Casey Talks to People

Dave Hicks, digital marketing startegist, web developer, and designer, is my season finale guest and drops by to talk about his early years, working for bigger companies, and ultimately starting his own business.

Jamie Petten, President & Executive Director of Kanata North Business Association, drops by to talk about helping build a Jamaican Resort, the early days of L-SPARK, and her decision to take on her new role.

Erin Blaskie, Director of Marketing at L-SPARK, drops by to talk about growing up in the Ottawa Valley, running her own marketing business for 14 years, and her decision to take on a "job" after all those years.

Jack Wu, founder and CEO of Explorator, drops by to talk about growing up in Macau, immigrating to Canada, and starting his own company that provides low-cost solutions for businesses and experience for students.

Kyle Turk, VP of Marketing for Keynote Group, drops by to talk about starting Faces, a magazine about the night life in Halifax and Ottawa, as well as his participation in Fight for the Cure, a boxing match to raise funds for cancer research.

Carlo Lombard, marketing strategist for Mindbridge.AI,  drops by to talk about his life as a cruise director for Carnival, starting his own web series, and interviewing others.

Executive Presentation Coach and founder of Save It Like Sully, Anil Dilawri is my guest and he talks about his journey from investor relations to developing a methodology in communicating and presenting to ultimately starting his own business.

Serial entrepreneur, Steve Cody stops by to talk about his early days as an entrepreneur building a window cleaning business and his journey to becoming the founder and CEO of The Better Software Company and Ruckify.

CEO and Co-founder of, Hoppier (formerly DeskNibbles) joins me to talk about rebranding, his time in Germany, growing the company, and his focus as a leader.

Copywriter and Content Creator Andrew Monro drops by to talk about growing up in BC, sobering thoughts on the world, and his brand new podcast idea.

Public servant and long time friend, Dave Hammel, drops by to talk about everything from growing up in our small town of Pembroke to the government and more. We're even joined by a special guest.

Former director of the Legacy Conference, Isabel Gan, drops by to talk about immigrating from Singapore, finding the right undergrad program, and running the largest student entrepreneur conference in Canada.

Gabriel Tapuc, CEO and Founder of city reporting app, Neappoli drops by to talk about starting a company while still in his undergrad and his passion to continually learn and improve.

YouTube Content Creator, Filmmaker, and Software Product Manager Curtis Judd talks about managing his multiple passions, his YouTube journey, and creating value for his audience in Casey's first celebrity interview.

Casey sits down with Dave Chapman, Director of Development of D3M and a man Casey has called the best software engineer he has ever met. They talk about the state of software and what goes into building great products.

Sarah Daniele, CEO and founder of Mydoma stops by to talk about her early days as an interior designer and converting her consulting business into an international SAAS product.

Jayson Peltzer, founder of U7 Solutions talks about his transition from the government to founding his own business and his passion for building systems to scale his company.

Elias Hage, CEO & Founder of restaurant app App8 stops by to talk about planning his life out to reach his goals from working at EY to building his own company. 

Casey spends an hour talking to Jeff White about being a storyboard artist in the animation industry and his new art form - masking tape sculptures!

Casey talks to Rally Stanoeva about being a solo marketer for Ottawa Startups and then moving to her latest gig being in charge of Partnerships at Rewind.

Casey catches up with Norm Daigle, CEO and founder of Splice, a market place that brings consultants, agencies, and clients together. They chat about Norm's early days in the Air Force and going from big corporate company to starting his own business.

Casey chats with Jason Connell - marketer, video game enthusiast, and creator behind 'No Pain No Game' - a YouTube channel where playing video games leads to real life consequences.

In this episode, Casey sits down with founder and owner of My Byward Office, Eric McRate, chatting about his early days as an entrepreneur and the early days of his successful co-working space.

In this premiere episode, Casey talks to Aaron Sadhankar about startup culture, leaving the regular 9 to 5, and working at Shopify.