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 […]
Category: Small Business
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 […]
Growing Pains of a Startup Business – Intro
If you’re an entrepreneur in the early stages of your business, or you’re aspiring to become a business owner so you’re finally chasing your own dreams and not someone else’s, you should watch this video that I created and join the conversation. Great conversations lead to great ideas, so go!
An Elevator Pitch – What Is It?
What is an elevator pitch? An elevator pitch is a 30 – 60 second speech used to communicate your value proposition to your audience. You could use an elevator pitch at personal or business networking events to make a killer first impression. When you meet someone for the first time, how do you communicate your offer? You could […]
Montreal Reiki Master Talks About Her Healing Practice
Reiki de l’ile I met Montreal Reiki Master Michele of Reiki de l’ile, you guessed it, during a photo shoot. As she walked over to me, I immediately noticed her beautifully zen personality and energy. There was a calm in her demeanour yet as she came within hand-shaking distance I noticed her warm and confident gaze. I […]