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This was emotional for us to read as well. I know this is a long one but trust me when I say it's worth the read. "no matter the background, there is a reason we are entrepreneurs. We have more in common than what separates us" Wow. If you ever had a doubt about the power of community, take 30 seconds to read this. There is NO reason why we should all help each other succeed! What is Akos referring to here? Well it was our last PORCH Potluck! Come join us for the next one :) What's the picture? Check below. Thank you Akos Tolnai, CCXP for all you do in the community. Thank you for being a part of it!

These are the people you want at your table 🔥 A special thank you goes out to our incredible coaches at last week's second Coaching & Coffee #onthePORCH event! There were 4 coaches, 4 topics, and endless advice for immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals. 🏅 Chris Greenfield share his experience as an entrepreneur and intrapreneur and how to elevate your performance 🌐 Katie Dolgin shared endless advice on the talent landscape in Canada, hiring, building your team, and more! 🏗 Christopher (Chris) Terrio talked about the foundation elements of building your business for success 📈 Neil W. challenged the small business mindset from how we look at sales and marketing to standing out and making an impact! Thank you to each one of you for sharing loads of valuable advice for everyone at the event last night! 💚 We highly recommend connecting with all of these people! 🔗 Chris Greenfield – OneEleven 🔗 Katie Dolgin – Found People Inc. 🔗 Christopher (Chris) Terrio - B.A. - C. Dir. – CEO Global Network 🔗 Neil W. – revenue•x

Give this Wordle a try We are honoured. It's the first time we got it in one guess! 😜 https://lnkd.in/eUifEaTf Thanks The New York Times. We 💚 you as well. PORCH 💚 P.S Thanks to Josh Petersel and Hannah Fritchley for the fyi on this.

Your goal is not to sign more customers It is to create more raving fans. This is a very important difference Getting more customers • Focus on pipeline building • Finding prospects that meet our ICP • Moving the deal forward • Negotiating • Celebrate when they sign a contract Creating raving fans 💙 • Focus on relationships • Focus on problem solving • Focus on making their day • Focus on making their job/life easier • Focus on ongoing value especially after the deal closes • Celebrate when they provide unsolicited feedback • Celebrate when they refer people to you It is a new world and we all want more customers The ones who learn how to create ravings fans will win the day.

Entrepreneurs all wear so many different hats. It gets overwhelming. But what's the answer? AI is so powerful but the surplus of tools makes it confusing. Our session this week is focused on that! 𝐓𝐨𝐩 3 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 w/ Jonathan Moss How can we all leverage AI to face the challenge of having to wear many different hats as an entrepreneur? Jonathan will be covering current AI news and trends and will dive into three great ways founders can use AI today to improve their workflows and results. See you all tomorrow! Thank you Jonathan for joining us #onthePORCH 💚

Food, games, sharing, food, tons of prizes and giveaways, networking, food, fun, drinks, and food. If you don't know what we are talking about yet... hold on to your seats! The 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 23𝐫𝐝 🥘 🥐 🥗 🦐 🥙 🍢 🥙 🥓 The last #porchpotluck had 100+ people from 25+ countries all in one room. We could put on a big event with speakers and panels. But where is the love and community in that? The best part... we are opening up the event to all incredible immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals out there! Get your best dishes ready! 🗓 When: Friday, August 23rd | 6pm – 10pm 📍 Where: OneEleven in Toronto If you are an immigrant entrepreneur/business professional and want to join. 💚 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: https://lnkd.in/evsn7FuS 🚀 If you are a PORCH PLUS member - your ticket is included in your membership The idea of the Potluck is to bring a dish that represents the country you are from! So get your dishes ready! Time to show off! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮! 𝑝.𝑠. 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 – 𝐷𝑀 𝑚𝑒

