Buckle up and enjoy Episode 18 presented to you as always in part by the New Network, Canada's leading boutique recruitment firm for scaling companies.

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- Lebron James won NBA Championships in 3 different cities

Canada's Number One Business-Comedy Podcast gets into April's idea to make flying both more pleasant and more judgemental.

Shoutout once again to the New Network (listen closely for Tate talking about ZayZoon's experience with them).

Brooke Hahn, joins the show to talk about why working for Shubh was the worst, and why a visit to Italy ten years ago inspired the best business idea we've heard yet. Brooke is an avid cyclist and one of the best scaleup operators around, and she put those two things together and absolutely crushed it.

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• Brooke does a live reference and ad read for our friends at The New Network.
• Brooke, Shubh and Pip compare April Fool's Day mornings
• Plus Producer Chaz and Shubh do an intro without Philippe...and it goes really really really well
• What is EBITDA?

Check out two of Inverted's portfolio companies HomeTeam and Naturemary.

And Calgary listeners don't forget to join us  in-person April 2nd at Offsite YYC for a special live show brought to you by Tech Thursday. Get your Free Ticket Here!!

Plus:

• Phil finds an ally in his ongoing battle with Dallas Price
• What is the right height to hang your art?
• Shubh or Mr. Sidhu?

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This episode brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network and Tech Thursday National Gold Sponsor Boast.Ai.

What's this you're hearing about a big announcement? We are doing our first ever live show!! Join us April 2nd in Calgary. Register here!! We are eternally grateful to Tech Thursday for making this happen.

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Brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network and Tech Thursday National Gold Sponsor Boast.Ai.

Dani is a Creator and an Entrepreneur that did what more Canadians should be doing, and started her own business. Now she joins Shubh, Pip and her friend Chaz to pitch a whole slew of killer ideas.

Plus:

• The guys discuss the fallout of ranting about government funding
• Shubh explains gravitas
• The Fanshawe Riots

Brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network and Tech Thursday National Gold Sponsor Boast.Ai.

Plus:

• Joe's background on NFL and NCAA football sidelines
• Chaz is getting a haircut
• Shubh and Phil go off on about a 15 minute unplanned tangent about the state of government funding in the tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem

More:

• YBIOTL is now the 17th ranked entrepreneurship podcast in Canada!
• This episode is brought to you in part by our friends at the New Network, Western Canada's top boutique recruitment firm for hypergrowth companies.

Courtney Kos, Founder of Prevoir, comes in with the boldest and possibly the best pitch we've had yet.

Plus:

• Does Phil listen to the podcast when he's not on it?
• Phil's Doggleganger comes for a visit
• Chaz revels in the previous episode's unabashed praise for Aquadesk
• Our first beef (unfortunately for Phil he might be Drake)
• Shubh reveals the secret Fifth Core Value at ZayZoon

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- Y Combinator briefly not accepting Canadian based companies
- Frank Ocean's last album was in fact 2016

We gave our sponsors a week off but they will be back next time!

Make sure you follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn!

Dallas and Pip and Shubh team up to pitch Corporate Espionage As A Service...the guys find a way to bring this idea out of the moral grey zone to a place they can feel good about, Benevolent CeAAS.

Also, in his first full recording since being named non-guest co-host, Philippe has to duck out early so Shubh takes advantage of Dallas' expertise operating a venture studio to get his opinions on previous ideas being pitched.

Pip also continues his one man crusage to rebrand Winnipeg as Las Pegas.

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- The inspiration for Dallas' pitch was a very famous (at least in tech circles) botched corporate espionage attempt between Deel and Rippling - you can read about it here
- And don't forget to check out Jenny Wiens and the New Network!

Joanna and Melissa from Taste the City, one of Canada's hottest startups and fresh off a Dragons' Den join Pip and Shubh.

They pitch a women's only condo called HER and a reality show called Reinventing HER. And also they help provide a connect so Pip's Lips can get actually made.

Shubh likes the condo idea so much he thinks once it's built he will buy ones for his daughters.

Philippe looks to expand Taste the City's success to his hometown of Winnipeg, and takes it a step further pitching the Peg as Canada's answer to Las Vegas.

