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Posted on 2022-11-01
Talk about visualization is all over the internet, in books, and in movies. Years ago I remember reading “The Secret” which popularized the idea that if you visualize what you want in life, it will come to you. In some ways, I had always been a believer in the power of visualization – but I […]
Posted on 2021-01-20
Interviews
Nick Iozzo, founder and CEO of DPM Energy Inc., and Erez Zevulunov, founder and CEO of M.I.T. Consulting, both joined the Toronto chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization in 2013. The two met through EO and have evolved from acquaintances, to a client-vendor relationship, to authentic friendship. We caught up with Nick and Erez in December 2020 […]
Posted on 2021-01-18
Interviews
Nick Iozzo, founder and CEO of DPM Energy Inc., and Erez Zevulunov, founder and CEO of M.I.T. Consulting, both joined the Toronto chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization in 2013. The two met through EO and have evolved from acquaintances, to a client-vendor relationship, to authentic friendship. We caught up with Nick and Erez in December 2020 […]
Posted on 2020-02-05
Press release
Six student entrepreneurs from across Canada competed in the national qualifiers Toronto, Canada (30 January 2020) – The Toronto chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the world’s leading peer-to-peer network of successful business leaders has announced Ross Arsenault, a student of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax as the champion of the national round of the Global […]
Posted on 2019-11-26
Interviews
Betty Esperanza’s last name means, “hope” in Spanish. The hope that she is bringing to thousands of street kids in developing countries, uses an unlikely tool: Skateboards. As a social entrepreneur, she raises funds using a method that combines barter and uses the leverage of various community ventures to provide goods and services to go directly to the communities she’s helping. Skateboards For Hope provides sponsorships for athletes of the first nations and girls who fight for their place in this sport.
Posted on 2019-11-24
Interviews
Mandy Gilbert knows all too well how graduates often do not find themselves in their field of choice. The founder and CEO of Creative Niche was a graduate of George Brown’s Graphic Design program and found herself working as a professional recruiter. Unlike most graduates working outside of their chosen career, Gilbert discovered that her soft skills led her to a career helping others find work.
Posted on 2019-11-22
Interviews
Canadawide Sports is humble about its success, but its beginnings are loosely tied in with a engineer who once worked at Blackberry, when it was just a startup in 1999. Shawn Fuller wanted to recapture the spirit of millennial entrepreneurship and made the leap to owning Canada’s leading sporting goods wholesale stores. Entrepreneur culture had […]
Posted on 2019-11-20
Interviews
Fernando Tito, owner and managing director of comes from a family of entrepreneurs. His father never forced him to stay within the family business, preferring that his son would get into a “stable company.” However, eight or nine years ago, Tito felt the need to test his limits.
Posted on 2019-11-18
Interviews
Tom Benson is the CEO of Wildplay, a company that provides adventure and team-building environments for adults and children alike. The focus of many of the outdoor-based stations is for adventurers to face their fears. Benson knows business people face similar fears. He has experienced panic from a personal as well as an entrepreneurial lens. He speaks of how risk is his “Primal Passion” frequently, an element he faces both as a businessman and an outdoor adventurer.
Posted on 2019-11-14
Interviews
Dr. Cameron McCrodan knows about obstacles in health-related entrepreneurship. The field of vision training and vision rehabilitation is relatively new. Soon be re-branded as, “Opto-mization,” McCrodan Vision Development is gaining interest in Canada and overseas, but not without some skepticism from fellow optometrists and laymen alike. We had a chat with Dr. McCrodan in the […]