Startup Stories Interview with Sarah Goodman Sarah Goodman is the President and CEO at Chiwis Kiwi Chips Sarah led the VitalSines team as CEO for four years before taking on the Chief Operating Officer role in August 2018. Sarah has led the VitalSines team from beta version of iHeart to commercialization and success with over 10,000 users in 65 countries worldwide. Sarah is a strong business development professional with education from Capilano University, Simon Fraser University, Spring University, The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, and the American Council on Exercise.

Qaid Jivan run a company called TalentMarketplace. They help IT leaders do more of what they love - deliver great projects for their clients with great people. They do this by replacing their side-of-the-desk recruitment activities (writing job descriptions, reviewing resumes, interviewing people who aren't a fit, etc.) with an digital solution. Previous to TalentMarketplace, Qaid was setting up large IT Project Management Offices as a Sr. Project Analyst. He's involved in the project management community in BC, having served two years on the board of directors for the Project Management Institute for the Canadian West Coast.

How do you get from idea to building a thriving successful startup?! It’s a mystery that millions of people around the world are trying to figure out. How do you get through the challenges and dark moments? Who do you turn to? And how do you navigate the next few steps into the unknown?! Whether you are starting a small local business, an Etsy shop, or a tech startup, the journey of entrepreneurship is really, really hard. You have to make decisions every day, deal with new challenges, and manage many relationships. Finding help and learning how to navigate this journey will lead to better chances of success, and to a more enjoyable less bumpy ride. In an interview with Hussein Hallak on the Unleashed Podcast, Humaira Ahmed shares her journey as an entrepreneur and what it’s like for a woman entrepreneur to build and grow a tech startup.