Game Changers

Introducing our next guest for our Mentor Series, Patti Dobrowolski @upyourcreativegenius! Patti is a TED Speaker and Visual Change Activator, helping people to visualize and make their dreams a reality by simply drawing their future.In this week’s mentor episode, Patti talks about the science of drawing images and the scientific truth to vision boards, manifestation and visualization. Patti’s work first came to notice when her TED talk was chosen as one of the best in the year and has gathered more than 6M views today!In this week’s episode, we sit with Patti to talk about how you can draw your future and make it a reality by using your biggest superpower, your imagination.

In this week’s student episode, we have @aatifjutt, founder of @SabrStudiosofficial. Aatif is an upcoming artist who has been innovating in the art space with NFTs along with creating physical pieces. He recently sold his NFT painting for 2 Ethereum and a PS5 NFT for $20,000! Aatif started his art career after dropping out on the morning of his university finals, taking control of who he wanted to become. Coming from a background of immigrant parents, he shares his journey of perseverance and self-awareness that led him to his art success.We sat with Aatif to learn about his journey and the mindset that set him up for success. Highly relatable and a must listen for all students and young adults!

Introducing our next guest for our Mentor Series @mr.zorzetto! In this week’s mentor episode, we have Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker, Anthony Zorzetto. Anthony is the founder of ANVO construction and helps people in their daily fight against drug addiction. Anthony's rollercoaster journey is one you don’t want to miss. Experiencing the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, from homeless to millionaire, from having everything to losing everything to rediscovering himself. In this week’s mentor episode, we sit with Anthony to discuss his recent awareness campaign for the newly discovered residential school graves. We talk about his long battle against cocaine addiction and the essential lessons he learned on his journey to recovery.

Student Series #05 - Donya & Erik: Financial CoachesIntroducing our next guests for our Student Series @donyaa.khandan and @holistic_finance! In this week’s student episode, we have Donya and Erik from @victoriousoriginal Donya and Erik both work as Financial Coaches, helping others achieve their financial goals. Canadians are in debt more than ever and statistics show they are failing to understand the basics of finance. We sit with Donya and Erik to talk about the essentials of building long-term wealth. At such a young age, they have helped hundreds of people along with their team at @victoriousoriginal.In this week’s episode, we have a thorough discussion on the basics of money management and the best practices of the wealthy we can replicate.

On this week’s trendtalks episode, @jaydendepeel and @harshvsomal have a passionate conversation about men’s mental health. May being Mental Health Month and Mens Mental Health Day on June 14th, we felt it was due time that we discuss the respective underlying challenges and more importantly, the solutions.As hosts, we both share from our experience as well as identify the changes we need to make as a community. There's something for all of us to do and learn as we strive to improve mental health for ourselves, our family and friends.Covid has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health and it can be easy to feel alone. Having a discussion about men's mental health is a starting point for us and can be for you.This episode is not only for men but for anyone to understand the mental health challenges we are all facing everyday.

Introducing our next guest for our Student Series: @gainztalk! In this week’s student episode, we have Yousaf Saeed AKA @gainztalk. Yousaf is the co-founder of the rapidly growing clothing brand @kadns.Yousaf started Kadns right before the coronavirus and shares his journey so far. Yousaf brings a fresh perspective to this episode with his unique opinions and strong sense of values. One of the funniest and most candid episodes we have done so far but full of meaningful discussions on what it means to live in 2021.In this week’s student episode, Yousaf shares his ideology and an inspiring message for all. Highly relatable and a must listen for all students and young adults!

Introducing our next guest for our Mentor Series @zubymusic! In this week’s mentor episode, we have an extraordinary personality, Zuby Udezue. Zuby is known for being an independent music artist with over 500k fans over all social media platforms. Many know Zuby as comically breaking the Unofficial British World Record of Women's Deadlift, bringing light to underlying issues with identifying as a gender of your choice. Zuby’s video caught the attention of the likes of Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro and many more popular media outlets. In this week’s mentor episode, we sit with Zuby to discuss the surreal experience of overnight virility and the Joe Rogan Experience. We talk about being an independent artist versus working with a label as well as the systemic fallacies in the music industry. Definitely one for all aspiring music artists!

NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are the new thing on the block and we wanted to share what we know about them with you. @harshvsomal and @jaydendepeel sit down to understand and learn more about these virtual items. With every new innovation, there can be an opportunity but it can also be a temporary trend. We sit down to discuss the present and long term opportunities that NFTs are going to create. We also talk about the downsides, risks and why NFTs may not be the right for everyone. Of course joking around while doing so is a must for us as well.

Introducing our next guest for our Student Series @_kunalparmar! In this week’s student episode, we have one of our own team members, Kunal Parmar, on this week's podcast! Kunal is the founder of @parmarproductions, a digital media company. He is also a full-time computer science student at MacEwan University. We sit down with Kunal and learn how he manages a university degree, his business and full time job. We learn about his time management and his journey with videography. In this week’s student episode, we have a candid conversation with Kunal about life as a student entrepreneur and his experiences & lessons pursuing his purpose.

Mentor Series #03 - Shamit Shome: Professional Soccer Player for FC EdmontonIntroducing our next guest for our Mentor Series @shamit_shome7! In this week’s mentor episode, we have a passionate chat with @fcedmontonnow and @canadasoccer professional soccer player about the experiences, journey and mindset of a professional athlete. Shamit started his soccer journey at 5, pursuing soccer seriously later just for university scholarships but his exceptional talent came under light @fcedmontonnow that led him to his first contract with the team. After a bright start, he was drafted by @clubdefootmtl where he won the Canadian Premier League and later got the opportunity to work with French Football Icon @theirryhenry.In this week’s student episode, we sit with Shamit to chat about his return to @fcedmontonnow, future of Canadian football, Edmonton starboy @alphonsodavies and more!

Student Series #02 - Roman Lakhnyuk: Evolving Networking & EntrepreneurshipIntroducing our next guest for our Student Series @Romanlakhnyuk! Roman is a 3rd year student at the University of Alberta studying Entrepreneurship. Although he has dropped out temporarily, he is going full throttle on his newfound Sales Manager Role at Turnip Homes. Roman is well-acknowledged in the Edmonton Entrepreneurship community for his networking capabilities that have earned him a role as a Linkedin Ambassador. He has presented at over 20+ entities including ATB, UBC, NAIT and more. After establishing a strong presence on Linkedin, Roman is now working as a market consultant and helps students learn how they can leverage social media to build a successful career.In this week’s student episode, we sit with Roman to discuss millennial's challenges, social media mastery for professional success and the student-entrepreneur journey.

Welcome our next mentor, @Tom_Szaky is the founder and CEO of @Terracycle and @Loopstore_us. TerraCycle was founded in 2001 by @Tom_Szaky, then a student at Princeton University, on a mission towards Eliminating the Idea of Waste. From these humble beginnings TerraCycle has grown into the global leader in collecting and repurposing hard-to-recycle waste: operating in over 20 countries, engaging over 80 million people, and recycling billions of pieces of waste through various innovative platforms.Tom shares his personal entrepreneurship journey from being a Princeton dropout and starting a wormpoop company to building one of the largest waste management organizations in the world. Join us on this educational episode as we learn the impacts of waste management and how we can do it better as a community and as individuals.

Welcome to Trendtalks! This is our brand new series where @harshvsomal and @jaydendepeel sit down to discuss the current events trending in the world. To start off, we chose Vaccine Rollout as our first topic since that is what's on everyone's mind. We did our fair share of research to bring you accurate facts, news and even fake news. Are they safe? How does it work? When will we get them? Is Bill Gates involved as a conspiracy? We discuss all of that.This was a really fun episode for us to do and we hope you enjoy watching it just as much. It's a bit different than our usual podcasts as we try to educate and entertain you simultaneously with this new series. 

Student Series EP 01: Kevin Mpunga @kevinmpungaIntroducing our first guest for our Student Series! Kevin is a nursing student and VP at @uabsa at UofA! He is the co-founder of @elevhomes, an organization offering affordable housing for students to live off campus. We discuss Kevin's experiences as a student-entrepreneur and the journey of building @elevhomes. We learn how Kevin manages his time and overcomes challenges as a nursing student. In this week’s student episode,  we discuss Kevin's origins, journey, and expertise that allows him to build upon his passions and dreams..??? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ?????, ??’?? ???? ??????? ?????? ??? ?????? ?? ??????? ??? ??????? ??? ???? ??????? ?? ??????? ??? ??????? ??? ??????? ????? ???? ????????. ??? ???????? ??? ????? ?? ?? ???????? ?????? ???? ? ????? ?? ???????. ????? ??? ??? ???? ???????!

