Leah is the “business hug every entrepreneur needs”—at least, that’s what her clients tell her. She’s an entrepreneur, marketer, teacher, and international trade practitioner. Leah practices what she preaches and teaches—structured joy to move you through your work day, overcome barriers, and unlock opportunities. After all, you can’t spell functional without FUN!

As co-owner of Kelford Inc. (along with her brilliant partner Joel Kelly—check out his episode!), Leah spend her days translating complex entrepreneurial emotions and desires into clear operational, financial, and marketing actions. This helps the amazing entrepreneurs and founders they work with achieve meaningful business results (and often lifelong dreams), and enjoy the process along the way.

When not consulting on marketing or teaching trade, you'll find her mucking about her wonderfully chaotic garden; digging through the compost heap, talking to the birds, quietly watching the bees enjoy the flowers, or collecting the day's delicious veggies!

Akintunde Abimbola is a seasoned Real Estate professional with years of experience and knowledge of the Nova Scotia real estate market.

Akin has helped numerous families find their dream homes and high turnover investment properties in the Halifax Regional Municipality by leveraging on technology and excellent collaboration with prospective home buyers and sellers.

Akin is licensed with Air Realty Limited, a Bronze Award recipient for Innovative Business of the Year by the 2020 Halifax Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

Find out more @akinzogeee

Joel Kelly is a writer and marketer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He owns and operates Kelford Inc., a boutique marketing firm, with his wife and business partner Leah Sanford. Joel spends his days helping entrepreneurs “demonstrate their value at a distance,” which is his definition of marketing.

He's a writer and strategist who’s spent his career helping clients find the right words to attract their best prospects. He’s built and led large marketing teams, won international industry awards for his clients, and helped founders and entrepreneurs get their business off of the ground and into the market.

Outside of marketing, Joel is a history and film enthusiast, a collector of 90s movies on VHS, and one of his fondest accomplishments is having all five generations of the Sony PlayStation hooked up to his living room TV at all times.

Check him out on his LinkedIn Page @joelkelly