Creativity and innovation need fuel. Today’s guest was part of Waterloo region's most successful and revolutionary Startups, Research in Motion. As employee 52, straight out of the University of Waterloo, Sassan was immediately surrounded by a sea of fellow innovators.

In this episode we dive into what it takes to be creative and innovative. What enables companies to not only make a difference but turn the world on its head. We also learn what it takes as an employee and team player to be part of something so incredible.

Our guest, Sassan Sanei, is a remarkable and intriguing person, and this episode will not only get you thinking, but it will also inspire you.

A big focus of ours is …. community. In our minds, community, or the lack of it, is at the center of most of the Mental Health issues. You’ll notice we keep bringing it up. It is also core to our mission for the Founders Musicians Lab.

Key figures that help drive community building are our local media personalities, and you’ll notice we have featured a fair number. This episode features Neil Aitcheson, one of the regions greatest community boosters and a voice you can’t help but recognize if you are from the region.

This episode is a lesson in authenticity, commitment to self, and community. Oh, and the value of laughter.

A big focus of ours is …. community. In our minds, community, or the lack of it, is at the center of most of the Mental Health issues. You’ll notice we keep bringing it up. It is also core to our mission for the Founders Musicians Lab.

Key figures that help drive community building are our local media personalities, and you’ll notice we have featured a fair number. This episode features Neil Aitcheson, one of the regions greatest community boosters and a voice you can’t help but recognize if you are from the region.

This episode is a lesson in authenticity, commitment to self, and community. Oh, and the value of laughter.

Alan Quarry is a marketer, a leader, an historian and a teacher. Whenever you find yourself in his company, you can count on Alan’s remarkable ability to engage, entertain and educate. In this episode, that brilliance plays out beautifully. While we try to dig deep into what made Alan Quarry, he masterfully changes the subject to guide us, and you, into a lesson that is both enlightening and necessary, the lesson of Friction. He took us on a journey that had us deep in thought, high on laughter and craving in curiosity. We have no doubt that you will enjoy listening to Alan Quarry.

We are all built differently, some more than others. While we may have a lot in common, we don’t always think, feel or react the same way. It took a while, but today’s guest had to hit some troubling times before he realized why he was so different.

When you finally understand how and why you are different, it makes it easier to come to terms with how and why you need to act differently. That understanding leads to an evolved empathy that not only makes you a great partner and boss, but also a great visionary.

This episode is a lesson in self discovery, evolved empathy and how to design your life for the greatest success.

When you meet Angie Hill….you get Angie Hill! There is no pretense there. It’s true authenticity through and through.

She’s opinionated. She’s direct. She’s funny. She’s smart as hell. And she cares! Often, what you get on air isn’t what you get off air. Is it any wonder why she has survived an industry that has been rife with cuts and reinvention?

Finding your true self, committing to it and being your authentic you are powerful tools to staying grounded, finding success, and finding happiness. Especially during times of pure hell.

We can’t say enough about this amazing person, Angie Hill.

The art of sales is as specialized and necessary as breathing when it comes to life. You’d think a teacher and musician wouldn’t know or need to know how to sell. You couldn’t be more mistaken.

Kevin learned the value of having people believe in him, which led to a confidence and a freedom to pursue whatever dream he had.

There are great lessons in parenthood, creative environments, rejection and perseverance in this episode. A truly inspirational and awe inspiring dude.

Jacqui Murphy has been instrumental in the successes of some of the fastest growing tech companies in North America. She joined PixStream when it had less than 40 employees and less than two years later it was sold to Cisco in what is deemed one of the largest technology acquisitions in Canadian history. She was a VC, a business instructor, an advisor and then joined a new company called Auvik Networks which quickly became one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America for three years running. Jacqui is now the co-founder of a new startup called Elderella, and we have no doubt this is going to be another home run.

It’s been a life of chaos, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.