Hustle & Grind

Hustle and Grind is a storytelling‑driven business podcast highlighting the entrepreneurs, innovators, and small‑business leaders shaping the future of London, Ontario’s local business ecosystem . Hosts Ryan Beliveau and Scott Wain sit down with founders, creators, trades professionals, and community builders who have turned ideas into impact and hard work into thriving enterprises across Southwestern Ontario. Each conversation dives deep into the realities of entrepreneurship—starting from scratch, navigating uncertainty, managing growth, building resilient teams, and staying motivated through the grind. Ryan and Scott explore the lessons learned on the shop floor, in the boardroom, behind the camera, and on the front lines of local business. Guests share candid stories about risk, failure, breakthrough moments, and the mindset shifts that helped them push forward when the path wasn’t easy.

Hustle & Grind is a business podcast hosted by Ryan Beliveau and Scott Wain, with 50 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Ryan Beliveau and Scott Wain hosts Hustle & Grind, a business show with 50 episodes published.

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  Episode #48

  Ep. 48 -The Founder Who Built a Business While Raising Kids and Hunting Bears - Michelle Teichroeb

  Sep 28, 20261h 5m

  Some entrepreneurs build businesses. Michelle Teichroeb built a life. And somehow, she’s managed to blend real estate, property management, mentorship, motherhood, and bear hunting into one of the most compelling founder stories we’ve ever had on the pod. This episode is a ride — in the best way. Michelle shares how she stumbled into a niche no one was serving: tenant placement and boutique property management. What started with a $45,000 rental in a rough part of town turned into Harrison Carter, a thriving company built on endurance, intuition, and doing things differently. She didn’t follow a blueprint — she created one. But the real magic is the life behind the business. Michelle grew up in a family where “if you don’t work, you don’t eat” wasn’t a slogan — it was reality. She raised kids while renovating rentals, took two buses to rescue a tenant while eight months pregnant, and built a company her son eventually joined… after years of absorbing the business from the backseat, the job site, and the dinner table. And then there’s the hunting. Not the casual kind — the bear kind. Michelle talks about the Zen of sitting silently in the forest, the discipline of disconnecting, the lessons nature teaches, and the group of women she now travels with to hunt across Ontario. It’s unexpected, it’s badass, and it’s exactly the kind of story that makes you rethink what balance really looks like. If you’ve ever wondered how to build a business while raising a family, how to create a niche instead of chasing one, or how to carve out time for the passions that keep you grounded — this episode is your blueprint.

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  Episode #47

  Ep. 47 - The Calmest Leader in the Room: Josh Millar’s Culture Blueprint

  Sep 14, 20261h 7m

  What happens when a 28‑year‑old walks into a boardroom full of 50‑year‑olds and completely rewrites the culture of a unionized retail operation? Joshua Millar didn’t just survive it — he became the longest‑serving GM in Tepperman’s London history. This episode goes deep into the kind of leadership you can’t fake: the kind forged on a berry farm, hardened in the Canadian Armed Forces, and tested inside one of the most complex retail environments you can imagine. Josh breaks down how “leaders eat last” isn’t a slogan — it’s a lifestyle. From feeding his section before himself to rebuilding trust inside a store that churned through six general managers in five years, he shows how service‑based leadership actually works in the real world. We get into the wild dynamics of running a unionized, commission‑based sales team — where everyone wants fairness, but everyone also wants to win. Josh shares how he rebuilt culture from the ground up, turned hostility into collaboration, and created a workplace where employees brag about their leader to strangers… including the VP who secretly visited his store. If you’ve ever wondered how to lead people older than you, how to earn respect without demanding it, or how to think like an entrepreneur inside someone else’s business, this conversation is a masterclass. Calm under pressure, relentless in service, and obsessed with building people up — Josh’s story is the blueprint for intrapreneurs everywhere.