Also will Producer Chaz get to Taco Bell on time? Tune in to find out.

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Special thanks once again Jennifer Wiens and her team at New Network!

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- Hudson's Bay Tweet Reference
- Hamilton to Niagara Falls is 59 minutes
- Shrewsbury is a town in the UK
- Host Note: We had to cut out about 15 minutes of Winnipeg Jets talk from the outro
- Weakerthan’s Winnipeg Song - One Great City!

It takes a real savvy media company to release an episode twelve minutes into the Super Bowl....

We were joined by Rachel Zimmer, CEO of Simple Ventures, one of Canada's most exciting venture firms.

Rachel is amazing. An incredible career in tech PLUS she does improv!! 

Rachel pitches a real idea to make it easier for kids to get adopted. Phil takes this really lovely idea and takes it in a whole other direction with Arranged.

Rachel throws a rapid fire pitch into the mix with Dog-gevity.

The guys also talk the new Star Search (the worst talent show ever made), real actual Pip's Lips are on their way to Phil's house, and Producer Chaz is all grown up.

Plus, Jennifer Wiens and her team at New Network are back to sponsor their second episode! 

This week we are joined in-studio by Charles Guedo, Co-Founder and CEO of 8AM Solutions. Haven't heard about 8AM? You're not the only one...Philippe discovers he may need Vendor Risk Assessment software.

Chuck is a fellow soccer Dad who loves convenience, and his ideas are going to revolutionize shopping and cooking.

Shubh discusses the value of having an ex-pro football player as a parent on your kids' soccer team.

Plus, Pip has prop food...should we be concerned?

Big news! Our first ad read!! Jennifer Wiens and the team at New Network are a secret weapon for startups and scaleups looking to find the best people for that journey. I'm a huge fan. 

Join special guest Tate Hackert, Founder and CSO of ZayZoon, Canada's 22nd fastest growing tech company no thanks to Shubh.

Tate takes the guys on a harrowing journey across half the globe as we (sort of) arrive at the pitch. You'll be on the edge of your seat.

Pip and Shubh determine the real pitch might just be, "You Look Beautiful Just the Way You Are"

Also:

- Pip mentions some phallic imagery on LinkedIn, see here for reference

- Riboflavin is a B vitamin

- Turkey's population is 85M

- There are 100,000+ follicles on a human head

Follow us on Instagram! Producer Chaz says if we posted this here he would post a rendering of Aquadesk.

This week, Shubh interrupts Philippe's vacation because Producer Chaz needed to pitch his first idea. 

Shubh and Pip stick with the vacation theme to pitch two last minute travel ideas.

Plus, Philippe receives an incredible gift for Christmas, Shubh's self-proclaimed title of Favorite Son-In-Law is challenged, and a documentary film about a road trip to the world's largest perogy? Sign us up.

Thomas and Erica came correct with FIVE total pitches. Everything from making hockey more accessible to adding modern convenience to hair and coffee and lawnmowing.

Plus, Philippe has a cybersecurity scare and the guys create the Thursday Media jingle powered by the mouth trumpet.

Finally, did Philippe's father replace him with a dog? Tune in to find out.

Dan pitches a GIGANTIC idea that redefines human gathering and connection. And he doesn't stop there, he has a second incredible idea that will revolutionize conference swag.

Plus, Chaz joins Shubh and Philippe as they dissect the public reaction to Episodes 1 and 2, and talk about the trials and tribulations of making and marketing a podcast.

The guys shine a light on Pip's Lips with Philippe's "Lip Care for Men with No Lip" cosmetic line idea. Everyone loves a limp plumper right?

Shubh pitches Philippe and Producer Chaz Somers (making his YBIOTL debut) on automating BBQ covering.

Shubh also tries out some nicknames and the guys discuss feedback on the pilot episode.

Shubh pitches Floarts to Philippe and guest judge Leah Sarich, Head of Story at Thin Air Labs.

Then, our first ever entrepreneur comes on to pitch. Sebastian Hiscock, Co-Founder at Purelend.ai and salsa aficionado, pitches SalsaScore to Shubh and Philippe.