Brian Scudamore is a serial entrepreneur. He is best known for being the brains behind 1-800-GOT-JUNK, a national trash collection company in Canada. But he sees his role as more than a CEO; he grows the business culture of his companies. To him, business is always fun – as long as he pays attention to work-life balance, which allows him to be more present at work.

Greg Barnsdale is no ordinary author – his topic deals with death, based on his experiences in the funeral and financial planning industries. This has posed a challenge in reaching a target market, which he learned to tackle through writing courses. After that, it was just a matter of learning how to put a book together – literally.

In this episode of Careers That Matter we meet the remarkable Brigitte Raye to share her lifelong passion for the food service industry and share a few insights into how to make it as an independent.

As a young lad, Paul Dragan was given his first bicycle which gave him the freedom to explore the world: first in rural Nova Scotia, then as a road racer in Europe and onto a life an entrepreneur. Paul loves bikes, everything about them – wheels, spokes, tires, tubes and valve stems, to name just a few of the many parts of a bicycle.

We sit down with Ian Tostenson, the CEO and President of the British Columbia Restaurant and Food Services Association and the man leading the RideSharing Now for BC initiative.