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Get about 25 Newfoundlanders in a room, myself included, and it's going to be a good time, even at a #pricing workshop! Thanks to Dean MacIsaac for making it happen, and to the founders at the Genesis Centre who brought their A-game with lots of great questions! If spotted, quiz them on: - Why setting up pricing tiers (no matter what you sell) positions you to capture more revenue - How using the 'jobs to be done' framework dictates how many tiers you need and what to include in each - How to align the price you charge to the value you deliver so that customers keep coming back for more What would take the stress out of pricing for you? #startups #pricingstrategy #SaaS

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A clubhouse for ambitious Builders, Creators, Entrepreneurs. House 831 🏡 Curated membership, exclusive member-only perks, fireside chats, mastermind sessions, and co-working coffee shop style. Located in the heart of 17th ave. The big unlock with House 831 is the intersection of Creatives and Tech. People like Ralph Sadowski (Shopify, Uber, Neo) colliding with Scott Bakken (Content creator, Community builder and 750K+ across Insta/TikTok) 💪 It's where the kernels of the best companies in Calgary will come from. A house of learnings, good conversation, curiosity, creativity and hard work. It's important to note that the co-working aspect is "co-working, coffee shop style". We have limited desk space. Only 10 tables for 50 members. But that's ok. House 831 isn't meant to be a place to do an 8 hour day of laptop work. It's a space to drop-in for a mind-meld session, record a podcast in the studio, grab a coffee, and get exclusive access to events. ☕ 🎙 🧠 Some events will be curated, but open to the broader community (like Katherine, Nina, Nyle and Philippe's Run Club) 🏃‍♂️ Some events will be Members or Members +1 only. Intimate lunches, off-the-record fireside chats and backyard concerts. Members can host their own events too. After all, this is your house. 🔥 Want to be a House 831 member? Apply through the link in the comments 👇 This is Calgary 2.0. Long Calgary 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gCR8bR-h

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So far we've helped small business owners in British Columbia receive over $15k in grant funding. Your business may also be eligible to recieve government grant funding of up to $2400 to improve your marketing. Every small business owner feels the stress of trying to stay on top of digital marketing AND run their business. These are things like email marketing, lead magnets, funnels, online sales and SEO. Marketing is more than an essential skill, it’s a business superpower to sell your products, programs and services. If you're a small business book a discovery call and let's see if you are eligble for funding!

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Nomad Strategies, believes that a website must be more than visually appealing—it should be a true reflection of your brand’s identity. Our expertise in creating designs that speak directly to our community in Saskatchewan ensures that your website not only draws attention but also builds meaningful engagement. Let's make your brand stand out together! Contact information: Text or Call (306) 850 0834, (306) 850 5033, (639) 998 9050 Email: strategy@nomadstrategies.ca #CaptivatingDesign #BrandIdentity #EngageYourAudience #SaskatchewanWebDesign #ProfessionalWebsites"

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Pumped to be in Toronto today for Shopify editions.dev with Barrel CTO Wes. If you're here - come say hi 👋🏼 If you haven’t had a chance to check out the 150+ product updates in Shopify’s bi-annual release, Summer Edition '24, check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gETbX_2P It’s hard to believe we’ve been helping brands launch on Shopify since 2009. A lot has changed in the last 15 years. It's no longer enough for brands to invest in their website alone—they need to meet their customers where they are to succeed. As an agency, Barrel has evolved from focusing solely on a client’s website to examining the entire customer journey, seeking opportunities to enhance how customers shop and experience the brand across touchpoints. Many of our clients are CPG brands, making this approach even more relevant. These days we're working on building Shopify B2B E-Commerce storefronts, designing Amazon content, creating personalized email/SMS flows, and implementing Shopify POS. Shopify has continually evolved with merchants' changing needs and customers' buying patterns. They’re not afraid to embrace partnerships like Amazon Buy with Prime while investing the same energy in POS and B2B that got their core e-commerce offering to where it is today. The Summer ’24 Edition is aptly titled ‘Unified’ and, as usual, it’s a lot to digest. The addition of a “Top 10” summary this year is a great starting point. Among my favorite updates are unified & tailored Markets experiences across B2B and retail, store credit availability, split shipping in checkout, and seamless store pickup between POS and DTC. I'm eager to dive into the Summer Edition '24 with our team over the next few days and uncover new opportunities to enhance our clients' commerce experiences. + Subscribe to my newsletter for a weekly look at what I'm building and learning in agency leadership, life, and e-commerce: https://lnkd.in/eJU8Zpt

