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NEW EPISODE DROPPED! The comparison of Waterloo Region to Silicon Valley, the Future of X Initiative, the experiment that became the Corporate Innovation Program, and how the Waterloo Region has the potential to become a healthcare innovation hub - it's all here waiting for you in this episode! https://lnkd.in/eJ8AaDu ... Iain Klugman has spent the last 16 years bringing together government organizations, businesses, and talent to make Communitech an integral part of the Waterloo Region ecosystem. In this episode, he joins Alan Quarry to reminisce on his career of building Communitech to the intentionally collaborative and ambitious environment it is today. And if you have a moment, we'd love if you'd take a second to give us a 5-star review! Happy Monday!

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It’s the dream, right? Finding and breaking into untapped market. And yet so often, products or services are introduced into a market and they flop because the industry isn’t ready for them. So what’s the secret? What does successfully breaking into an untapped market actually look like? How do you do it? How do you bring a product to market that the market is ready to adopt right away?... Well, you ask the market. What sets @bridgitsolutions apart from so many other companies, and what has made them so successful, is that they went to their customers first. Before they ever had a business plan or a product - before they ever wrote a single line of code - they hit the pavement. @laurenn.lake (Bridgit COO) and @mallorie.brodie (Bridgit CEO) would pop by construction sites early in the morning all over the city, with coffee and donuts and they talked to the people that would be consumers of their product. They spent their first 6 months in business understanding the needs, building simple prototypes and validating those with people before actually investing and building the real product. And that became Bridgit’s methodology - step by step, one piece at a time, following the research and the needs of those they were serving. In this episode, Lauren goes into detail about the steps that Bridgit took in order to find a gap and identify the challenges within that gap, and how they turned their research into an incredible product used by over 150 customers across North America. Bridgit strives to revolutionize the way the construction industry functions, and that’s exactly what they’re doing. Listen on your favourite platform or click the link in our bio! . . . . . #bridgitsolutions #constructionindustry #untappedmarket #marketingstrategy #marketresearch #customerinsights #podcasting #newpodcast #womenintech #womeninbusiness #womeninconstruction #technologyinnovation #innovationthatexcites #acceleratorcentre #accelerator #incubator #newpodcastalert #podcast #itunes

Franchise Expansion... Opportunities for Entrepreneurs... In this week’s brand new episode, Alan Quarry sits down with Dani Bazely, Director of Marketing for Driverseat, as they discuss the innovative, award-winning business. Driverseat’s franchise-based business model focuses on chauffeur and shuttle assistance, with opportunities for specialized services from accessible transport to tours across wine regions.... With low start-up costs, franchise owners range from young professionals and entrepreneurs to business owners looking to diversify their profile and add another income stream. The entrepreneurial opportunities that come from being a Driverseat franchisee are vast, as the business is scalable and has the potential to grow and expand in an ever-changing industry. Dani discusses some of the marketing strategies coming into play for Driverseat in 2020. She also discusses the hurdles Driverseat has faced with their expansion from Kitchener, Ontario, to across Canada and the United States. LISTEN here or anywhere you listen to podasts: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/driverseat-director-of-mar

What does successfully breaking into an untapped market actually look like? How do you release a product that the market is ready to adopt right away? You ask the market. In this episode, Lauren Lake goes into detail about the steps that Bridgit took to identify gaps and challenges within a market, and how they turned their research into an incredible product used by over 150 customers across North America. ... Catch the full episode at on our site or wherever you get your podcasts! https://aqblogandgrill.com//how-bridgit-founders-used-cust #customerinsights #customerresearch #consumerinsights #productdevelopment #productstrategy #productmarketfit #startupfounder #startupadvice #marketresearch #bridgit

Glen Drummond proposes that Artificial Intelligence lacks one seriously impactful component - Empathy. "Organizations do not have a natural capacity for empathy but empathy is a natural expectation of customers and the broader public." This clip is from a larger discussion with Glen, which can be viewed at www.aqblogandgrill.com... Be sure to subscribe to the show on Youtube or wherever you get your Podcasts! www.aqblogandgrill.com/subscribe

