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What are you grateful for?

October 3, 2020 No Comments

Are you grateful every day for what you have, what you can do and where you are physically and emotionally? Are you aware of everyday things or just the big ones? Do you make time to acknowledge that you’re grateful for each of them?

Having gratitude is a way to transform your life and it’s one of the most powerful emotions.

We don’t always make the time to acknowledge what we’re thankful for except on Thanksgiving when we go around the dinner table and each person shares something they’re grateful for.

I think about people who are worse off than me when I see the athletes at Paralympic and Invictus games, people who have chronic pain or those with incurable cancer, children in other countries who can’t afford any education, homeless people and those with PTSD. I could go on and on.

Here’s an exercise that I do

I can’t remember where or when I learned the following technique but it works. And what it has done for me is that if something “huge” happens in my life, whether it is good (accomplishing a goal) or not (like my strokes), I’ve been able to look for something in each to be grateful for. I do it in bed just before I go to sleep at night. You can do the exercise by writing these things or thinking of them. You could keep a small recorder or your smartphone by your bed and that way you can remember your thoughts!

Every night when you’re going to sleep, close your eyes and think of things in your life that you feel grateful for. Don’t think of just your accomplishments but everyday things.

Let me start you with some of my own.

trying something new and loving it
having lunch with a friend (not just the lunch itself but also my anticipation of it)
having a “zoom” coffee chat with an old friend or acquaintance
finding a parking spot exactly where I need one (I always take my parking permit even though I can’t drive since the stroke and I give it to whoever’s driving J )
the smell of coffee
receiving a “just because” card in the mail or by email
finding an article of “old and favourite” clothing that I can wear again (in my case a winter coat that I bought in the 90s. I hadn’t been wearing it because I didn’t think it fit – it did!)
money to buy food (many people in the world go to bed hungry)

Here are some more that you can use. Over time you’ll create quite a long list for yourself.

opening your eyes in the morning and being able to see a sunrise
having an afternoon to do as you please.
the first bite of a yummy breakfast.
a facetime or skype chat with your child or grandchild.
fitting into your fall wardrobe
a book, a couch, a rainy day and a fireplace
winning at Scrabble
a new, ideal client.
the sound of raindrops on the roof.
growth in your business.
a song that triggers happy memories.
a strong mindset so you can bounce back from life’s hits (it’s called resilience)
the privilege to be able to read.
the right to vote.
the smell of dinner – and an invitation to enjoy it with people you love.
that the day is over as you crawl into bed and turn out the light

I’m grateful every day for the fact that it’s a new day full of possibilities. Aren’t you?

What are you grateful for?

Writing

How did you feel when you did something for the first time?

May 22, 2022 No Comments

This is an excerpt from my memoir – about taking the first flight of anyone in my immediate family and travelling alone to France in 1971.

‘Come to the edge.’ ‘We can’t. We’re afraid.’ ‘Come to the edge.’ ‘We can’t. We will fall!’ ‘Come to the edge.’ And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Guillaume Apollinaire

My paternal grandmother, Corinne Tétreault, was French Canadian and ever since I was a child she had signed my birthday cards “Bon anniversaire. Je t’aime. Ta gran’mère.” That act started me on the road to becoming a Francophile.

Perhaps that’s why I took French all through high school then majored in it in university and graduated with my BA in French.

It was 1971. University graduation was in May, I turned 21 on June 14^th and left for England and France on June 20^th. What a whirlwind! I could barely breathe and felt a tightness in my chest at the same time as I hummed while I got ready for my adventure. I looked forward to being away from the handcuffs that Mom and Dad and society had placed on me.

No one in my immediate family had ever flown before – I’d be the first.

The dictionary definition of adventure states that it is “Engaging in an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity such as a trip or experience or the excitement produced by such an activity.”

I didn’t think this trip would be hazardous but Mom did! To me adventure is stepping out of my comfort zone and doing something I don’t normally do. This clearly met my criteria.

….

My three wound-up brothers came on the drive from London to Malton Airport, which later became Pearson, in Toronto on June 20.

On the two-hour drive, my youngest brothers, Philip who was 8 and John who was 6 squabbled constantly about who should have the window seat. It bothered my Dad and he often eyed them in the rear view mirror and snapped, “Stop that! Your arguing upsets me. I’m driving and have to focus on the highway!”

