Talking Business With A Teenager

In our second episode, Fred Pynn is Talking Business With A Teenager. Mr. Pynn is a co-founder of Richmond Equity and has over 35 years of investment management experience. He is currently responsible for research and portfolio management of the Richmond Funds. Mr. Pynn was previously employed at Bissett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. (1987-2008) including President (2006-2008). He had a variety of investment roles including Lead Portfolio Manager of the Bissett Canadian Equity Fund and was responsible for managing over $6 billion of Canadian equities. Mr. Pynn is a graduate of the University of Calgary, earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1989 and completed the Institute of Corporate Directors course in 2009. He is a member of the CFA institute and the Financial Executives Institute of Canada.

In our first episode, David Werklund is Talking Business With A Teenager. Dave was the founder of Canadian Crude Separators, a Canadian environmental services business that grew from a start-up to Canada's largest leveraged buyout when it was taken private from the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2008 with an enterprise value of $3.5-billion. He is a legendary entrepreneur, philanthropist and community builder who's deeply committed to Alberta and Canada. Growing up on a farm fostered a solid work ethic in Dave and promoted a strong foundation of core values which also nurtured an appreciation for protecting the environment. Today he joins us to talk about that upbringing, building a public company, why leadership and values are so important, and what advice he would give about starting a career.