decided to invest himself 100% in what he found to be most important in life: health. After being a successful trainer for many years, Don took the plunge into entrepreneurship and co-founded his own training facility: CoreXcellence, a pea…

On this week’s episode, we are interviewing Mtre Richard P. Salis, B.A., LL.B., D.D.N., about his path to becoming a Notary specializing in wills, trust and estate settlement. After starting his legal career as a lawyer, he discovered a passion for helping individuals with their estate planning needs and took up studies to become a notary to better…

Sherri Rabinovitch is a passionate HR & career specialist who founded her own consulting business called The People Guru. Sherri’s story is so interesting: she found so much success she is now a regular contributor on TV, but she also had to overcome great challenges such as psychological harassment and hostile work environment, as well as, more on…

For this last episode of 2018, our host David is pleased to introduce Simon St-Amand, his successor as president of Proforce Personnel. While David is opening up his horizons with a newly acquired business in the health industry, Simon, prior director of recruitment for Proforce’s food division, is stepping up and taking the lead on the company’s d…

Barry Solomon is what we could call a later-stage entrepreneur, as he bought his first business while in his fifties. After working for the family business his father started for many (quite difficult) years, Barry moved on to work in advertising, and then again in a few other fields before actually moving to California, where he bought his busines…

Formerly corporate talent acquisition manager, recently launch her own consulting business as a career coach and strategist. Through her work and her engagement on LinkedIn, Norma helps job seekers improve their resume, strategize their job search and increase their visibility on LinkedIn. With her tremendous experience on the market, her undeniabl…

Author, keynote speaker and endurance racer, Tofe helps people build their resilience as a way to reach their goals and live a happier life. After reaching rock bottom as a young adult who had lost himself to partying and suffering from mental health issues, Tofe found his way back through his research and experiments with adversity and endurance. …

Dan is what we call a serial entrepreneur. With his wife Dennae, Dan owns many businesses including an online store, multiple medical offices, and a real estate investment company. They also host their own entrepreneurs’ podcast called Tough Decisions. Dan found a recipe to create businesses, grow them, and then move on to his next thing. In this e…

Kerri Twigg is a career counsellor and an entrepreneur, as she launched her own coaching business Career Stories Consulting. This episode can truly speak to both people who aspire to have their own company and to people who wish to rebrand themselves and take their career in another direction. This is exactly what Kerri did, switching from a career…

Up until a few months ago, Michael was a teacher until he left his day job to pursue his passion for storytelling full-time through his photography and creative services business Henson Creative. Learn about how Michael started to experiment with visual communication and developed his talents into a true expertise. Learn how LinkedIn played an impo…

This is a recap episode, a moment for our podcast host David Inzlicht to touch base with the listeners and set the tone for what's next. He goes over three main points: his journey into marketing and with LinkedIn, resilience as he reflects on a vacation he just spent with his family, and Proforce's company core values and their importance in gener…

Omozua is a certified coach for entrepreneur, executives and managers. She teaches to leaders and organizations how to level up their confidence, increase emotional intelligence, unleash their creativity, manage talents… the list goes on. Omozua always knew she loved encouraging and helping the people around her, but she had to go through a few wor…

How do you go from lawyer to entrepreneur? Steven was a corporate lawyer working in a big Montreal firm when he decided to leave the corporate environment with its bureaucracy and politics (as well as its prestigious status and huge salaries) to go on his own by joining his father’s small private practice firm. Just like many other lawyers, Steven …

David is president of Deville Technologies, a family business that was founded by his father. As a young adult, David had no interest in surfing on his father success and was ready to follow his own path. After a start-up experience in the US and a year in law school, David was making his way in the workforce when his father asked him to take over …

Jonathan Maldoff is president of Intellera. For Jonathan, the key to success in business is efficiency. He built his own business out of that by offering solutions that bridge the gap between people, processes and technologies. Jonathan is the proof that you don’t have to run eagerly after anything and everything to succeed as an entrepreneur, that…

James Stephan-Usypchuk is CEO of JSU Solutions. James's journey began as he was still a baby when he got cancer. After his recovery, James and his family became very active in fundraising, an experience from which he developed a very focused and entrepreneurial mind. It’s no surprise that today, still in his twenties, James is at the head of a very…

