by vcc | May 17, 2018 | Podcast
Pernille Fischer is the true definition of a successful immigrant entrepreneur. Like many, she fell in love with a Canadian and moved here to Denmark. Her passion, determination and brains have made her not only a success in the international trade industry, but also... 
by vcc | May 6, 2018 | Podcast
Jonnel Sloane comes from the United States and shares his experience of opening a completely new niche market in Canadian soil: door-to-door meat sales with his company Farm 2 Fork. He talks about the hurdles he went through at the beginnings and how he was able to... 
by vcc | May 3, 2018 | Podcast
On this episode, we talk to Alberto Ponce, originally from Mexico. He talks about his experience in building a business in the very competitive field of photography. After his income/rental property in his home country of Mexico got destroyed after a devastating... 
by vcc | Feb 28, 2018 | Podcast
What a bubbly treat it was to talk to Dasha – an immigrant entrepreneur from Russia. Marinated in the business world thanks to her entrepreneur father, she has taken the Canadian kombucha industry by storm. She provides some great goldmines and advice that are... 
by vcc | Feb 15, 2018 | Podcast
In this episode we have chocolatier, Tareq Hadhad, who is the owner of Peace by Chocolate – a sweet factory in Antigonish, Nova Scotia that opened just under two years ago shortly after he and his family lost everything in the Syrian war and arrived to Canada as... 
by vcc | Feb 10, 2018 | Podcast
In this episode we talk to India-born Darpan Ahluwalia – owner of the Manotick Natural Market. She immigrated to Canada as a 16 year-old escaping a culture of young brides and looking for more opportunities. She became an entrepreneur at 19 and ever since, has... 
Karla Briones is an Ottawa-area serial Immpreneur with a passion to encourage and support others to achieve business success.