Entrepreneur - Shane Borthwick

Current or Primary Business(s) - Impact Wealth

Topics of Conversation

• Entering the family business at 21 
• Innovating and growing the new aquaculture industry in its earliest stages
• Finding the right client FIT before selling
• Aligning goals with values
• Long term relationships vs. short term sales
• Changing directions as an entrepreneur 
• Considering social, environmental risks of investments
• Understanding personal guarantees on business loans
• Don’t underestimate the influence of the government on industries
• Find clients that value your time as much as you value theirs
• What happens after the government support ends. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
• Irony that entrepreneurs are risk adverse on personal investment 
• Business is there to help your personal needs
• People, practice, process

Recommendations and Links

• A Promised Land – Barack Obama
• Ten Lessons For a Post-Pandemic World – Fareed Zakaria
• Long walk to freedom - Nelson Mandela
• Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney