Phil Winters began his career trying to change the world. After leaving his work with community and political campaigns and a career in the solar industry he bought a farm with his wife and began to grow hops. Now he brews some of the best beer in Ontario at the family farm in Caledon through a brewery called Goodlot. Their tagline is farm-raised beer.

As Phil and his family try to make a positive dent in the beer world, they’re also promoting organic and local agriculture. On top of this, they’re doing it while challenging the big beer companies and carving a niche and home for themselves in the community. It’s a fun story.

A short solo episode to start the new year where host Greg Martin discusses his new Youtube channel and the start of a multi-part series on the experience of starting a new business.

There is lots to say and tell around owning a restaurant amid covid-19, this is the start of telling that story. In the episode he also talks about the art of storytelling and some of the inspiration for starting the series

Andrew Poje is a 3 time Canadian champion, 3 time world medalists and 2 time Olympian in ice dancing with his partner Kaitlyn Weaver. After spending decades in the figure skating world, he’s working towards a new career. A next step.

The two discuss how the emptiness Andrew was feeling made him decide he wanted to pursue a second career. Despite all the opportunities and doors that his past can offer him, there are still challenges in defining himself along this new path.

Andrew and Greg talk about what to do next, leaving a career and the opportunity new ideas and future aspirations can bring.

Being laid off from a job you love can be a tough. It especially hurts when it’s in the career field you’ve always wanted and dreamed about succeeding. It’s even worse when it happens twice.

In this episode, host Greg Martin talks with Dyonne Fashina about what she did after losing two corporate jobs in the interior design industry. She now owns and runs her own design firm called Denizens of Design, and in many ways the drive, inspiration and concept was driven out of losing her job.

In this episode, the two talk about what its like to work for a big firm versus your own firm in the design industry, they share stories about being laid off (Greg was laid off too in 2010) and the benefits and challenges of a job done on your own terms, your own way.

Social media began as a way to stay connected with our friends - but now is used to grow businesses, sell brands and sell people as brands.

Ariel Niu went to business school to study marketing. The field has lead her to the world of digital marketing, helping grow other brands while growing her own brand. Her goal - to grow enough of a following to make running her own person brand a full time job. Can she do it?

In this episode, host Greg Martin and Ariel talk about our relationship with social media and all the things it is good and bad for in our lives. The discussion focuses on Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and how Ariel has grown her following to tens of thousands of people in a short time.

How do you take the career path of an accountant and make it your own?

Shalini Dharna began her career in the way many accountants do, at a big firm. The problem was she didn’t like it enough to work in big firm audit her whole life. Today she runs her own business. Yes, it’s an accounting business but because she has made it her own, Shalini has the opportunity to work with and help many other small businesses and entrepreneurs every day.

In this episode, host Greg Martin and Shalini talk about what its like to love and hate your job, the ins and outs of the accounting world and how Shalini found the best place for her, as an accountant.

How do you know you’re in the right place, doing the right job, in the right city, hanging out with the right people - for you?

Luis Serrano thought he was on the path to having everything he wanted in life until he lost it all. Now he works with corporations around the world to facilitate team building, and he works with individuals as a life coach to help people find their “purpose”.

In this episode, host Greg Martin and Luis talk about why all the things we want coming out of university and in our 20s might not be the same forever.

How hard should we work? Is there a work-life balance we should strive to achieve or should the goal be to find work that we’re so passionate about we work all the time?

Ricky Rathore loves his job. He’s a real estate broker and a real estate lawyer and he manages a large team of real estate agents (90-100 agents). He works all the time, but loves it because of his passion for his company and his love for the job.

In this episode host Greg Martin and Ricky talk about why he loves his job, his philosophy on work, his goals and why he gets frustrated when people try to pull him away from what he loves (the job).

Paul Maxwell operates a concert venue in Waterloo, Ontario. His stage has been graced by bands like Matthew Good Band, The Tea Party, Bif Naked, Classified, Stars, Kiefer Sutherland, Sloan, Big Wreck, and even Nick Carter.

In this episode host Greg Martin and Paul discuss the feeling of having your favourite bands play our own stage and how that balances with the ups and downs of owning a business.