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Keep What You Build
Keep What You Build is the podcast for Canadian business owners who are incorporated, growing, and wondering if their money is actually working as hard as they are. Hosted by Martin Ochwat, co-founder of Dundas Wealth, each episode brings in advisors, CPAs, and strategists to break down the tax strategies, corporate structures, and insurance plays that protect what you've built — without the jargon. If you have retained earnings sitting in your corporation, a business partner, or an accountant…
Episodes
- Keep What You Build
The $250K Offer That Became a $2.5M Sale, with Alex Shteriev
A business owner offered his business to his key employee for $250,000. The employee passed. It later sold for $2.5 million. That gap, between what an owner…
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Disinherit the CRA: How Giving More to Charity Leaves More for Your Kids, with Mark Halpern
Every estate has three possible heirs: your family, charity and the government. Most business owners only plan for the first one, and assume that giving more…
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Who's Actually Buying Your Business (and for How Much), with Frank Restorick
If someone asked you today, "Who's buying your business, and for how much?" — could you answer? Most incorporated business owners can't. And yet "I'll sell the…
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No Shareholder Agreement? Your Partner's Widow Owns Half the Company, with Karol Pawlina
Your business partner dies on a Tuesday. By Friday, your new business partner is their grieving spouse — someone who has never set foot in the building. If…
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Digital Insurance: What You Can Buy Online and What Still Needs an Advisor, with Yusudan Ren
Buying life insurance used to mean a guy with a briefcase showing up at your kitchen table. Now you can buy a policy on Amazon, at Costco, or from your phone…
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The $7M Business That Sold for $40M, with Thomas Hull
If one person disappeared from your business tomorrow, would it be affected financially? If the answer is yes, you have a key person — and most owners have no…
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The Right Way to Pay Yourself From Your Corporation | Keep What You Build Ep 8 ft. Greg Rozdeba
📅 Book a free strategy call → https://dundaswealth.ca/applyYou've built a profitable business. Your corporation is generating cash. But every time you try to…
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Why "Set It and Forget It" Is Costing You on Group Benefits, with Marni Hefner
Most business owners treat their group benefits plan like a subscription — set it up once, glance at the renewal price each year, and move on. According to…
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Personal vs. Business Life Insurance with Greg Rozdeba
Your personal life insurance policy covers your family. But what about your business? In this episode, Martin Ochwat sits down with Greg Rozdeba, Co-Founder &…
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Retained Earnings: What to Do With the Money Sitting in Your Corp, with Paige Motamedi
You've got money sitting inside your corporation. Maybe it's $200K, maybe it's a million. You know you should be doing something with it — but nobody's ever…
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Why Your Accountant Hasn't Told You About Life Insurance with Greg Rozdeba
Your accountant is great at what they do. So why have they never mentioned corporate-owned life insurance — or the tax strategies that come with it? In this…
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The Passive Income Trap Inside Your Corporation with Michael Baker
Your corporation earned passive income. Now the government wants a bigger cut of it — and most business owners don't see it coming. In this episode, Martin…
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What Happens When Your Business Partner Dies? with Ben Corriveau
If your business partner died tomorrow, who would own their shares? If you don't have a funded buy-sell agreement, the answer might surprise you. Martin Ochwat…
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5 Tax Blind Spots Costing Canadian Business Owners Thousands
Most Canadian business owners have an accountant, a lawyer, maybe a financial advisor — but nobody is looking at the full picture. That's where the blind spots…