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The Desire2GrowE07: George Khalife - Vice President at the Toronto Stock Exchange, Connecting U.S Companies to Capital, Starting a New Role During The PandemicIn this episode, I talk to George Khalife an alum from the University of Ottawa who is currently a Vice President at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) where he connects U.S. companies to capital. George has experienced tremendous professional growth in the past few growing to this role a few years after graduation. We talk about what it takes to get into the exchange, some of the key things to do during school to add value to your resume, how it's like adjusting to a new role during the pandemic, and the accountabilities George has in his...2021-02-2353 min
The Desire2GrowEP 06: Nasir Hossein: Economics Ph.D. Student at a top school at just 23 years old, University of Toronto, Ryerson and Queens AlumniWe are finally tackling the educational segment. In this episode of The Desire2Grow, I catch up with my classmate and one of the smartest individuals I know Nasir Hossein. Nasir and I completed our undergraduate degrees in Economics. Nasir later graduated with a Masters of Economics at Queens and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Toronto. We talk about topics around the process of getting into a Ph.D. program, the mentality and attitude of someone who has done it at a young age, and habits/tips on how to do well...2021-02-0944 min
The Desire2GrowE05: Kyubak Lee - From travelling the world to being the VP of Corproate Sales at a Fintech, Finance Industry, Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, FXIn this episode, I talk to Kyubak Lee, who works in the fintech space at one of the top global payments firms in the world, Cambridge Global Payments a Fleetcor company. He has experienced tremendous growth in the past few years excelling in the corporate finance space growing from an associate to Vice President in just a few years. In this episode, we talk about how the industry has been affected by the pandemic, what it takes to get into corporate finance or capital markets, and the mindset and things he has done to grow in this tough field.2021-01-261h 02
The Desire2GrowE04: Shobhita Soor - From West Africa to North America, Co-Founder of Aspire Food Group and current CEO of Legendary Foods, Forbes 30 under 30, Female EntrepreneurExcited to finally have a female on the show. We are back to Entrepreneurship and this time with the food tech industry. In this episode, I have the honor of talking to Shobhita Soor a Forbes 30 under 30 who is the co-founder of Aspire Food Group and the current CEO of Legendary Foods. She won the prestigious Hult Prize which is a global case competition that has a reward of $1M where she as a co-founder started Aspire Food group. Her story is amazing as someone who studied psychology, who then further pursued Law School/MBA a joint program offered...2021-01-121h 00
The Desire2GrowE03: Sunny Khullar - Direct to Consumer Sales - From medical to sales, Entry sales to General Sales Manager in less than 3 yearsIn season 1 I will be talking to different extraordinary Millenials who have been prospering and growing in their careers and educational paths. In episode 3 we talk about direct to consumer sales and how it's like to work in the car dealership industry. I talk to Sunny Khullar a General Sales Manager at one of the top-performing Volkswagen dealerships in Canada. At just the age of 26 and less than 3 years in the car dealership industry, he went from an entry sales consultant to a general sales manager. He provides great insight into the mindset he had to get where...2020-12-2949 min
The Desire2GrowE02: Sid Yadav - Entrepreneurship - Restaurants - Schulich Grad quits stable full time job to start restaurantIn season 1 I will be talking to different extraordinary Millenials who have been prospering and growing in their careers and educational paths. In episode 2 we talk about entrepreneurship and how it's like to own a restaurant. I talk to one of my close friends Sid Yadav, who is a graduate of Schulich School of Business at York University, and worked at a big 5 bank as a Business Analyst after graduation. He decided to drop that stable job to start a restaurant and now has opened his second that too during the pandemic at just age of 25. Listen...2020-12-1550 min
The Desire2GrowE01: Maninder Gill - Marketing - Being a Brand Manager at a CPG in the Beauty Care IndustryExcited to premiere the first episode of season 1 where I will be talking to different extraordinary individuals who have been prospering and growing in their careers and educational paths. Today I talk to one of my close friends who is a recent graduate from Wilfred Laurer University and is working as a Brand Manager at a CPG in the beauty care industry. He is one of the youngest brand managers I know and offers a lot of valuable insight into what it takes to get into the role and how the industry has changed during the pandemic. Listen...2020-12-0145 min
The Desire2GrowE00: Samdish Singh Paul - The Man behind the Micwww.thedesire2grow.com
Instagram - @thedesire2grow
The Desire2Grow will focus on all aspects of growth from spiritual, physical, and mental helping us improve our relationships, careers, and hobbies. I am very excited to finally launch my podcast. In Episode 0 I'll be introducing myself Samdish(the host) and why I want to start the podcast. I shot this all in one take to stay as genuine as possible and am confident my abilities as a podcaster will get better as times goes on. I talk about my story of going from narrow-minded...2020-11-1716 min