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  Episode #46

  Ep. 46 - Intrapreneurship Done Right — Justin Mulligan on Building Big Experiences

  Aug 31, 202657 min

  Some people build businesses. Justin Mulligan builds experiences. And somehow, he’s doing it inside one of the biggest companies in the country — with the freedom, creativity, and hustle of a founder. This episode is a masterclass in intrapreneurship: how to act like an entrepreneur even when you don’t technically own the business. Mully’s story starts in one of London’s most iconic small‑business legacies — Pete’s Sports — where he grew up watching his dad and uncle grind, build relationships, and accidentally help launch Vaughn, one of the most legendary goalie equipment brands in hockey. That early exposure shaped everything: the hustle, the people skills, the instinct to create moments people remember. Fast‑forward to today: Justin is the National Brand Experience Manager for Molson, designing massive festival activations, building speakeasies behind porta‑potties at Stampede, bringing 80s mascots to life as touring DJs, and dreaming up ideas that reach millions of people across Canada. Mechanical bulls, Instagram walls, custom jibbit bracelets — if you’ve seen something wild at Boots & Hearts or Rock the Park, there’s a good chance Mully was behind it. But the real magic is his mindset. The imposter syndrome he still feels before every event. The notes app full of “fix this next year.” The obsession with making experiences better, tighter, more memorable. The belief that growth lives in discomfort. And the reminder that you don’t need to own a company to think like a founder — you just need to care enough to build something worth talking about. This episode is pure energy, pure joy, and pure entrepreneurial spirit — even inside a 200‑year‑old beer company.

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  Episode #45

  Ep. 45 - Katie Dortmans - Why Katie Dortmans Burned the Ships and Built a Niche Business Nobody Saw Coming

  Aug 17, 20261h 8m

  You don’t stumble into a skull‑cleaning business… unless you’re Katie Dortmans. What started as watching her brother boil deer heads in the backyard turned into one of the most fascinating niche businesses we’ve ever featured — and one of the most unexpectedly inspiring entrepreneurial journeys you’ll hear this year. Katie went from a secure corporate job with a pension to running a full‑time skull‑cleaning operation powered by dermestid beetles — the same beetles used by museums like the ROM. She built her first colony in a 10×11 shed, took drop‑offs in a wheelie bin beside her house, and slowly grew a reputation for immaculate work that hunters across Ontario now swear by. But the real story isn’t the skulls — it’s the leap. Katie talks openly about the slow burn of passion, the moment she realized she couldn’t keep one foot in the corporate world, and the mindset shift that pushed her to “burn the ships” and bet on herself. No leave of absence. No safety net. Just full commitment. And then there’s the art. The part she hid for years. The part she never showed her face for on Instagram. The part that eventually pulled her into her first art show and forced her to admit: she’s not just an entrepreneur… she’s an artist. This episode is weird, wonderful, and wildly motivating — proof that the most unconventional paths often lead to the most fulfilling work.

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  Episode #43

  Glenn Mowat | The Hustle and Grind Podcast | Ep. 43

  Jul 20, 20261 hourS3

  Most entrepreneurs think their biggest problem is sales. Glenn Mowat says that’s dead wrong — the bottleneck is always the owner. Every. Single. Time. “Every single time, every single time, every single time.” This episode is a masterclass in pattern recognition, personal blind spots, and the uncomfortable truth that your habits — not your market — determine your growth ceiling. Glenn’s been doing this for 40 years, from early EDI sales at GE to being one of Cisco Canada’s first 11 employees. He’s seen founders burn out, scale fast, stall hard, and reinvent themselves… and he can spot the root cause in minutes. The wild part? His entire philosophy started with one moment: two exhausted sales reps drowning in purchase orders who realized they could flip the model and make customers come to them. “We invited 30 or 33 people and 25 or 26 signed that night.” Glenn breaks down why entrepreneurs stay stuck, why time and money are the only real investments, and why tracking your day in 15‑minute increments can expose the patterns that quietly run your life — and your business. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, under‑leveraged, or suspicious that you might be the reason your business isn’t growing… this conversation will hit hard. It’s raw, tactical, and full of “oh damn” moments that make you rethink how you operate.

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