Boiling Point Podcast

IN THIS EPISODE:  Kevin's main project is Hyasynth Bio. A startup focused on opening up the potential of cannabis-derived medicine, by replacing plant growth with engineered microorganisms. Kevin chats with Greg and Dave about his company, and explains the process of producing cannabinoids with yeast instead of growing plants, a manufacturing process which has been around sine the 1970's. Kevin shares his experiences as an entrepreneur in this sector and how Hyasynth differentiates itself from other cannabis business in the industry. BIO: Kevin Chen is the CEO and cofounder of Hyasynth, a company that is focused on producing cannabinoids, the active compounds in Cannabis, by using engineered yeast instead of growing plants. With a background in biochemistry, he has switched into a business role at Hyasynth when he started the company in 2014. He is passionate about all kinds of technology development, startups and also community development as a volunteer and director of his local makerspace.  Lea

IN THIS EPISODE:  Dhirendra explains to Greg and Dave his move to Canada at a young age, and how he joined the University of New Brunswick as a teacher with a vision to promote a bright future for entrepreneurs. Dr. Dhirendra Shukla discusses how he began courses at the University and some of the challenges he had to overcome.  Dhirendra also discusses his accomplishments and awards that came from his dedication to the educational system of New Brunswick. Listen to this episode as Dhirendra explain his passion for entrepreneurship, innovation and how he uses it to inspire his students. BIO: Dr. Dhirendra Shukla is a Professor of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Passionate about entrepreneurship, design, engineering, innovation and leadership, Dhirendra ignites the same passion in others through his teachings at UNB. Dhirendra Shukla received an award from UNB in 2014 as the "Most Entrepreneurial Post-Secondary Institution of the Year". M

IN THIS EPISODE: Rose discusses with Greg and Dave how she founded Leonty3C.com, a Canadian firm that helps people shift into thrive. Rose talks about her adventure in finding her passion for music and states how music, communications and math are all integrated. She talks about how she moved into project advisory and how she wanted to empower teams to learn how to work together better. When Rose moved to New Brunswick, she shifted into the workshops and professional developments where she has taught over 15,000 people. Listen in on this episode to hear Rose talk about her upcoming workshop events, the multi million dollar projects she has worked on and how she plans on continuing to make an impact on empowering teams. BIO:  Born and raised in Vancouver, BC, she has worked through Canada and in 2009, moved her office and production studio to the spectacular Fundy Isles region in New Brunswick. As the daughter of a WWII survivor, she began her career at a young age so to take care of herself and her

IN THIS EPISODE: Jenna discusses with Greg and Dave how she created the name Pickle Planet, and the importance of bringing a community together. Jenna explains the meaning behind Project Nice List and how she spreads kindness and positivity during the Christmas season. She also spoke about the kindness challenges that she has created through her social media platforms that challenges people to do a simple task each day for 30 days that creates a positive impact for people to enjoy during the holidays. Listen in on this episode to hear Jenna Morton chat with Greg and Dave about how she plans to continuously spread kindness with Pickle Planet and Project Nice List. BIO: Jenna Morton launched her platform Pickle Planet in 2016 in the Greater Moncton Area, with a mission to connect parents together. She set out with a goal in mind to start up Project Nice List by cutting through the noise of Christmas and reconnect with simply spreading kindness through the season. Jenna continuously strives to send po

IN THIS EPISODE: Greg and Dave interview Craig Kielburger, one of the Co-Founders of WE Day. Greg and Dave bring special guests Kaiya Hemmings and Liam Vale onto the show to ask Craig Kielburger some questions about the WE Day event. Craig talks about what inspired him to start WE Day and discussed how WE Day has grown into what it is, and how it is continuing to grow while making a positive impact on the world. Listen in on this episode to hear Craig Kielburger further discuss to Greg, Dave, Liam and Kaiya about the amazing WE Day event and the difference it creates to make the world a better place. BIO: Craig Kielburger alongside with his brother Marc Kielburger are the Co-Founders of WE Day, which is an organization for kids to help change the world with a positive impact. They set out on a bold mission over 20 years ago to work with developing communities to free children and their families from poverty and exploitation.  Craig and Marc have continued to create this positive impact for the worl

THIS EPISODE: Greg explains to Dave how he met Walter in West Bronx in New York at the  Andrew Friedman Home at a social venture event for entrepreneurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Freedman_Home . Walter explains how important it is to help others with an incarcerated past and help them change their habits and embrace entrepreneurship.  His business, Pen & Pistol, started as a leather craft company, founded by Ralphy Dominguez, who was formerly incarcerated and wanted to reinvent himself. He and his partner Ralphy did this by building a business from the leather craft skill Ralphy learned in prison.  BIO: Walter Escobar, operates his business with his partner Ralphy Dominguez in West Bronx in New York. Ralphy left prison with nothing but a new skill and a powerful yearning for the dignity that comes from building a business. Today, Walter, Ralphy and team hand make minimal leather accessories like wallets, cardholders, bracelets, belts, etc. Their products are made from repurposed leather that