...which we're super excited for! Because it means a BRAND NEW EPISODE of AQ's Blog & Grill! Tomorrow... the COO of Bridgit talks with Alan Quarry and it's a goodie! Catch up on previous episodes here or on your favourite listening app! http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/

NEW EPISODE with Lauren Lake, COO of Bridgit It’s the dream, right? Finding and breaking into untapped market. And yet so often, products or services are introduced into a market and they flop because the industry isn’t ready for them. So what’s the secret?... In this week's episode of AQ's Blog & Grill, Lauren chats with Alan Quarry about the 'secret' behind Bridgit's success, and how the were able to enter a technologically untouched marketplace and be welcomed right away. You seriously won't want to miss it. LISTEN HERE: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/how-bridgit-founders-used- ...or on your favourite listening app!

The Value of a Startup Supercluster through David Carter of Hamilton's Innovation Factory.

But, legit. This made me chuckle this morning! And it could not be more true!!!

Are you a startup in Hamilton? Or a startup working in Life Sciences? Here's how you can get some help for your business! Watch the full interview with Innovation Factory Hamilton's David Carter on our website: www.aqblogandgrill.com Or subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast platforms.... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CrwYdd9R00GVfdkTDTwsV Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com//po/aqs-blog-grill/id1099990480 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/ #lifesciences #digitalhealth #healthstartup #lifesciencestartup #startupadvice #lifescience #digitalhealthcare #healthtech #medtech #healthinnovation #hamilton #hamiltoninnovation #incubators #accelerators #startupfunding

"Innovation Factory Accelerates Success" - who doesn't want that!? Incubators and accelerators, like Hamilton's Innovation Factory, are the not so hidden gem that entrepreneurs need to know about. In this week's episode, David Carter and Alan Quarry discuss the difference between an accelerator and an incubator, why Canada isn't producing enough "mythical unicorns," and how regional innovation centers need to work together to increase the success rates of startups. The City ...of Hamilton, often known for its Life Sciences presence, has a significant amount of innovation coming through that stream. But often, when academics and entrepreneurs come up with a brilliant new business idea, they end up thinking one of two ways: "I have this amazing product, so I'll post about it and everyone will buy it. #success"; OR "I have this amazing product, but there are about 85 overwhelming steps between this point and having a viable go to market strategy. I don't know where to start." Whether it's help with marketing strategies, boosting sales, finding investors or raising capital, the Innovation Factory fills in those gaps with workshops, programming and 1-on-1 mentoring. ESPECIALLY during times like these, when entrepreneurs could feel like there’s nowhere to turn Innovation Factory is still offering virtual events and continued mentoring and support via phone or email. http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/hamiltons-innovation-facto

"Happiness is NOT the absence of negative emotions" - Jennifer Moss It's about rebounding. It's about resiliency. It's about finding gratitude when it feels like there's nothing to be grateful for. Happiness is about so much more than feeling joyful all the time. ... In this episode of AQ's Blog & Grill, titled Finding Your Way Through Uncertainty and Coming Out Stronger, Jennifer and Alan Quarry hit on several ways in which we can maintain a level of happiness through even the darkest of times. Curating your level of media intake and practicing gratitude are just a few of the suggestions, but the discussion goes far beyond our current circumstance. Tune in now to hear this short and extremely timely and relevant conversation on happiness. http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/finding-your-way-through-u

DID YOU KNOW : 90% of B2B purchases are influenced by word of mouth. And yet fewer than 1% of companies have an actual word of mouth strategy. Jay Baer knows that one of the best ways to grow a business is for your customers to do it for you. And we all know word of mouth is important, and we want our customers to be raving about us - of course! But what does that look like? Where do you start? How do you get there? So in this episode of AQ's Blog & Grill, Jay shares with A...lan Quarry how and where to start when building your word of mouth strategy. He gives direct examples that businesses are using today, and goes in depth in his explanations of the five types of Talk Triggers: Talkable Generosity, Talkable Speed, Talkable Usefulness, Talkable Empathy and Talkable Attitude. The idea here ultimately is for your current customers to recruit the next generation of customers on your behalf. And if you are dying to dig deeper into this topic, pick up Jay’s latest book, Talk Triggers, and if you don’t absolutely love it he'll buy you any other book of your choosing! That's a Talk Trigger right there! LISTEN HERE: https://tinyurl.com/vuxlkxo

