Unicorn Leaders

About Unicorn Leaders

The Unicorn Leaders podcast takes a deep dive into the world of building a billion-dollar company (a unicorn) in every episode. Join us while we explore the leadership and environments that create unicorn startups straight from those with first-hand experience (startup founders, VPs of talent, and more). The podcast is hosted by Fahd Alhattab, the CEO of Unicorn Labs and a millennial workplace expert who specializes in providing transformative leadership and team dynamics training for high-growth startups. Fahd has been researching what creates high-performing teams over the last five years. Join him as he asks his guests the hard questions to uncover what it means to be a leader in our fast-paced, information-based world.

Publisher

Unicorn Labs - Fahd Alhattab

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Jun 2022

Latest episode

10 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Aug 2026

   Ep. 37 - Toys, Bankruptcy, and Trying Again with Brad Pedersen

   In this episode, Fahd sits down with Brad Pedersen, entrepreneur and founder behind Lomi, Pela, and one of Canada's largest independent toy distributors, to explore his journey from selling flying toys out of a mall kiosk to reinventing himself again and again across toys, consumer goods, and climate tech. Brad shares how getting fired from his own merged company and clawing back from bankruptcy taught him more about leadership than any success ever did, and how a naive 21-year-old with zero ...

2. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Ep. 36 - Bootstrapping a Billion-Dollar Underdog with Mike Wessinger

   In this episode, Fahd sits down with Mike Wessinger, founder and Executive Chairman of PointClickCare, to explore his journey from installing desktop computers in nursing homes to building one of Canada's most valuable tech companies. Mike shares how a firsthand look at an industry still running on paper charts and binders led him and his brothers to bet on cloud-based software before "cloud" was even a word, taking on Goliaths in one of the most regulated industries in tech. From bootstrapp...

3. 

   10 Jul 2026

   Ep. 35 - Surviving Long Enough to Win with Chris Grimes

   In this episode, Fahd sits down with Chris Grimes, founder and CEO of Fundmore, to explore his journey from 20-year mortgage industry veteran to building one of Canada's fastest-growing fintech companies. Chris shares how firsthand frustration with a slow, paperwork-heavy mortgage system led him to walk away from a secure career and take on the entrenched Goliaths of banking and lending as a small, scrappy David. From bootstrapping through survival mode and pivoting during COVID to winning th...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

567,709

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32