
Content Type, Events, Contests & Activities | November 17, 2016
For Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) this week, we have teamed up with Amway Canada to send three ambassadors across the country to report live from the road as they visit Canadian entrepreneurs, small businesses, community partners in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and attend GEW events. Yesterday Anthony was on the road in St. John’s, Newfoundland for the day. Here is a recap of his day and some of the ‘ah-ha’ moments he had along the way.
To kick off Anthony’s day in St. John’s, he made a visit to the co-working space that Futurpreneur is based out of, Common Ground, before heading to city hall for a GEW flag raising with Councillor Lane.
We got to fly the #gewcanada flag at St. John's city hall w/councillor Lane @DaveLaneTweets. Entrepreneurship is alive in @CityofStJohns pic.twitter.com/CzIABF7wX0
— FuturpreneurATL (@FuturpreneurATL) November 16, 2016
Anthony’s Insights:
“Visiting the co-working space was the first taste of NL entrepreneurship. I learned about a business that got 4 million in VC funding and are working on a DNA sequencing project specifically for the province.”
After the flag was raised in the city of St. John’s, Anthony went to a community partner meeting where he met 12 different Futurpreneur partners including the YMCA of Northeast Avalon, NLOWE, and more.
Just had an AMAZING round table at the @YMCAofNl. There were 13 different groups supporting #entrepreneurs in the province. #gewcanada pic.twitter.com/YMR9VFqlm8
— FuturpreneurATL (@FuturpreneurATL) November 16, 2016
Anthony’s Insights:
“The community partners networking event was awesome. I learned about how much financial support there was for all the businesses locally.”
Once Anthony learned a bit more about the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the local organizations that support entrepreneurs, he headed for lunch with a couple Futurpreneur mentors, Jon Butler and Sheldon Payne, plus a community partner, mentor and former Futurpreneur loan recipient, Chelsey Paterson.
Just had an awesome lunch with @futurpreneur mentors, #entrepreneurs and community partners. #gewcanada #stjohns pic.twitter.com/gjtIxsOixH
— FuturpreneurATL (@FuturpreneurATL) November 16, 2016
Anthony’s Insights:
“Lunch (and the drives with Scott) were great because I really got into the mind of the entrepreneurs, to understand that the people that do businesses here have grit, and really the heart to make whatever work. IT’s in the community; it’s in the soul of the people. You can’t even teach it. Every Newfoundlander has the spirit or hard work and collaboration and hard work in their blood. And that’s why they will be successful. They have to be.”
Just got to #futurpreneurs : Volcano Bakery. It's an Icelandic #bakery. #nomnom #gewcanada pic.twitter.com/rVjKyv6dm4
— FuturpreneurATL (@FuturpreneurATL) November 16, 2016
From there, Anthony was off for a sweet treat at the Volcano Bakery and stopped for a radio interview with 590 VOCM Backtalk.
Visiting another great @Futurpreneur supported business: Sumac. Come in and get your Shawarma on. I'm starting to get full. ;-) #gewcanada pic.twitter.com/5ysroo5YiD
— FuturpreneurATL (@FuturpreneurATL) November 16, 2016
He also visited a few other local businesses, Sumac, which is a Labanese restaurant, and Fiberlilly, a sewing fabric store.
Thank you @CityofStJohns thank you @jscottandrews thank you everyone I've met today. It's been such a pleasure. @AmwayCanada #gewcanada pic.twitter.com/cLmZW1cZ0n
— FuturpreneurATL (@FuturpreneurATL) November 16, 2016
Anthony had a great and busy day in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Some of his key learnings from his day were:
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