It’s been less than 10 years since foam technology has revolutionized the mattress industry.
Mattresses have now become “easy-to-ship” items that are being sold directly to consumers at a much lower retail price. Because of this, many new Ecommerce-first brands have emerged in the market.

Anthony Calvillo is best known as the former star Quarterback of the Montreal Alouettes. In his 16 years with the team, Anthony won 3 Grey Cups for the city and broke numerous CFL records. However, it’s his involvement with the community that really made him stand out as a professional athlete in a hockey driven city.

Kareem is the owner of GoodFITT personal training and wellness services. As a personal coach, his philosophy is to enable his clients to live healthier lifestyles by exercising, eating balanced diets, and focusing on mental wellness.

He started GoodFITT nearly a decade ago after experiencing his own physical transformation. After losing nearly 30 pounds of body fat and feeling as healthy as ever , he decided that he’d make a career out of helping others to achieve their own health goals.

Brian is the president of Lind Equipment: a leader in portable electrical equipment designed for the toughest workplaces. He decided to join Lind in 2007 upon having completed his MBA at Harvard Business School. Given his talent for strategic business development, he searched for an established company that he could elevate to new heights. Lind was a perfect fit since it was a well positioned player in a growing market.

Brian started at Lind Equipment with very little category knowledge. That being said, he relied on his experience in building solid strategies to create a plan that would ensure long-term growth. He understood his company’s core companies and laid out a differentiation strategy that would focus on creating innovative products for the heavy industrial, construction, mining, and military industries.

Oliver always knew that he was going to be an entrepreneur. Upon completing his MBA, he played a pivotal role in creating the content recommendation platform nRelate. At its peak, nRelate was able to generate over 6 billion page views a month. The platform was eventually acquired by Ask.com.

Oliver left nRelate in 2015 and founded SpareMin with some of his old business partners. SpareMin is currently focused on growing its video editing web-app Headliner. The app was designed with a simple goal in mind: help audio content creators produce videos that they can share on social media.

Samantha Kris is an author, speaker, success coach, and the founder of the Bossing Up movement. If you haven’t heard of the movement, Bossing Up is all about helping people find their inner boss and enabling them to achieve their dreams of success.

After climbing the corporate ladder at a rapid pace, Samantha realized that her true strength stemmed from her ability to set goals. Being someone who loves building communities and interacting with others, she decided to become a success coach in order to help entrepreneurs build and grow their businesses.

Jon is an architect turned entrepreneur. In 2017, he took a leap of faith and started his own company: Burnbud. The Burnbud is an all-in-one smoking accessory that was designed to be sleek, compact, and convenient. What’s fascinating about Jon’s story is that he has always been involved in every aspect of his business. He worked on everything from the original product design to the current sales strategy.

Kathleen has always been passionate about clothing. After working in fashion for many years, she began to notice that many injustices had become common place in the industry. Instead of turning a blind eye, she decided to seek and embrace brands that implemented both ethical and sustainable practices. She decided to document her journey by starting her own blog: ConsciousNChic.

Scott is a digital marketing specialist to the core. He has over 20 years of agency experience and has founded multiple successful businesses. His success spans from driving strategies in social media, video, and content marketing to hands on production and deployment.

Andrew’s story serves as a reminder that the American Dream is still alive and well. Born into an immigrant family, he has always been expected to achieve great things while having minimal access to resources. At age 17, he had a major disagreement with his parents and was left homeless. Instead of giving up, Andrew decided to take full control of his destiny so that he could reach his goal of being a successful businessman.

At under 30, Andrew has already built a 7 figure agency called “The O Agency”. The agency helps athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs stand-out through personal branding. He also co-authored a book and is currently working on a new project called BYOB live.

Steve Daniel is the brains behind the popular MTLPromos Instagram account. We were amazed when we found out that the brand started as a client acquisition strategy. When Steve decided to quit his 9 to 5 job to become a social media consultant, he didn’t have any clients to establish his credibility. He had the brilliant idea of creating and curating his own “fake” client. The account now has over 15K followers and has played a pivotal role in growing Steve’s consulting business.

It all started 20+ years ago, growing up in Saint-Leonard with his two brothers. The influence of his Italian culture, especially his grandparents, aided in creating the persona we know today as “Nonna Maria”. This project led him to collaborate with various stand up comedians, one of them being Joe Avati.

What is a Girl Boss? To us, a Girl Boss is a term used to describe a strong independent woman who believes in herself and the people around her. Someone who builds relationships with other women to support each other not tear them down. The term “Girl Boss” does not solely represent a group of female entrepreneurs but any female who embodies these qualities and wants to see other women around her succeed. Our dream is to live in a world where all women can feel supported and encouraged by others to excel in their passions, wherever they may lie.

Ambroise Debret is an entrepreneur & growth hacker focusing specifically on mobile & ecommerce. What is his number one mission you may ask, “to help create companies and brands that aim to disrupt their industry”.

Arriving to Montreal from Iran with Italian passports at only 5 years old, Aydin moved from refugee camp to refugee camp. Violence, street gangs and injustice was part of his DNA. That is until he met a John Abbott professor who gave him a camera to shoot life from his vantage point.

A few years ago Ameer Alba was working as a nurse who chose to make a pivot in his career, switching fields to follow his dream. That is, nursing brands on how to grow their business through captivating 1 minutes videos.

On episode 30 of the Montreal Marketeers podcast, we talk about creating successful teams with Matt Sakaguchi, a site reliability manager at Google.

Ciderie Sarah Cole owes the authenticity of its products to the passion of its founders, but also to its history. It all started in Argenteuil county in the province of Québec, halfway between Montreal & Ottawa. In this area, the Champlain sea, retreating after the last glacial age, left us with amazing mineral rich soil.

Donny loves food and wine. Growing up in a Montreal Italian household, he learned to appreciate food culture at a young age. He started making his own wine in college using the methods his grandparents taught him. However, being detail-driven and somewhat of a perfectionist, he experimented with new techniques that would increase the quality of his homemade wine. His passion for wine has been growing ever since.

Ali's goal has always been to promote Lebanese culture. As a Lebanese Canadian, he feels that traditional media companies have a tendency to shine a negative light on the community that he holds so close to his heart. After trying different content creation approaches, he found his niche in reacting to Arabic music videos.