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Roger Pierce and Evan Carmichael talk entrepreneurship education on the The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast You’re not lacking information. You’re lacking exposure. That was one of the clearest messages from my conversation with Evan Carmichael on The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast. If you’ve ever thought about starting a business but felt unsure where to begin, this conversation will hit home. Evan built one of the largest entrepreneurship channels on YouTube with 4.5 million subsc

Small Business Expert Barbara Weltman on the fundamentals that make or break a business Most people approach entrepreneurship with a similar mindset. They think about growth first — how to attract customers, how to generate revenue, and how quickly they can build momentum. Barbara Weltman has spent decades watching what actually happens after that initial excitement. “When people start their businesses, they’re very enthusiastic about what their business is all about,” she s

Mark Bowden talks with Roger Pierce on The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast Most entrepreneurs assume their pitch will carry the weight. They refine slides, sharpen pricing, and polish their offer, believing that logic will win the room. It rarely works that way. In a recent conversation on The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast, communication expert Mark Bowden pointed to a different reality. People often decide whether they trust you before they fully evaluate what you’re selling. Bow

Who's going to pay for this? It sounds straightforward, but it separates hobby projects from real businesses. I explored this in depth on The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast with Emile Maamary, co-founder of Steadiwear — a Canadian health-tech company making wearable devices that reduce hand tremors for people living with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. Steadiwear’s story is, at its core, rooted in empathy. It began not in a lab or on a whiteboard, but at a kitchen tab

It's music to my ears. More people want to become entrepreneurs. According to a recent RBC Small Business Poll, 59% of Canadians say they want to start a business. That number has not been this high since 2017. On The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast, I talk with Karen Svendsen, Senior Director of Small Business and Partnerships at RBC, to unpack what's behind that shift and what it means if you are sitting on the fence. Karen has spent years working with entrepreneurs across Can

Award-winning journalist Rieva Lesonsky keeps current with small business trends. You hear a lot of opinions about starting a business. Some people tell you to be bold. Others tell you to wait for the right moment. In the latest episode of The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast , Rieva Lesonsky cuts through the noise with practical advice based on decades of her work in small business journalism. Rieva spent twenty-five years as SVP/Editorial Director at Entrepreneur Magazine, one

When you start your first business, leadership might not be the first thing on your mind. You’re focused on product, customers, cash flow, and survival. But as Stephen Shedletzky explained on the latest episode of The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast , leadership begins the moment you bring another person into your business. Stephen is the author of Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step Up and founder of Shed Inspires (website ShedInspires.com ), a leadership c

Ryan Lazanis helps accountants to systematize their firms and work less If you run an accounting or bookkeeping practice, chances are you’ve wrestled with long hours, underpricing, and the stress of being the bottleneck in your own business. On a recent episode of The Unsure Entrepreneur Podcast , I spoke with Ryan Lazanis , CPA and founder of Future Firm , about how to break that cycle and create a firm that actually works for you. I wanted to talk with Ryan to gain some ins

Paul Chato has lived several careers — comedian, television executive, entrepreneur, and now YouTube creator. I've known Paul for over 10 years. At one point, we both belonged to a weekly business networking group, and when Paul served a term as club President, I got to enjoy his trademark wit and humour at every meeting. Later on, we teamed up to create a small business cartoon strip called Sully's Startup which was so much fun. In our conversation on The Unsure Entrepreneu