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In Episode 31 of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast, Shubh, Philippe, and returning producer Chaz record in person during Calgary Stampede, riffing on Chaz’s first Stampede visit, late-night food spots, and Philippe’s painful cowboy boots and nonstop events.  Philippe recaps Tech Thursday/House 831 Stampede programming, including a Tourism Calgary white-hatting ceremony, multiple dinners, and a nonprofit fundraiser that raised about $15,000 for the Trellis Society, plus connecting Kelly Schmitt with Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida for VIP access. Shubh shares a Kelowna trip and pitches “BillBoat” floating lake billboards, then a “Dad.AI/Coach Shubh” advice app idea, before they discuss podcasts, pets, and travel. Brought to you in part by The New Network and Center9. 00:00 Cold Open Banter 00:42 Stampede Welcome Back Chaz 01:53 Calgary Food Crawl 03:14 Boots Horses And Poop 05:47 Horse Bites Debate 06:44 The New Network Sponsor Read 07:46 Office Setup And Painting Life 12:19 Center9 Sponsor Read 14:27 Tech Summit White Hatting 17:08 Stampede Events And Fundraiser 20:45 OLP VIP Connection 23:23 Europe Dates And London Talk 26:17 Worcestershire Pronunciation Spiral 27:21 Stockholm Snus Relapse 32:26 Banter Pod And Kelowna Drive 33:00 Kelowna Billboard Overload 33:41 Floating Ads on Water 42:00 Billboat Name and Logistics 46:19 Muskoka Pushback 50:51 Coach Shubh Dad Advice App 52:34 Accent Chair and Dad Calls 57:34 DIY Table and Ford Ranger 01:02:48 Chaz Returns and Podcast Plans 01:06:09 Wrap Up and Goodbyes

Episode 30 of Canada's favourite Business-Comedy podcast Your Business Is On the Line is here, and it's a "secret". We go back in time to an episode recorded with little preparation, where Shubh and Philippe banter about audio improvements, a hockey-stick tape prototype, chart-watching as the show hits Canada’s top 100 entrepreneurship podcasts. We've got overly long intros, plus Chaz shares a life update about moving to a small Stratford apartment and missing a roommate’s cat. Chaos ensues as Lewis Horwood (PureLend) and Michael Rossi (NEO) are pulled into the room mid-recording; Lewis pitches “runmylife.ai,” an app that uses big-data-style insights to tell him what to do and reduce decision-making. The hosts help to define the product, discuss data access, and Mike riffs on dynamic insurance pricing based on real-time behaviour. Brought to you as always in part by the New Network. And we are VERY VERY proud to introduce a new sponsor, Center9, our preferred partner for all your Microsoft 365 needs. 00:00 Secret Episode Setup 01:50 Audio Wins and Prototypes 05:08 Podcast Pressure and Fans 09:10 Big Guests and Short Intros 11:09 Chaz Apartment and Cat 15:10 Guests Incoming Today 16:33 Sponsor Break 20:15 Lewis Joins the Studio 22:02 Meet Lewis and PureLend 25:42 Watford Football Woes 27:16 Phil Leaves Mid-Pod 28:52 Mike Rossi Crashes In 32:35 Run My Life AI Pitch 37:10 Decision Fatigue Debate 40:28 Insurance Monetization Twist 43:57 Salsa Scores and Feedback 48:12 Wrap Up and Teasers

Episode 29 of Your Business Is On the Line features returning guest Sebastian Hiscock (PureLend Co-Founder, creator of SalsaScore) as the hosts riff on SalsaScore, cowboy/Stampede energy, and bringing back “hit” guests and discuss PureLend’s rapid growth and hiring, including what it’s like working the top-of-funnel and the hard-to-test traits of resilience and doing the right thing under pressure. Philippe and Shubh brainstorm a business idea around simulated, high-stakes crisis scenarios as a hiring stress test ), then Seb pitches “RestJet,” a premium end-to-end travel service where customers are anesthetized, boxed, transported, and wake up in their destination bed. The guys also detour into inference data centers (GPUs, model hosting/partnerships), space data centers, and pop-culture references. Go watch this movie: The Game (1997). Brought to you as always in part by the New Network. And we are VERY VERY proud to introduce a brand new sponsor, Center9, our preferred partner for all your Microsoft 365 needs. 00:00 Smoky Cold Open 00:14 Episode Setup Chaos 02:03 Stampede Cowboy Vibes 02:43 Seb Returns Salsa Score 06:55 PureLend Hiring Update 09:03 Sponsor The New Network 10:05 Stress Test Hiring Idea 13:40 Murder Mystery Scenario 19:11 Sponsor Center9 21:25 Naming and Scoring Camelot 28:06 Inference Data Centers 101 30:24 Space Data Centers and Sports 31:38 New Pitch Travel Anesthesia 34:19 Travel Is Miserable 34:53 RestJet Mechanics Explained 36:03 Airline Economics And Packing Boxes 39:02 Cryosleep For Any Travel 44:48 Shrinking Tech And Bird Fears 49:09 Salsa Score And Idea Recap 54:46 Stampede Plug And Hiring Pitch 58:53 Dice Cheating As Interview Test 01:01:02 Final Thanks And Wrap

