Immpreneur Canada

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 i nternational trade industry, but also an author. She just launched her autobiography "Tales from and Immigrant Entrepreneur: One Woman's Story."

Since founding Kisserup in 1998, Pernille achieved many accomplishments, including the prestigious Women of Excellence Award from the Canadian Progress Club in recognition of her contribution to communication and public affairs. As well, she has been nominated on several occasions for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Canadian Women’s Entrepreneur Award.

In this interview she talks about her story, her innovative way of meeting people as a newcomer and how she evolved to the successful business woman she is today.

To find out more about her company, visit her website: https://kisserup.com

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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 win the trust and hearts of his expanding clientele. 

Check out his business, Farm 2 Fork at: http://www.farm2forkmeats.ca

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On this episode, we talk to Alerto 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 earthquake that hit Mexico City in September 2017, he decided to dive in full time in his dream of pursuing his artistic passion as his main source of income. Listen as he provides lessons learned and tips on how to make it in Canada.

Check his business website at: http://www.aponcephotography.com

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What a bubbly treat it was to talk to Dasha - an immigrat entrepreneur from Russia. Marinated in the business world thanks to her entreprneur father, she has taken the Canadian kombucha industry by storm. She provides some great goldmines and advice that are worth taking your pen and paper out for.

Learn about why she thinks opening an artisan buisness in a smaller community can be more advantageous; she is no shy to recommend to start small and is a firm believer that farmer's markets have a lot to offer to hone your business skills and improve your products.

Check her delicious product selections at: http://www.agapegardens.ca

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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 refugees. 

He talks about how he and his family ended up in Canada - a country they didn’t know anything about until they landed here; the way his chocolate business came about; the amazing community that helped him and his family and his advice to fellow newcomers wanting to become entrepreneurs.

His chocolate factory has big expansion plans for 2018 - can't wait to see what the future holds for this corageous and inspirational family of new Canadians.

Peace by Chocolate: https://peacebychocolate.ca

Tareq Hadhad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tareqhadhad/

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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 owned a restaurant, a mobile supplements shop and now a brick-and-mortar natural marketplace as well as an online holistic consulting practice. She has endured business failures, business catastrophe - the burning of her marketplace - and business success. Listen to her inspiring story on how she overcame obstacles thrown at her and the lessons she has learned as an immigrant entrepreneur.

Check Darpan's business: https://manoticknaturalmarket.ca

 

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