Season 1
Steve Abrams, Co-Founder of Harmon’s Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer, on Getting Back to Doing What You Love.
After the tragic events of 9/11 Steve Abrams took a hard look at his career and decided it was time for a change. That change—starting Mill St. Brewery with some friends—took him on an amazing journey, one he is starting all over again. Steve and his Co-Founders sold sold Mill St. to Labatt in 2015, but the entr...
iD Short: Meet our Producer Darryl Webster and Hear How He Couch Surfed the World, and Wrote a Book About It.
In this, our first iD Short, we are taking a quick break from our regular format as we introduce you to our Producer, Darryl Webster. Far more than just our Producer, Darryl is also a musician, published author and film adapter. On this episode we get Darryl in front of the mic to tell us the story of his first ...
Luke Anderson, Co-Founder of the StopGap Foundation, on the Power of Perspective, Patience and Perseverance
When Luke Anderson was 24 years old he experienced a mountain biking accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury, leaving him with quadriplegia. That moment set in motion a series of events that led Luke to create the Stopgap Foundation, an organization dedicated to both the creation of ramps that solve some ...
Founder Carmen Sandor and Sales Director Suzie Sheckter from Green Owl Vodka, on Following Your Passion and Starting a Spirits Brand From Scratch.
It all started on vacation in Mexico when Carmen Sandor fell in love with a brand of mescal and decided to import it to Canada. While the mescal didn’t work out, it started Carmen on a journey that led her to start her own brand — a green-tea-flavoured vodka called Green Owl. Launched during the pandemic as Carm...
Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, on the Power of Community and the Next 100 Years of IP.
Aron Levitz and his team have over 100 projects in production all over the world, stories mined from the more than one billion pieces of content uploaded to the Wattpad and Webtoon platforms. Combining community, creators and technology, Aron is helping to integrate Wattpad and Webtoon after a $600 million acqui...
Naomi Blackman and Mikayla Wujec, Co-Founders of Alder Apparel, on Transforming the World of Outdoor Clothing.
Friends since elementary school, when Mikayla and Naomi discovered a shared desire for better style, inclusivity and sustainability in the world of outdoor apparel, they made the big decision to leave their jobs—Mikayla a National Geographic explorer, Naomi a fashion marketer— and start Alder Apparel. Alder laun...