We welcome Guest Blogger Yvonne Pilon, Vice-President of WEtech Alliance Network.
Yvonne is very instrumental in promoting the Region' Entrepreneurs and it's People Like Yvonne who Rock WindsorEssex! Check out her video after reading her story.
According to Startup Canada, there are more than 1 million small businesses that employ 48 per cent of Canada’s total workforce, account for 25 per cent of total exports, and provide 30 per cent of our total GDP. Of those small businesses, 4.7 per cent are classified as high-growth enterprises and are responsible for 45 per cent of new job creation in Canada.
So, if entrepreneurs play such a vital role in Canada’s prosperity, what can we do to spread this can-do spirit even further? Well, why not bring one the most notable entrepreneurs to Windsor for lunch.
A few months ago I entered a contest on the Inbiz.me Facebook Page for the chance to win lunch with David Chilton, author of the The Wealthy Barber and Dragon on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. To my surprise I was selected as 1 of 10 finalists to compete in this very “tasty” opportunity.
Although the contest is targeted towards entrepreneurs, I still took my chances and created a video as part of Phase 2 of the contest. My rational…one day I hope to be an entrepreneur. In fact, some days I feel like I already am. Working with WEtech Alliance since its inceptions, myself and our team are in fact “growing” a social enterprise. The once team of 1, is now a team of 7.
I can’t also forget the entrepreneurial spirit that I live and breathe every day. I love entrepreneurship and everything that they it brings to a community – new ideas, passion, jobs….. So, because of this passion, my pitch to the contest judges was that I would like to ‘Pay It Forward’ and invite the other entrepreneurs of the Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator to lunch if selected as the winner. This opportunity would not only benefit all tenants and myself but would help showcase just how awesome the Windsor entrepreneurial community is. We really do ROCK #WErocks!
See my video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_flJaS72EU&feature=youtu.be
Yvonne is very instrumental in promoting the Region' Entrepreneurs and it's People Like Yvonne who Rock WindsorEssex! Check out her video after reading her story.
According to Startup Canada, there are more than 1 million small businesses that employ 48 per cent of Canada’s total workforce, account for 25 per cent of total exports, and provide 30 per cent of our total GDP. Of those small businesses, 4.7 per cent are classified as high-growth enterprises and are responsible for 45 per cent of new job creation in Canada.
So, if entrepreneurs play such a vital role in Canada’s prosperity, what can we do to spread this can-do spirit even further? Well, why not bring one the most notable entrepreneurs to Windsor for lunch.
A few months ago I entered a contest on the Inbiz.me Facebook Page for the chance to win lunch with David Chilton, author of the The Wealthy Barber and Dragon on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. To my surprise I was selected as 1 of 10 finalists to compete in this very “tasty” opportunity.
Although the contest is targeted towards entrepreneurs, I still took my chances and created a video as part of Phase 2 of the contest. My rational…one day I hope to be an entrepreneur. In fact, some days I feel like I already am. Working with WEtech Alliance since its inceptions, myself and our team are in fact “growing” a social enterprise. The once team of 1, is now a team of 7.
I can’t also forget the entrepreneurial spirit that I live and breathe every day. I love entrepreneurship and everything that they it brings to a community – new ideas, passion, jobs….. So, because of this passion, my pitch to the contest judges was that I would like to ‘Pay It Forward’ and invite the other entrepreneurs of the Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator to lunch if selected as the winner. This opportunity would not only benefit all tenants and myself but would help showcase just how awesome the Windsor entrepreneurial community is. We really do ROCK #WErocks!
See my video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_flJaS72EU&feature=youtu.be
Yvonne Pilon, Guest Blogger
Vice President, WEtech Alliance