They’d stop for a while then start again and dad would do and say the same thing. It added to an already stressful day for all of us.

….

The airport building was vaster than anything we’d ever seen. We gaped. Swallowed up by its size, we looked up at the ceiling, Dad observed, “It’s so high that I can almost see clouds!”

The surroundings were abuzz with bustling people. Some hurried to board flights and others to get in lineups for check-in. There was an urgency in their movements. They spoke loudly to be heard above the din. Hawaiian shirts abounded. Sandals were the order of the day.

Looking around, I pointed to the line for my flight and en masse, we filed over and patiently awaited my turn at the desk chatting as we went. Like a racehorse entering his gate at a big race, I was pumped to board the plane.

Even though she smiled, Mom’s tense shoulders and wringing hands gave away her reluctance for me to travel alone so far.

Dad was proud of me and stood taller. He was grinning from ear to ear and I could hear him thinking, This is my daughter flying to France on her own.

John and Phil being kids were running around and playing with the stanchions. At one point Dad barked “Stop acting like little banshees and come and stand here!”

Mark didn’t exhibit his feelings – after all he had turned 19 today! – his words had said that he was extremely pleased for me, but I knew by his pouty lip as he spoke that he was actually envious.

Finally, I had checked in and we said goodbye and hugged each other. Dad squeezed me tightly. Mom’s eyes were filled with tears as she pulled me to her, kissed me, and whispered in my ear, “I love you. Be careful.” Disengaging myself, I moaned, “Don’t do that mom. Everybody’s looking.”

It was time to go. I waved at them as the sliding doors closed behind me. I paused and took a deep breath before I pressed ahead on my adventure.

Small Business, Startup

Boomers: Stay young. Start a business.

April 16, 2022 No Comments

We all know that as baby boomers we are the largest group in the population. As a result as we age there has been no end to products and services directed at us (I’m a boomer born in 1950. You can do the math to figure out how old I am.) There are ads on TV and in magazines that will help you look young. There are articles about how to stay young. There is even software you can buy that will stimulate your thinking and keep you young. Everything is about anti-aging.

Have you ever thought that starting a business will keep you young? Not the “bricks and mortar” kind but a service business like consulting, photography, event planning, virtual assistance or pet sitting.

I know that running a business is a lot of work but women business owners that I have interviewed all said that what they like most about being self employed is the freedom it gives you. How does freedom relate to staying young?

Why start a business to keep young?

Every article I’ve read says that you need several things to keep you young (look at Betty White, Don Rickles, William Shatner and Christopher Plummer) and having your own business provides all of them.

learning about the variety of work that clients do
building relationships with clients and colleagues (and relatives)
time flexibility – you choose when to work and how much
learning new things like a language. Self-employment, your bookkeeping, accounting, marketing and technology have languages that are new to you.
feeling and knowing that you’re useful. In business you’re always helpful to your clients.

Don’t listen to your friends and relatives. Check it out for yourself. One of the women who I interviewed, Janet Williams was influenced by another student in her reflexology course who was 71. When Janet asked her why she wanted to start her own reflexology business she said: “You’re never too old.”

Listen to the words of the song Young At Heart. I just heard the version by Frank Sinatra on the radio and have a CD of Jimmy Durante singing it. My mom always sang it to me when I was a child, too. I guess that’s why I think young.

What are your thoughts? If you haven’t started yet, what’s stopping you? Any of the many women entrepreneurs can motivate you. If they can do it then why not you!

Originally posted June 14, 2012

Marketing, Small Business

6 Ways offline and online marketing are different

April 15, 2022 No Comments

I wrote the following post in February 2013, nearly 10 years ago. My nephew Jake is now 32 and is a senior art director and my other nephew Josh is now 41 and a senior IT guy!!

The facts I wrote about then are still true today.

…….

The world is always changing and we in business must keep up if we want to be successful (no matter how we define success for us).

Technology has REALLY changed. I remember (I’m 62 now in 2013) co-owning one of the first Apple computer dealerships in Toronto in the 1980s and helping to create and run a conference company in the 1990s where we held events for people who used what were then called hand-held computers (PDAs). I’ve always been at the “bleeding edge” of technology (just before the “leading edge” which means being in the red and not making money but always being the first to know about new technology).

