Episode 4: Seeking Support and Valuing Your Vision
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ABOUT THE EPISODE
In this episode of the Go-To Podcast we learn how seeking support to achieve your vision can lead to not only your business goals, but also a broader network of expertise.
We speak first to Erin Bury, Co-Founder and CEO of Willful, and hear about her experience leveraging an accelerator program. She shares why it was a powerful tool to hone her business narrative and to also make connections that led to real funding. Erin shares her insights and tips on balancing being open to input and learning, while also remaining confident in your business vision.
Then we speak to Jenn Harper, Founder of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC., who shares her guiding vision for creating a circular team model, versus a hierarchical one. She gives us insights into the Indigenous way of creating a circle, and how she aims to bring everyone in to have a voice with Cheekbone - community, customer and the Indigenous community - while still having founders and leaders in place. We’ll also hear how seeking out investors fueled critical research and development that has enabled her business to grow.
Meet Our Guests
Erin Bury, Co-Founder and CEO of Willful
Erin is the co-founder and CEO at Willful. She spends most of her time educating Canadians about estate planning, and her mission is to encourage people to plan for the unexpected. When she's not talking about wills, you can find her eating pizza or reading thriller novels.
Find Erin at erin@willful.co, on their website at willful.co or her Linkedin.
Jenn Harper, Founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty
An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics Inc.
Cheekbone Beauty is a digitally native direct to consumer brand that is helping Indigenous youth see themselves in a beauty brand while using the concept of a circular economy in the brands ethos and in developing their latest line of products.
Creating a new segment in the beauty industry - Sustainable Socially Conscious Beauty. Jennifer Harper has been making a name for herself in the beauty industry for a number of years but has been gaining popularity quickly after being on the hit CBC show, Dragons Den.
Find Jenn at Cheekbone Beauty, on Linkedin and Instagram at @cheekbonebeauty.
Use code FWE2021 for a special discount at CheekBoneBeauty.com
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