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Last week I attended NEXT Canada's Venture Reveal event, where I was fortunate to witness some of Canada's most promising startups pitch their innovative companies to an audience of investors, academics, and fellow entrepreneurs. For those unfamiliar, NEXT is a powerhouse tech incubator committed to nurturing the next wave of impactful Canadian entrepreneurs. With an impressive track record of launching unicorns, facilitating over $2B in capital raises, and supporting countless entrepreneurs in their journey to improve Canada's competitiveness, they are highly valued in the early-stage tech community. Reflecting on the event, a few key insights resonated with me: -"There will be 100 problems in a startup, the ones who end up surprising us aren't always the ones who sparkle the most. They are the ones who keep crawling through." Ajay Agrawal's perspective on the nonlinear nature of startup challenges underscores the importance of resilience and adaptability. -As John Kelleher aptly put it, "The game of building successful tech startups is a game of outliers. Every year of the 130k businesses are started, 4,000 are capable of building and securing venture funding. Of those, 200 will raise funding from a top-tier VC and only 15 will generate almost all venture returns. -Despite Canada's GDP per capita experiencing a decline of 1/2% annually since 2020, it's imperative we foster an environment that cultivates high-growth ventures. Amidst these takeaways, I'm inspired by the resilience and dedication exhibited by entrepreneurs tackling real-world problems head-on, especially amidst today's challenging climate. Special kudos to my mentees, Nicole Baranowski at Hairstrong and Matthew Stevens & Mathew Chan at Tailwind, for their commitment to bringing their innovative offerings to market. Here's to celebrating the bold visionaries shaping Canada's entrepreneurial landscape. Onward and upward!!! #CDNtech #entrepreneurship #growth

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Cheers to Dis"Mantle"ing equity-management challenges one local Canadian SaaS company at a time🔥🔥🔥 We’re BLESSED Y’all! 💥 Our little startup(Happly.Ai) has grown to 18 full-time employees and we're raking in 7-figures in annual revenue - not too shabby, eh? 🇨🇦 🤫The secret sauce? Good old-fashioned elbow grease & 1-on-1 client wooing. No big marketing blitz or sales team needed - just a bunch of awesome humans kicking butt and taking names. 🙌🏽We're proud to have earned the trust of startups, incubators, accelerators , corporations, non-profits, artists, municipalities, & researchers galore. Clearly, we're doing something right! 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 👊🏽Now we're looking to accelerate even further, so our 1st seed round ever might be in our future. But first, we had to find the perfect tech partner. Enter a small, mighty team of Canadian badasses who believe in the power of diversity & inclusion. Sign. Us. Up. 👌🏽 Now let’s SCALE! 🚀 #Blessed #StartupLife Anyways, stay tuned! Big news coming up😉👍🏽! PS: Deveena Rocks! Sabena officially knows how to live her life and CoFounder Amit obviously understands the power of building relationships by showing the product himself. Bravo! 🖤 #LoveIt

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Me being silent online means something special is happening offline. The first decade of July was marked by organizing and hosting the one-of-a-kind event in Ottawa - Second Transformational Games Night. Yes, we gather the local community to play games. 🚫These games are called transformational because their purpose is not to entertain or educate. ✅These games are crafted to provide tailored solutions for your professional and business goals or challenges. How it works: 1️⃣ Each player enters the game with a specific concern or problem they want to tackle in professional or personal spheres. 2️⃣ During the game participants collect resources. Resources come in the form of deep insights, information, tasks or collaborations with other players,. 3️⃣ They finish the game with the action plan to implement right after the game. As a result, real-life changes (aka transformations) start happening and make your life better. No magic or mysticism! 🧠 Each t-game is created using business methodology, and proven psychological or coaching techniques, and conducted by certified game practitioners. So proud of Ottawa game masters who joined the North American Association of Transformational Game Practitioners, I co-founded in 2023. ❓Would you like to try one of these games for yourself or your team, shoot me a DM #tgames #businessgames #transformationalgames #visibilitycode #naatgp #gamesforentrepreneurs #personalbranding

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“The economic headwinds have also created a tough environment for attracting capital to this risky asset class. Simply put, now is the worst possible time to signal a lack of ambition in rewarding risk-taking.” This isn’t just about punishing entrepreneurs. It’s about driving innovation and capital south of the border (and elsewhere). This will affect all Canadians for generations to come. You don’t need to be a tech founder or an investor to care about this.

