As a person obsessed with continuous improvement, Luc Bohunicky was easily inspired by entrepreneurship and innovation. “It’s the idea that certain people go out in the world and create things that make people’s lives better,” he explained.Born and raised in Canada, living most of his life in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Luc’s first shot at entrepreneurship was […]

Written by: Colin Cieloha, Skilled.coContent is the future of marketing, without a doubt. We sell no matter what we do – either a product or an idea, it’s still marketing. Even convincing your partner to go to your favorite restaurant instead of theirs, that IS selling.And with all the competition happening now in the online, […]

Written by: Jasmine Pickel (CEO) and Grace Mahas (Social Media Marketing) at Atlas CommunicationsWhile most businesses are quiet over the summer, around here at Atlas, it’s the busiest time of year. Why you might ask? Because summer is the best time of year to start planning your social media marketing campaigns!Fall marks the start of […]

While many entrepreneurs easily find a way to self-fund their business project from the get-go, it’s inevitable they will eventually have to inject additional funds into their project at one point or another. Financing is a key step for a start-up. It divides up stillborn project from those who will surpass the crucial five-year mark. […]

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”- Mark Twain.Opportunity.  Entrepreneurs live by it, especially if they want to succeed. There is an art to the right moment, but sometimes people get so caught up in thinking and waiting (and waiting and waiting), that the genius idea they had, was taken and executed by someone […]

Most people can agree that the outdoors and being connected with nature is a euphoric and natural feeling. Daniel Dubois grew up in this type of environment and this connection to adventure and the outdoors has never left him. Daniel founded ShareShed and Guiides.com, both adventure and travel related companies, that both share the mission […]

Starting a business can be an exciting time for entrepreneurs, however, it’s definitely a rollercoaster ride. Navigating the waters of starting a new business can have you being pulled in multiple directions and it can be hard to know which way to go.At Futurpreneur Canada we have people approaching us at all different stages of […]

The entrepreneurial journey can come with a lot of bumps in the road and surprises. You never know where your entrepreneurial path may lead you and for Melanie Breitkreutz, it brought her to a place she never would have envisioned ten years ago.In 2007 Melanie started Be’ato Coffee Company Inc. which specialized in freshly roasted […]

Written by: David Kosmayer, CEO and Founder, BookmarkRobots have always been associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and usually, the association is even negative.After all, the media is full of misconceptions about what an AI is and what it can do, no thanks to movies that depict AI as something that aim to eradicate the human […]

Written by: Kristin Knapp, Digital Copywriter, Wave When it comes to tracking your cash flow, timing is everything. You need to be able to predict when money is coming in and when it’s going out. That’s especially hard when your customers don’t pay on time, but there are ways to get paid faster and save […]

Team meetings, whether them being all staff, department or individual meetings, have a tendency to be unproductive. Most of working Canadians, at some point, have felt this feeling. This has result in staff feeling more stressed and overwhelmed by the time lost attending these meetings. Most people that have worked in an office environment have […]

Life doesn’t always go according to plan. You could have been sitting in your third year economics class in university, thinking about how you were going to run Bay Street in about five to six years. Maybe medical school was your initial plan after your undergrad. You might have gone through life, checking boxes on […]

It’s time for a roundup of some great content we found over the last few weeks online for entrepreneurs. Need a weekend read? Here is a list to power through and help motivate and inspire you this weekend.Seven Lessons From Building a Six-Figure Business in High School – Sebastian Dobrincu This article on Entrepreneur features […]

This year Canada is celebrating their 150th anniversary. Futurpreneur Canada has been a part of this country for over 20 years now and in those two decades we’ve supported thousands of entrepreneurs who have helped shape Canada into the entrepreneurial nation that it is today. Small businesses are what make cities and towns across the […]

Written by: Lyndon Chiang, Co-Founder, GrylliesWe need your support: Our kickstarter is coming out this Fall. Help us scale the operations of Gryllies and launch two more flavours: Creamy garlic and Spinach Pesto. Visit us at www.gryllies.com and drop us your email for a free sample!If you’re not familiar, Entomophagy is the haute term for eating insects, and […]

Entrepreneurship isn’t an exact science. As I often say during my conferences and workshops: the only certainty in entrepreneurship is that it won’t go as planned!This said, some good practices do exist when it comes to starting a business, and they have been validated over and over again in different contexts.Since I have many entrepreneurs […]

Earlier this year, Futurpreneur Canada teamed up with Clearwater Seafoods and Source Security, (now Allied Universal), to bring a new initiative to Atlantic Canada: The Coaching Challenge. This challenge was created to help support entrepreneurs whose businesses are ready to grow by providing them with access to experts in growth who were hand-matched for the […]

We’ve all heard the expression “bad habits are hard to break” but maybe we just aren’t approaching it in the right way. Entrepreneurs especially need to watch their habits closely because being your own boss gives you the crown to choose how you work and spend your day. Making sure that your daily activities are […]