Bright and early tomorrow morning will be a brand new episode of AQ's Blog & Grill with the one and only Jay Baer and Alan Quarry as they talk about How to Build a Word of Mouth Strategy and what Talk Triggers really mean - all with beautifully explained examples! Subscribe now so you don't miss it, and catch up on some of our previous episodes! http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/

Is it possible to manage it all? A demanding career, busy children at home, maintaining friendships and relationships...is the elusive 'work-life' balance actually achievable? Maybe. ... In this week's episode of AQ's Blog & Grill, Melissa Melnychuk - VP of Business Development for the KW Titans gives her advice on managing ALL the things - and how sometimes it's ok to just float. Not sink, not swim...but float. *listen here: https://tinyurl.com/tozcdty or search 'AQs Blog & Grill' anywhere you get your podcasts* Alan Quarry

Balancing it All From Career to #MomLife and Everything in between From her demanding and successful career in sports marketing as the VP of Business Development for the KW Titans to balancing being a single mom to three busy children, Melissa Melnychuk has mastered the art of balancing it all. And it’s not all spreadsheets and Pinterest and spreading yourself so thin that you can barely function, like you may think. Instead Melissa takes the approach that sometimes it’s ...ok to float. From the moment Melissa came on board with the KW Titans, her goal, and the goal of her team, has been to create an incredible game day experience for the Titans fans and to impact the community in the biggest ways possible. The minute someone decides to go to a game and they leave their home and lock their door until the moment they walk back through the door when they get home from the game, Melissa wants that person to have an incredible and memorable experience. An experience that will keep them coming back. Getting the community to love and buy into the team is how they’re able to impact and do so much good in Waterloo Region. As a single mom, who has struggled through difficult months herself, several of the charities that the KW Titans choose to support are near and dear to her heart. Through the community’s support of the Titans, already this year, they’ve been able to impact 14 local charities in the first 7 games of the season. If you’ve not been out to a Titan’s game yet or if you have been debating whether it’s worth it it is. *listen here: https://tinyurl.com/tozcdty or search 'AQs Blog & Grill' anywhere you get your podcasts* Alan Quarry

This startup is making BIG waves right now in the eye of the COVID-19 virus storm. Living in Canada, air pollution isn't something that we ever really think about, but for the majority of the world, it's a huge concern. What began as a leisurely trip to China has turned into a growing global brand that is making an incredible impact worldwide. O2 Canada has truly innovated the face mask through intense research and testing by creating a product with top notch functionality a...nd unprecedented aesthetic ability. This mask is being used for airline travel and city pollution, to natural disasters and global epidemics. O2 Canada’s mandate is to help people breathe clean air. As CEO of the company, Peter Whitby Jr. makes sure this mandate is at the forefront of everything they do. In this interview, Peter and Alan Quarry discuss the O2 line of products, what sets their premium face masks apart, and how they’ve grown with the help of the Accelerator Centre and Ontario Government. He shares how they are keeping up with demand as the COVID-19 Virus continues to spread, and how this global epidemic has both helped and challenged their business. Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/tul6h9e

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You may just have the best content in the world, but if your user experience isn’t top notch, the content may as well have been written by a seahorse. In this episode of AQ's Blog & Grill, Randy Frisch of Uberflip describes the key difference between content marketing and content experience. He explains how we can get stuck in this loop of pumping out amazing content content that is actually attracting our ideal customer and demographic and yet we’re not seeing the sales ...and conversions one would expect. The assumption then, pump out more great content, right?! Wrong. The content isn’t the issue. The content was likely never the issue. Listen in to hear how your user experience may be the key to boosting those customer relationships, increasing demand and bringing in the revenue that you’ve been fumbling around looking for. There’s so much more that went down in this episode, and some awesome examples and tangible takeaways. You don’t want to miss it. *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or search 'AQs Blog & Grill' anywhere you get your podcasts* Alan Quarry

