Minding Your Business: The ProMontreal Entrepreneurs Podcast

Dan Laxer and Katherine Korakakis
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Success stories from startups, and words of business wisdom from ProMontreal Entrepreneurs, the Montreal-based mentor-driven accelerator, a program of Federation CJA.

Episodes

  1. JAN 22

    Episode 8: Why the Big Paws? The Dogged World of Mobile Pet Grooming with Jonathan Abitbol of Mobispaw

    What's inside the Mobispaw van? This episode we re-introduce to the entrepreneur who inspired this podcast, and the expanding company that brings the pet grooming studio to your home. Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    28 min

  2. 12/17/2025

    Episode 7 - Jessie Horowitz of Friday Night Dinner

    Can there be a more heimish phrase than Friday Night Dinner? It conjures up nostalgia for those of us who grew up with, well, Friday night dinners, and resonates with those who maintain the tradition of Shabbat with family. In this episode we introduce to the founder of a company called Friday Night Dinner, Jessie Horowitz. Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    36 min

  3. 11/14/2025

    Episode 6 - Eli Lallouz of Vision 770

    Divinity school wasn’t for him. So, Eli Lallouz became an optician. Not just because he wanted glasses that wouldn’t break. A born entrepreneur, he and his wife built Vision 770, a veritable eyeglass empire. Listen in to find out what led to his success at such a young age. Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    31 min

  4. 10/20/2025

    Episode 5 - Harnessing the power of AI for success

    Ben Rodier is the co-founder of two companies that help others find success through AI. One is Salesfloor, and the other is Frontline IQ. In this episode of Minding Your Business, Rodier reassures listeners that, to quote him, it isn't about robots replacing us, "it's about building stuff that works with us, to improve life in ways we're only beginning to understand." Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    34 min

  5. 10/09/2025

    Episode 4 - Healthybud

    In this episode, Katherine and Dan talk with Dana Ben David and Kyle Feigenbaum of Healthybud, a company they founded because they wanted other dog parents who wants to be able to give their dog the healthiest and longest life possible. Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    42 min

  6. 08/22/2025

    Episode 3 – Failures, Lessons, and Logic: Serial entrepreneur Marlee Rabin

    In this episode we talk with "serial entrepreneur" Marlee Rabin about what she's learned along the way, and how she applies to every new thing she does. Learn more at https://www.marleerabin.com/ Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    34 min

  7. 05/26/2025

    Episode 2: If the Ear Buds Fit, Wear 'Em: The Story of Revols

    Daniel Blumer and Navi Cohen invented Revols, the ear buds that mold to your own ears in just 60 seconds. Their Kickstarter campaign was the largest in Canada history! They've since sold to Logitech. But the story of how Revols came to be, with the help of ProMontreal Entrepreneurs (and maybe even Stevie Wonder) is amazing. Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    36 min
  8. Episode 1 - Not so humble beginnings

    03/24/2025

    Episode 1 - Not so humble beginnings

    PME Founders Stephen Bronfman and Jimmy Alexander sit down with hosts Katherine Korakakis and Dan Laxer to talk about the program's beginnings. Plus, words of business wisdom from mentor Dr. Earl Azimov. Minding Your Business. ProMontreal Entrepreneurs. Bringing ideas to life.

    21 min
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Success stories from startups, and words of business wisdom from ProMontreal Entrepreneurs, the Montreal-based mentor-driven accelerator, a program of Federation CJA.

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