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Cathy Watters, Co-Founder, Editor cathy@entrepreneurialwoman.ca Vancouver, BC Entrepreneurial Woman Magazine |
| Cathy is a journalist with over 20 years experience as a newspaper reporter, freelancer, and copy editor. Her work has appeared in over 40 magazines and newspapers including Canadian Living, Business in Vancouver, Small Business Opportunities Magazine, Retail Connections, The Thompson Citizen and The Halifax-Herald. | |
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Chris Meier, Co-Founder chris@entrepreneurialwoman.ca Vancouver, BC Chris Meier Photography |
| Chris Meier is a professional photographer, web designer, and graphic artist with around 15 years experience in the industry. His portfolio may be found at www.chrismeier.ca. | |
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Matt Mayer, Blogger, Technology Expert matt@entrepreneurialwoman.ca Vancouver, BC |
| With over 5 years of experience (and counting) working in the video game industry, and lifetime love for all things 'tech', Matt Mayer is our resident technology blogger. In addition to introducing you to new gadgets, he reviews web-based products and services, as well as software, designed to help you improve your business, and your life. | |
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Katherine Lazaruk, Columnist, Image Intensive info@icuimage.com Burnaby, BC ICU Image Consulting |
| Katherine Lazaruk, a longtime resident of Vancouver, comes from a performance and education background with bachelor’s degrees in Music and Education. Katherine trained with Karen Brunger, AICI CIP and holds certificates in Image Consulting and Advanced Image Consulting from the International Image Institute (Ontario, Canada). She helps individuals and small businesses with all aspects of image: appearance, behaviour and communication. Specializing in image education with groups and individuals and passionate about personal development, she loves to help her clients shine. She volunteers regularly at Dress for Success Vancouver and is an associate member of the Association of Image Consultants International. | |
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Mhairi Petrovic, Blogger - Social Media with Mhairi Vancouver, BC Out-Smarts Marketing |
| For over 15 years Mhairi Petrovic has had a passion for Internet technologies. In 2002, after a successful sales and marketing career in the software and technology sectors, she founded Out-Smarts Marketing. Her goal was to leverage her global sales and marketing expertise gained on both sides of the Atlantic to work with clients to maximize their online exposure. Mhairi (pronounced “Va-ri”) saw the unique communications potential of social media well before her peers and established herself as a leader in the social media/networking space. As a result, Out-Smarts has become an established company with a solid mandate to work closely with small and medium sized businesses; developing and implementing custom marketing strategies to maximize on-line exposure through Internet, Social Media and Email marketing. When not online Mhairi can be found spending time with her wee family, running, or jewellery making. | |
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Chris Green, Columnist cgreen@greenlaw.com Langley, BC GreenWay Legal Centre |
| Christopher Green is a business lawyer with over 32 years experience in private practice in the Province of British Columbia. A graduate of Queen’s University at Kingston and Osgoode Hall Law school, Chris has acted as criminal defence counsel, crown counsel, counsel for the Insurance Corporation of BC, and as a barrister before every level of court in the Province. Much of his current practice is devoted to providing advice to small businesses. He lectures in business law to the Surrey Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Programme, the Entrepreneur Apprenticeship programme, and the Youth Entrepreneurship Programme. He is also a fundraiser/spokesperson for the Canadian Diabetes Association Team Diabetes programme. Chris is the owner of Greenway Legal Centre, a store-front legal clinic in Willowbrook Mall, Langley, and is fluent in English and Legalese, speaks bad French and broken Spanish, and can order beer in 13 other languages. | |
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Tracy Theemes and Kamal Basra, Columnists, Women and the Power of Money Vancouver, British Columbia Sophia Financial Group |
| Tracy Theemes, MA, CFP, FMA, FDS, FCSI and Kamal Basra, CFP, FMA, FCSI, are Financial Advisors with the Sophia Financial Group at Raymond
James Ltd.,
and serve the financial planning and investing needs of women and their families. Contact them at: (604)569-2891 www.sophiafinancial.ca | |
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Cathy Kuzel, The Connected Woman North Vancouver, BC vwww.cathykuzel.com |
| Cathy Kuzel, author of Are you a Collector
or a Connector? is a professional speaker and trainer on sales,
customer service, professional development and a guru at networking.
Cathy works with entrepreneurs and SME companies in significantly increasing
productivity and profitability through communication, sales and marketing
strategies to improve performance and build extraordinary leaders. For more information visit www.cathykuzel.com or www.theconnectedwoman.com | |
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Andrea Yampolsky, Mompreneur info@myconciergeplus.com Montreal, QC My Concierge Plus |
| Andrea started her career in the manufacturing industry as a fabric buyer before moving on to purchasing for a major Canadian retailer and then for a specialized computer manufacturer. She took time off to be a full-time mother and care for her two children. Andrea returned to work as an office manager for a speech-language therapy clinic. When life as a working mother became hectic, Andrea recognized that like her, most people were consistently scrambling for more of that rare commodity… time. On that hunch, she launched My Concierge Plus in 2006 to fill that pressing need. Since then, her days are jam-packed responding to requests that range from grocery shopping to household maintenance. Her work is dedicated to alleviating the stresses of her client’s daily lives. Andrea thrives on the ever changing demands of her work and looks forward to each day’s challenges. | |
