Another person that Leesa Barnes snapped up for a podcast interview during the recent mesh meet-up at the Charlotte Room was Jerry King. Somehow, he managed to turn the tables on her, and got Leesa to talk about how she’s managing a start-up while writing a book, and the biggest lesson that Leesa took away from organizing a Podcamp. Leesa and Jerry also touched on the problem between unconferences and conferences, and the type of Web 2.0 projects he’s looking for.
Nancy Peterson is the founder of HomeStars.ca, where consumers can read other people’s home improvement stories or write their own.
Nancy started HomeStars in Toronto after living through several lengthy home renovation projects. She saw an opportunity to vastly improve the decision making process for homeowners when searching and selecting home improvement companies, by harnessing the power of word-of-mouth in an online medium. The team is currently working on HomeStars 2.0 to build out a stronger community of user content.
Prior to HomeStars, Nancy spent her career in marketing at Kraft Foods in Toronto and Procter & Gamble in The Netherlands. She has an International MBA from RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam and a BA from University of Western Ontario.
Scott Feschuk wrote this bio himself – let’s just come right out and say that. He doesn’t have “people” to do that kind of thing for him. So why is he using the third person? Hmm. That’s a good question. Hey! Look over there – Bigfoot! [sounds of footsteps running off]
Aww, screw it: I’ve worked as chief speechwriter to Paul Martin and as a writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes (though not, alas, simultaneously). I’ve written a couple books (which sold tens of copies — combined) and worked for the Globe and Mail and National Post. I’m a partner in a speechwriting firm, Feschuk.Reid, which is based in Ottawa and Toronto. And I write a column and blog for Maclean’s.
There. Whew. I think Scott Feschuk pulled that off okay.