Welcome to Cat’s Track Episode 173, with guest Trevor Prentice.

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After nearly a decade of experience managing and advising on intellectual property (patents, licensing, commercial agreements, and more), Trevor founded The IP Link to help fill the gap between business and legal services by helping businesses more easily prioritize, manage, and monetize their intellectual property. Trevor has a BSc in Physics, a Masters in Aerospace Engineering, and a Certificate of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In his spare time, Trevor sells speed cubes (better than Rubik’s cubes) online through Rocket Cubes and sends out a weekly newsletter called The Nerdy Parent with fun strategies for intelligent parents!

Welcome to Cat’s Track Episode 172, with guest Andy Mark.

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Andy Mark is an experienced finance professional having spent the last 16 years serving in various roles in the professional services and finance industries. Andy is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of QV Investors, an independent, Calgary-based investment management firm where he is responsible for the financial, administration and compliance functions of the firm. He also assists in managing the day-to-day operations.

Andy graduated from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Commerce with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and obtained his Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant designation in 2007. He spent the first 12 years of his career providing assurance and accounting advisory services to publicly and privately held companies in the financial services, telecommunication and energy services industries in Canada and New Zealand. Prior to joining QV, Andy served as Controller of a publicly traded energy service company. Andy has also served as board and committee members on various not-for-profit organizations.

Welcome to Cat’s Track Episode 171, with guest Karina Birch.

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Karina Birch is co-owner and CEO of Rocky Mountain Soap Co. She and her husband Cam nurtured the company from its beginnings in 2000, as a small shop in Canmore to now 13 retail locations and a 17,000 square foot workshop. Rocky Mountain Soap creates small-batch beauty products using simple, natural and fresh ingredients. Building relationships with Canadian farmers to use high quality, healthy skin care ingredients in their recipes.

Karina spends her time directing Rocky’s strategy, product development and brand. Since their earliest days, she and Cam have focused on fostering a strong company culture that empowers people to ‘Give it a Go’, reminds them to ‘Be Kind’, and encourages ‘Positivitude’.

Rocky Mountain Soap has been included in the Profit 100 and Alberta Ventures ‘Fastest Growing Companies.’ Karina has been honored as an AWE ‘Celebration of Achievement’ recipient, female entrepreneur on the ‘W100’ list. She is a current member and past board member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) Calgary. She has also completed the Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program (OPM).