Jennifer Moss has many accolades she’s an author, an international speaker, a columnist for the CBC, a contributor to Harvard Business Review and a member of the UN Global Happiness Council committee, just to name a few. When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that ‘Burnout’ was a workplace issue, and that it was our own problem to ‘treat’ and solve, they didn’t quite get it right. Sure, doing more yoga, making time for self care, implementing breathing technique...s and generally ‘finding your zen’ are all great tools to deal with your burnout but the idea that WE, as employees, need to manage this at all is pretty backwards. Hearing Jennifer and Alan Quarry talk about Happiness, and what that word really means might surprise you. Spoiler alert: Happiness isn’t about being happy all the time or putting on a fake smile until we eventually ‘feel happy’. So, what does it mean? Listen in as Jennifer explains what Happiness actually means, and how it’s translated into the workplace. And as a leader, how important it is to limit and help manage stress, in order to foster innovation and remain competitive. And the shifts might be really simple, you just don’t know what questions to ask! Plasticity *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or search 'AQs Blog & Grill" anywhere you get your podcasts*

We went to the vault today, for this #TBT episode with Jennifer Gough of Minds Eye Studio Art Gallery and Yoga Studio. If you've never heard this episode before, or if you could use a refresher, listen in as entrepreneur and professional artist, Jennifer Gough speaks with Alan Quarry about finding her purpose in her art and how she completely changed her career to follow her passion. Check it out, share your thoughts, and be sure to follow Jennifer's evolution of entrepreneu...rship by following her Gallery and Yoga Studio page! http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/tbt-episode-stepping-out-a

He didn’t get lucky. He isn’t an investment psychic. And he doesn’t possess any fancy or magical ability to predict which businesses are going to take off and which won’t. He tries things. He jumps at opportunities and he FAILS. Over and over, he’s failed.... And with each missed opportunity though, he’s perfected his formula for failure fail often, fail fast, fail cheap. Jim Estill has had his hand in the business world, crushing it as an entrepreneur, for as long as most people in the business world can remember. Jim is an engineer, a philanthropist, the president and CEO of not one but TWO companies currently, a humanitarian, an author, a creator, an innovator and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, this new idea of the ‘mature entrepreneur’ is something that Jim and Alan touch on in the second half of this episode. Alan and Jim cover so much ground in this informative episode. From working dinners with Steve Jobs, sitting on the RIM/BlackBerry board and helping them go public, to tangible and helpful business tips that will hit home for any business owner, no matter what stage of the journey you’re in, this episode is sure to leave you inspired and satisfied. Jim shares insights into how he’s always been able to niche, no matter what industry he’s working in. He explains exactly where ShipperBee came from - ‘The Power of While’ what can you do WHILE you’re doing something else. And his tried and true recipe on how to fail Fail often, fail fast, and fail cheap. *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or search 'AQs Blog & Grill" anywhere you get your podcasts* Danby

What kind of human do you feel like being in the future? Lindsay Coulter So often, in life, we think of success a certain way. What career we end up in, what home we own, what cars we drive all seem rather important when someone asks you to think about your future. But Lindsay took us down a very different road in this episode. Join us as Lindsay of Lindsay Coulter Photography and Alan sit down and discusswelleverything, basically! From owning a Yoga business in univer...sity to struggling to find a co-op placement as a geographer. Learning how to work her network and trusting herself enough to head down an entirely new career path. Lindsay tells us how she found herself in photography (somewhere she never thought she’d be), some of the most inspiring people in her life, her brand new podcast 'Drink the Coffee, Do the Work' and Roger! (yep, even the bulldog gets a bit of spotlight!) Lindsay is an Entrepreneur Extraordinaire, as Alan so eloquently deems her, and her life experience in fascinating. She is a person who takes things as they come, runs with the things she loves and that work, and let’s the failures be a stepping stone to the next ‘thing’. Always moving forward, always learning, and never losing sight of who you want to be. And we even get a sneak into what’s next for Lindsay Coulter! Listen in and you’re sure to leave feeling completely inspired! (And possibly wanting to buy Hawaiian shirts for your dog. Orwanting to buy a dog to then buy Hawaiian shirts for.) *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or search 'AQs Blog & Grill' anywhere you get your podcasts*