Rodrigo is the chief evangelist and creative director at the digital marketing agency Genius. Rodrigo got into marketing because of his remarkable talent and ability for storytelling. If at first, it was words and imagery that he was skilled with, Rodrigo is now very enthusiast about the next steps brands can take to communicate and tell stories th…

Brittany Krystle is a personal brand and growth consultant helping people grow their industry influence online. Before going on her own and launching her podcast “Beyond Influential”, Brittany worked with some of the most influential people of the web including the wildly popular Gary Vaynerchuk, for whose company she worked both in L.A. and NYC. I…

How DO companies grow? This question is the main focus of this special episode featuring not one, but TWO guests! Josh Miller and Mike Newton are respectively partner and managing partner at FL Fuller Landau, a full-service accounting firm downtown Montreal. Because that’s what they do both for their clients and for their own firm, they discuss all…

Joseph is president and co-owner of the smart home company Homesync. With his very diverse and particular background; from graduating engineering school at 21 years-old to joining the military forces years after his parents moved his family to Canada to avoid war, it’s no surprise that Joseph ended up choosing the road less travelled of entrepreneu…

Karim Abouzeid is the president and owner of Magnor, a manufacturer and designer of water treatment equipment company. With the plan in mind to eventually own a business, Karim studied accounting and started his career as a CPA. Luckily enough, he got to work in the mergers and acquisitions department at one of the big fours, which taught him every…

Certified Real Estate Broker and co-founder of Witt Realty Inc, Heidi is a dedicated businesswoman and mother of three. Even if she only found her true vocation in real estate later in her professional journey, her hard work and passion for people propelled her to tremendous success. The realtor profession being already very entrepreneurial, Heidi …

Natalie is the CEO of her own communications agency, Commetta. What she started alone while still in business school has now grown to an international digital agency whose mission is to help companies shine online. With diversity at the core of both her personal and professional background, Natalie got to see just how much creative artists and smal…

Adam is what we call a true born-entrepreneur, with all its natural qualities: he’s optimistic, self-driven, always looking for the next opportunity. As his story confirms, Adam strongly believes that behind every challenge hides a business opportunity. Equipped with this positive winning attitude and a strong purpose to bring to the market product…

At 35 years old, Frank Silla was co-owner of the family business in the telecom industry which he was passionate about. Raised in an entrepreneurial family, Frank never doubted he would follow his parents’ steps, but when he got there, he quickly realized that the way things were done didn’t reflect his own vision of success and his aspirations. Th…

Jon Selig, comedian, founder of Comedy Abroad, and more recently sales trainer, found in entrepreneurship a way to live of his passion for comedy writing. Being a natural with people and words, Jon was a successful salesman in I.T., but quickly realized he had no passion or interest for these corporate worlds. See how he first recycled his sales ab…

Michael is the president of Interaction Restaurants Group a restaurant management and holding company that deals with the world's biggest brands and chains such as Starbucks and Pizza Hut. This is the story of Michael Aaronovici, whose parents pushed towards a career in accounting but who quickly switched to the road less traveled and became an ent…

Frédéric Noël is owner and president of the industrial equipment company CON-V-AIR. Qualified engineer, Fred had always been interested in entrepreneurship even though it's not the clearest path in this field. See how he made his way up to his goal from his first job as an employee in an engineering firm to buying his company at only 30 years old.…

Founder of Productions L’Éloi, science student Eloi Beauchamp had no idea he would end up in the production world, where art and fashion advertising meet. Between his summers planting trees in the forest and his biology studies in university, Eloi was well on his way to a career as a scientist when he realized this path wasn’t going to bring him en…

Founder and president of , Jeffrey Berkowitz became an entrepreneur without really trying... Like many before him, Jeff’s business started in his parent’s basement. What he first perceived as enthusiasm for commercial real estate was really the foundation of a career he would be passionate about, and of a company that would one day serve the bigges…

