September 2016 - Scale My Life

“Every business is a community, the trick is to immerse yourself in that community. Be humble and supportive and they will become advocates for your success.”

Not all #Entrepreneurs wear a suit as proven by local #CountryMusic rocker Ben Klick’s Music. He has built an incredible following and he shared a bit of his secrets with me for today’s #20Entrepreneurs20Questions.

#CommunityIsKey #Countrypreneur #Artistpreneur #Photobomb #WalkAndTalk

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna did its annual Guardian Charity Ride ride so I thought I’d put together a short video to help them spread awareness for this extremely worthy cause.

I believe every entrepreneur should donate their time or resources to help their community. This was my donation for my #EntrepreneurChallenge.

#BeAPartOfTheCommunity #GiveBack #MentalHealth #LetsTalk #CharityBikeRide

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Entrepreneur Challenge: The fear that’s holding you back

September 27, 2016 No Comments

“Do the thing you fear, and continue to do so. This is the quickest and surest way of all victory over fear.” — Dale Carnegie Fear is universal, whether you’re a multi-billion dollar investor or a convenience store clerk, everyone deals with some sort of fear in their lives. It’s this fear that can hold us back from leading the life we dream of, from taking risks, from achieving our goals and from attempting to build a business of our own. Some...

“You have two choices, either live to build someone else’s dream or go out and build your own. If you’re truly an entrepreneur you will have a deep desire to develop your own dream and if you’re passionate enough people will want to follow you.”

I had the good fortune to connect with two #InspiringEntrepreneurs Jay Bell and Jesse Brown from Unite for my #20Entrepreneurs20Questions.

Their passion to venture out on their own and follow their dreams is truly #inspiring.

#BuildYourDream #ShootForTheStars #Entrepreneur #unite

“Focus on making the best high quality products you can and your customers will not only thank you, they will come back again and again.”

I had the great opportunity to talk with Ben Pallett of @Kitchen Kitchen Sync Catering about entrepreneurship and his passion for quality before his next big catering event @ the 2016 Mayor’s Luncheon presented by The Kelowna Jaycees on Oct 11th.

#QualityBeforeQuantity #20Enrepreneurs20Questions #ScaleMyBusiness #ScaleMyLife

“Be yourself in life and in business, if you’re not true to yourself then the business you do will seem just as fake.”

Cynthia Gunsinger told me about why being herself makes her happier and more successful on today’s #20Enrepreneurs20Questions.

#BeYourself #KnowYourself #FollowYourPassions #RealEntrepreneurs

“To be successful you have to find people that not just want to buy what you have to sell but believe what you believe.”

#Author, #Investor, and #Humanitarian Mark Ameerali of Raintree Financial Solutions gave me his two cents on building a business around people who truly believe in what you do.

Thanks to the Hotel Eldorado Kelowna #TrueBelievers #FindYourCommunity #PerfectCents #20Entrepreneurs20Questions

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Entrepreneur Challenge: Mental Meltdown

September 26, 2016 No Comments

The sad truth that no one is talking about As part of this month’s ‘entrepreneur challenge,’ I’ve spent a great deal of time ‘interviewing different entrepreneurs‘ trying to extract some of their personal and professional knowledge. This was an incredible, eye-opening experience but surprisingly I found it was not what the entrepreneurs shared on camera that was the most interesting but instead it what they have shared off of it. Almost every single founder expressed that they were currently or previously struggling...