We had/ were:

one of the first fax machines in 1984. It was as big as a small photocopier but since very few others had one there were few to send things to!
one of the first cell phones in 1985. The battery for this was the size of a car battery and the handset like that of an older dial phone with buttons. I called it a “luggable” phone.
one of the first to use the internet to market with our “email blasts” in the conference business in1995. They were “fax blasts” using email addresses but we could send them from our Mac (our potential conference attendees had email addresses but most companies didn’t have websites yet).

Times continued to evolve and with this came what was in 1984 a revolution (we even produced a print booklet called A Revolution in the Making which in 1984 took 6 weeks to produce even though we had the latest desktop publishing software at that time) that caused all of us to transform ourselves and our thinking.

In fact my nephew who is 22 now and studying at Ryerson University and producing art (by paint and on computer, films on his Macintosh and photos with his digital camera) is a great testament to this transformation. He is of the generation who grew up with and used all technology. He even had access to my brother’s Macintosh when he was a baby. (From left to right: my brother Phil, his son Jake who I wrote about here and my other nephew Josh who’s 30 now and has been using computers since he was 4 and has been in the computer business since he was 17. He’s now 32!)

But I digress.

There are at least 6 ways in which online marketing is different from offline marketing.

One needs a computer, a hookup to the Internet and a browser such as Firefox or Chrome.

Speed One can do EVERYTHING faster. Once you have set yourself up, just input some data and you can send it at the “touch of a finger”.
Cost EVERYTHING costs less or is free (do you know of the book published in 2009 by Chris Anderson Free: The Future Of A Radical Price ) – audio and video production and even payment processing.
Reach One can connect (for free) with contacts both locally and globally.
Measurement & Tracking One can easily get access to key metrics with ad trackers, newsletter openings, website analytics etc.
Easy to do marketing One can “do it yourself” (if you’re not a technophobe AND have the time).
“Abundant” information at your fingertips With most search engines like google or Ask one can search for and find anything – anywhere in the world. (Remember that this info has the caveat of buyer beware as does any info you find online)

How has this blog post made you think – whether you use technology a lot or you’re a “technophobe” who didn’t grow up with technology?

Here is access to the other post I wrote 14 Ways Offline and Online Marketing Are The Same

Compare the two and tell me what you think. I’m VERY interested in what everyone has to say!

Originally posted on February 6, 2013

Beliefs and Views

When someone says no, don’t take it personally

March 7, 2022 No Comments

People say no all the time. No, I’m not free for coffee. No, I don’t want another cup of tea. No, I can’t go with you to the Art Gallery. Do you take it personally? Why not? I hope not.

There are lots of signs around – some say no parking; some say no walking on the grass; some say Stop. Do you take them personally? Why not?

There are many rules in our society – you must wear seat belts in a car; no parking here; no smoking. There is a fine attached to these ones. Do you take any of them personally? I hope not.

I ask myself repeatedly why we as women take things people say personally.

Was it caused by something that happened to us in childhood?
Are we afraid that we won’t continue with that person’s friendship?
Do we ask ourselves “what will people think?”
Are we lacking in self confidence?
In business, are we often afraid that someone denying us a promotion is saying no to everything?
If we’re self employed, when someone says no to buying our product are we afraid they’ll never buy from us? Or worse yet, that they won’t like us?

When I was at Althouse College of Education in 1972 (I was 22), an instructor was teaching a particular topic to about 50 of us. There was unrest in the other students around me, so I stood up and asked him the question that most of us were thinking. I don’t remember what it was. His reply shocked me. He paused and answered “I’ll have to rethink my opinion of you.”

He hadn’t answered the question I’d asked.

I could have taken his comment personally but I didn’t. I stood there silently thinking I was only asking the question that many people around had thought.

It was either my naïveté or self confidence that allowed me not to let his remarks get into my head. Whatever it was, I didn’t let his statement upset me.

Back to the subject at hand – you need to be aware that “taking it personally” is an issue for you and the problems it causes for you.

It takes time and experience to get rid of it but it’s possible to change a belief. Be patient with yourself :-)r

Do you have this “limiting belief”? Have you become conscious of it? Have you been able to end it?

Marketing

14 Ways that online and offline marketing are the same

February 28, 2022 1 Comment

I re-read this now in March of 2022 and I don’t need to change anything. Everything is as I wrote it in 2013.

