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Back in Business
by Justin & Joel
We help entrepreneurs rise faster and stronger—as individuals—past their existing business struggles and previous failures. Hosts Justin Bertagnolli and Joel Magalnick speak with founders, subject matter experts, and mentors to move entrepreneurs beyond their daily struggles. You're not alone.
Episodes
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Episode 16: Ruthann Weeks – Creating a culture of safety and support
Sometimes our lived experiences drive us toward new career directions. That's what happened with Ruthann Weeks, whose unfortunate encounter with an office bully led to Harmony in the Workplace, a practice that helps organizations from startup to enterprise to governments make sure they provide a...
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Failure is just simply information
Two terms come to mind in this episode of Back in Business. One, mindfulness, you’re likely familiar with. Our guest April Prescott has built a practice of teaching mindfulness to entrepreneurs to help them through stressful times. The other is a practice called radical acceptance, which April...
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Episode 14: Jay Downton – Vulnerability is a strength
It's not too much for Jay Downton to admit that things are tough for his business right now. It's not always easy to look at revenue numbers for a restaurant chain for a pandemic. But when he's never seen the founder of his company happier than when he's giving his product away—to local homeless...
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Episode 13: Jay Downton – Passion for the Product
Maybe he's not been elected the mayor of Edmonton, but we may as well admit that serial entrepreneur, creator, and civic booster Jay Downton runs the place. But the co-founder of the Nation Network and president of Oodle Noodle constantly needs to remind himself to not bite off more than he can...
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Episode 12–Lindsay MacVean: What it means to be worthy
When Lindsay hit his low points, he questioned his relationships, his skills, his entire life. What got him to truly find his way back up was to step back and fill in the gaps: in his learning and skillset, in rebuilding his family, in finding an environment where he could thrive. In part 2 of…
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Episode 11: Lindsay MacVean – Lessons Learned
Lindsay MacVean has done a lot of things in a lot of different parts of the world—oftentimes as the result of past failures. But each time he's dusted himself off, worked to repair his relationships and himself, and apply the lessons he learned from his last effort to his next one.
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Episode 10: Amir Reshef and Mike O'Connor of DealCloser
Amir Reshef and Mike O'Connor of Edmonton-based startup DealCloser know firsthand that building a startup isn't easy. They've faced sometimes monumental challenges in achieving the success they have today, but they acknowledge that they're still on that journey.
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Episode 9: Lilly Wang on Resilience
You have to focus on you. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a musician, or a public speaker like Lilly, putting effort into understanding who you are, how you continue to strengthen yourself, that’s what makes you ready to improve the world
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Episode 8: Mike Zouhri on Mentorship
As Mike Zouhri has built his startup Pain Worth, he has turned to mentors both in his immediate circle and on the outer edges of his network. Mentors, he says, have helped him gain clarity on his product offerings he's developed as well as the process of building the business itself. Also...
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Lilly Wang — Every day is a state of possibility
Host Joel Magalnick speaks with business coach Lilly Wang about how using quantum theory in decision-making can make the difference between success and failure.
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Mike Zouhri - Ask for Help
Since high school, Mike Zouhri has founded and participated in a number of startups. He’s spent the past year building Pain Worth, which helps anyone who’s suffered an accident reach a reasonable settlement. The best practices Mike has brought to Pain Worth come from the successes and failures of...
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All woke up and no place to go
Starring Dave Bellous in part 2 of 2. After more than two decades of showing up at the same office for work every day, getting a handle on why he needed to roll out of bed in the morning proved to be a challenge for Dave. He needed to separate himself from his Yellow Pencil identity and reinvent...
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And then there were three
Back in Business cohost Joel Magalnick started and shut down two startups—one that fizzled, another that exploded—but he felt more relief than grief. The hard one was the 90-year-old media company that he had to wind down after a dozen years on the job. He talks about his loss of identity and how...
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When you’re reading books about burnout…
Starring Dave Bellous in part 1 of 2. Twenty years is a long time to spend doing anything—especially if you’ve been a serial entrepreneur your entire life. So when you put that much effort into building a major digital agency, you may at some point realize you’re no longer the best person to run...
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What makes an entrepreneur?
Starring Andy Lucardie. Who can consider themselves an entrepreneur? Is it a mindset? A way of life? What’s the upside of the hard work devoted to build a sustainable business in the age of the Instagram influencers who make lightning-quick millions? Andy and Justin discuss sweat equity,...
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From Alberta to the coast—and back
Back in Business co-host Justin Bertagnolli knows a thing or two about the struggle to reemerge from the pain of a failed startup—he’s been there more than once. To introduce the series, Justin talks with his co-host Joel Magalnick about his successes and challenges not just in the businesses he...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We help entrepreneurs rise faster and stronger—as individuals—past their existing business struggles and previous failures. Hosts Justin Bertagnolli and Joel Magalnick speak with founders, subject matter experts, and mentors to move entrepreneurs beyond their daily struggles. You're not alone.
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We help entrepreneurs rise faster and stronger—as individuals—past their existing business struggles and previous failures. Hosts Justin Bertagnolli and Joel Magalnick speak with founders, subject matter experts, and mentors to move entrepreneurs beyond their daily struggles. You're not alone.
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