Into The Wild 11. Tips on Finding Money To Start Your Business with Paulina Cameron
Paulina Cameron is the powerhouse CEO of The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) and has juggled babies and business for a while. She leads a national organization and team that educates, mentors and connects women entrepreneurs to be wildly successful, promoting strong economies and thriving communities.
Previously she was the Regional Director for Western Canada at Futurpreneur Canada. She supported hundreds of entrepreneurs in launching their businesses and is a sought after mentor and speaker. A champion of gender equality, she is the author of bestselling book Canada 150 Women: conversations with champions, leaders and luminaries; and has gained international recognition for her work.
Ok, so her incredible list of accomplishments go on forever...here are some more:
- She is a Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Simon Fraser University,
- Has advised the federal government and the Prime Minister on Canada's $800M Youth Employment strategy.
- She was the co-founder and president of Young Women in Business, which grew from a conference to a national organization.
- She currently serves on the Board of Directors for YWCA Metro Vancouver, Immigrant Employment Council of BC, and the Government of British Columbia's Small Business Roundtable.
In This Episode, You Will Learn About:
- Not second-guessing your intuition to what you should
- Her biggest mistakes came from not listening to her gut
- When women invest in themselves, the impact on their business is significant
- Women are more likely to reinvest their revenues back into their business and into their employees
- To 'find' money in your business, you first need to start with what you want your life to look like
- There is glamorization around attaining a hockey stick growth in business
- Fast growth is NOT the only way your business has to grow
- There are quite a few options for debt, equity and grant financing
- Grants (There is no such thing as free money), the best source of verifying grants in Canada
- The focus should be to generate revenue over finding money
- When it makes sense for a small business to get financing
- Women often under finance their business
- Craving long periods of solitude to help your emotional bandwidth
Public Shoutouts:
- Viktor Frankl "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
- Ryan Reynolds "Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere."
- Innovation Canada Concierge Service
- Woman Entrepreneurs Organization of Canada: WEOC
- Futurepreneur Canada
- SheEO
- DreamMakers Ventures
- Disruption Ventures
- Janet Bannister
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Renée Warren is an award-winning entrepreneur, a 7-figure business starter, and the founder of We Wild Women, a business dedicated to helping women launch their dream business. She previously founded an industry-recognized PR agency that worked with funded technology startups from South Africa to San Diego.
She's a mom to Irish Twins (not planned), a published author, and a drummer.
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