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Tuesday Jun 03, 2025

Why Feedback Beats Big Ideas Every Time - Toronto - Canada's Entrepreneur

Tuesday Jun 03, 2025

Toronto-based KnowMeQ Founder and CEO Matt Foran knows how AI can address two emerging and linked issues in Higher Education. KnowMeQ is the leading AI enabled, web-based workforce diagnostic & up-skilling assessment tool that identifies real skill gaps to make predictive decisions to improve your company’s workforce skill, performance and agility. KnowMeQ is an Adaptability Quotient (AQ) indicator tool. AQ is regarded as the most important measure for success in today and tomorrow’s world of work. It provides the ability for employees and companies to adapt and thrive in rapidly changing environments. Matt holds a Masters of Education from the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Adult Education with a specialization in Workplace Learning and Social Change. He is a published researcher and in 2010, founded the world’s first fully online adult literacy program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing adults.

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Thursday May 29, 2025

Helcim - most loved payment company

Thursday May 29, 2025

At the very core of who we Helcim is, is the mission to be the world's most loved payments company. We are relentless in our pursuit to provide a radically transparent and honest payments solution that flat out saves business owners money, all while treating them like human beings.

Nicolas Beique is the founder and chief executive officer at Helcim. His goal is to deliver a better payment, experience and better tools to merchants who just want to run their business. Today Helcim serves thousands of merchants in Canada and the United States, and has been has built a reputation for being a friendly and transparent payment processor. At the very core of who we are is our mission to be the world's most loved payments company. It's like a necessary kind of evil that you have to have but and we really try to. You know, flip that on its head and be like, what if?

Nicolas has been recognized for his contributions to the payment industry and technology as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Prairies technology overall category winner in 2018, and is a member of the Avenue Calgary top 40, under 40 class of 2019.

#payments #accounting #entrepreneur #entrepreneurinsights

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Tuesday May 27, 2025

Helping transform the workplace

Tuesday May 27, 2025

Sam Jenkins is the managing partner of Punchcard Systems, a digital transformation studio focused on transforming people, workplaces, and communities through technology. He has always believed that enriching people’s whole selves serves as a cornerstone to creating a better community. That’s why his entrepreneurial journey started as Co-Founder and CEO of Wellnext, a software startup focused on building technology for workplace wellness, and later as one of the founding team members of Startup Edmonton.

He has provided leadership and expertise to several organizations, including the boards of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Awards Foundation, as well as held governance roles with the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival.

Sam’s commitment to his community led him to being named one of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine (2012), and in 2013 the University of Alberta recognized him with the Horizon Award as an outstanding young alumnus. Currently, Sam serves as Vice Chair of the Winspear Centre for Music, and is leading the facility’s 40,000 square foot expansion, including new performance venues, classrooms, and creative spaces.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samjenkins/
https://www.instagram.com/samjenkins/

#TechForGood #DigitalLeadership #StartupCommunity #YEGBusiness #SocialImpact

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Wednesday May 21, 2025

What makes a good leader

Wednesday May 21, 2025

Andrew Brooks, CPA, ICD.D, BBA
Executive Leader | Fractional CEO | Board Director | Strategic Advisor |Speaker

Andrew Brooks is a respected executive and strategic advisor with extensive experience leading organizations through transformation, growth, and transition. As the founder of Had To Holdings Ltd., he provides fractional CEO and executive advisory services to companies across Canada and internationally.

He began his relationship with Waiward as a fractional CEO before becoming its President and CEO, and has held similar leadership roles with the Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association and Flint Transfield Services.

Andrew's early international experience in Nigeria helped shape his global perspective and culturally informed leadership style.

Today, he serves as Vice Chair of the Calgary Drug Treatment Court, a board member of The Future of Energy Global Summit and a director of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce, where he supports corporate and economic development with cross-cultural collaboration.

As a public speaker, Andrew regularly shares insights on energy, leadership, organizational alignment, and navigating change. Whether on stage, on a panel or in the boardroom, he’s known for his solid integrity, loyalty, steady presence, and his belief that "everyone has a story."

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-brooks-leadership/
https://hadtoholdings.com/

#LeadershipMatters #FractionalCEO #BusinessTransformation #GlobalLeadership #EntrepreneurInsights

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Wednesday May 21, 2025

Value community, connection and genuine relationships

Wednesday May 21, 2025

Hailing from small-town Newfoundland, Joanne Bath values community, connection, and genuine relationships—principles that have been the cornerstone of her rewarding career. Joanne is an experienced, strategic, and collaborative leader who has dedicated much of her career to supporting life-changing health research and care in the Maritimes, across Canada, and beyond. Her extensive experience includes leading transformative campaigns for major organizations like the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation and the IWK Foundation. She has built and led high-performing teams, raising over $90 million through entrepreneurial thinking, meticulous vision, and thoughtful leadership. Joanne’s leadership style is people-first, fostering trust, empowering ownership, and promoting entrepreneurial thinking. She excels at building high-performing teams and facilitating strategic partnerships by deeply understanding stakeholder needs. Her approach has consistently resulted in measurable success, from creating comprehensive campaign strategies to nurturing relationships with key donors and volunteers.

