We took this opportunity to interview Co-Founders Shannon Pestun and Shauna Frederick for an inside discussion on the women who inspired them to lead with integrity and contributed to their passion for supporting women in entrepreneurship. Over the last four years, Shannon and Shauna have been devoted to supporting women entrepreneurs through meaningful conversations about how financial knowledge and understanding empower women in their business and personal journeys. This week they are in the interviewee seat and share their own strategies, habits, and insights on the women that inspire them ..read more

In this enlightening episode, we delve into the remarkable journey of Tiffany Callender, a trailblazer in Canada's Black community. With a profound commitment to social entrepreneurship and community development, Tiffany has dedicated decades to crafting and implementing programs that uplift Canada's Black population. Notably, her leadership played a pivotal role in the co-development of The Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund. Join us as we sit down with Tiffany Callender, co-founder of The Federation of African Canadian Economics—a black-led nonprofit organization focused on fostering wealth cr ..read more

Join your host, Shauna Frederick, for this insightful conversation with Shilpa Mishra, Partner, Capital Advisory Leader, and Leader of Women Driving Growth with BDO Canada. Shilpa sheds light on what it takes to support women entrepreneurs and help them find the money. Hear how financial advisors and companies like BDO Canada support business owners in gaining access to capital and lend their expertise for strategic and profitable business decisions. Shilpa also shares information on their exciting initiative, Women Driving Growth, the only Canadian professional services firm offering advisory ..read more

Join host, Shannon Pestun for this insightful conversation with Melodie Gringas, Director of Programs & Community at The Forum, as they delve into the vital role of creating community for women entrepreneurs and the transformative impact of financial literacy on their entrepreneurial journeys. We are excited to share that The Finance Cafe is teaming up with The Forum to deliver a free course offering presented by TD that fosters gender focused learning, and fosters an environment for women to engage in open and vulnerable discussions about money. Melodie shares valuable insights on the imp ..read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:  Welcome back to The Finance Cafe podcast season 4! In this episode, we dive deep into the realms of burnout with the remarkable CEO of The Burnout Lab, Tevi Legge. Join us for a candid conversation about the cost of burnout, particularly its impact on women entrepreneurs. Tevi Legge opens up about her journey with burnout, offering insights that resonate with the challenges many of us face, and explains how we as women entrepreneurs specifically can be affected. Throughout the episode, we explore not only the apparent toll burnout takes on us but also the subtle ..read more

In this episode, Shannon and Shauna sit down to reflect in a year-end recap of The Finance Cafe and reintroduce themselves to new listeners gained in 2023. Together they reminisce on the past 3 successful years of The Finance Cafe and revisit why they started in the first place - to empower female entrepreneurs by taking the mystery out of the numbers, helping women understand their business finances, and explore the importance of financial decisions and why we make the decisions we make. They have worked tirelessly to build a non-judgmental community where women entrepreneurs can grow in conf ..read more

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:   In this episode, Shauna sits down with the President and CEO of Sky Planning group, Tracy Duff to discuss the importance of life insurance policies for business owners, an overview of policy options, and give an understanding of the importance of sound insurance products that serve you and your loved ones best. Tracy is a heartfelt business owner herself and shares important insight into the impact of different insurance products and how they can affect your loved ones. With over 25 years of expertise, Tracy puts us at ease and answers our questions of who to call ..read more

In this episode, financial advisor Elke Rubach demystifies what it means to work with a financial advisor and encourages us to get comfortable talking about the uncomfortable. She walks us through what meeting with a financial advisor should look like, 4 pillars of financial planning, and the benefits and importance of finding a good fit in a financial advisor. When it comes to financials, she stresses that you should feel empowered to ask the questions you may be nervous too ask and be able to build a relationship with your advisor. You were and are brave enough to start a business, you are b ..read more

In this episode Shannon sits down with Carlyn Loncaric, the founder and CEO of VodaSafe, and an engineer with over ten years of lifeguarding experience. Witnessing first-hand the trials and tribulations of water rescue led Carlyn to envision a sonar equipment as a simple tool in hand that would help save lives, VodaSafe and its AquaEye® were born. Carlyn believes that VodaSafe’s AquaEye® will be to waterfront rescue what the AED or portable defibrillator has been for CPR. AquaEye is being used by Fire Rescue, Lifeguard, Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue teams to quickly locate a rescue or ..read more

In this episode Shannon sits down with Heather Sadowy, Loan Manager at the Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC), to discuss the WEOC National loan program.  With experience in business banking and lending, Heather brings a natural curiosity and strong critical-thinking skills to her role as loan manager at WEOC. Together with her loans team, she is working to increase access to much-needed capital for women across Canada that are looking to start or grow their business. With 18 years in the Manitoba Credit Union system, most were spent working with small businesses and non-pr ..read more