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ideatealberta.ca is here to help you explore you options, market, and community and an innovator! If you a founder, community, or just a tech curious individual looking to test the latest technology connect with me to learn more. #healthtech #entreprenuership #startup #citizenscience #technology

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My personal experiences with mastermind groups like Platform Calgary's Peer-to-Peer Program were highly valuable, so I was thrilled to get to support this program through my work with Aeonian. If you're considering a Platform membership in order to access this program at no additional cost, check out this video to hear what participants are saying. Then make the call. You won't regret it. #yycbiz #innovation #startup #leadership

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The #2024CPPOSymposium just wrapped. And I think consensus is - best year ever! We explored the promise of payments innovation and where we are stalled on that journey. A few key things we learned ✅ payments innovation in Canada is coming on the prepaid rails but “prepaid” doesn’t properly capture this depth of the digital money movement…movement. Hanna Zaidi has thoughts ✅ Canada is not keeping pace with payments innovation in the G7 and beyond. Sarah Clark shut the door on that one ✅ Rob Carrick wants to eliminate checks. I think we should listen to Canada’s most popular personal finance columnist ✅ if you are using AI you better hardwire your system and get ready for hackers Mastercard Maria Riesenberg Aviva Klein ✅ Loyalty is part of the customer experience. Just ask Manuel Catedral grandfather ✅ There are a lot of energetic Canadians with great ideas starting fintech companies that will make a real difference. We need a competitive and regulatory environment that supports these job creators and encourage strong partnerships. Loop Financial Chris Ferron Jeremy Bornstein ✅ The Hotel X will do just fine in a pinch 😀 See you next year!! Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization The Fletcher Group Noah Niznick Anna Kragie Felipe Papaleo, MBA Kate Sullivan Tracy Molino Arvind Agarwal Kartik Kamat Ryan Tevel Ed Woodson Michelle Beyo Kimathi Marangu

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If you want to see Canada’s #BigBanks have to work harder and smarter for their profits, and believe that this would not just be good for Canadians, but businesses and our economy overall, you will really enjoy this podcast discussion between Jeff Adamson and Miklós Dietz. It’s tremendously informative. What you will also find is evidence that demonstrates that forcing our banks to compete and innovate actually provides them with a path to greater profitability. Our Finance Minister has been incredibly reluctant to make even some of the smallest changes, like causing our banks to give their customers control their personal financial data. This is a global norm, but it is unavailable in Canada. However, she is finally taking baby steps towards its introduction beginning sometime in 2025. We’ll see. Back to the podcast. I was grateful that Jeff introduced me to Miklos last year. Miklos certainly opened my eyes as to the risks that a complacent regulatory stance creates. What is clear is that regulatory stagnation is a problem right across our entire economy. Regulatory burden and barriers help dominant incumbents because they create a regulatory moat of protection from innovative new entrants. However, this stagnation ultimately puts our financial system at risk because the world is racing ahead with less expensive, faster and better banking and payment options. Consequently, our banking sector is one of the most expensive and slowest in the world. Our regulatory stagnation slows down the entire economy at a time when we already have a “Break the Glass” productivity emergency in the eyes of the Bank of Canada. If we do not begin to introduce a more agile approach to regulatory reform, I worry that a future reflexive response will be to “deregulate” across a multitude of sectors, and this introduces a whole other sets of risks. There is another way. I wrote about it last year. Please have a look: https://lnkd.in/ejx2rZRD #CompetitionMatters #OpenBanking #ConsumerDrivenBanking

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"How can I earn more money?" That is the question on every Canadian's mind. How else can we battle against the rising cost of living and a crazy housing market? First things first, you need to master your finances regardless of your income. Learn how to: ➢ Budget ➢ Pay off Debt ➢ Invest ➢ Use Credit BEFORE you start earning a high income. Why? Because that knowledge base will be your foundation to build on. I was investing $200/mo when I was earning $30K per year. Now, I invest over $2,000/mo and earn 6-figures. I was investing and managing my money well before I started earning a high income. Once you master personal finances, it's time to step it up a notch and find opportunities to earn more. Your skills will dictate how much you earn. I'm not a fan of the "chase your passion" advice because most people's passion doesn't pay well. Learn skills that earn you a high income and afford you a comfortable lifestyle then explore your passions after hours.

