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How do you make your business bigger and better? Entrepreneurs share tips for taking your company to the next level
CAPITAL IDEAS “Find out what you’re good at and be the best at it. We had so many opportunities, and it was all interesting and exciting, but we are glad that we didn’t pursue these because it is all about focus.” — Fouad El-Masri, co-founder and president of Visio Media — visiomedia.ca
“Entrepreneurs are a very special breed, you have to be a risk taker … I grew up with the mentality that it’s OK to start something new, to start a new business, and once you realize that, you figure out a way to make it work.” — Gail Hall, owner of Seasoned Solutions — seasonedsolutions.ca
For the full recap of “How do you make your business bigger and better?” including video and audio, visit capitalideasedmonton.com
CAPITAL BUZZ: Here’s what Capital Ideas members took away from the Feb. 18 panel: “Spend time to learn your audience and market. Great advice from Sean Rayner, and not just for business growth!” — Nikki Van Dusen, founder of NikComm Inc. — @nikkivandusen “Need to find out what the businesses strengths are and focus on those areas when growing.” — Sarah Aaron, policy analyst at Government of Alberta — @SarahDaJukebox “You’ve got to be tolerant of risk in order to expand.” — Shree Govindarajan, account manager at Bluetrain — @Shhhhree
“Great entrepreneurial advice — find out what you are good at and be the best at it.” — Jen Panteluk, president and CEO of Junior Achievement Northern Alberta — @JenPanteluk
“I think coming in to any established business as a leader or as an entrepreneur, you need to really take some time to get to know it … We spent a lot of time trying to learn what the market looked like today and where the gaps were that we could grow what we already did to be better at it.” — Sean Rayner, owner of Vets Group — vetsgroup.com
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Joy Andrews Michael Assi-Adou Jerry Aulenbach Darrell Bigelow Chelsea Chen Odelia Choi Kim Clayton Minn Coates Yuliya Cruikshank Tema Frank Janice Funston Stephanie Gallant Michael Gibson Dena Gillies Jorge Gonzalez Christopher Gourley Samantha Hoff Rajesh Jaiswal Paul Johnston Al Kalantar Aimen Kalawi Mariana Konsolos Chelsea Krupa Anne-Marie Lindell Manchi Lo Carina Ludgate Kevin MacDonald
Ally McIlwraith Kristina Milke Jasleen Minhas Janice Moore Mallory Nault Yen Ngan Janice Ngeno Akindele Oladunmoye Libriel Padilla Katie Pearse Deena Peters Jacqueline Poon Kirsten Proulx Kristy Russ Eryne Sarabin Sheila Shand Stacey Shepherd Earl Shindruk Greg Skryp Josh Spurrell Deirdre StLuke Lana Sweeney Hussam T Anh Trang Eric Warnke Cal Warren Kelsey Williams
“ ‘The entire team must have vector hats aligned for success,’ says Fouad El-Masri.” — Nicolette Leonardis, co-founder of Visio Media — @Nikki_Leonardis
THANK YOU!
Samantha Hoff of ATB Financial congratulates door prize winner Eryne Sarabin of Tycoon Event Planning & Promotions (tycoonevents.ca) after the event. The door prizes were provided by DEXIO, iMedia, Startup Weekend EDU, Stacey Berger, Edmonton Journal and Diversus Media Group.
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HOW DO YOU TURN GREAT IDEAS INTO GREAT PRODUCTS? WHEN: MAR. 18, NOON TO 1 P.M.
WHERE: THE EDMONTON JOURNAL (10006 101ST ST.)
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