IN THIS EPISODE: Greg and Dave interview Matt Webber, the voice of the introduction to The Boiling Point as well as the master of Post Production behind 150 episodes. Greg met Matt in Halifax when both of them returned to the Maritimes, Matt let it be known that he was willing to work for free to learn about film so Greg took him in and made him his executive assistant for a year. They went together to MIPCOM and Real Screen. He also helped on the series Kardinal Sinners. Matt talks about running a computer store, studied journalism and now operates a restaurant/pub outside Halifax called Edible Matters. They laugh about the great time the three of them had producing 150 episodes. BIO: Matt is Co-owner of Edible Matters with his father Ed in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia since 2012. He is also the famous former Producer of the Boiling Point Podcast for 150 episodes. He was a Co-owner of the Flying Cow, a restaurant publication started in 2006. Matt has also been a Licensed Real Estate agent since

Bio:  Dana is a lifelong learner and radical doer with a passion for bridging the skills gap between education and industry. He combined his interests in social entrepreneurship, education technology, and HR to set himself on a path to improve education and recruitment systems. Dana launched Riipen, an online educational platform that enables schools to provide meaningful project-based experiential learning at scale. This Episode: A first on The Boiling Point, Dave and Greg used Facebook Live. Their guest, Dana Stephenson from Vancouver, B.C., chats about his path to his current business. Riipen is a company that is currently helping students access real world education for schools across America . Dana speaks about how many schools are being added. He also describes his transition from an entrepeneurship class in high school to building a company helping students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Guillaume explains to Dave and Greg about Pixelis, as well as B-Corp being innovative with experimenting, creating and trying new things,  creating a compelling message for large companies. Guillaume talks about "Brands" being branding agencies and innovation labs and how he brings both strategies together. He shares that the B-Corp movement is very new in France compared to the United States and how they are working with other B-Corps to try to create legal status in France. Listen in on this episode of the Boiling Point to hear about Guillaume De Vesvrotte's experiences with Pixelis and B-Corps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Owning an electrical business has taken Andy out of the field and into a management position in his electrical business. Although his comfort level was more suited for the field, he learned to adapt and embrace the role as an "outside leader". This shows itself as a new challenge everyday having him shifting gears, adapting and growing to suit each of these new challenges as they present themselves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is Jimmy? Jimmy built a new town called Kalu Yala in Panama. Raised in real estate finance and educated in marketing, Jimmy has since come to spend his time working to change higher education and incubate start-ups off-the-grid. The goal of his town Kalu Yala is to answer the question "What would a sustainable world look like?" In this episode: Greg and Dave talk about the Boiling Point Patreon. Subscribe and donate The Boiling Point follows up with our last episode about Kalu Yala. This time we were able to get in contact with Jimmy after some plumbing difficulties he faced on his end of the line. Jimmy shares about the new town he is building in Panama called Kalu Yala, which is a fully sustainable town that tries to prove that humanity can fit into nature without harming it. Greg shares his incredible experience staying at Kalu Yala, and how inspired he was by Jimmy’s triple bottom line philosophy that he implements into Kalu Yala, which isn’t just a town but also his business. Jimmy shares

Who is Jimmy? Jimmy built a new town called Kalu Yala in Panama. Raised in real estate finance and educated in marketing, Jimmy has since come to spend his time working to change higher education and incubate start-ups off-the-grid. The goal of his town Kalu Yala is to answer the question "What would a sustainable world look like?" In this episode: Dave and Greg shares that the Boiling Point has officially opened up a Patreon account to help raise revenue to keep the Boiling Point thriving. Greg shares how he got the chance to meet Jimmy Stice in his town called Kalu Yala. Greg was invited to Kalu Yala by his friend Yarrow Kraner where he got the opportunity to network with international thought-leaders. The Boiling Point hosts realize that they had made a mistake with the dates and that today wasn’t even the date Jimmy was booked to come on. Greg then decides to share his experiences travelling around the world in the last ten months to places such as Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Chicago, Panama

About Jordan: Jordan Kyriakidis is co-founder and CEO of QRA Corp. An accomplished scientist with numerous publications, Jordan created the initial algorithms powering the QVtrace engine and has successively taken fundamental research out of the university laboratory and developed it into compelling and necessary engineering tools. Jordan is most proud of the culture and team at QRA. He has recruited some of the top technical and business talent in order to collectively execute the strategic vision. QRA is now an emerging leader in design verification technology - tools for analyzing complex systems and requirements at their most crucial stages of development.  Learn more about QRA at http://qracorp.com In this episode: Jordan explains to Dave and Greg about what his company QRA Corp exactly does, which involves applying his backgrounds in quantum physics to designing complex technological systems. He shares how many companies create problems for themselves when building any advanced piece of techn

