Alyssa McMasters

Canada’s Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is back with Alyssa McMasters — tech sales leader, confidence coach, professional emcee, serial side-hustler, and possibly the most extroverted person we've ever met. Alyssa pitches Vyb (V-Y-B), a marketplace where you can hire an extrovert to make your event more fun. Awkward corporate conference? Boring wedding reception? Trade show booth nobody wants to visit? Just rent someone with enough personality to get the room going. It's basically Uber for extroverts. And somehow, it might be one of the most commercially viable business ideas we've ever heard. Along the way, we discover how Alyssa met her husband through a Christmas card, hear about her adventures crashing weddings in Lethbridge, learn why confidence has more to do with resilience than positive affirmations, and spend a considerable amount of time discussing Philippe's shortcomings as a conference co-host. Also discussed: hiring fake wedding guests, professional bridesmaids, the economics of being fun at parties, Philippe's failed career as a spy, and why Shubh thinks people should pay him just to show up. Final score: 75 out of 75 salsas for the most hilariously viable business idea in YBIOTL history. Find us at ybiotl.ca.