Food, games, sharing, food, tons of prizes and giveaways, networking, food, fun, drinks, and food. If you don't know what we are talking about yet... hold on to your seats! The 𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 23𝐫𝐝 🥘 🥐 🥗 🦐 🥙 🍢 🥙 🥓 The last #porchpotluck had 100+ people from 25+ countries all in one room. We could put on a big event with speakers and panels. But where is the love and community in that? The best part... we are opening up the event to all incredible immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals out there! Get your best dishes ready! 🗓 When: Friday, August 23rd | 6pm – 10pm 📍 Where: OneEleven in Toronto If you are an immigrant entrepreneur/business professional and want to join. 💚 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: https://lnkd.in/evsn7FuS 🚀 If you are a PORCH PLUS member - your ticket is included in your membership The idea of the Potluck is to bring a dish that represents the country you are from! So get your dishes ready! Time to show off! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮! 𝑝.𝑠. 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 – 𝐷𝑀 𝑚𝑒

You could not of left that night without 4 amazing takeaways Thank you to everyone who came out to our second Coaching & Coffee #onthePORCH event last week at OneEleven! We hope you all found value in the coaches, advice, and discussions that went on throughout the night! There were 4 coaches, 4 topics, and endless advice for immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals. A big thank you to our coaches 💚 : 🏅 Chris Greenfield share his experience as an entrepreneur and intrapreneur and how to elevate your performance 🌐 Katie Dolgin shared endless advice on the talent landscape in Canada, hiring, building your team, and more! 🏗 Christopher (Chris) Terrio talked about the foundation elements of building your business for success 📈 Neil W. challenged the small business mindset from how we look at sales and marketing to standing out and making an impact! We also got the chance to announce our newest PORCH Ambassador, Wanting Zhou!! Ting is absolutely amazing and has been doing everything an ambassador does, so this is long overdue but now it’s official! Also congrats to those that won Elevate festival tickets! See you there! The next Coaching & Coffee event is in September and will have new coaches, new topics, and more learning and support! 🥘 Our next event is the infamous PORCH Potluck on August 23rd – Register Here: https://lnkd.in/evsn7FuS

I got to see my mission come to life in one night and it was beautiful. The best part... We are doing it again! The ＰＯＲＣＨ ＰＯＴＬＵＣＫ is back on August 23rd @ OneEleven 🥘 🥐 🥗 🦐 🥙 🍢 🥙 🥓 The last #porchpotluck had 100+ people from 25+ countries all in one room. There was love and support. There was friendship and hugs. There was genuine conversation and caring. We could've put on a big event with speakers and panels. But where is the love and community in that? On August 23rd, we will be hosting PORCH Potluck Round III with all of Toronto! There will be food, games, sharing, food, tons of prizes and giveaways, networking, food, fun, drinks, and food. The best part... we are opening up the event to all incredible immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals out there! Get your best dishes ready! When: Friday, August 23rd | 6pm – 10pm Where: OneEleven If you are an immigrant entrepreneur/business professional and want to join: 💚 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: https://lnkd.in/ewdciN-Y 🚀 If you are a PORCH PLUS member - your ticket is included in your membership 𝘗𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘌 𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘌: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵! The idea of the Potluck is to bring a dish that represents the country you are from! So get your dishes ready! Time to show off! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮! 𝑝.𝑠. 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 – 𝐷𝑀 𝑚𝑒

Coffee. Chat. Learning. Growing. Inspiration. Last night at PORCH 💚 was epic. Shoutout to the amazing coaches: ▶ Chris Greenfield : His hilarious and inspiring take on generating ideas to starting a business, filled with personal anecdotes, was truly enlightening. ▶ Katie Dolgin : Her insights on standing out in Canada's recruitment culture were a hit, making her table incredibly popular. ▶ Neil W. : Every talk with him is gold! Loved our chat about the power of referrals, go-to networks, and the importance of content. ▶ Christopher (Chris) Terrio - B.A. - C. Dir. : talk on creating a magnetic company culture and setting a vision was captivating. His calm energy and wealth of wisdom make him a mentor for life. With these coaches on board, we covered new ground and tackled fresh topics that left us all buzzing with excitement. Thrilled to welcome this incredible human and friend to the Porch bandwagon of ambassadors - Wanting Zhou. Shoutout to my two most favourite people in the world- Hunter Weitzman and Neil W. for this amazing connect. And also OneEleven for being such gracious hosts.