Alumni Mixer & Live Podcast Recording

Joel Huculak

'16 BSc(PetEng)

Joel Huculak is the CEO and founder of Motiversity, one of the largest motivational media companies in the world, that includes 4 of the most popular brands in the personal development industry: Motiversity, Motivation2Study, MotivationHub, and T&H Inspiration. Combined with over 10 million subscribers and 1 billion lifetime views on YouTube, they are a fast-growing media company that keeps motivation and creativity at the heart of everything they do. Joel is also a co-founder and the CEO of Mindset, which includes both the Mindset: Daily Motivation app for streaming motivational audios and MindsetDRM, a digital rights management platform for speakers and creators.

Jennifer Keith

'11 BCom, '17 MBA

Jennifer has always had an interest in entrepreneurship that was seeded in childhood as she watched her family start and operate businesses related to travel and food. She holds an MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the U of A and she has been focused for years on identifying opportunities to help small to medium-sized businesses thrive. Her life vision is to be a force of positive change in the world through her skills and business acumen, and she dedicates herself to projects and ventures that she believes can make a meaningful difference to her local community and beyond.

Faaiza Ramji

'05 BCom

Faaiza’s best work comes from finding meaningful connections between seemingly disparate ideas.

In the past, her role in economic development had her rethinking how to shape a city’s image and reputation through the traditional, yet untapped channels of entrepreneurship, trade, and investment attraction.

Today, running On Purpose, a marketing strategy firm based in Edmonton, Canada, keeps Faaiza in lock step with entrepreneurs, the lifeblood of any city, helping them operationalize their brands and deliver on the experience they want to provide their customers. Her work sits at the intersection of marketing, business development, and customer experience.

Throughout it all, entrepreneurship is the common thread. She dipped her toe in the water when she opened a quick serve restaurant in 2011, and her latest venture, Field Notes, aims to connect consumers to Canadian agriculture in surprising ways, starting with a range of alcoholic spirits made from distilled peas, one of Canada’s largest global exports.