In the early 1980s I was working on my doctorate in Special Education. A friend of mine was working on her Masters in Adult Education. We had discussions regarding how children and adults learned. She (who had not had any experience teaching kids) held the accepted (at the time) opinion that they learned differently. I said they learned the same way except adults have more experience and therefore have to “unlearn” some things.

At the time I co-owned an Apple computer dealership, one of the first in Toronto, Canada and trained our customers in how to use computers. I had taught elementary school kids from 1972 to 1980 and those in special education from 1976 to 1980 so I had lots of “real life” experience.

It’s 2015 and the belief now in Adult Education is that “adults and children learn the same way except adults have more experience and therefore have to unlearn some things.” Hmmmm.

What if online marketing which many believe to be different than offline marketing ends up being the same as the belief that teaching adults and children is now? Hmmm … interesting again.

Here are fourteen ways offline and online marketing are the same

they both use advertisements
they both use networking to get clients
they both use articles
they both use newsletters
they both use books or booklets that you sell or give away
they both use strategic partnerships
they both use “free reports”
they both use follow-ups with prospects and clients
they both use direct response
they both use promotional videos and audio products to promote
they both use radio
they both use free seminars and demos
they both use publicity
they both use images/ pictures

Way back (ha! ha!) in 1984, Jay Conrad Levinson wrote a book that has become a bible for small business owners. It was called Guerilla Marketing. Secrets For Making Big Profits From Your Small Business. It’s on its fourth edition now and the term “Guerilla Marketing” spawned a whole series of books that he continued to roll out for 30 years until his death in October 2013. Everything in that book still holds true today. The only difference is that with the invention of the internet and the ownership and use of computers and smartphones it’s now easier and cheaper AND you can promote your business locally and internationally.

So what’s changed? Not the marketing activities themselves. What’s different is just the method. Do you agree or disagree? Tell me.

I’ll write about how offline and online marketing are different.

I’ve done it and the link is 6 Ways Online and Offline Marketing Are Different .

Originally posted on January 29, 2013

Marketing, Small Business

3 Marketing tips from getting a mammogram

February 21, 2022 1 Comment

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(Those who’ve had a mammogram will understand the humour in the cartoon.)

Every second year I get a mammogram and so on a snowy day in February several years ago I went to get one. It’s not a painful experience for me though it can be for some women but it’s necessary so I set off in the Woodgreen Transportation Services van (I don’t drive since the stroke) for my appointment.

There were at least three marketing things that came out of this experience. Maybe you’ll think of others.

Marketing Tip #1 – Treat your prospects, clients and everyone the same – politely.

Some people are polite no matter what. There was a snowstorm in Toronto that day so several businesses and schools were closed and many people didn’t drive. That meant the roads downtown were empty. I grew up in London, Ontario (snowbelt) and my driver had driven trucks for years all over Ontario. We didn’t let the snow stop us! Those (like us) who chose to drive were pleasantly surprised. The people on the roads drove slower, more carefully and watched. They waited for us and let us in.

Marketing Tip #2 – Have a “culture” of helpfulness in your business that all your staff show.

Everyone in the mammogram clinic acted identically to each other not just to the clients – friendly, smiling (not a “pasted on” smile), helpful, and patient (waited for each person they called to move at their own speed).

Marketing Tip #3 – Be aware (both you and your staff) and understand what people need. Then give it to them.

The clinic I go to is in a building with a restaurant and afterward I have coffee and snack here. The staff did more than just the tasks in their job description. The man filling up the napkin dispenser carried my coffee over to a table and the fellow wiping the tables asked if he could move my chair for me (I use a walker).

Those are three examples of “marketing mindset” in action in everyday life.

Do you have some examples? What are yours?

Originally posted September 21, 2012

Writing

Rainbows after rainstorms

October 27, 2021 No Comments

Photo by my Mom from our porch on Rainbow Avenue

The following is an excerpt from my memoir … My brother Mark and I had been playing outside but as the sky became darker we knew a storm was coming so we went inside to safety. We observed it through the front screen door. Being the late 1950s, the door was made of wood and the screen part of it would be replaced in the winter with glass.

There was noone outside. They had all scurried indoors at the first signs of a storm as we had.

As we watched, it grew as dark as nightfall and felt sinister.

