Chaz Somers

Brought to you in part by The New Network and Center9. See the New Network for all your scale up recruiting needs and Center9 for Microsoft 365 transformation. Season two of Your Business is on the Line kicks off in a new Calgary studio at Red Mile Records with Shubh and co-host Philippe welcoming Shubh’s better half, Rita Soin. Before the pitches, they detour into Philippe’s confusing not-a-date dating life and Shubh and Rita’s high school origin story, plus updates on Shubh’s kids launching press-on nails and crochet businesses using Lovable.  Rita then pitches two ideas influenced by her experience navigating her breast cancer diagnosis, recovery and time off: “HollaAtcha,” a service to hire vetted, enthusiastic stand-in cheer squads so every kid has someone in the stands, and a “CancerCard” that provides practical perks and discounts for people with cancer. ——- 00:00 Season Two Kickoff 01:44 Meet Dr Rita 02:43 New Studio Vibes 06:27 Phil Dating Segment 12:58 Shubh And Rita Origin 21:52 New Network Sponsor Break 23:56 Kids Startup Updates 28:10 Center9 Sponsor Break  30:19 Rita Dentist Q And A 33:20 Sleep Apnea Detour 35:05 Rita On Shubh 36:28 Inside Voice Story 38:26 No Poker Face 39:32 Moving to Calgary 40:28 Airing Grievances 41:08 Cheer Squad Pitch 54:56 Cancer Card Pitch 01:00:10 Guardrails and Tiers 01:07:56 Kids Hear the News 01:10:26 Wrap Up ——- The excellent vegetarian restaurant mentioned on the pod: https://www.padmanadi.com/

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

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 impressions We learn all about SilverTuna painting Ice Bouncers Telescopic Segways Es 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 reasons Tasmanian accents Philippe is getting Clawdbots Shubh and Shy talk about their new business venture Shubh educates the audience about how useless Koalas are Chaz makes his first on-air appearance since he got a real job Brought 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 art Shubh apologizes to his nerdy friends about not being a more willing Dungeons and Dragons player Pip relives his worst Mario Kart loss Shubh 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 mornings Plus Producer Chaz and Shubh do an intro without Philippe...and it goes really really really well What 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 Price What 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 funding Shubh explains gravitas The Fanshawe Riots 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 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 sidelines Chaz is getting a haircut Shubh and Phil go off on about a 15 minute unplanned tangent about the state of government funding in the tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem More: 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.

Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is back with perhaps our most disruptive pitch. If you could pay people to pray for you, would you? What about If you could pay people to send you good vibes? Courtney Kos, Founder of Prevoir, comes in with the boldest and possibly the best pitch we've had yet. Plus: Does Phil listen to the podcast when he's not on it? Phil's Doggleganger comes for a visit Chaz revels in the previous episode's unabashed praise for Aquadesk Our first beef (unfortunately for Phil he might be Drake) Shubh reveals the secret Fifth Core Value at ZayZoon -------------------------------- - Y Combinator briefly not accepting Canadian based companies - Frank Ocean's last album was in fact 2016 We gave our sponsors a week off but they will be back next time! Make sure you follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn!

Episode 10 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is back with Dallas Price of Forum Ventures. Dallas and Pip and Shubh team up to pitch Corporate Espionage As A Service...the guys find a way to bring this idea out of the moral grey zone to a place they can feel good about, Benevolent CeAAS. Also, in his first full recording since being named non-guest co-host, Philippe has to duck out early so Shubh takes advantage of Dallas' expertise operating a venture studio to get his opinions on previous ideas being pitched. Pip also continues his one man crusage to rebrand Winnipeg as Las Pegas. --------------------------------------------------------- - The inspiration for Dallas' pitch was a very famous (at least in tech circles) botched corporate espionage attempt between Deel and Rippling - you can read about it here - And don't forget to check out Jenny Wiens and the New Network!

Episode 9 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast just dropped. Have you ever wondered what would happen when podcast guest went live on IG while they were appearing on someone else's podcast? Wonder no more! Joanna and Melissa from Taste the City, one of Canada's hottest startups and fresh off a Dragons' Den join Pip and Shubh. They pitch a women's only condo called HER and a reality show called Reinventing HER. And also they help provide a connect so Pip's Lips can get actually made. Shubh likes the condo idea so much he thinks once it's built he will buy ones for his daughters. Philippe looks to expand Taste the City's success to his hometown of Winnipeg, and takes it a step further pitching the Peg as Canada's answer to Las Vegas. Also will Producer Chaz get to Taco Bell on time? Tune in to find out. ---------------------------------------- Special thanks once again Jennifer Wiens and her team at New Network! ---------------------------------------- - Hudson's Bay Tweet Reference - Hamilton to Niagara Falls is 59 minutes - Shrewsbury is a town in the UK - Host Note: We had to cut out about 15 minutes of Winnipeg Jets talk from the outro - Weakerthan’s Winnipeg Song - One Great City!

Episode Eight of Canada's Favorite Business-Comedy Podcast is here! It takes a real savvy media company to release an episode twelve minutes into the Super Bowl.... We were joined by Rachel Zimmer, CEO of Simple Ventures, one of Canada's most exciting venture firms. Rachel is amazing. An incredible career in tech PLUS she does improv!! Rachel pitches a real idea to make it easier for kids to get adopted. Phil takes this really lovely idea and takes it in a whole other direction with Arranged. Rachel throws a rapid fire pitch into the mix with Dog-gevity. The guys also talk the new Star Search (the worst talent show ever made), real actual Pip's Lips are on their way to Phil's house, and Producer Chaz is all grown up. Plus, Jennifer Wiens and her team at New Network are back to sponsor their second episode!

Episode Seven of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast has arrived! This week we are joined in-studio by Charles Guedo, Co-Founder and CEO of 8AM Solutions. Haven't heard about 8AM? You're not the only one...Philippe discovers he may need Vendor Risk Assessment software. Chuck is a fellow soccer Dad who loves convenience, and his ideas are going to revolutionize shopping and cooking. Shubh discusses the value of having an ex-pro football player as a parent on your kids' soccer team. Plus, Pip has prop food...should we be concerned? Big news! Our first ad read!! Jennifer Wiens and the team at New Network are a secret weapon for startups and scaleups looking to find the best people for that journey. I'm a huge fan.

The sixth episode of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast is here and it's absolutely unhinged. Join special guest Tate Hackert, Founder and CSO of ZayZoon, Canada's 22nd fastest growing tech company no thanks to Shubh. Tate takes the guys on a harrowing journey across half the globe as we (sort of) arrive at the pitch. You'll be on the edge of your seat. Pip and Shubh determine the real pitch might just be, "You Look Beautiful Just the Way You Are" Also: - Pip mentions some phallic imagery on LinkedIn, see here for reference - Riboflavin is a B vitamin - Turkey's population is 85M - There are 100,000+ follicles on a human head Follow us on Instagram! Producer Chaz says if we posted this here he would post a rendering of Aquadesk.

Episode 5 of Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast is back! And in real chart news, we hit 44th in the Entrepreneurship category this week! Continue listening, supporting and please share with everyone you know. This week, Shubh interrupts Philippe's vacation because Producer Chaz needed to pitch his first idea. Shubh and Pip stick with the vacation theme to pitch two last minute travel ideas. Plus, Philippe receives an incredible gift for Christmas, Shubh's self-proclaimed title of Favorite Son-In-Law is challenged, and a documentary film about a road trip to the world's largest perogy? Sign us up.