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Prime for Growth is a podcast devoted to de-mystifying the journey of innovation. As entrepreneurs, we wear a lot of hats every day. One of the most important is being the internal provocateur (or hiring, and then encouraging them to survive on your team). The last few decades have seen innovation move from a way of thinking to an exultation in the ears of venture capitalists everywhere. But what about every day innovation? Not so sexy. In most businesses, innovation is always a small 'i' : removing a redundant process, automating a task, shifting infrastructure to better serve the clients, identifying friction in your business, or simply investing in a real, vulnerable way in culture and how that might be holding your team back from their own greatness. In Prime for Growth, we explore these ideas and bring innovation back into the everyday, through conversation with entrepreneurs who are facing, and solving, hard truths in their businesses. Guts doesn't always lead to glory, but while small "i" innovation has definitely turned straw into gold for some, the investment in innovation helps our entrepreneurs experience change, growth, a light in the tunnel, better bottom line results, and a better night's sleep.

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25 Year Mindset Series with Angela Armstrong feat Joelle McLaren

April 17, 2026 • Prime Capital Group

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The 25 Year Mindset is an interview series celebrating our finance company’s 25 years in business by spotlighting the business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs who understand what it takes to build something that lasts. Through candid conversations about their journeys, challenges, lessons, and future ambitions, the series explores the long-term mindset behind sustainable success. Each episode looks at the experiences that got them where they are today—and the vision that will carry them forward. We begin with Joelle McLaren, who is the owner and CEO of California Closets, a multinational Canadian owned and operated custom closet franchise and company-owned organization that has been delivering custom-designed organizational solutions for the whole home since 1978.