We’re excited to share the first guest of our Mentor Series! Makeda is a marketer and professional writer based out of Edmonton, AB. After working in t

Aline Kamakian is a renowned restaurateur, author, and founder of Mayrig. Mayrig, which means “mother” in Armenian, is one of Beirut’s most beloved restaurants, which she founded in 2003.As we are all aware, the city of Beirut was hit with a massive explosion on August 4th causing mass destruction, leaving at least 190 deaths, 6,500 injuries, and destroying half of the city’s homes and businesses which left 300,000 people homeless.Aline was located in the heart of Beirut just 500 meters from the blast. Aline found herself in the middle of an unthinkable situation. In a span of 3 seconds Aline found her restaurant completely destroyed, employees severely wounded, and no time to even think about the devastation. She has now become a leader in her community, feeding 2500 people in a day and rebuilding homes of her employees. Aline has become a pillar of hope for her people who have been abandoned by their government.In this episode, Aline shares how she became interested in food, building a successful hospitality franchise spanning several countries, and the work she’s doing now to help rebuild all that was lost as a result of the explosion. Her stories are truly lessons of leadership, resilience and kindness.

After losing her brother, being sexually assaulted + having a traumatic car accident, @realkaramichelle spent the last 8 years traveling the world and working with Coaches & Healers to learn how to heal holistically. She now helps others to do the same and go from pain to purpose!@jaydendepeel & @harshvsomal talk to Kara about her amazing travel stories whether it was working in Sri Lanka with Elephants or studying Yoga in India. Kara teaches us about the spiritual arts of Reiki Chakra and how to coach ourselves to be our best emotionally, mentally and physically. 

Yancey Strickler is the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, a global crowdfunding platform that has helped bring hundreds of thousands of creative projects to life since its launch in 2009. As of today, the platform has received more than $4.6 billion in pledges from 17.2 million backers to fund 445,000 projects, such as films, music, journalism, video games, technology, and more.Aside from founding Kickstarter, Yancey is also the author of “This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World,” as well as the creator of Bentoism.In this episode, Yancey joins @harshvsomal and @jaydendepeel to share the story of how he founded Kickstarter. He teaches the concepts of Bentoism and the philosophy behind it. The three discuss the existing social differences in Canadians and Americans and the experience of adapting to life with COVID-19.Like, Subscribe and Share for more content!

Jessica ditched her corporate gig and the 9 -5 grind to live her most authentic, bold, joyful life. Her purpose is to share her testimony to encourage others to get unstuck and really start living. It took her losing her son to get to this spot in her life. Jessica and her Husband lost their son, Lewiston, 179 days after he was born due to a rare genetic disease called SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). This life changing incident inspired Jessica to establish The Love for Lewiston Foundation and The Lewiston Label in an effort to find a cure and get new born screening into place so that no family has to endure what they did with their son Lewiston. So far Jessica has raised more than $800,000 through the foundation and continues to work towards her goals against SMA. She is also an author having published her recent book, Bring the Joy.Jessica says that her on any given day, her activities range from: mopping up another mess and cleaning the kitchen for the millionth time, dreaming up her next design for the clothing line, fighting and lobbying to find a cure and get treatment for those that suffer with SMA or writing a chapter for her book. Her Energy in the Podcast is truly amazing and her ability to bring the joy in her life and to others going through difficult times is inspirational. 

Ex-Google, Ex-Snap, Ex- Cisco, Jon Javier, is the founder and CEO of Wonsulting, founded in 2019, with a mission of turning underdogs into winners: helping those who come from non-target schools/non-traditional backgrounds to get them into their dream careers. So far, they've helped tens of thousands receive offers from top companies including the Google's, Deloitte's, and Goldman Sachs' of the world. Wonsulting teaches students/job-seekers how to utilize LinkedIn and other platforms to get into their dream careers.Turning underdogs into winners is something important to him because it's what he strives to do. He came from a non-target school where the system taught him that the more jobs he applied to, the more responses he'd recieve when, in fact, he didn't receive responses from any. By help those who come from similar backgrounds, he hopes to bridge the gap between students and top companies, which he's done for tens of thousands.Thank you for watching and supporting!