Chaz Somers

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.

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 visitChaz revels in the previous episode's unabashed praise for AquadeskOur 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 2016We 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 headFollow 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.

The fourth episode of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast is here with special guests and Shubh's former ZayZoon office pals, Erica Woods and Thomas Korpach.Thomas and Erica came correct with FIVE total pitches. Everything from making hockey more accessible to adding modern convenience to hair and coffee and lawnmowing.Plus, Philippe has a cybersecurity scare and the guys create the Thursday Media jingle powered by the mouth trumpet.Finally, did Philippe's father replace him with a dog? Tune in to find out.

The third episode of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast is here with special guest, President of Augur VC, Dan Chapman.Dan pitches a GIGANTIC idea that redefines human gathering and connection. And he doesn't stop there, he has a second incredible idea that will revolutionize conference swag.Plus, Chaz joins Shubh and Philippe as they dissect the public reaction to Episodes 1 and 2, and talk about the trials and tribulations of making and marketing a podcast.

The second episode of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast is here! Now with 100% more Mouth Trumpet!The guys shine a light on Pip's Lips with Philippe's "Lip Care for Men with No Lip" cosmetic line idea. Everyone loves a limp plumper right?Shubh pitches Philippe and Producer Chaz Somers (making his YBIOTL debut) on automating BBQ covering. Shubh also tries out some nicknames and the guys discuss feedback on the pilot episode.

The pilot episode of Your Business is on the Line is here! Shubh is living his dream and is joined by cohost and Founder of Tech Thursday and Thursday Media, 2019 Quidditch National Champion Philippe Burns. Shubh pitches Floarts to Philippe and guest judge Leah Sarich, Head of Story at Thin Air Labs.Then, our first ever entrepreneur comes on to pitch. Sebastian Hiscock, Co-Founder at Purelend.ai and salsa aficionado, pitches SalsaScore to Shubh and Philippe.