If you bend to the will of the world, you won’t innovate Kurtis McBride When the news hit the press last week that Miovision had secured $120-million in funding from Telus, we knew we had to track Kurtis down to hear what this investment means for him and his team at the urban tech company. In essence, when Miovision hits the traffic stops of busy cities the world will eventually feel that shift from physical vehicle congestion and overall safety to fuel emission impacts ...and climate change as a whole. Miovision has the ability to positively affect the carbon footprint of cities globally. YA! That’s huge! You’re intrigued we know you are. So listen in as McBride explains how Miovision came to be, and why he often uses the Italian Job to explain their proprietary technology. Smart cities, here we come! *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or search 'AQs Blog & Grill' anywhere you get your podcasts* Alan Quarry

Positioning. And cake pops! What is positioning? Is it still important in this day and age? The simple answer - Absolutely.... But why? Find out as April Dunford chats with Alan about some of the key points found in her new book, #ObviouslyAwesome and imparts her many years of positioning wisdom on to us in this episode. Positioning defines how your product is the best in the world at delivering something that a well-defined set of customers cares a lot about - April Dunford *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or search 'AQs Blog & Grill" anywhere you get your podcasts*

Mean People Suck, don’t they? Ya, ya they do. Listen in to today’s episode with Marketing Insider Group’s awesome CEO Michael Brenner. Alan Quarry and Michael chat about everything from Champion Leadership to the LEGO brand, the kindness rule to the Pelaton scandal that went down just before the holidays. And the underlying theme that ties all these things together - empathy. If you can think and feel like the customer, you win. Michael’s new book explains how tapping into the customer from an empathetic perspective can change your business and, in turn, your life. *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts*

Heart Beats Hate is a movement. No religious, political or commercial affiliations. www.heartbeatshate.com

Charlene will always tell you to begin with the end in mind but what does that mean? Her new book, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail, explains just that. Also in this episode, Charlene and Alan Quarry discuss how culture is the true engine of an organization, and the importance of culture coming from the top down. They also discuss Charlene’s movement of creating disruptive leaders that will go out and create exponential change. *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts*

BRAND NEW, FRESH CONTENT, DROPS RIGHT NOW! In today’s episode, Alan Quarry chat’s with Lee Odden on the emerging concept of Influence Marketing in the B2B sector. We, as product consumers, devour tons of content every single day and influencers, in the social media realm, have become a part of daily life. But in the world of B2B, influencers are a fairly new trend. Listen in as Lee explains why influencer marketing can be so incredibly effective if done correctly, and how it... can ruin the public perception of a brand if done incorrectly. You won’t want to miss the amazing insight and practical applications in this episode! *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts*

Creating a Legacy of Serial Entrepreneurship & Startup Mentoring In this throwback episode, @carolleaman, CEO of @lifeataxonify and @alan.quarry 's entrepreneurial heroine, stops by to discuss her growing business and her path of serial entrepreneurship. She shares insights into her path of entrepreneurship, including the time she turned down a job with Google to acquire a startup. She also shares what she looks for in a startup when investing and the legacy she wishes to lea...ve behind. *listen anywhere you get your podcasts or click the link in our bio* . . . . . #throwbackepisode #waybackplayback #carolleaman #axonify #investingtips #investingstrategy #shiftyourmindset #mindset #serialentrepreneur #startupsuccess # #newepisode #newpodcast #aqblogandgrill

