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each week gregg speaks to an everyday entrepreneur about their challenges, their successes, the people who supported them in the early days and what they have learned about themselves along the journey.

Recent Interviews

June 7, 2023

Ep. 42 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. Noreen and Kirk Oldfield, Senior Advisors, IG Wealth Mgmt

Ep. 42 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. Noreen and Kirk Oldfield. Kirk and Noreen join the show to discuss leaving comfortable corporate jobs to build their own financial services practice.
May 30, 2023

Ep. 41 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. Scott Miller, President, Miller Advisors

Ep. 41 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. Scott Miller who sits down and explains his journey from stable job with large consulting firm to full on entrepreneur. Scott shares with us his company's go to market strategy a…
May 23, 2023

Ep. 40 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. Kevin Kinsella, CEO, The Chaos Group of Canada

Ep. 40 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. Kevin Kinsella, CEO and Chairman of The Chaos Group of Canada joins the show to discuss the company's origin and all things risk management.
Nov. 5, 2022

Ep. 39 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with. .. David Ciccarelli, Co-Founder, CEO, Voices.com

Co-Founder and CEO of Voices.com David Ciccarelli joins the show and shares the story of finding a very special business partner and other origin stories of his company. In this extended interview David discusses the company…
Oct. 29, 2022

Ep. 38 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with... Dusty Miner, Founder, Everyman Clothing Co.

Dusty joins storybooks to share the story of his new company, Everyman Clothing Co. after losing his martial arts business during Covid-19 and his inspiration to use a portion of the profits to support men's charities.
Oct. 15, 2022

Ep. 37 - Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with... Jill Battle, Founder, Chronically Fit Canada

This week's guest is Jill Battle. Jill shares with Storybooks the heartbreaking and inspiring entrepreneur's journey in her fight with Addison's disease.

Recent Blog Posts

New Season of Storybooks Preview

I am very excited to be working on Season Four of Storybooks, Gregg Jorritsma with… Season Four represents a change in direction for the season. This season we will focus on conversations with industry experts about issues like change managem…

The Most Wonderful Time of The Year

It’s Labour Day and for millions around the world, this means only one thing. The kids go back to school tomorrow! It’s been several years now since my boys were starting school in the fall but even before I was a Dad, I always felt th…

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Storytelling

When I was young, I used to hitchhike a lot. It was the 80’s, and well it was still commonplace. Most often I would travel from my hometown of Burks Falls to my older brother’s apartment in Toronto or about 375 kms each way. For about 4 …

About the Host

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Gregg Jorritsma

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Gregg is telecom / technology executive with more than 25 years of experience in sales and product management leadership roles. Gregg is the father of two boys, Pierce and Tristan and proudly married to Barb for 30 plus years. The Jorritsma family make their home in the Greater Toronto Area.

Gregg is an Indigenous Canadian, adopted as a child into the Jorritsma family where he grew up with 5 siblings and lots of foster brothers and sisters through the years. Gregg attended Humber College for Business Administration and happily fell into a career in technology.

During his 25 plus year career, Gregg has conducted business in most major centers across both North America and South America while representing some of the most identifiable brands including Citrix, Bell, BlackBerry and WatchGuard.

A savvy critical thinker and a powerful network builder, Gregg has had success with his storytelling style and relationship forward approach, so much so that many of his earliest customer and partner relationships last even to this day.

If Gregg's life had a soundtrack it would be written by Elvis Costello.