Advisory Email – April 2020

In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month:

A lot can change in 1-month. On average, it takes 2 months for a new behaviour to become automatic (to form a habit). We’re halfway there, are you forming some good habits or accumulating some bad ones?

BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS 📢

• Launching the annual #DoGoodBusiness Challenge
• Launching The Narwhal Club

UPDATES 🎉

• Webinars
  • Accessing The Hidden Job Market – 17 attended
    • Summary blog post here.
  • Purpose & Value Discovery – 37 attended
  • Startup Ideation & Innovation – 51 attended
  • List of upcoming webinars can be found here.
• Free community portal has been moved from MightyNetworks to the Soft-skills & Personal Development Facebook group for easier public access.

LESSONS 🎓

• I’ve been doing a lot of reflection & content creation. If you’re a fellow entrepreneur, some of these articles might help you:
  • Actually useful advice on adapting your business for the recession
  • How Course Facilitators Can Redefine Audience Engagement in Virtual Webinars
  • The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Mastermind Groups
  • Selective Attention in Entrepreneurship
• Been a little less productive this month, spent a good 2-weeks of quality time with 👶 since daycare is closed.

GRATITUDE WALL 🤝

• Colby Harder & Daniel Perrett from CONTI for supporting the small business community through their virtual WorkLife co-working strategy sessions.
• Keith Ippel from Spring for some great ideas for the #DoGoodBusiness Challenge. Also with Jamie Smith from ThriveArtStudio for hosting an amazing webinar on Finding a New Normal: Leading Your Business Through Times of Uncertainty.
• Thomas Cobleigh for some great introductions – Stefanie Curtis will be co-organizing the #DoGoodBusiness Challenge with me, exploring with Samin Saadat from Jalepeno Employee Engagement on how we can collaborate.
• Annee Ngo & Rukshana Hassanali from Startup League (rebranded to SoftServe) on exploring collaboration to improve soft-skill training through gamification.
• Colin Weston from Startup Vancouver & Tamwood for having me speak to their students on Email Marketing.
• Sophy Pashchenko & Nipun Mehta for their interest in supporting the #DoGoodBusiness Challenge.
• Robert St-Jacques and 7Geese for the chance to speak to their community on navigating business, pivots, and repurposing teams post COVID.
• Andy Chou from Drinkfill for a great brainstorming session.

COVID RELATED RESOURCES:

• Enoch Weng has put together a comprehensive list of Canadian related COVID resources for individuals, families, people out of work, and businesses.
• Canadian Employer Wage Subsidy requirements have been adjusted so that more businesses qualify.
• Looking to hire? A few Canadian founders have put together TheHelpList with over 2,600 people who are now looking for new jobs.

ASKS 🙏
#DoGoodBusiness Challenge, looking for:

• Mentors.
• In-kind & cash sponsors for prizes.
• Support with spreading the word in entrepreneurship, developers, design, & student communities.
• Media coverage.

Next: May 2020 Advisory Newsletter