by Karla Briones | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog, Entrepreneur, Finance, Planning, Research, Resources
The year comes to an end and that pesky little business plan is still a blank screen on your computer with a lonely blinking cursor? You’re not alone. A business plan is the single, most important document needed to access financing (the second one is your pitch...
by Karla Briones | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog, Canada, Entrepreneur, Finance, Planning, Resources, Scaling Up, Success
My cell phone rang last week with an urgent call: “Karla, would it be possible for you to deliver a half-day presentation on “How To Create A Business Pitch” to a group of 12 aspiring newcomer entrepreneurs? “Absolutely!” I replied. I...
by Karla Briones | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, Entrepreneur, Finance, Resources, Success
In continuation to my previous post about my experience in Ghana, people have asked me what happened to Margaret and her business pitch. Margaret, a woman from the Upper East Region of Ghana – one of the poorest parts of the country, became my roommate in...
by vcc | Dec 18, 2017 | Blog, Finance, Scaling Up
Securing business financing as a new immigrant in Canada is one of the toughest problems in the journey of becoming an entrepreneur. The lack of credit history and the limited net worth most of us arrive with is a big hurdle to jump. Thankfully, institutions are...
Karla Briones is an Ottawa-area serial Immpreneur with a passion to encourage and support others to achieve business success.