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Archive for the “Our Heroes” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Laurence Lafforgue
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 29 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Laurence Lafforgue the next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Working as a top level ad-agency executive, Laurence made the employee to entrepreneur transition by utilizing her hobby of collecting art. Her passion began in 1999 with her first piece, a tribute to her childhood fascination with Japanese Manga. Today her company prides itself on bringing art to everyone by offering fresh and affordable works of art. Let’s dig deeper into her success story…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Satish Kanwar
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 20 Nov, 2010
Today’s guest is employee turned entrepreneur – Satish Kanwar, a Technology Entrepreneur, Partner at JetCooper, Marketer, Geek, Go-getter, Evangelist, Listener and a Dreamer. He is very active in the Toronto Startup scene as well as TEDxToronto and LeanCoffeeTO. In this video Satish shares his journey from an employee to entrepreneur, how he leveraged his corporate jail time to better prepare himself for the mission entrepreneurship… The video is full of information & inspiration from someone who has been and still is in the entrepreneurial trenches! Give it a look! ...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Molly Robbins
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 15 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Molly Robbins, the next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Working as a VP of licensing and marketing for an apparel company, Molly started her transition to entrepreneurship when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Out of fear that she may not be there if his condition grew worse, she took a leap of faith and started her own company. After gaining her previous employer as her fist customer, Molly recently launched her own brand currently being tested at Wal-Mart. Let’s talk to her and find out her transition story…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Rob Basso
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 10 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Rob Basso, our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. While in college, Rob started his career by making sandwiches at a local deli. He eventually took a job at a regional payroll and HR company in the sales department. Although he was the top sales representative, Rob felt he had not reached and grown up to his full potential and that’s when he broke the 9 to 5 jail. Let’s talk to Rob…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Dennis Golden
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 8 Nov, 2010
Today we are talking to Dennis Golden who is our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Dennis, a former VP of sales for a large printing firm, left his job when the printing industry started to decline. He managed to turn a personal hobby and interest into a business after some extensive research and development, IM-Safe was born. Dennis understands people pursuing the job security and benefits related with working for larger firms however, he encouraged (and still does) everyone including his own children, to be in business for themselves. Let’s dig deeper into his success story…...
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