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In recognition of this issue’s salute to small business,
Atlantic Business Magazine asked our Facebook Fans for
their thoughts on entrepreneurship, business management
and economies of scale. Here’s what they had to say:
In one word, characterize
your life as an entrepreneur.
Gratifying!
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Soundwaves Inc.
What advice would you give people who
dream of having their own business?
What are some key elements for
running a successful business?
You don’t own a business, the business
will own you. So be prepared to work
hard night and day.
Tracey Sheppard-Clarke Dooley
Wild Impulse, P.E.I.
I think my success is largely based on
over 20 years of relationship building. All
those paid and volunteer roles set me up
perfectly to make “the leap.”
Gerard Murphy
Barefoot Facilitation and Development, N.S.
Just take the jump and do it! If you fail,
then at least you know you tried and
there are no “what ifs.” And if you fail
the first time, take those lessons and use
them to succeed in your second business.
Sherrie Wilkins
Cre8iv Design Studio Inc., N.L.
Focus on what matters, not what
interrupts you. Spend money to save
time, do more of what works. Your best
customer is the one you’ve already got.
Think BIG ... no ... think BIGGER.
Chung Tang, Internet Marketer
What is the major difference between
entrepreneurs and those who work for
someone else?
Vision and the ability to execute on it and
risk tolerance.
Paul LeBlanc
Extreme Group, Ont.
Entrepreneurs are leaders. People who
work, follow the leader. Yet there cannot
be a leader if there are no followers.
Helen Abel
Appreciative Coaching & Training
What has been your most
satisfying moment in business?
The support, hugs and thankyous received when I published
and launched my first book Young & Fearless: Inspiration of
Cancer Survivors
Shari Tucker, Shari Tucker
Photography, N.S.
Passing the first
million in sales!
Ken Ploughman,
Go-Getters Courier
Service, N.L.
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What is one element of being a business
owner that you didn’t foresee when you
started up?
That it is pleasantly all-consuming. You
think about it when you should be asleep,
when you are driving, you think about it
ALL the time. And when you are not at the
office and your family thinks you should
forget about the business and relax, that’s
when you think of your best ideas!
Karen Dean Holman
Countryfied Clothing, N.S.
The importance of corporate culture.
Without a well developed corporate
culture, a business is little more than a
managed group of mercenaries.
Milan B. Vrekic
TitanFile, N.S.
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