Dr. Amiee Chan has over 15 years of experience in executive management and research development in the satellite industry. An accomplished engineer, she has been published over a dozen times, currently holds 3 US patents in satellite technologies and has been involved in high level research teams such as the NASA ACTS Terminal Program. Her vision and expertise in satellite communications have driven product line expansion, operational efficiencies and a corporate restructuring as part of her planned turnaround at Norsat International Inc.Amiee Chan’s exceptional track record of business improvements is based on her ability to have a complete understanding of a business. She is recognized for ability to make rapid decisions on sales, product development, operations and corporate strategy from the standpoint of an engineer and a CEO. Her strategic approach to building a business is reflected in her growing Creo Inc.’s 80 million dollar consumables product division. Dr. Chan guided Creo through multiple product developments, beta programs, rollout strategies and product launches.Offering a rare blend of technical and corporate strength, Dr. Chan has achieved great success through her management of numerous business units. Links: www.norsat.com | 
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Albert C. Plant spent fifteen years in the pulp and paper industry in British Columbia and Quebec, then held executive positions with a number of national retail companies. He established his own management consulting business in 1985 and has been the retail industry adviser for RBC Royal Bank since 1995. We'll be picking his brain to find out what it takes to be competitive in retail whether the economy is up, or down. Books: The Retail Game Comment from Albert: Brad was well versed on the subject and it was easy to follow his questioning.
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It's back to school and lots of lessons are already being learned - but one that is missing quite often these days is the value of learning from our mistakes... our failures. Without the failures how can are children build their self-esteem and learn greater things for their future?
Best-selling author of The Secret of Successful Failing, a mom and an advocate of learning from our failures, Gina Mollicone-Long believes that when it comes to self-esteem, our schools are getting a failing grade. At a time when even the word “failing” has become taboo and where one school in California banned a game of tag (because it “created a self-esteem issue” since someone had to be “it” and that someone was a “victim,”) it seems to Mollicone-Long and concerned parents everywhere that school systems’ efforts of increasing student’s self-esteem has turned sickly. Links: www.ginamolliconelong.com
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| Jill Griffin is an internationally published author, business consultant and dynamic public speaker. She serves on the Board of Directors for Luby's Restaurants, a publicly held corporation with 200+ locations across the Southwest. In her early career, Jill served as senior brand manager for RJR/Nabisco's largest brand and distinguished herself as one of the youngest brand managers in the corporation's history. From RJR/Nabisco, Jill joined AmeriSuites Hotels where, as national director of sales and marketing, she was responsible for launching and expanding the new chain nationwide. In 1988, Jill founded the Griffin Group in Austin, Texas specializing in customer loyalty research, customer relationship program development and management training. Her clients range from Fortune 100 corporations to fast growth start-ups. Clients include Dell Computer,Deloitte & Touche, Sprint, Days Inn, Advanced Micro Devices, Raytheon Aircraft, Marriott, Ford and the U.S. Navy. Links: www.loyaltysolutions.com Books: Taming the Search-and-Switch Customer: Earning Customer Loyalty in a Compulsion-to-Compare World
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Most entrepreneurs dream of selling their business for boatloads of money. But selling to a media giant can also create worry. Brad asks Joanne about her journey as she describes a deal with a media giant and what has made her business successful. Links: www.sweetspot.ca
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What happens when you combine an unemployed 49-year-old, borrowed money, a concept that sells items for loonie and a lot of hard work. You get an empire of 63 Dollar Giant stores covering five Canadian provinces. Brad and Joe talk about his personal history including the ups and downs of managing some of Canada's most well known brands at a senior executive level including K-Mart, Army and Navy and Superstar. Later in the interview, they move to a conversation about the changing landscape in Canadian retailing and the lessons we can learn from our southern neighbors. Listen to the interview: Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 8:00 - 9:00 pm Links: www.dollargiant.com |
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Armed with backgrounds in hairstyling and marketing and a will to succeed, John and Lotte Davis started AG Hair Cosmetics in the basement of their Vancouver home in 1989. Now, 19 years later, AG is a true success story.
John and Lotte join us to discuss the challenges of building a business and what success has mean to them. Links: www.aghaircosmetics.com | 
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A three-kilometer fun run with his young sons in 1981 was the catalyst that made then out-of-shape, overweight John Stanton realize he had to change his lifestyle. Then a food industry executive who smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, Stanton began running secretly before dawn because he felt self-conscious about having his neighbours see “this chubby little guy” who could only run from lamppost to lamppost before having to take a walk break.
In 1984 Stanton opened a store and meeting place for runners in an 8x10 foot room of an old house shared with a hairdressing shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Twenty years later, the Running Room he founded is one of North America's most recognized names in running and walking. In late 2004, to be more inclusive, his company launched the Walking Room - a mirror of the Running Room concept. The store caters specifically to the needs of walkers. Books: Running: Start to finish Comment from John: Thanks for the great interview this evening nice to work with such a professional show!
