To Canada or not to Canada - How tough times create strong people? - Simran Kaur (160k YouTube Channel host, CANGUIDE App Developer, Entrepreneur)

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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 with Simran Kaur
Simran is an IT professional who lived in Hong Kong before moving from India to Canada. How are they managing to hold down full-time jobs and yet find time to create Youtube Videos, launch and manage their app, products and services in less than 14 months?
Simran and her husband launched a startup while they were in Hong Kong and they sold that company before moving to Canada. They have launched their second venture in Canada and have one of the most successful Canadian Newcomer Youtube channels.
How did Simran accomplish all that and also switch jobs/homes/location during the pandemic?
Simran manages the IT development while her husband takes care of the marketing. Together they are the proud owners of the YouTube Channel - Potato Talkies
How did they achieve 150k subscribers on their channel in ~14 months?
All this and more is covered in this podcast interview.
KEY TOPICS:
10:45: When does Canada feel like home?
11:39: What is potato talkies all about?
18:29: How to generate additional income/create a side hustle in 14 months?
35:20: My 3 Lessons for Canadian New Immigrants about the Canadian Work culture
Resources to help your Canadian Move: https://www.wisenup.ca/resources
Best Youtube channel on Canada: https://www.youtube.com/c/PotatoTalkies/videos
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Fejezetek

1. To Canada or not to Canada - How tough times create strong people? - Simran Kaur (160k YouTube Channel host, CANGUIDE App Developer, Entrepreneur) (00:00:00)

2. What keeps me up at night? (00:05:06)

3. What do I do, when things don't go according to plan? (00:06:50)

4. Why Canada? (00:08:32)

5. When does Canada feel like home? (00:10:45)

6. What is potato talkies all about? (00:11:39)

7. How to fit into the Canadian work culture? (00:14:03)

8. How I became a software developer by accident? (00:16:28)

9. How to generate additional income/create a side hustle in 14 months? (00:18:29)

10. How listening to my mom made a lot of difference in my life? (00:21:15)

11. My first taste of Entrepreneurship? (00:29:57)

12. How do I continue to develop my coding skills and provide undeniable proof of my software skills and experience? (00:33:24)

13. My 3 Lessons for Canadian New Immigrants about the Canadian Work culture (00:35:20)

14. The secret weapon of moving from impatience to patience (00:36:50)

15. What happens when we complement each other? (00:37:50)

16. Is it true: Did Canada just get better? (WisenUp Podcast Tagline) (00:39:19)