Saskatoon Express, October 13, 2014

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SASKATOON EXPRESS - October 13-19, 2014 - Page Volume 11, Issue 40, Week of October 13, 20141

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Corrin Harper was named one of Canada’s top 100 women entrepreneurs by Profit and Chatelaine magazines (W100). (Photo by Joanne Pauslon)

orrin Harper has joined only one or two usually hitting an elite group of Canathe mark. dian women. On a blustery fall day, HarpRecently named one of er agrees to an interview, with Canada’s top 100 women pet rescue dog and company entrepreneurs by Profit mascot Presley nearby, and an and Chatelaine magazines uneaten lunch waiting beside (W100), Harper is the presitwo large computer screens. dent and CEO of Insightrix, She is a little tired, but there a Saskatoon market research is good reason for it. As CEO, company. she works relentlessly. She is also a rarity in her Last month, for example, Columnist home province. Few Sasshe took a rare holiday with her katchewan women have made sister and niece in California. the annual list during its 14 years, with Earlier in the year, Harper was fairly sure

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she could fit in a week off before the busy fall really kicked in. It didn’t quite work out that way. A client required a proposal in the middle of that week, and the deadline could not be moved. Determined to honour her commitment to her family and to the client, Harper caught a flight from San Diego on Wednesday night, flew through Los Angeles and Toronto to Regina, and presented to the client Thursday afternoon. Back at the airport within hours, she flew back to California via Winnipeg and Minneapolis, giving her two more days of family time.

That’s what it takes to grow, maintain and nurture your own business. That’s what it takes to make the W100 list. “I was surprised, initially,” said Harper of being selected. “It shouldn’t be that surprising. We have a good company; we are competing against multinational firms. We have good staff.” Harper and her partner, Larry Goodfellow, started the market research company in 2002. It emerged from their first venture, Innovation Consulting Group, which provided secondary research but outsourced primary data collection. (Continued on page 4)

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