About Nicole Leblanc: Nicole LeBlanc joined BDC Capital in 2014 as Associate Director, Strategic Investments and Partnerships. In this position, she actively manages the BDC convertible note program and associated investment portfolio. Before joining BDC Capital, Nicole was Director of Finance for New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) where she played a central role in their investment activities, negotiations and business development, and oversaw their internal and external reporting.  In this episode: Greg and Dave talk about the booth… again. But this time they have a new booth! A new recording studio! Nicole calls in to the Boiling Point from Kitchener-Waterloo to talk with our hosts at the Boiling Point. Nicole shares her “sixty-second pitch” about herself and her involvement with BDC Capital in Toronto, Ontario. She talks about her engagement to get more young women involved in the financial and technological industry that is traditionally more male dominated. Nicole shares how Kaiya He

About Corey Blake: Corey Blake is the founder and CEO of Round Table Companies (RTC), an 11 year old creative agency using storytelling to drive personal and organizational identity shift, culture change, and dynamic marketing. Corey was a professional actor in Los Angeles prior to starting RTC and starred in a Mountain Dew Super Bowl ad. He is a frequent keynote speaker and facilitator. Corey has studied at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and the Stagen Leadership Academy, is a sponsor of Conscious Capitalism, and is the creator of the Vulnerability is Sexygame and movement. In this episode: Greg shares how he originally meet Corey in Philadelphia at the Social Venture Network Conference. Corey explains his work trying to change the culture of business and marketing through the power of story-telling. He then shares with our hosts his progression from being a paid commercial actor in Hollywood to becoming a sought out business partner who helps companies change their vision towards socially re

About Jason Martin: Jason Martin’s toolbox of skills, Red Seal certifications and experience collided with his entrepreneurial itch when he acquired New Brunswick’s only private training facility exclusively for welding, Ready Arc Training & Testing, in 2013. As president, Jason lives by his mantra of “consistent and steady improvement”. From changing locations and obtaining official recognition from the government to updating the curriculum and launching digital services for industry clients, Ready Arc has come a long way in 3 years – and continues to gain momentum with even more projects in development at this very moment.  Besides running the day to day at Ready Arc, Jason continuously pursues additional training and also works on custom welding projects for notable clients and architects in and around Saint John. His work has even been featured on “Real Houses of…” on the W Network.   In this episode: Jason returns to the Boiling Point after technical difficulties on the last time he came on the

Introducing Steve Beauschesne Steve Beauchesne is the co-founder of Beau’s All Natural, a family run, employee owned and totally independent Canadian craft brewery. Since its start-up in 2006, Beau’s has won more than 85 national and international awards for beer-making, marketing and packaging design, sustainability and business practices, and has raised more than $1 million for charity, community and independent arts. Steve is Vice Chair of the Ontario Craft Brewers Association, and a frequent presenter at craft brewing, culinary, and sustainability seminars and events. Steve was selected for the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce “Top Forty under 40” in 2015, and in 2013 Steve was recognized by the United Way with a Community Builder of the Year Award. In this episode: Greg and Dave go over how Steve looks like Greg’s doppelganger. Steve goes over his journey of becoming a B-corp. Greg talks about how Steve’s marketing budget is almost nothing because of the positive views surrounding his business becau

About Henry Cross: He joined Hosh Yogain 2011 as a teacher and Program Director. And since 2013, he founded and expanded programming for the organization with Hosh Kids and Hosh Seniors.  From 2014 to 2016, he participated in a philanthropic role by expanding the programming, policy, and public advocacy efforts of theSonima Foundation as Community Relations Director. Henry’s work has been featured by the Huffington Post, Boston Yoga Magazine, Elephant Journal, Blog Talk Radio, The NYC Social Innovation Festival, Social Venture Institute, and multiple Brooklyn and Queens newspapers. In 2015, Henry was selected as an org business fellow and awarded Top 40 Under 40 Nonprofit Rising Starand Innovation Entrepreneur for SVN.  In this episode: Greg and Henry talk about the tragic loss of iconic grunge star Chris Cornell. Henry talks about growing up in Miami and not enjoying the humidity there, which influenced his eventual move up north to New York. He discusses how Hush Yoga uses the practice of Yoga to

Introducing: Rick Doyle Rick is the Owner of FiveStar Bailiff and Civil Enforcement Services. He is a Provincial Civil Constable with 20 years of security experience. Rick is a Former Professional MMA Fighter, a Former Professional Wrestler, as well as a Radio and TV personality. FiveStarr Bailiff and Civil Enforcement Services focuses on protecting members in the community from physical or emotional harm. In this episode: Greg and Dave introduce former professional wrestler Rick Doyle onto the Boiling Point. Rick shares with us his experience as a security guard and how he learned the vital importance of protecting people from the potential harm of dangerous people. The boiling point guest explains his process of going about de-escalating violent situations through dominance and force. Rick gives his reflection of changing his point of view towards people who are less fortunate in life, especially when it comes to looking after people who have disabilities. Strong language is involved in this po