Stay running and stay having fun!
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Imagine there was a magic land. And in that magic land there was a potion...no, strike that, a pixie dust - that could make everything it touched taste like bacon. You'd want to move there wouldn't you? Well so would Brad. Now get this. That magic place is the world we live in. And the pixie dust exists. It's called Bacon Salt and it even has a little friend named Baconnaise. The products are outrageous enough, but wait until you hear how the founders started the company by using Facebook. Links: www.baconsalt.com www.baconnaise.com You Tube Video - Bacon vs. Mayo |
| Kerry Gleeson is the founder of the Institute for Business Technology (IBT), International and developer of the Personal Efficiency Program (PEP). IBT is located in 25 countries spanning five continents. Kerry is the author of the internationally best-selling books The Personal Efficiency Program – How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time, and The High-Tech Personal Efficiency Program – Organizing Your Electronic Resources to Maximize Your Time and Efficiency. Over a million copies of his books in 17 languages are in print. Links: www.kerrygleeson.com
Books: The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed and Win Back Control of Your Work
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Before joining 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Launi was President of Starbucks U.S. A Starbucks partner for more than 14 years, Launi began her career as a District Manager in B.C. before her leadership and organizational skills earned her the position of Vice President, Starbucks Canada. Before accepting the role of President of U.S. Operations, Launi was Senior Zone Vice President for the Northwest U.S., and later Senior Vice President, Store Development U.S., opening in excess of 600 stores per year and managing the assets of more than 6,000 stores, as well as leading global store design. Big Ideas: - Starbucks makes a huge effort to create the passion that we see in the locations day in an day out
- Launi's own story is a great example of the combination of business sense, passion, great people skills and by her own admission, a little luck
- 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s story is no less inspiring, it is a shining example in the franchise world and has engineered it's own customer experience
Links: www.1800gotjunk.com Comment from Launi Skinner "I thought Brad's questions and style were excellent. He asked questions because of genuine interest and with positive intent, so it was much more like a conversation, rather than an interview. Thanks very much for the wonderful experience."
Launi Skinner, President & COO 1-800-GOT-JUNK? | 
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Is your customer experience making you money? Costing you money? Do you know? Like a line of falling dominos, daily actions across your organization form a sequence of events that, if aligned correctly, build momentum and culminate in what every business wants-outstanding financial performance. Establishing a target customer experience-your front domino-to drive daily decisions within your organization will determine the fluidity of that chain of events, and the level of profit outcome you achieve. Companies that use a target customer experience as their front domino reap the biggest rewards in profitability, growth and sustainability. Links: About Linda Ireland Books: Domino: How Customer Experience Can Tip Everything in Your Business Toward Better Financial Performance | 
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Representing the retail community in BC, Mark Startup knows what it takes to be successful in retail. As retailers prepare for the busy holiday shopping season, we'll get his take on what he sees for the economy. Links: www.retailbc.org | 
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| People starting out in business tend to seek step-by-step formulas or specific rules, but in reality there are no magic bullets. Rather, says veteran entrepreneur Norm Brodsky, there’s a mentality that helps street-smart people solve problems and pursue opportunities as they arise. He calls it “the knack,” and it has made all the difference to the eight successful start-ups of his career.
Links: www.theknack.info Books: The Knack |
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My Own Business, Inc. is a nonprofit providing a free, complete and in-depth online course on www.myownbusiness.org. The course focuses on the most important areas of business for start-up and already operating businesses to achieve success. The program stays current by incorporating the experience and expertise of entrepreneurs and business executives. My Own Business Inc. Founder Phil Holland launched the course in response to the 1992 riots in Los Angeles to share his expertise and experience in creating successful entrepreneurial businesses with the people whose neighborhoods most required rebuilding and local enterprise. Mr. Holland is the founder of YumYum Donut Shops the largest independently held donut chain in the United States - and is the author of "How to Start a Business Without Quitting Your Job," (Ten Speed Press, 1992), And the Book-of-the-Month Club selection, "The Entrepreneur's Guide," (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984). Links: www.myownbusiness.org Comment from Phil: It was a pleasure. Brad is very skilled in bringing out the best in his guests and their topics.
Cheers,
Phil Holland
Chairman
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Robert Tuchman is the Founder of TSE Sports & Entertainment. A frequent guest on Your World with Neil Cavuto, he has also appeared on CNN, the CBS Morning News, BET, and has been the subject of features in USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur. He started his business out of a bedroom in his apartment with two phone lines and a fax machine. From humble beginnings, he grew the business to attract clients like NASCAR, Pepsi and ESPN. Books: Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur's Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own
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