The air had an earthy smell.

The birds’ singing stopped.

The lightning was close. It lit up the sky over the next street.

Immediately after, a boom of thunder exploded overhead. It was so near that it was loud enough to make the windows rattle. The universe sure was angry!

With the thunder the skies opened and it poured rain.

I could hear my mom saying, “A summer storm never lasts long. Soon the rain will stop, the sky will be blue and you’ll see a rainbow. Just stay at the door and watch.”

Gradually the thunder and lightning were quieter as the storm moved away to the east and the rain stopped.

Sure enough! Everything mom had said came true and we went outside to play again!

The grass had become greener as it drank up the rain. The downpour had driven out the worms which were now wriggling on the lawn.

The fresh, clean smell of the air was intoxicating.

Perhaps there was a rainbow after every storm because I grew up on Rainbow Avenue – or maybe not.

It could be that seeing rainbows after every summer storm is another reason I’m such a positive person.

After every storm no matter how long it is, a calm follows, a blue sky always emerges and if you’re lucky to see it – there is a rainbow.

Do YOU look for rainbows?

Marketing

How to choose the right networks for you #3 of 3

September 25, 2021 No Comments

Business owners all network but which ones are right for you?

We business owners all do it. It’s one of the best ways to get you and your business known. You can do it anywhere – at formal networks, conferences, workshops, or in line at the bank or grocery store.

One of my clients was at a dental appointment. The receptionist made a comment about liking her purse and asked where she got it. She said it was something she sold and that she would get one for the her. She hurried home (fortunately nearby) after her appointment and came back with one for the woman. What profitable networking!

All of the women I interviewed in the past for blog posts , I’ve met networking. It really works.

But this post is about finding the right networking groups for you. In a previous one I described the 11 Characteristics of a Network. Read that one first. Then this is the next step after that one.

What should you know?

There are several questions to ask about a network to see if it’s one that you like, resonate with, and has your ideal client in it.

But before you begin this process you need to answer these three questions: Who is my ideal client and target market?, What is the outcome that I want at this event? and What do I want people to do as a result of meeting me?

Now you’re ready to ask yourself the following questions.

Who referred you to this network? Was it someone you know well and trust? Have they gone to it? What did they say about it?
Does this network demonstrate the values that you have?
What is the organizer like? We know that we attract people like ourselves. Be sure your values are similar to his or hers.
Has it come up often in conversation with other business owners as a network you should attend?
How many of the characteristics in my post 11 Characteristics of a network meet your criteria? One? Two? Several?
What is the purpose that the owner has? Do they want to connect you with lots of others? Are they interested in helping you get to know people? Are they just doing it to make a substantial profit?

Now go to a meeting. How do you feel about it? Trust your gut. No matter whether you’ve checked off all the boxes and decided it’s right for you, you don’t know until you’ve attended in person.

I had my own network which I held for seven years for women solopreneurs and I was often asked by attendees which other networks I’d suggest. I always asked them the same question – Who is your target market?

What networking groups do you already attend?

Write your comment and let everyone know which ones you attend and why.

Originally posted February 9, 2015

Beliefs and Views

Curiosity – everyone should have it

September 3, 2021 No Comments

You’ve heard the expression “curiosity killed the cat”. It’s used to get others to avoid inquisitiveness that could lead one into dangerous investigation, experimentation or situations.

Of course there are certain circumstances that are physically dangerous. These include helping an injured person after an accident, parachuting, or rushing into a burning house to get someone out.

What is dangerous to one person isn’t to another. It’s the job of firefighters to run into fires and of our first responder ambulance folks to attend accidents.

But I digress. This post is about curiosity.

I don’t agree with the expression “curiosity killed the cat” unless it’s properly used. Curiosity leads to creativity.

Definition

“Curiosity is a strong desire to know or learn; having an interest in a person, thing, or experience that leads to making an inquiry.”

When we’re little we wouldn’t know how to do anything especially walking and talking if we weren’t curious. Why aren’t most of us still curious like children are? Kids ask why all the time – so often that it bothers their parents. Why? They’re so new to this world that’s one of the ways to learn.

What about immigrants who come here from third world countries? Things we take for granted are often new to them. The children are still curious therefore they learn the new language faster than their parents do.