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BRAND SHOWCASE: Ivey League Ivey is dedicated to transforming the way entrepreneurs at the helm of a successful business, manage and leverage technology. When it comes to being a tech superpower Ivey is the one. She brings a perfect balance of tech genius and healing to balance the stresses of businesses ready for their next big level up. How we got here: SELF APPRECIATION: deep dive into all things Ivey and what makes her a fucking powerhouse. Crafting the mission vision and values. HONOR: Sculpting of the ideal client avatar. If we sell to everyone we sell to no one. INSPIRE: Now we've gotta reel em in. Position Ivey as the expert she is. Show em how she can transform their lives. Nail the messaging and the sales cone easy. NOTION: Time to match the visuals to the strategy. Colours fonts and a fully responsive logo suite. We've chucked in some patterns and textures too. ELEVATE: put it al together and what have we got? Ivey League that's what. Ready for your elevation?

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Last year, I had the opportunity to moonlight as a guest writer on the Toronto Business Development Centre website, creating content about finding angel investors for the immigrant founders they support. I'm happy to share that material again on the Angel Investors Ontario site! Up first- Finding angel investors! Sometimes, this can feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack! Working with an angel group has numerous benefits. These groups bring together interested investors who review deals collectively. By pitching to an angel group, you can showcase your business to multiple investors simultaneously, increasing your chances of securing the funding you need. Furthermore, pitching to an angel group guarantees that all members are accredited investors, giving you peace of mind. Beyond funding, angel groups offer access to invaluable resources such as mentorship, advice, and industry connections. Startups often gain access to office spaces, legal assistance, and marketing resources through these groups, setting them up for success. Don’t limit your search to angel groups alone. Industry-specific conferences, networking events, and startup meetups are treasure troves of potential investors who share a passion for your field. Engage in meaningful conversations, pitch your ideas with conviction, and forge connections that can propel your business forward. Don’t underestimate the power of online platforms designed to connect startups with investors. Platforms like AngelList, FrontFundr, and Equivesto act as matchmakers, allowing you to showcase your startup to investors scouting promising opportunities. Consider tapping into the networks established by startup incubators and accelerators. These programs not only provide mentorship and valuable resources but also increase your visibility among angel investors associated with these organizations. Lastly, don’t forget to explore your educational and professional networks. Alumni networks often include successful entrepreneurs who may be interested in investing in promising startups. Capitalize on shared experiences and common affiliations to garner support from these entrepreneurial veterans. Read more here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gg9rj7Hh Thank you, Cia Prior and Emily Dargie, for the opportunity! #angelinvesting #startups #entreprenurship #innovation

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You can learn a lot about how startups and businesses fail by analyzing the Toronto Maple Leafs. They fail because they lie to themselves and fail to great build teams. The Maple Leafs rely on a few high priced superstars and consistently win in the press but almost never on the ice. They lack toughness. They lack heart. Most of all, they lack depth. The Leafs are a team with a few superstars and bunch of anonymous role players. Most of their salary cap (budget) is gobbled up by 5 guys. Let's call this the "stars & scrubs" strategy. And you see this "stars & scrubs" philosophy everywhere in business. Great engineers but no sales people. Great sales and marketing but no product. Teams that are lopsided and incentivized incorrectly. Teams that crumble when adversity comes knocking. The Leafs are a great reminder that, above all else, to build a great team you need clarity, cohesiveness and honesty. CLARITY: Everyone needs a clearly defined role and those roles need to be created to bring a winning strategy to life. COHESIVENESS: Your team needs to be built to achieve the clear purpose defined by your strategy. HONESTY: You need to evaluate what you're doing and make changes when the results make it clear you're failing.

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Love hearing about Canadian startups gaining interest outside of the country specially in the high growth market south of the border. Good article and inspirational for those looking to grow business outside of the great north. 🇨🇦 Us included #evolutiondata #growth #innovation #business #startup

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