Our first ever guest on YBIOTL was Sebastian Hiscock, founder of SalsaScore. Incredibly, SalsaScore is the second most impressive thing Seb has founded. This week, we welcome Sebastian's Co-Founder at Purelend Technologies, Lucas Scheer. After a highly successful career as one of Calgary's top executive scale-up operators, Lucas, along with Seb and Wayne, started what this podcast thinks is one of Canada's most interesting AI native startups. Bootstrapped, profitable and growing exponentially. Which means Lucas is a serious entrepreneur. And he arrives to Episode 28 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast with several unserious ideas. His idea, CoutureLend, receives the coveted perfect 75 score from both Pip and Shubh. It's brilliant. Listen, laugh and love...like no one is watching...or something. Presented in part by the New Network and Tech Thursday.

Episode 27 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is back with Randy Warnaar, Founder and CEO of Fabstation. When he's not using augmented reality and AI to revolutionize steel fabrication and inspection, AND when he's not SURVIVING a plane crash, Randy is coming on Your Business Is On The Line to pitch two ideas. One will change Shubh's life, the other will change everyone's lives. Don't believe us about Randy walking away from a plane crash? He has receipts -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6VVXd5U4sg Tune in! Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram! You can find all of our important links at YBIOTL.CA Brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network.

Shubh's friend Matt Morrison drops by for the latest episode of Canada's Number One Business Comedy Podcast. Matt is a YBIOTL superfan and a budding entrepreneur. He becomes the first ever guest to show up with prototypes of a physical product with his very manly lip chap line, MANCHAP. He also pitches an everything flavour Jam, a Shovelling A/R, Terrace Chants for North American sports and more. Plus: - Shubh Extreme Makeovers a broken podcast studio - The guys love Paddington but think he makes poor food storage choices - We are putting out reels now - follow @yourbusinessisontheline on IG - we need one follower to get to 100 As always, brought to you in part by New Network and Tech Thursday.

Our friend Andrew Browne, fresh off starting his new firm, Inflection Venture Partners, joins Shubh and Philippe on Canada's Number One Business Comedy Podcast. Andrew uses his extensive experience building and advising companies to give himself the confidence to pitch several bold ideas. Find all of our episodes at https://ybiotl.ca/ and start following us on Instagram because it only took us 24 episodes to start making video clips.  Also on this episode:Shubh and Andrew compare parenting notesShubh and Pip have differing opinions on who the important father figures are in Philippe's lifeAndrew might need the Footle A lot of time, probably too much time, on the luge and SaabAnd a whole bunch more! Actually that's most of it but we reaaaaallly drag it outBrought to you in part by our friends at New Network.

Mark Le Dain makes his debut on Canada's Number 1 Business Comedy Podcast and it's generational. Imagine Victor Wembamyama's debut season, but in podcast form. Mark pitches so many ideas, and they are all incredible. He's even offered to fund two of the ideas himself if there's an aspiring entrepreneur or two out there. Also, should we start another Podcast specifically for future Dog listeners? Would you listen to a podcast hosted by two dolphins? Check out the episode, and check out Fuelled, one of Canada's coolest and fastest growing tech companies. Brought to you in part by the New Network.

Friend of the program and #1 guest, by frequency, Tate Hackert returns with some big life updates and a pitch inspired by those life updates. Tune in for a very special emergency episode of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast.

Garth McAdam, Chaz and Shubh's friend and current General Counsel at ZayZoon, joins the guys for Episode 22 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast. Garth pitches an idea that would help us really hone in on our tastes, and Shubh introduces a new segment called Be Legal Or Not which helps the YBIOTL team find possible compliance or legal problems with previous pitches. Also: - A Zither is the instrument Shubh was thinking of - Here's the book Garth was referencing As always, brought to you in part by the good folks at the New Network. If you're a growing startup or scaleup in Canada, and you're growing your team, you need to talk to Jennifer Wiens and her team.

Episode 21 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is here...and we are putting the band back together baby!! Erstwhile full-time producer Chaz Somers returns to the show to pitch three great ideas, but it turns out as a painter and a great listener he might in fact be the best business idea.  Woke up this morning in a panic because you forgot to get something for Mother's Day? Well your worries are over, just send your Mom an all new episode of YBIOTL. Plus:Shubh crushes some cartoon character impressionsWe learn all about SilverTuna paintingIce BouncersTelescopic SegwaysEs that sound like As Brought to you in part by the good folks at the New Network and Boast!!

Shubh's friend and Co-Founder of AwareGTM Shy Rahnama stops by for the 20th (can you believe we've done twenty of these??) episode of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast. Shy is locked and loaded with a series of great ideas. Plus:Shubh and Pip are both grumpy but for very different reasonsTasmanian accentsPhilippe is getting ClawdbotsShubh and Shy talk about their new business ventureShubh educates the audience about how useless Koalas areChaz makes his first on-air appearance since he got a real jobBrought to you in part by our friends at The New Network!

