The Boiling Point Podcasts All Episodes

Episode 22 – Cathy Sweet

Introducing Cathy Sweet Cathy Sweet has had the entrepreneurial spirit since she was a child. She would collect and trade frogs with the kid up the street. She came from a family business people in commercial real estate. Cathy learned a lot of her lessons in...

Episode 21 – Jake Palmer

Introducing Jake Palmer Jake Palmer always had a creative and humorous side to him. As a young man, he even had is own sketch variety show on community television. When Jake grew up he went toward a career path in IT and worked in the field for a number of...

Episode 20 – Hal Somers

Introducing Hal Somers Hal Somers is the type of guy that takes opportunities in life when they are presented to him. Hal went to trade school to learn brick laying as a young man and for a short time worked in mining. However, one day a friend in the used car...

Episode 19 – Levi Lawrence

Introducing Levi Lawrence Levi Lawrence is a trained chef that has cooked in kitchens throughout the world. As a chef, he knows the importance of fresh, local ingredients. However, for the longest time if you wanted fresh, local ingredients you had to...

Episode 18 – Kristy O’Leary

Introducing Kristy O’Leary Kristy O’Leary calls herself a vision broker and has a goal to make entrepreneurs and change makers succeed in making a positive impact on this Earth and make a profit while doing so. Growing up her family’s business was a great example of...

Episode 17 – Review

In this episode of the Boiling Point, Greg and Dave sit back to reflect on our first 16 episodes. Dave points out that Ken Blanchard once said, "feeback in the breakfast of champions." That doesn't include audio feedback, right? We are looking for your feedback....

Episode 16 – Boyd Sharpe

Introducing Boyd Sharpe Boyd Sharpe is the true Renaissance man. As a young man, and graduating with a degree in theatre arts and a bachelor of education, his father asked him whether he was prepared for a career as a teacher. Boyd thought about it and responded...

Episode 15 – John Wesley Chisholm

Introducing John Wesley Chisholm Here is a math equation for you, what does an accountant plus a rocker give you? A television producer named John Wesley Chisholm. After finishing university with a finance degree, John Wesley had the intention of becoming an...

Episode 14 – Ed Webber

Introducing Ed Webber Ed Webber is a veteran of old-school family business in Nova Scotia. He started in his youth by helping out his father but at the age of 16 his father died. This left his family strapped for cash, and Ed was forced out of school and into the...

Episode 13 – Mike Brooks

Introducing Mike Brooks Mike Brooks is a podcast pioneer and marketing guru coming to the Boiling Point from Southbury, Connecticut. Our host, Greg Hemmings, met him and Dino Dogan at this past NMX (New Media Expo) and soon was on Mike and Dino’s Road to TED podcast....

Episode 12 – Steven Fisher

Introducing Steven Fisher Steven Fisher’s LinkedIn profile calls him a creative leader, a seasoned entrepreneur, a sci-fi filmmaker, a soon to be published author, a budding craft beer maker, a slow runner, and a fast eater. With an introduction like that, you know...

Episode 11 – Yan Simard

Introducing Yan Simard Yan Simard woke up one morning in 2010 with a splitting headache and an idea. He doesn’t remember the source of his pain, but the idea ended up changing the course of his career. The idea was actually a memory of an idea he had about five or...

Episode 10 – Shawn King

Introducing Shawn King He is the Don Draper of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a partner, president and chief creative officer for the Extreme Group. In the next few months, Canadians will see him and his wife, Jen, race across their television screens on the...

Episode 9 – Paul Simmonds

Introducing Paul Simmonds Independent retail is a tough business. Independents are competing with big-box stores, large shopping destinations, and online retailers, which often have hard-to-beat pricing. So how does an independent retailer stand out amongst the...

Episode 8 – Judith Mackin

Introducing Judith Mackin Judith Mackin is a pioneer of interior design in the small, industrial city of Saint John, New Brunswick. Her message: “You don’t have to be from a big city to be sophisticated, educated, and to know what is going on in the world.” In 1999,...

Episode 7 – Gino Dion

Introducing Gino Dion It is amazing who you might meet if you open yourself up to new experiences. Even more amazing when you find a mover and shaker you didn’t know about in your own backyard. That is exactly what happened to Greg when he decided to attend a...

Episode 6 – Dino Dogan

Introducing Dino Dogan His website hails him as a “Global Force for Badassery” and we agree. Dino is a public speaker, author, blogger, mixed martial artist and recovering network engineer and singer/songwriter. He is also the founder of Triberr, the social network...

Episode 5 – Mickey MacDonald

Introducing Mickey MacDonald Mickey MacDonald is a true fighter; he fights in business, in his charitable work, and has also fought in the ring as a boxer. Still down-to-earth and approachable, Mickey came from humble beginnings, but as an entrepreneur he became one...