We wouldn’t have life-saving drugs if scientists weren’t curious. And technology. Where would we be without planes, physical telephones, computers, smartphones, video calling, online banking or shopping? Still in the dark ages.

Whenever I get a blood transfusion (35 of them since 1979) I thank someone for discovering it otherwise I wouldn’t be alive.

Two questions to ask

1. Curious people wonder “what if” and after a multitude of trials find a way to make what they imagine real. Curiosity is a key ingredient of learning. There’s a quote by an unknown author that says, “The day you stop learning is the day you die.” A life without learning new information would be mind-numbing and exhausting.
2. Another question is “why isn’t there something that …”. A curious person asks it aloud and they or a listener takes action to make this inquiry an actuality.

What can you do to become curious again?

I’ve been training and coaching entrepreneurs for 40 years and I’ve always told them that one of the top three qualities they need is curiosity.

But you don’t have to become an entrepreneur. Be curious about nature, other cultures, photography, foods, plants, history, climate change, your genealogy or why people have a specific opinion about something. Look around you and wonder “why” – why are there billboards; who invented computers; why do we eat hamburgers (or anything else); where did plastic come from. Watch TV shows like Nature on PBS or The Nature of Things on CBC. You see, don’t you?

Curiosity requires you to listen, be open and wonder.

Be aware of things around you and be curious about them.

Read this book if you want learn more about curiosity. It’s called Curious. https://toddkashdan.com/curious/

Marketing, Small Business

11 Characteristics of a network #2 of 3

August 13, 2021 2 Comments

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Do you leave halfway through a network because it wasn’t “good”? Are you sometimes the last to leave a network because you’re still chatting?

You need to know what “good” means for you before you go to any network event. How do you know? Here are 11 characteristics to know about it.

Characteristics of groups where you can network

Target market Before you look at any group, know who your target market is. Are the people you’re looking for corporate HR, IT people, “mompreneurs”, small business owners or solopreneurs? Know this first.

2. Location. Where is it held? Is that too far for you get to? I live in downtown Toronto and don’t drive so a network in Barrie which is a town about 50 miles (85 km) north doesn’t work for me.

If it’s a conference in Los Angeles and you live in Boston, you would have to fly there. Can you afford the flight and hotel costs as well as the time away from your business. Would you get enough leads and build enough relationships to make it worth your while?

3. Time. Ahh time of day. I’m not a morning person so being self employed suits me fine. As soon as I see that it’s a breakfast meeting at 730 a.m. I look to see when else this group meets. Breakfast, lunch or early evening may make a difference to you — it does for me!

4. Size. Groups vary from 6 to 600. Do you thrive in a big group? Do you look for small intimate groups? Here’s where size does matter.

5. Cost. What does it cost per meeting and what do you get for it? The average is $25 but for a dinner meeting it could be up to $75 — be sure you get dinner.

6. Room Layout. It depends on the size of the group. The huge ones are standing only with a few chairs around the outside of the room; the medium to large have chairs in a traditional format in rows facing the speaker at the front; small ones could be held around tables or have the chairs set in a circle. Which one works best? It depends on you and what you’re comfortable in.

7. Do they do an “around the room”? You want maximum exposure for your “elevator pitch” so giving it to everyone in the room is better. It allows you to decide who you want to speak with and those who want to hear more about your business and perhaps use your services will come up to you. (This only happens with groups under 40.)

8. Speaker. Most groups have a speaker. You may want to hear that person or the topic.

9. Membership. How many times can you attend before you have to join? Or do you even have to become a member?

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10. “Fixed or fluid”. Often called leads groups. BNI and BCX only accept people from different business types. For example if you’re a web designer and they have one, you’re not invited to join. You also are required to give leads every meeting and you may not have used the lead’s services so don’t know much about the company.

11. Type of group. Are they a networking group or an association? An association will be in your field so if you’re a startup you may want to learn from more experienced people.

Frequency of meetings. Groups usually get together once a month but leads groups meet twice a month. Do you have the time and money?

Look at each of these questions and get answers. Which characteristics are important to you? If you’re a startup you may want to attend every event you can until you find out what works best for you.

Remember that you need to attend each one several times to see if it’s what you want.

If you know other entrepreneurs you can ask them which groups they recommend. And you always have the internet where you can check the group!

I know of a several groups here in Toronto so ask me in the comments.

Originally posted January 30, 2015

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