Joanne's company, Kittiwake, is a philanthropic consulting firm where we believe that adaptability, connection, and resilience are at the heart of every successful fundraising strategy. Inspired by the Atlantic’s ever-changing tides and the Kittiwake bird’s ability to navigate them, we help organizations rise to new challenges, embrace growth, and build the kind of donor relationships that sustain impact for years to come.

Our work is deeply rooted in the belief that sustainable fundraising is built on strong relationships, strategic vision, and the ability to evolve. Kittiwake brings the expertise, strategic insight, and hands-on guidance needed to make ambitious goals a reality.

Kittiwake offers services in 4 main categories: Revenue Growth, Organizational Strategy, Talent Development & Donor Communications

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Wednesday May 14, 2025

Everyone Loves Math (or can learn to love it)

Wednesday May 14, 2025

Dr. John Mighton is an award-winning mathematician, playwright, and best-selling author internationally recognized for his ground-breaking work building children’s confidence, skills, and success in math.

He founded the Canadian charity JUMP Math (Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies) in 2002 with an equity-driven mission to empower every child to achieve their potential through accessible math education. JUMP Math’s K-8 resources currently support thousands of educators and students in North America and other countries to teach, learn, and love math.

Dr. Mighton holds a master’s degree in philosophy from McMaster University and a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, where he frequently teaches at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Dr. Mighton has published three books on math education, given hundreds of talks on the subject, including a TEDx Talk and keynote at the Aspen Brain Forum, and has received many awards and honorary doctorates in recognition of his work. His latest book, All Things Being Equal: Why Math is the Key to a Better World, offers a compelling argument for why accessible math education can and must be available to everyone. In a twist of fate in his early career, Dr. Mighton played Matt Damon’s math tutor in the 1997 movie, Good Will Hunting
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Wednesday May 07, 2025

Dating Disrupted: How Kavita Ajwani Created a Business That Brings People Together

Wednesday May 07, 2025

Kavita Ajwani is one of the world’s top dating psychology coaches for men and the founder of Dashing Date. Based in Montreal, she brings over 13 years of experience helping men navigate modern dating with confidence and success. She’s the resident dating expert on Breakfast Television and has been featured in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and Global News.

Phone: +1 (514) 967-7818
Website: https://go.dashingdate.com/home
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitaajwani/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DashingDate/
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Wednesday May 07, 2025

Dating Disrupted: How Kavita Ajwani Created a Business That Brings People Together

Wednesday May 07, 2025

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Friday May 02, 2025

A mission of helping women solopreneurs

Friday May 02, 2025

The combination of getting fired shortly after a failed marriage made Vera Ilnyckyj feel like a complete failure, purposeless, disconnected and stuck.

She’s grateful for this challenging time because it was the start of discovering her purpose - helping other women get back on track after a major life change.

Ultimately, it led Vera to leave her corporate job and step into her business full time. While she had no training on how to run a business and no formal plan, what she did have was a deep desire to help and inspire others, create belonging, and empower people to take action towards their goals.

A major learning that Vera has had as an entrepreneur is the realization that intense inner work is required to step into a new version of yourself. As a result, she’s developed tools, resources and practices that support self-trust, confidence, resilience, mindset and intuition, along with strategies to support discipline, consistency, goal-setting, marketing, sales and business growth.

Today, Vera’s approach combines the spiritual and the material in order to create impact and income. Her mission is to help women solopreneurs live a genuine, fulfilled and positive life through their business. Vera believes we’re not meant to be on this journey alone which is why she’s committed to uplifting others in community - through her mastermind success collective, in-person and online workshops, retreats, speaking, her podcast, blogs, videos or social channels.

Learn more about Vera and her work: https://www.createyourbestchapter.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createyourbestchapter/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/verailnyckyj/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@createyourbestchapter
Website: https://www.createyourbestchapter.com/
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Wednesday Apr 23, 2025

Marketing Results. No Headaches. - Vancouver - Canada's Entrepreneur

Wednesday Apr 23, 2025

Keenan Beavis is a Metis entrepreneur in British Columbia. He's founder of Longhouse Branding & Marketing and the recipient of the 2025 Young Indigenous Entrepreneur Award from the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business. He's also an alumni of EY's Entrepreneurs Access Network.

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