Host note: this episode is a little spicier so maybe don’t let the kids listen lol. Nineteen episodes in to Canada's Number One Business-Comedy podcast we asked ourselves "Why have we not had a business person who is also a comedian on the program?" Well now we have. Abdul Aziz, from the top rated (actually) comedy podcast Spout Lore joins Pip and Shubh to talk about his background, how he got into business, his podcast, and his incredible pitch for the pod which involved sending us 50 cheeseburgers before we recorded. Not only is Abdul hilarious, he's unfiltered, so we did have to use the most "beeps" ever in this recording. Enjoy this episode, enjoy Abdul's pitch, and go check out Spout Lore, which is a hilarious Actual Play podcast  using the Dungeon World game system, brought to life by four award-winning comedians in Canada.  Successful Canadian startups don't have to be tech companies people. Also in this episode:Shubh is unavailable so Philippe usurps the intro and lobbies the people to get him on the cover artShubh apologizes to his nerdy friends about not being a more willing Dungeons and Dragons playerPip relives his worst Mario Kart lossShubh eats a burger...live

Kelly Schmitt might be the most accomplished tech executive in Canada. Three C-level roles across three unicorns. She also happens to be the CEO of the Your Business Is On The Line Fan Club. She makes her debut appearance on Canada's Number One Business Comedy Podcast with a trio of unforgettable pitches. Buckle up and enjoy Episode 18 presented to you as always in part by the New Network, Canada's leading boutique recruitment firm for scaling companies. ------ - Lebron James won NBA Championships in 3 different cities

We are LIVE for the very first time. Thanks to our partners at Tech Thursday for hosting us and to April Hicke of Toast and Tate Hackert at ZayZoon (yes he's back!). Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast gets into April's idea to make flying both more pleasant and more judgemental. Shoutout once again to the New Network (listen closely for Tate talking about ZayZoon's experience with them).

Canada's favourite business-comedy and hottest home grown entrepreneurship podcast delivers the first PERFECT PITCH in show history. Brooke Hahn, joins the show to talk about why working for Shubh was the worst, and why a visit to Italy ten years ago inspired the best business idea we've heard yet. Brooke is an avid cyclist and one of the best scaleup operators around, and she put those two things together and absolutely crushed it. ----------------------------Brooke does a live reference and ad read for our friends at The New Network.Brooke, Shubh and Pip compare April Fool's Day morningsPlus Producer Chaz and Shubh do an intro without Philippe...and it goes really really really wellWhat is EBITDA?

Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast and Number One Made in Canada Entrepreneurship Podcast returns with Craig D'Cruze of Inverted Ventures. Craig shares his journey from head chef to venture capital but most importantly has three business ideas to pitch the guys. Enjoy MakeItScrambly, Flightocracy and ReallyFastFood. Check out two of Inverted's portfolio companies HomeTeam and Naturemary. And Calgary listeners don't forget to join us  in-person April 2nd at Offsite YYC for a special live show brought to you by Tech Thursday. Get your Free Ticket Here!! Plus:Phil finds an ally in his ongoing battle with Dallas PriceWhat is the right height to hang your art?Shubh or Mr. Sidhu?---------------- This episode brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network and Tech Thursday National Gold Sponsor Boast.Ai.

Canada's Number One Business-Comedy podcast is back with a great show and a big announcement. Mary Llaneta, Co-Founder of Hoodo, joins Pip and Shubh to talk Presence Infrastructure. What is Presence Infrastructure? Well, we won't give it away but it's more than just a place to poop. Mary also becomes the first ever guest to build a website for her pitch prior to coming in - https://wheredo.hoodo.ca/. What's this you're hearing about a big announcement? We are doing our first ever live show!! Join us April 2nd in Calgary. Register here!! We are eternally grateful to Tech Thursday for making this happen. ---------------- Brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network and Tech Thursday National Gold Sponsor Boast.Ai.

Dani Aldwinckle of MilkMilkSugarr joins Canada's #3 Entrepreneurship and still Number 1 Business Comedy Podcast. Dani is a Creator and an Entrepreneur that did what more Canadians should be doing, and started her own business. Now she joins Shubh, Pip and her friend Chaz to pitch a whole slew of killer ideas. Plus:The guys discuss the fallout of ranting about government fundingShubh explains gravitasThe Fanshawe RiotsBrought to you in part by our friends at the New Network and Tech Thursday National Gold Sponsor Boast.Ai.

Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is back baby! The first guest who's known Shubh for more than 20 years joins the show as Joe Fairleigh, Chief Growth Officer at Headversity joins the guys in-studio. Joe has a trilogy of pitches including the Precipitation Confirmation Validation Device, InnerVoice and TefLawn. Joe's commitment to the bit with his first pitch is something to behold. Plus:Joe's background on NFL and NCAA football sidelinesChaz is getting a haircutShubh and Phil go off on about a 15 minute unplanned tangent about the state of government funding in the tech and entrepreneurship ecosystemMore:YBIOTL is now the 17th ranked entrepreneurship podcast in Canada!This episode is brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network, Western Canada's top boutique recruitment firm for hypergrowth companies.