Alberta Business Spotlight: JobJar

Kenzie Dutka of JobJar speaks with Alberta Podcast Network president Karen Unland at the ATB Entrepreneur Centre in Calgary on Sept. 12, 2018.

Kenzie Dutka of JobJar speaks with Alberta Podcast Network president Karen Unland at the ATB Entrepreneur Centre in Calgary on Sept. 12, 2018.

You know that big, long “honey-do” list that neither you nor your honey is ever likely to complete? JobJar wants to help.

The Calgary-based startup, which recently expanded to Edmonton and Winnipeg, is a marketplace for people who need work done around their houses, and “skilled doers” who know how to do that work.

Besides connecting homeowners and contractors to “just get it done,” JobJar also has community-building baked into its business model. As marketing guru Kenzie Dutka says,  “We believe business is about doing great by doing good.”

Learn more about how JobJar walks that talk, and hear how the ATB X Accelerator helped JobJar take off, in this interview with Kenzie:

Sign up for JobJar at jobjar.ca. You can also find the company on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

If you’re serious about your business and can spend three months with like-minded entrepreneurs who want to make their ideas happen, apply to ATB X.

October is Small Business Month, which is why we’re shining a light on some small businesses that our founding sponsor, ATB Financial, has helped out.

Photo by Kevin Espenido of ATB. Podcast music is "His Last Share Of The Stars" by Doctor Turtle, courtesy of freemusicarchive.org.