As challenging as starting a new business can be, there are always great pieces of advice from those who have already navigated the winding path of entrepreneurship. From small mom-and-pop shops still getting their footing to industry giants that continue to grow, there is something new to learn everyday. Business lessons can be learned best […]
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Everyone Has an Entrepreneurial Side
“I’m not cut out to be an entrepreneur.” “I have no idea how to start a business.” “I don’t have what it takes to be a business owner.” “I don’t have the time to start anything but I’ve had so many ideas for so many years now.” Any of these sounds familiar to you? What […]

Aspiring Entrepreneur Goes from Idea To Implementation in 12 Weeks
A lot of us have ideas about how one day we’ll start our own business – how we’ll jump off the employment bandwagon and become our own boss. But the difference between an “aspiring” entrepreneur and a “startup” entrepreneur is as narrow as a razor’s edge. If you don’t take action on your aspirations, you’ll […]

How To Create Stunning Social Media Graphics Without Photoshop
How many times have you wondered about how to create stunning social media graphics without Photoshop? Heck, you need nice visuals for your blog posts as well. You also need pretty looking presentations or infographics. Having someone create your infographics can turn into a pretty expensive affair. But first let’s talk about why you need beautiful […]

Startup Success Story: A Conversation with Naureen Anwar of NameShouts
I’m excited to bring you the startup success story of one of the most passionate, innovative and inspiring entrepreneurs I’ve met so far. Her name is Naureen Anwar and she’s the Founder of the tech startup, NameShouts. Naureen has built an app that helps people pronounce names correctly, which is such an amazing concept! And […]

Advice for Startups – Interview with Sheryl Plouffe, Video Marketing Expert
Welcome back to advice for startups in the form of another edition of Growing Pains of a Startup Business. I was really excited to speak to someone who is not only a TV personality, but she was actually my coach for video marketing. I had a really interesting conversation with her because she very recently transitioned from her […]

Montreal Financial Advisor: Milud Ghadaksaz
When I started my video series on the growing pains of a startup business, I had wanted to talk about the struggles of new business owners. Since I’ve been a new business owner more than once, I thought I’d start with my experiences and build on them. The idea soon took another interesting turn, where […]

Growing Pains of a Startup Business – Learning Business Skills
Continuing on with the series of videos I’ve been creating where I describe my own struggles as a startup business in the early stages. My first business, a portrait photography business, started very differently from my second one. I realized that I was making a huge mistake by not learning business skills that is essentially like […]

Growing Pains of a Startup Business – Starting a Business Again
Continuing on with the series of videos I’ve been creating where I describe my own struggles as a startup business in the early stages. My first business, a portrait photography business, started very differently from my second one, which is success strategy consulting for aspiring or early stage small business owners.

Growing Pains – Starting a Business
This is the second part in the series I started last week. I wanted to create some videos and blog posts called “Growing Pains of a Startup Business.” I’m not sure if you’ve had the opportunity to watch the first video of the series or read the first post. This week, I speak about starting a business […]