Background Noise

David Gaudet
Background Noise

There's a lot of noise out there. But rather than fight it - we dive in. Real conversations, in real environments, real spontaneity. We meet with entrepreneurs in crowded coffee shops, busy factory floors, street corners and less than perfect phone lines. Celebrating the sometimes hidden signals of background noise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2020-06-17

    Inside the Box

    The concept of collaboration has taken on a different meaning in the era of social media, and specifically, social media influencers. In that world it's all about favor-swapping. But the original meaning of collaboration, the one that makes it a universally recognized skill for success in business and in life, it means exchanging a mutually beneficial value for two or more participants. The Covid 19 pandemic has placed extra emphasis on the need and use of "the collab" as small businesses scrambled for ways that would just allow them to keep the lights on. In Calgary, like any big city where the entrepreneurial economic impact is immeasurable, and its spirit even bigger, small businesses began ratcheting up partnerships looking for new ways of getting their product to customers who had been told to stay indoors. Out of the ashes of this came a variety of one-on-one collaborations, but also the concept of collaboration gift boxes. Calgary's Shauna Vowel, a crystal jewelry artisan herself, decided to be a part of the solution, rather than the problem. She put out the word that she would give of her time, talent and passion, to organize, curate, package, take orders, and deliver boxes featuring hand made gifts by a number of Calgary makers. It was an enormous effort, matched with very encouraging success, not only for recipients of the gift box (released just in time for Mother's Day), but also, of course, for the artists and designers, who had lost their distribution channel. At the time of this broadcast, June 17, 2020, YYC Collab Box is selling its "Dude Box" days ahead of Father's Day. Details on how to get one for the dude in your life are below. https://awakenthegems.ca/products/yyc-collab-dude-box https://www.instagram.com/yyc_collab_box/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
  2. 2020-05-27

    Superfood High

    Entrepreneurs are audacious. They sense a missing, and have the audacity to think they were born to fill it. Or, they’re audacious enough to think THEY can do something better than what’s already available. Robyn Taylor, of Raw By Robyn, is both…and she’s got insanely healthy, fuel injecting drinkables to prove it.  She thought she was following a traditional career path. You know, university and a corporate job. The problem was, there was an entrepreneur within, along with a passion for fitness and hyper healthy eating, that, once ignited, was impossible to snuff out. Like most successful entrepreneurial stories there was an intersection between wanting to fly solo, doing so with passion and purpose, and flavoured with just the right amount of serendipity. Robyn Taylor’s frequent visits to a smoothie truck, temptingly parked near her workplace, not only cost her a fortune, but triggered an idea which became an obsession. A smoothie company that goes beyond smoothies. But not just with ingredients - although you'll find tremendous innovation in her pre-made smoothie pouches and juices. Nope, her vision, is really more like the Starbucks of superfood.. She had just opened her first location in Calgary when the Covid 19 pandemic struck. But it's a model nonetheless, from which she plans to build a brand people love not only for the super healthy products served, but the community it creates. One that goes way beyond smoothies. Website: www.rawbyrobyn.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min
5
out of 5
8 Ratings

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There's a lot of noise out there. But rather than fight it - we dive in. Real conversations, in real environments, real spontaneity. We meet with entrepreneurs in crowded coffee shops, busy factory floors, street corners and less than perfect phone lines. Celebrating the sometimes hidden signals of background noise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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