Alan Serour took the Montreal kosher catering community by storm by buying out his boss and finally managing to merge with a long-time rival. Both who at first said no, but Alan doesn’t believe in closing doors. Get inspired by the amazing journey of this young chef who never gave up on his goals, but simply waited for the right moment.…

Stephanie couldn’t find on the market a product that would meet her son’s needs, so she built her own. Little did she know that she had just created the first sample of the Senseez pillows and entered an emerging multi-billion dollar industry: the sensory toys. Years of hustle and a feature on the Dragons’ Den later, her products are now sold in ov…

Director of Rouge Marketing in Mont-Tremblant, Dominique Laverdure was always a rebel at heart. See how she changed her life completely by moving to the country and building a career worthy of her love for life. Dominique started her career on a much different path: ready to dedicate herself to her successful corporate job at L’Oréal, everything ch…

Co-founder of the first self-serve online medical appointment making software and former CEO of the Tiny Tots children’s clinics, Ben Burko is the true definition of a “Doctrepreneur”. His entrepreneurial journey started at age 13 and was definitely challenged at the beginning of his medical career. In this episode, see how he used lateral thinking…

Get inspired by the story of this born and raised Montrealer who became a successful entrepreneur by being proactive and strategic. Sanjay Bakshani always wanted to build a business, so he made it happen with a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck. See how he overcame the lowest points and scored the biggest wins during his never-boring entrep…

Well aware of what he wanted out life, Olivier made sure to get it. See how he archived his goal of managing his own consulting firm by believing, visualizing, and defining a clear roadmap to get there. Listen to his story where a combination of life experiences and seized opportunities helped shape his goals, towards which he worked with confidenc…

Mike Dahan was never afraid to work hard. See how he hustled his way from Montreal’s poor neighborhood Côtes-des-Neiges up to American business school and Wall Street money. Back in Montreal, Mike was ready to pursue his own entrepreneurial journey, a path he knew he would get on since his childhood. Devoted to his principles of honor and loyalty, …

Marie-Eve learned early on that a startup requires a fine combination of resources, timing, opportunity, and mostly, dedication. See how she used her experience to build her company MissFresh by following her newfound recipe for success. Marie-Eve knew that if she was going to leave her amazing career as an executive in digital media to launch a st…

Like many others, Arie built his company from the ground, literally, from his basement. In this episode, see how he managed to start a business part-time, while studying and then working, without any particular financial or human resources. Arie saw an opportunity, he grabbed it, and you could do it too. Today, Servomax is a highly successful, mult…

Eric Naaman is a very successful entrepreneur coming from a far-from-traditional background. Having moved to Canada to escape the war in Lebanon, Eric is now president of the amazing company and factory in Blainville. But Eric never knew he was going to end up leading such a big business, as he was first a professional artist for many years. What h…

Lee Wise is president of Arbell, a Canadian high-tech company. Growing up, Lee was heading with confidence towards an exciting career in retail by joining the very successful family business, the Wise department stores. His dreams came crashing down when big corporations like Walmart entered the Canadian market and sent the Wise stores out of busin…

Charles Marleau runs Palos Management since 2001, a very successful investment firm. Today, Palos manages about 400 million in assets. But Charles knows that success is never a given, and that consistency, commitment, and tenacity are what makes the difference.

Brian Rotsztein is an Internet marketer, professional photographer, entrepreneur, in-demand conference speaker, and author of the 5-star rated book “Content Marketing Ideas”. He has founded several startups, including WP Phone Support which offers security-based SEO and WordPress maintenance plans. Years ago, Brian switched 180° from his promising,…

Owner of successful lighting company DALS Lighting, Shawn Johal is a great entrepreneur who faced many challenges both in his personal growth and in his entrepreneurial journey. Dedicated to bring happiness into his life and to his employees, he is a firm believer in giving back to the community. Family holds a big place in Shawn’s life, as he join…

Meet the host of the GrowthStory Podcast! Utilizing over two decades of management, sales, and recruitment experience, David Inzlicht is an entrepreneur, a speaker, a community leader and a believer in giving back to our community. Every other week, he will be interviewing entrepreneurs to inspire others with a mix of biography, inspiration, and mo…