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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Arjun Dev Arora
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 5 Jun, 2011
Next in the “Our Heroes” series is Arjun Dev Arora, former Investment Banker and Corporate Executive who comes from a family of entrepreneurs and although he always dreamt of building his own company, he wasn’t quite sure of the what, when, and how details which made him a bit apprehensive on the commitment to start a new business. Let’s talk to him and find out how he broke out of the apprehension and the 9to5 jail…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Regina Stone
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 4 Jun, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m back and am back with lots of good stories to share! Today’s story is of Regina Stone, an internal auditor (read: employee) turned boutique owner. let’s dig deeper to find out why she chose to escape out of the Corporate America and how she did it! Here we go…...
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What’s going on?
Posted Under: Uncategorized on 3 Jun, 2011
Wow… I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything is quite a few weeks now! I’m back and back with lots of stuff and stories… So first, what have I been up to – a lot, here’s a quick list – 1. With the help Podium Ventures, Justin Nowak & I organized the Calgary’s first ever Startup Weekend on Apr 29th-May 1st! 20+ participants came out with 5 solid businesses and now we are working on second to be organized in October’11; 2. Spoke to a group of Tech Entrepreneurs at CTI about how to build business on a shoe-string budget. Also, speaking at a couple more events in June; 3. Started working with a C-suite executive in Oil & Gas, to break out of the 9-5 jail simply because he is tired of the mundane and would love to try...
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Business Plan – The good, the bad, & the ugly!
Posted Under: Tips & Tricks! on 9 Apr, 2011
One of the biggest challenges for every entrepreneur is the daunting task of writing a Business Plan! Now, let me start with telling you that a business plan is a very personal (to the business) and unique document… So, the last thing you want to do is to copy a plan off of the internet or buy a software for business planning purposes unless you need this business plan simply for the sake of having a business plan on your office shelf . Last week while helping one of my clients put together a business plan, our discussion of course turned to what makes a good business plan, what makes it bad and what ugly mistakes do the entrepreneurs commonly make. Here’s what I came up with: What makes a good business plan… A good business plan is a revolving document, a guide, an...
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Don’t Be An Elephant!
Posted Under: Tips & Tricks! on 27 Mar, 2011
Recently I got tagged in a picture on Facebook, and to my surprise I wasn’t even in the picture. What was there in that picture was an image of an elephant and a short story… While I usually just untag myself from such unsolicited communication and move on with what I was doing, this short story caught my eye. Not only I enjoyed reading it but I could relate with it for myself in the past and for many of my clients that I work with everyday. Here’s how the story goes… As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did...
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