In Episode 122, we sit down with Chase Miller, founder of Impact Applications, a company helping Canadian businesses access the grant funding they need to grow. Chase shares how an unexpected opportunity in the grant space turned into a growing company and why solving a real market need mattered more than starting with the perfect business idea.

We dive into the early grind of earning just $900 during the company’s first six months, leaving university only two courses away from graduating, and building a 50/50 partnership with someone whose strengths were completely different from his own.

Chase also discusses hiring people with more experience than you, creating systems that allow a company to operate without its founders, dealing with imposter syndrome, and using an athlete’s mindset to remain disciplined through the uncertainty of  ...