Podcasts by Owners Circle
Owner's Circle is dedicated to telling the stories of great family-owned businesses. This fun and informative interview-style podcast gives you a peek behind the scenes into a variety of interesting business stories from sectors including retail, agriculture, manufacturing and beyond. These entrepreneurs and leaders share with our listeners the key lessons and insights they have learnt over their careers.
Industry experts also make an appearance to share collective intelligence gathered in working with these family-owned businesses.
Further podcasts by Shawn Hass & Dustin Leniuk
Podcast on the topic Management
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David Bentall of Next Step Advisors - The Twists and Turns of Being in a Family Business from 2023-11-22T06:09:43
Giuseppe Caltabiano of NXGEN - Hire Character Rather Than Skill Sets from 2023-02-09T04:23
A pilot, city councillor, member of the Italian military and partner in NXGEN Payments, Giuseppe shares how he and his business partner, Tom Napitopili, built an international payment powerhouse...
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Giuseppe Caltabiano of NXGEN - Hire Character Rather Than Skill Sets from 2023-02-09T04:23
A pilot, city councillor, member of the Italian military and partner in NXGEN Payments, Giuseppe shares how he and his business partner, Tom Napitopili, built an international payment powerhouse...
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Jack&Laura Deheer - The Dutch Beauty&the Beast from 2022-06-28T15:07:30
Shawn gets the back story on Jack DeHeer’s time at The Lake Placid Olympic hockey tournament, as well as entertaining stories on how Jack’s wife, Laura, acted as his hard line agent. This story...
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Disney’s Doug Lipp - Imagineering Your Company from 2022-01-28T15:40:45
Shawn engages in a dynamic conversation with Doug Lipp the man responsible for running Disney University and launching Tokyo Disney. Doug's wisdom from inside one of the most creative, custome...
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Kevin Serfas - Don’t Be Afraid to Change from 2021-10-12T16:00
We get the skinny on how Serfas Farms has evolved over the past three generations. Kevin Serfas shares his thoughts on the future of farming and gives some background into the rationale for the...
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Joelle Faulkner - The Friendly Farming Financier from 2021-09-08T19:00
Find out how entrepreneur Joelle Faulkner of Area One Farms is partnering with medium size farm operations to ramp up their growth. See why her investors take an uncommonly patient and long ter...
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Edmonton Oilers Ken Hitchcock - Who You Are Matters More Than The Style You Play from 2021-05-21T14:57:46
Ken Hitchcock, the third-winningest coach in NHL history shares his valuable experiences having coached the Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues, and most re...
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Keith Hitchcock - Breakfast With a Side of Loyalty from 2021-04-09T16:00
Dylan Davies - An Iron Clad Family Business Established in 1898 from 2021-03-09T17:00
Kim Moody - The Entrepreneurs Advocate from 2020-12-10T17:00
Moulaye Niang - From No Shoes to the NCAA from 2020-10-09T17:21:09
From South Africa, Moulaye knew what it looked like to have nothing. Loving soccer, he always felt that he would remain loyal to the sport, that is, until he was ...
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Jeff Nielsen - Breaking the Mold Within the Feed Industry from 2020-09-09T16:00
While Jeff and his partner were working as nutritional consultants, they noticed a very specific need that their customers had, which wasn’t being filled within t...
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Justin Kittredge - Leveraging a Layoff Into a Celebrity Brand from 2020-08-09T16:00
Having worked for Reebok in his early career, Justin demonstrated the drive that it took to grow within the industry. However, when Adidas took over Reebok in 200...
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Mike Davis - A Fire Ignited This Great Family Business Founded On Integrity And Community from 2020-03-09T16:00
Lynn Thacker - Two Scientists Farming With Inspiration From The Crusades from 2020-02-07T20:23:37
In this episode we sit down with Lynn Thacker of LTAC Farms, a specialty crop producer from Bow Island, Alberta
In this episode, we talk about:
- Lynn’s business partner and w... Listen
Shaun Haney - From Feedlot Alley To The Studios Of Nashville from 2020-01-03T17:00
This episode we turn the microphone on Canada's leading Agriculture expert Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture.com.
In this episo...
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Stuart Johnson - Go To Work To Work from 2019-12-02T17:00
This episode we sit down with Stuart Johnson; past automotive dealership owner in Brooks Alberta.
In this episode we talk about:
- Best part of being in business; great custome... Listen
Adam Legge - Humans Are The New Horses from 2019-11-04T17:00
This episode we sat down with Adam Legge; author of the book Listen
Robb Bloos - Haircuts On The 50 Yard Line from 2019-10-01T14:28:47
This episode we sit down with Robb Bloos who was one of the founders of the Chatters Hair Salon and Tommy Gun’s Franchises.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How moving to a wh... Listen