by Karla Briones | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Networking
Being an entrepreneur is at times a very lonely journey. Now, adding being brand new in a country has the potential of isolating even the most outgoing person. I’ve written about the possibility of co-working spaces to help with this, however what if that isn’t...
by Karla Briones | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog, Entrepreneur, Resources
Starting a business sometimes feels like trying to figure out what comes first: the chicken or the egg? You need money to start a business, but usually, commercial banks won’t lend you money unless you HAVE money. It gets particularly hard as a newcomer, given...
by Karla Briones | Jan 31, 2020 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Real Estate, Resources, Scaling Up
You finally have your business up and running and are getting into your new routine, but do you still feel like there’s something missing? It’s possible that this self-employed/entrepreneur lifestyle is lonely at times. Perhaps you are tired of working from home, or...
by Karla Briones | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog, Entrepreneur, Immigration, Uncategorized
I want to dedicate this post to newcomers to Canada that come from China, in celebration of the Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. It marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese calendar. When I was living in Toronto,...
by Karla Briones | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Research
As this decade comes to an end, I wanted to talk about how far entrepreneurship has come in Canada – particularly Immigrant Entrepreneurs as the ones to watch in this new decade. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) conducts surveys during Small...
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by Karla Briones | Nov 3, 2019 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Freebie, Resources
Opening many businesses was something I rarely thought about doing. At the beginning I had no clue how to open one, let alone a handful. I spent hours on the internet trying to answer what opening the right business in Canada was all about – what do Canadians need?...
Karla Briones is an Ottawa-area serial Immpreneur with a passion to encourage and support others to achieve business success.