eSAX podcast featuring Victoria Lennox of Startup Canada with Jarrod Goldsmith

Victoria Lennox, Co-Founder & CEO of Startup Canada joins Jarrod Goldsmith to talk about founding the organization, Canadian entrepreneurs, networking, and community. ABOUT Victoria Lennox: An entrepreneur and executive leader with a track record of designing, building, and operationalizing ecosystems, clusters, networks, and organizations, Victoria Lennox has propelled Canada onto the global stage as an […]

eSAX podcast featuring banking professional Stacey Pryde with Jarrod Goldsmith

Stacey Pryde joins Jarrod to talk about entrepreneurship, small business, making networking part of your marketing efforts, playing to your strengths and knowing when to ask for help. Previously a branch manager of a Meridian Credit Union in Ottawa, Ontario, she is now a brand manager of a Scotiabank location. ABOUT Stacey Pryde: Stacey is a career […]

eSAX podcast featuring leadership expert and lawyer Norman Bowley with Jarrod Goldsmith

Jarrod and Norman Bowley discuss the importance of purposeful communication for entrepreneurs while networking. Norman Bowley is a communications leadership expert who recently retired from a thirty-seven year career in Law. Norman is passionate about helping professionals to communicate well. ABOUT Norman Bowley: Lawyer, teacher, communicator. At 17, full of idealism and fresh out of […]

eSAX podcast featuring Michael Curran of the Ottawa Business Journal and Great River Media with Jarrod Goldsmith

Jarrod is joined on the phone by Michael Curran, Publisher of The Ottawa Business Journal and president of Great River Media. Michael believes that when you are at networking events with other entrepreneurs, you should focus on building relationships, try to give more than you take, and help others make connections.  ABOUT Michael Curran: Michael […]

eSAX podcast featuring Blair Kilrae of Collab Space with Jarrod Goldsmith

Jarrod is joined by Blair Kilrea, Co-Founder of Collab Space in Ottawa, Ontario. Jarrod and Blair discuss how Blair fell into entrepreneurship and has never turned back. Blair has advice for business in the start-up phase and discusses the value in collaborating and networking with other entrepreneurs. ABOUT Blair Kilrae: With a background in Technology […]

Managing expectations is essential for business networking events by Jarrod Goldsmith of eSAX Ottawa

When you go to a networking event you should have a plan. It’s wise to have measurable goals to achieve so you can judge if the event was beneficial! ABOUT Jarrod Goldsmith: Jarrod Goldsmith is a Canadian small business community builder and is the embodiment of the small business spirit. He is recognized as one of Ottawa’s premiere […]