Hi Everyone;

Just in case you're at home today or in a pub today at lunch . . . Ian's going to be on BNN at 1:00pm-ish to be interviewed on his international operations.

TODAY ON HEADLINE
1:00 pm ET

Focus: Three Successful Canadian Exporters You've Never Heard Of
When it comes to Canadian exporters, there are hundreds of successful stories you've likely never heard about. Headline uncovers a few of them with with interviews with companies that export to Europe, China and Brazil. BNN speaks to Nigel Bennett, Co-founder & Principal, Aqua-Guard Spill Response; Éric Beauregard, President and CEO, AV&R Vision & Robotics; and Ian Colquhoun, President and CEO, Axiom Audio.

Cool. I won't see it, but still neat.

Maybe it will show up on YouTube or someplace for the rest of us to see it.

Quick Recap

In studio interview, displayed is an Audiobyte, QS8 and something else.

Asked what they make and their business model - speakers and amplifiers. Factory direct worldwide.

Asked about the NRC and the research that took place.

Talked about manufacturing in China and Canada and the importance of keeping a portion of the manufacturing domestic.

Asked about the impact and how they deal with a rising Canadian dollar.

Asked what percentage of sales come from Canada - 25% CAN, 50% USA, 25% rest of world.

Hey, thanks for the recap. That was well done.

I always wondered what the sales breakdown was by country. My hunch was more along the lines of 30/60/10. 25/50/25 is pretty cool.

The breakdown has definitely changed a lot in the last couple of years. It was pretty steady between 2002-2008 but then it really began going all over the map.

Here's the link to the video clip:

http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip850851

(It's hard not to say the Q in our last name. It's just too many silent letters!)

I think Ian KalKoon did great!

Interviewing rule number one: correctly pronounce the name of the person you are interviewing.

It's the poor telemarketers that have the worst time with it . . . "Is Eye-ann Col-qwa-houn there?" Oh dear . . .

No, he's at the party. It just "went Canadian".

Thanks Amie for the link, great interview and I haven't left the pub just yet.