Rob Drynan

Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Rob Clark, Founder and Principal at RC Design

This conversation is with Rob Clark, Founder and Principal at RC Design. RC Design is an independent team of creative thinkers that define and build brands by leveraging both traditional print and digital technology. They create meaningful experiences by marrying design and technology to generate results for businesses, brands and those inspired by it. Born …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Charles Bennett, Founder and Principal Consultant at Triella

This conversation is with Charles Bennett, Founder and Principal Consultant at Triella. Triella is a full-service technology consulting company that helps small & medium-sized businesses create, implement and maintain their technology infrastructure. They proactively recommend technologies that reduce risk, increase revenue or lower expenses and deliver 100% Canadian based Private Cloud services by providing server, …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Heather Purcell, Principal at Finally CPA

This conversation is with Heather Purcell, Principal at Finally CPA. Founded in 2019, Finally CPA exists to guide entrepreneurs to be financially successful. Unlike most firms, they provide a complete solution—part-time CFO, financial planning and analysis, management reporting, monthly accounting, payroll and benefits administration. Their solution is delivered through cloud-based technology, giving their clients full …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Marilyn Barefoot, Founder of Barefoot Brainstorming

This conversation is with Marilyn Barefoot, Founder of Barefoot Brainstorming. Classically trained in tier-one companies like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, General Mills, Nike and Microsoft, Marilyn combines a wickedly smart and analytical brain with an intuitive gut. Having worked at major advertising agencies like Vickers & Benson, Bozell Palmer Bonner, Cossette Communications and BBDO, Marilyn is obsessive …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Jed Schneiderman, Executive Vice-President, Growth & Marketing at EQ Works

This conversation is with Jed Schneiderman, Executive Vice-President, Growth & Marketing at EQ Works. EQ Works provides a smarter way to target customers using Location Behaviour. Proprietary algorithms and data, combined with Artificial Intelligence, generate attribution models that connect consumer behaviour in the physical world to behaviour in the digital world, helping solve complex challenges …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Erica Pearson, Co-Founder and CEO of Vacation Fund

This conversation is with Erica Pearson, Co-Founder and CEO of Vacation Fund. Vacation Fund is the first employer-matched saving tool specifically for employees’ travel goals. It allows employees to direct a portion of their paycheque into a separate Vacation Fund Account, and allows their employer to match a portion of the contribution. This makes dream …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Alan Smith, Co-Founder of Strategyzer

This time, we’re speaking to Alan Smith, Co-Founder of Strategyzer. Strategyzer builds practical tools to help businesses understand customers, design better value propositions, and find the right business model. Their Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Canvas make it easy to rapidly sketch business model ideas and their tools allow you to easily work together …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Alanna Nathanson, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Giants & Gentlemen

This time, we’re speaking to Alanna Nathanson, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Giants & Gentlemen, a highly awarded independent strategy & creative shop offering powerful ideas and zero attitude. As entrepreneurs, they bring a grow-or-die attitude to make brands tower like giants, while always acting like gents. Unique to G&G is Outthinking™, a process that …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Jessica Knox, Chief Executive Officer of Metrix

This time, we’re speaking to Jessica Knox, Chief Executive Officer at Metrix. Metrix creates custom learning solutions to help clients build their most competitive workforce. Their expertise is in how people learn. They pair this expertise with powerful design and development capabilities to create inspiring training programs that improve employee performance. They work across industries, …

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Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Israel Diaz, Founder & CEO of Sunday+Night

This time, we’re speaking with Israel Diaz, Founder and CEO of Sunday+Night. Israel is a 20+ year creative professional and business leader. He started his career as a Designer/Art Director and steadily moved up the ranks to Chief Creative Officer to lead some of the most renowned and awarded Advertising Agencies: Y&R, David&Goliath, Leo Burnett, …

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