A guide to creating RIDICULOUSLY good content?!?! Uh, YES please! Ann Handley is a digital content BOSS. She’s a veteran in the industry and knows how to create and manage content in order to build relationships with organizations and individuals. She’s the Chief Content officer at MarketingProfs (google it it’s pretty awesome!), a columnist for Entrepreneur magazine, a Keynote speaker and a LinkedIn Influencer! ANNNND she wrote the bestselling book ‘Everybody Writes: Your... Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content’ a MUST READ if you’re working in the digital space. Ann provides tips to being a great storyteller, because in this day and age we’re all writers! She talks with Alan Quarry about writing being habitual rather than an art and shares practical tools and apps that she uses herself to help with writing! *link in bio to listen - or just search AQ's Blog & Grill anywhere you get your podcasts* . . . . . #podcasts #podcasting #marketingpodcast #spotify #podcastlife #podcaster #itunes #podcasters #entrepreneur #interview #motivation #newpodcast #podcastshow #applepodcast #applepodcasts #marketingmindset #marketers #startupsuccess #startups #contentcreation #entrepreneurship #everybodywrites #contentwriting #writebetter #storyteller #contentmarketer

In today's episode, Alan Quarry chats with long-time colleague and friend Glen Drummond about a potential, slippery slope of AI and other emerging, predictive technology. Empathy is an essential and defining human quality, says Glen. And, more than that, we’re hard-wired to respond to empathy. So, what happens when there’s a disconnect between what we expect to see happen, and what we experience? Lean in as Glen shares his insights into how to avoid AI and predictive tech...nologies evolving to deepen the gap, making corporations less empathetic, and how we can get ahead of it and program these technologies to do more corporate good. Listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ Or subscribe and catch it anywhere you listen to podcasts.

#TBT EPISODE ALERT! This week we interviewed the amazing April Dunford for a brand new episode dropping January 2020. So, in honour of that discussion (that you’ll have to tune in for) we thought it would be fun to rewind to 2016 and pull this episode from the vault. We hope you enjoy! In theory, everything is possible, April says. But I live in practice, and the road to theory has been washed out. She’s the CEO of @Sprint.ly, a marketing mentor and angel investor who s...tarted her hurricane of entrepreneurial activities by studying engineering. In this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill, April Dunford shares her experiences going from an engineer to a marketing genius. Alan Quarry and April discuss marketing strategy vs. tactics, creating the right metrics and shifting your mindset from selling to helping your customer buy. Becoming a stay-up isn’t an easy road, so April provides her top three marketing strategies start-ups should follow to find success. *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts* . . . . . #throwbackthursday #waybackplayback #aprildunford #publishedauthor #newbook #marketingstrategy #marketingtactics #shiftyourmindset #mindset #marketingmindset #startuptostayup #startupsuccess #engnieer #marketer #marketinggenius #newepisode #newpodcast #aqblogandgrill

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Today, we're 'Reinventing the Marketing Consulting Model' with Scott Gillum, the founder of Carbon Design. Scott has built consulting success around working differently. Lean. Efficient. Non-dependent. These are, says Scott, the keys to successfully navigating the future of work.... Scott shares key insights into working smarter - not harder - as he changes the consulting landscape. All Carbon Design projects focus on NEW. New staff. New ideas. New products. Learn more about the practical applications of the autonomy of talent, future of work, and more as Scott and Alan Quarry put meaning to buzzwords. *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts*

In the very first episode of our #TBT series we’re taking it back to a 2013 interview Garyvee himself. Listen in as the hardest working man in social media tells Alan Quarry about how he takes time to engage with his audience on social media and how content marketing is overflowing on the internet. Gary touches on his worries that young entrepreneurs think business is easy, the fairness of capitalism, how he built his brand, and how he is creating a scalable business out of t...he unscalable. Finally Gary describes his new book, Jab Jab Jab Right Hook and how boxing and social media are linked. Gary Vee is blowing up the internet right now this is one that you don’t want to miss! Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts! http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/content-marketing-isnt-eno #WineLibraryTV #AskGaryVee #VaynerMedia #VaynerRSE

