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Erica Hakonson is the award-winning entrepreneur at the helm of the B2B digital marketing agency, Maven Collective Marketing. Hakonson has been awarded Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Silver Award by the international Stevie Women in Business Awards, Editor's Choice by the CanadianSME National Business Awards and Top Small Business Female Executive Bronze Award by DataBird Business Journal. Leading the team of "Mavens", primarily female technology marketing consultants, alongside long-term clients, Maven Collective Marketing has been awarded a MarCom Gold B2B Website Award, Website Category Winner for Ragan Content Marketing Awards, 2X dotComm Gold for B2B Website & Website Creative/Copy, as well as the Standard of Excellence Award for B2B Website by the WebAwards. Beyond Maven Collective, Hakonson also co-founded a new Vancouver-based B2B SaaS company, Orchestry, to Make Work Simple with transparent governance, adoption tools and self-service provisioning for organizations in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online and across Microsoft 365. Canada’s Trade Accelerator Program is presented by the World Trade Centre Vancouver. It gives BC-based businesses the training and support needed to become a successful exporter. Go to www.wtcvancouver.ca/tap and find out more. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada’s economy. To support Canada’s businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur #podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter.
Ms. Sonia Mundra is the President of Chenega Analytic Business Solutions (CABS), a newly 8(a) certified, Alaska Native Corporation (ANC). As President, Ms. Mundra manages strategic partnerships, business development and company operations. CABS provides Administrative, Enterprise IT, Training and Intelligence professional services for the federal government. Ms. Mundra volunteers her time and expertise for various organizations, to include CompTIA, ISACA, PMI, and NCMA. She was recently recognized by DCA Live as a “Top 40 Federal Entrepreneur” for her efforts and accomplishments in the federal contracting community. She also received a 2018 Stevie “Women in Business” Award for her contributions to Chenega and the small business community at large.
Anjali is an Author, Speaker, and a Business Branding consultant. She uses her decades of legal experience to provide the business owners in New York with resources needed to succeed. She runs an Advisory firm that offers a complete business building package to its clients. The package includes a wide array of services, ranging from strategic planning, to business branding, resourcing & procurement of products, social media advertising & blogging, Trademark Registration, setting up e-commerce sites, and in some cases, financial assistance as well. Under her leadership, Cosmique Global won Golden Bridge Business Award, Stevie Women in Business Award, and One Planet Business Award in 2017. As a Leadership Coach, Anjali offers empowerment, inner growth & leadership programs to both adults and children. She's an official member of Forbes Coaches Council.Learn More: https://cosmiqueglobal.com/Influential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/
Anjali is an Author, Speaker, and a Business Branding consultant. She uses her decades of legal experience to provide the business owners in New York with resources needed to succeed. She runs an Advisory firm that offers a complete business building package to its clients. The package includes a wide array of services, ranging from strategic planning, to business branding, resourcing & procurement of products, social media advertising & blogging, Trademark Registration, setting up e-commerce sites, and in some cases, financial assistance as well. Under her leadership, Cosmique Global won Golden Bridge Business Award, Stevie Women in Business Award, and One Planet Business Award in 2017. As a Leadership Coach, Anjali offers empowerment, inner growth & leadership programs to both adults and children. She's an official member of Forbes Coaches Council.Learn More: https://cosmiqueglobal.com/Influential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/
Becky McKinnell is an entrepreneur who loves design and believes that building a company should be fun. She started her first company, iBec Creative in 2006 the day after graduating from the University of Southern Maine. She taught herself web development, design, and digital marketing and was able to grow to over $1 million in revenue in 6 years by bootstrapping. She currently has 14 amazing, kind, and talented full time employees, and 200 happy clients around the country who are growing their businesses. Becky has been featured Business Week's Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under, awarded the Small Business Administration's Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and a recipient of the Stevie Women in Business Award. Secret – timesaving technique Becky brings her paper and pencil to-do list to bed -- plan tomorrow today -- and know what you're going to do right when you wake up. ONWARD! Daily habit that contributes to success Be timely in your communication -- Becky returns emails immediately -- even if she doesn't have an immediate answer. Could have ruined your business – but now – an invaluable learning experience Becky had two employees leave her business right after the birth of her daughter -- and Becky tells the whole story here. Most critical skill you think business owners need to master to be successful "Be able to write your own vision -- and -- plan the vision for your own company." Most influential lesson learned from a mentor "Once you start measuring things you automatically improve." Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success” What systems would you go back and put into place sooner? I wish I had spent more time on training -- you can't assume that an employee knows something. What one strategy or “recipe” would compound into big wins for business owners? Start off your day with your team -- have a morning meeting that everyone attends and shares what they're doing today. How to exceed expectations and add the most value? An individual would have high emotional intelligence. What strategy would you recommend new business owners focus on to best ensure success? Do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do Just start something -- and fail often -- and improve Work on getting things to DONE -- complete one thing then move to the next thing How best to connect with Becky: Website: ibeccreative.com You can also find us here: ----- OnwardNation.com -----
Becky McKinnell is President of iBec Creative, the hottest up and coming web design and online marketing company in Portland, Maine. Since starting the company right out of college in 2006, Becky and her team have developed over 250 websites for small to medium sized businesses around the country. Becky has been featured in Business Weeks Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under, awarded Small Business Administrations Young Entrepreneur of the year, and she is a recipient of the 2011 Stevie Women in Business Award.
Becky McKinnell is President of iBec Creative, the hottest up and coming web design and online marketing company in Portland, Maine. Since starting the company right out of college in 2006, Becky and her team have developed over 250 websites for small to medium sized businesses around the country. Becky has been featured in Business Week's Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under, awarded Small Business Administration's Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and she's a recipient of the 2011 Stevie Women in Business Award.