May 5, 2026

Episode Summary: What is the difference between a business that generates income and one that creates wealth? In this episode, host Colleen O’Connell-Campbell sits down with husband-and-wife team Krystyn and Matt Harrison of Horizon Advisors, who bring complementary perspectives from different sides of the deal table....

Apr 21, 2026

Episode Summary: Canada's Employee Ownership Trust legislation is relatively new. The UK's has been in place since 2014. In this episode, host Colleen O’Connell-Campbell crosses the Atlantic - virtually - to sit down with Christine Nicholson, a UK-based exit strategist who has spent her career founding, selling, and...

Apr 7, 2026

What happens when a company that is already employee-owned realizes its ownership model is not built for the next chapter? In this episode, host Colleen O’Connell-Campbell sits down with Michael (Mike) Fotheringham, CEO of Taproot, and Robert MacDougall, Board Trustee. Taproot is a 42-year-old national social...

Mar 24, 2026

What happens after you sell the business that defined you? In this episode, host Colleen O’Connell-Campbell sits down with Candace Sutcliffe, who spent nearly 20 years building The Chef's Paradise (CA Paradis)

 - a 104-year-old Ottawa retail institution - from employee to president to co-owner, and then made the...

Mar 10, 2026

Host: Colleen O'Connell-Campbell, Wealth Advisor, RBC Dominion Securities

Guests: Sonya Shorey (CEO, Invest Ottawa), Jennifer Francis (Chair, Capital Angel Network), and Julia Elvidge - Co-founders of She Boot 

Episode Summary: Only 2% of venture capital flows to women-founded companies - yet women start roughly 15%...