In Episode 31 of Canada's Number 1 Business-Comedy Podcast, Shubh, Philippe, and returning producer Chaz record in person during Calgary Stampede, riffing on Chaz’s first Stampede visit, late-night food spots, and Philippe’s painful cowboy boots and nonstop events. Philippe recaps Tech Thursday/House 831 Stampede programming, including a Tourism Calgary white-hatting ceremony, multiple dinners, and a nonprofit fundraiser that raised about $15,000 for the Trellis Society, plus connecting Kelly Schmitt with Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida for VIP access. Shubh shares a Kelowna trip and pitches “BillBoat” floating lake billboards, then a “Dad.AI/Coach Shubh” advice app idea, before they discuss podcasts, pets, and travel.

Brought to you in part by The New Network and Center9.

00:00 Cold Open Banter
00:42 Stampede Welcome Back Chaz
01:53 Calgary Food Crawl
03:14 Boots Horses And Poop
05:47 Horse Bites Debate
06:44 The New Network Sponsor Read
07:46 Office Setup And Painting Life
12:19 Center9 Sponsor Read
14:27 Tech Summit White Hatting
17:08 Stampede Events And Fundraiser
20:45 OLP VIP Connection
23:23 Europe Dates And London Talk
26:17 Worcestershire Pronunciation Spiral
27:21 Stockholm Snus Relapse
32:26 Banter Pod And Kelowna Drive
33:00 Kelowna Billboard Overload
33:41 Floating Ads on Water
42:00 Billboat Name and Logistics
46:19 Muskoka Pushback
50:51 Coach Shubh Dad Advice App
52:34 Accent Chair and Dad Calls
57:34 DIY Table and Ford Ranger
01:02:48 Chaz Returns and Podcast Plans
01:06:09 Wrap Up and Goodbyes

Episode 30 of Canada's favourite Business-Comedy podcast Your Business Is On the Line is here, and it's a "secret". We go back in time to an episode recorded with little preparation, where Shubh and Philippe banter about audio improvements, a hockey-stick tape prototype, chart-watching as the show hits Canada’s top 100 entrepreneurship podcasts. We've got overly long intros, plus Chaz shares a life update about moving to a small Stratford apartment and missing a roommate’s cat.

Chaos ensues as Lewis Horwood (PureLend) and Michael Rossi (NEO) are pulled into the room mid-recording; Lewis pitches “runmylife.ai,” an app that uses big-data-style insights to tell him what to do and reduce decision-making. The hosts help to define the product, discuss data access, and Mike riffs on dynamic insurance pricing based on real-time behaviour.

Brought to you as always in part by the New Network. And we are VERY VERY proud to introduce a new sponsor, Center9, our preferred partner for all your Microsoft 365 needs.

00:00 Secret Episode Setup
01:50 Audio Wins and Prototypes
05:08 Podcast Pressure and Fans
09:10 Big Guests and Short Intros
11:09 Chaz Apartment and Cat
15:10 Guests Incoming Today
16:33 Sponsor Break
20:15 Lewis Joins the Studio
22:02 Meet Lewis and PureLend
25:42 Watford Football Woes
27:16 Phil Leaves Mid-Pod
28:52 Mike Rossi Crashes In
32:35 Run My Life AI Pitch
37:10 Decision Fatigue Debate
40:28 Insurance Monetization Twist
43:57 Salsa Scores and Feedback
48:12 Wrap Up and Teasers

Episode 29 of Your Business Is On the Line features returning guest Sebastian Hiscock (PureLend Co-Founder, creator of SalsaScore) as the hosts riff on SalsaScore, cowboy/Stampede energy, and bringing back “hit” guests and discuss PureLend’s rapid growth and hiring, including what it’s like working the top-of-funnel and the hard-to-test traits of resilience and doing the right thing under pressure.

Philippe and Shubh brainstorm a business idea around simulated, high-stakes crisis scenarios as a hiring stress test ), then Seb pitches “RestJet,” a premium end-to-end travel service where customers are anesthetized, boxed, transported, and wake up in their destination bed.

The guys also detour into inference data centers (GPUs, model hosting/partnerships), space data centers, and pop-culture references. Go watch this movie: The Game (1997).

Brought to you as always in part by the New Network. And we are VERY VERY proud to introduce a brand new sponsor, Center9, our preferred partner for all your Microsoft 365 needs.

00:00 Smoky Cold Open
00:14 Episode Setup Chaos
02:03 Stampede Cowboy Vibes
02:43 Seb Returns Salsa Score
06:55 PureLend Hiring Update
09:03 Sponsor The New Network
10:05 Stress Test Hiring Idea
13:40 Murder Mystery Scenario
19:11 Sponsor Center9
21:25 Naming and Scoring Camelot
28:06 Inference Data Centers 101
30:24 Space Data Centers and Sports
31:38 New Pitch Travel Anesthesia
34:19 Travel Is Miserable
34:53 RestJet Mechanics Explained
36:03 Airline Economics And Packing Boxes
39:02 Cryosleep For Any Travel
44:48 Shrinking Tech And Bird Fears
49:09 Salsa Score And Idea Recap
54:46 Stampede Plug And Hiring Pitch
58:53 Dice Cheating As Interview Test
01:01:02 Final Thanks And Wrap