Best Matan Hazanov Podcasts (2025)

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250 Years of Business Wisdom in 21 Min | Powerful Advice Compilation 21:21

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Are you an entrepreneur feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or questioning if you should keep going? You’re not alone. In this 21-minute compilation, we've pulled together the most powerful insights from guests of The Profit or Pivot Podcast, founders, investors, and business leaders who have faced struggles just like you. This episode is packed with real …

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Reviving My Failed Startup & Becoming Top 10 on the App Store | Jonathan Shiff of PAPR 52:16

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Jonathan built a successful news app that reached the top 10 on Apple's app store and decided to let the startup fail. In this video, Jonathan and I discuss his winding journey as a startup founder, the challenges he faced, why he let his startup fail, and why and how he ultimately revived it. Also, we discuss how he made a lot of money trading sto…

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Religion, Faith, Making Money & Finding Purpose | Rabbi Josh Kaller 53:25

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How can ancient Jewish wisdom guide the way we live, work, and build businesses today? In this episode of the Profit or Pivot Podcast, I sit down with R. Josh Kaller who is an entrepreneur, attorney, real estate investor, and community leader, to explore the intersection of Judaism, spirituality, and business. In addition to being a real estate att…

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Timing is Everything & Other Lessons From a Billion $ Exit | Michael Durance 46:06

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Timing is everything when building a startup. It can make the difference between a billion dollar exit and utter failure. Its why one of the most important questions a venture capital investor will ask startups is "why now". What changed about the market that allows you to create significant value and build a hyperscale business NOW. Michael Duranc…

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Advising $23 Billion in Assets | Mo Lidsky of Prime Quadrant 1:02:32

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How do billionaires really manage their money? What’s the difference between creating wealth and actually preserving it across generations? In this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast, I sit down with Mo Lidsky, a serial entrepreneur, author of five books, and co-founder & CEO of Prime Quadrant, a leading family office advisory firm serving over…

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How to WIN Against 30,000 Competitors | Mark Halpern of WEALTHinsurance.com 44:16

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Entrepreneurs focus on how to create wealth but most DON'T think about the day after exit. How do they use their wealth, plan for the future, protect their legacy, and invest in their community. Mark Halpern, the Founder of WEALTHinsurance.com, became the most famous insurance broker in Canada by focusing on answering these questions for Canada's m…

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Building a $150M Corporate Venture Fund | Talia Abramowitz & Deloitte Ventures 47:30

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Should you leave your steady corporate job to start a business? In this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast I speak with Talia Abramowitz, a partner at Deloitte, the largest professional services firm in the world ($70B in revenues) and the founder of Deloitte Ventures, a $150 million corporate venture capital fund. Talia shares how she carved o…

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You Can Scale a Startup WITHOUT Venture Capital | Mark Nashman 38:54

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Mark Nashman shares his journey from successful entrepreneur to successful venture capital investor. We learn about Mark's incredible story building Clarity Systems, a financial software business that he grew to over $50 million in revenues before selling to IBM. We also discuss Mark's perspective on investing in startups, what he looks for, red fl…

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Why Startup Founders Fail at Sales (And How to Fix It) | Sonya Meloff 58:29

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In this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast, I sit down with Sonya Meloff, co-founder of one of Canada’s most successful sales recruitment agencies. She helped thousands of companies, from startups to enterprises, hire top-performing salespeople and scaled her business to 8-figure revenues before exiting. If you're a founder hiring your first sa…

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Adapting to Rapidly Changing Business Environments | Michael Millar 1:17:25

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In summer of 2020, at the peak of chaos in the healthcare industry, Michael raised a venture capital "Seed" round for his healthcare software startup. How did Michael turn a crisis into an opportunity, grow his business, and set himself on the path to success? Some of the topics covered: Michael's background, how and why he started Verto How he dev…

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The Journey to a $1.6 Billion Exit | The Wind Mobile Story with Brice Scheschuk 1:22:35

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In this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast, host Matan Hazanov interviews Brice Scheschuk, a trailblazing entrepreneur who co-founded Wind Mobile and sold it for $1.6 billion. Bryce takes us behind the scenes of his journey, from his early days in Saskatchewan and the naval reserve to disrupting Canada’s telecom oligopoly with Wind Mobile. He s…

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Why I Left a $100 Million Business to Build a Startup | Avi Abrams 36:40

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Avi Abrams shares his journey from aspiring VC to one of the 1st hires in a high growth startup raising $50 million, and how he eventually leaves to pursue his goal of building a business from 0 to 1. We dive into Avi's time at Humi, a high growth SaaS startup, where he led product development during the company's incredible growth. He shares his l…

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From $0 to $10M: Marketing Lessons Every Startup Founder Needs | Igor Sorokin 52:24

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In this episode, Matan Hazanov sits down with Igor Sorokin, the marketing mastermind behind One Core Media, an 8-figure boutique marketing firm driving results for global giants like Canadian Tire, Kijiji, Cisco, and even Floyd Mayweather. With over 25 years in the game, Igor shares battle-tested strategies for startups and growing businesses to st…

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The Blueprint for Building Startups at Scale | Chris Carder 49:40

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Chris Carder shares his incredible journey as an aspiring journalist to successful entrepreneur, academic, and builder of startups at scale. He is currently the Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Schulich School of Business, often ranked the #1 business school in Canada. The position is one he created as a result of building a startup com…

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From Startup to $660M Exit: The Wattpad Story | Allen Lau 1:24:57

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Join host Matan Hazanov for an incredible discussion with Allen Lau, co-founder of Wattpad, the global storytelling platform that sold for an astounding $660M USD. From his roots as a software engineer to scaling Wattpad to 100M users, Allen shares hard-earned lessons on finding product-market fit, navigating startup challenges, and the critical ro…

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Why Israel is the "Startup Nation" | David Shore of OurCrowd 41:12

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On October 7, 2023, Israel was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists resulting in the worst single day massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. With the country now at war, how does civil society cope with 10-15% of its labour force being called up to military reserve duty? David Shore, a Partner at OurCrowd, the most active venture capital i…

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How We Invest $800 Million on Behalf of Canada's Wealthiest Families | Neil Nisker 1:24:48

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Neil Nisker is a legendary Canadian entrepreneur who built and sold three wealth management businesses. Now running "Our Family Office" managing $800M for Canada’s wealthiest families, Neil shares his incredible journey, from his early days as a “gopher” on the Toronto Stock Exchange to cold-calling Sir John Templeton, sparking a 35-year mentorship…

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Social Media Expert: How to Effectively Use Social Media to Build Your Business 55:44

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Tamar Lyons quit her "dream job" in media making $40k/year to build a social media marketing agency and is now doing over $500k in revenues in just a couple of years and growing rapidly. By her mid 20s, Tamar was married, depressed, and living a life that she didn't want. She was not living authentically. After realizing how much money she was leav…

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Our Revenues Went to $0 Overnight | How I Rebuilt My Startup Stronger 30:16

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The stark reality for building a startup: the unexpected can happen at any moment. Just 3 months after closing a $1M Seed round, COVID restrictions hit, resulting in a fast growing business reduced to $0 revenues. Eropa's strategic pivot with a very low cash burn while increasing the team & revenues was nothing short of a miracle. It's a lesson in …