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Blueprints for Success – Growing an eCommerce Business
Membertou, Shalene Johnson,a mother of 4, works full-time, does volunteer work in her community and also owns a small e-commerce business. She came to ICN with idea of launching her brick and mortar gift shop while growing her e-commerce business. Having gone through the discover process, Shaylene was accepted as an Entrepreneurial Intern in ICN…
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Foresight: Interviews AWHRC
To start the Foresight method process we’ve asked in video interviews recognized subject experts to share their perspectives on eight questions. The interviewees were: Dr. Shannon MacDonald, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, First Nations Health Authority of BC; Cora-Lee McGuire-Cyrette, Executive Director, Ontario Native Women Association; and Erica Samms-Hurley, Nurse Educator, Western Regional School of Nursing, Grenfell Campus-Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner…
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Marketing Using Social Media
The INS and OUTS of Using Social Media to Generate Revenue Lisa McKenzie, founder of McKenzie Moxie Media and Chief Bliss Instigator.talks with host Business Entrepreneur and Advisor Jacques Pilon and with ICN’s Entrepreneurial Interns Shaylene Johnson, Jennifer Harper and Esther Stewart about the INS and OUTS of using social media to launch product or service and generate both…
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Coping as a Life Coach
Owning her Own Life Coaching Business In this interview we have explored with Jessica what guided her to take the path of a “Life Coach”. She tells us about her experiences, tragedies influencing her life and what keeps her awake at night,. However, Jessica also enables us to discover her beacon that guides her…
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5 Key Metrics for Measuring Your Project’s Progress
Increase Your Productivity Project management metrics enable project managers to assess status of ongoing project and deviation of schedule and cost. It also enables to foresee potential risks and potential problem and to rapidly pivot when needed. To view …/ 5 Key Metrics
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The Entrepreneur – Measuring Your Startup’s Progress
How to Measure your Business Progress? The first of The Entrepreneur Series on the Art of the Start In this segment we are discussing of ways and means, in addition to traditional financial statements , to measure the progress of a startup. This production, The Entrepreneur, is the first of a series of six…
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The Money Side of a Custom Sewing Business
Generating sufficient revenues to earn a living wage from a home custom sewing business With the help of Ingrid Tiffe, a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinty, ON, and an Eco-Fashion Designer, running her own company IsaTe’s Designs out of Seattle, WA; and with Metis-Entrepreneur Jacques Pilon , we are…
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The Entrepreneur – What it means
Sponsored by: Launch Lab Entrepreneurship its Risks and Rewards In this first segment of “The Entrepreneur”, a new series focused on the early stages of entrepreneurship with Metis born business man Jacques Pilon. Jacques, an entrepreneur for 25 years is President of Corporations and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Launch Lab Innovation Centre, located in Kingston, Ontario,…
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Blueprints for Success – Finding funding
Launching a Cosmetics Business (Funding) Getting funding is not an easy task, however if a person is truly determined and committed and he/she has a well thought out plan built on tested assumptions, a product with some sales, process to delivery , and measurable milestones, chances are with perseverance she will succeed in getting…
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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Jenn Harper
Launching a Cosmetics Business Sponsored by: Launch Lab Meet Jenn Harper, ICN’s Entrepreneurial Intern. She is the founder of the newly launched beauty product e-commerce company, Cheekbone Beauty. Jenn is also a mother of two, employed full time as a sales person for a major sea food wholesaler. In this interview she talks about…