PODCAST HAS DROPPED! *listen here: http://aqblogandgrill.libsyn.com/ or anywhere you get your podcasts* It's such a good one: Life Lessons from a Wise Guy... In this episode, Alan Quarry chats with Guy Kawasaki, the world’s Tech Marketing Guru, about his highly personal new book titled 'Wise Guy' letting us all in on his life lessons learned. The episode is full of laughter, banter and above all else - learning. Some great one liners, including gems like "Think of social media as Tinder versus eHarmony" are woven in as well Listen along as Guy shares about pursuing joy, NOT happiness and building a meaningful life.

We've got a new episode for you! *Well, actually it was recorded back in summer of 2018, but we've now got it loaded onto ALL the podcast apps so you can tune in anywhere! Spotify...Google Podcasts....you name it. Just search 'AQs Blog & Grill' and subscribe. In this episode Alan sits down to talk with Joseph Fung of Kiite. Having found success with his first startup right out of university, Joseph has been on the road of serial entrepreneurship ever since. ... Joseph shares some of the lessons he's learned along the way and the new business venture he has taken on, Kiite. The two discuss the changing landscape of the workforce and how technology can enable a new mode of employment. As well as how Kiite's sales-enabling technology is providing employees access to information on their own terms. Tune in and leave us your thoughts! http://www.aqblogandgrill.com//how-technology-is-enabling-

People will never forget how you made them feel. Be remembered for your kindness. It matters and it is changing the world. #HeartBeatsHate

Payday this weekend? Party next weekend. Now is the best time to buy your Stone Soup V tix !!! Proceeds to Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region. Stone Soup KW

Tony La Mantia, ICD.D joins Alan Quarry as they discuss the collaborative spirit that aids Waterloo EDC’s mission in assisting companies relocating or expanding in #WaterlooRegion. https://youtu.be/WPge2iL5TTo

"It's not your talent that makes you extraordinary: it is your empathy"

Innovation should be the oxygen in your organization - not a team on the outskirts. #innovation #business #strategy

This CEO donated 80% of his shares to a charitable trust controlled by his employees!! Amid the action packed #TrueNorth18 conference held by Communitech at LOT42 | Global Flex Campus; we chat with Tulip Retail CEO Ali Asaria. #socialgood #socialentrepreneur #companyculture #charity #givingback #business #entrepreneurship #retail #retailtechnology #technology #techforgood #conference #ceos #charitabletrusts

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Women-led companies averaged 10% greater revenue while raising less than half, on average, of what the men raised.

"I hope you're doing well ... "

Quick bite of @iainklugman sharing the inspiration behind @Communitech's #TrueNorth18 Visit http://www.aqblogandgrill.com for the full video #SocialGood #techforgood #waterloo #technology #socialinnovation

#5 -> You're invested in other people's success as much as your own.

A legendary story. A campaign that changed the history of advertising. https://buff.ly/2l8p356

Last year women founded only 5% of Canadian tech companies. That number should scare us all. Change is crucial. https://buff.ly/2t8AJZ5

Fresh off the grill! Interviews from Communitech's #TrueNorth18 conference featuring Iain Klugman, Tulip Retail's Ali Asaria and City of Waterloo Mayor Dave Jaworsky. Enjoy and don't forget to subscribe for more updates! >> http://www.aqblogandgrill.com/episodes/... #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #socialgood #techforgood #conference #leadership #business #community

Creating experiences, not products.

One of our favourites to listen to this Monday morning

How many of us spend or waste too much time in meetings that simply do not deliver value? https://buff.ly/2LmJtSQ

Nine questions for building self-awareness.

Micro-metrics, empathy in design, & team alignment

These questions will help you identify the type of competition that currently exposes you to the greatest existential threats. #BusinessStrategy #competitivestrategy #technology #leadership

Larry Smith the "career-whisperer" provides great advice. #CareerAdvice #success #business #entrepreneurship

You want to be a great #marketer? #Storytelling is the key. #contentmarketing #content #marketing

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