I left my full-time job back in January 2020, right before the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much has changed in how we do business and I’ve had to also drastically pivot my business a few times to adapt to a changing marketplace. So how have I been? Healthier than ever Having full freedom of …
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It’s been a full 12-months since I left my job and worked on ClassyNarwhal FT. I’m sure you’re all interested in learning about how that’s played out and what I’ve learned from it. Revenue: $22,022.33 Expenses: $4,169.07 Net profit: $17,853.26 EI benefits claimed: $17,293.00 *Update: CPP, EI, and Taxes paid (in 2021 for this year): …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: CN UPDATES 🎉 It’s been an inspiring month. I was Invited by TechYukon and Yukonstruct to design and co-facilitate Design Jam Local (DJL) 2020, a 24-hour virtual ideation challenge to spur collaboration and surface solutions that would benefit the …
John Glynn-Morris and I had the privilege of co-facilitating this year’s Design Jam Local (DJL) organized by TechYukon and Yukonstruct. This post is a detailed breakdown of the event and includes a summary of the ideas that were pitched during the challenge. What is and Why Design Jam Local? DJL is an annual ideation challenge …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: CN UPDATES 🎉 Webinars 4 sessions, 28 attendees, 256 views on social Average attendance rate (attendance/registrations) = 30%. Current audience size = 1507 subscribers (-25%), manually unsubscribed more, better to have an engaged list than a big inactive one. …
This is the 3rd major pivot since starting my business in January 2019. Read about Pivot 2 here. Read about Pivot 1 here. It should come as no surprise that COVID-19 is the culprit this time. The original plan was to launch the Habit Accountability Groups – a mastermind group for both entrepreneurs + professionals …
2-days prior to the scheduled start of the #DoGoodBusiness Challenge , I’ve made the difficult decision to call off the event. Why? We did not get enough registrations to ensure that the competition would be an amazing experience to all participants. Why did registrations fall short? Many possible reasons, hard to pin down if there …
CN UPDATES 🎉 Webinars 5 sessions, 80 attendees, 519 views on social Average attendance rate (attendance/registrations) = 115%. Current audience size = 2004 subscribers (-20.1%) I did a flush of folks who were inactive on my list. Will be testing ad marketing next month (this will be a controversial experiment, consultants/service providers benefit from spending more effort …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: CN UPDATES 🎉 Webinars Hosted 6 sessions. 43 attendees, 1024 views on social. Average attendance rate (attendance/registrations) = 46.2%. Moving to experiment with some pre-recorded webinars for my most popular sessions. Current audience size = 2004 subscribers (-2%). LESSONS 🎓 The usual …
In the view of transparency, below is an excerpt from an advisory email I sent this month: CN UPDATES 🎉 Webinars Hosted 3 sessions. 37 attendees, 584 views on social. Average attendance rate (attendance/registrations) = 46.25%. Current audience size = 2012 subscribers (-2%). LESSONS 🎓 People might be getting tired of online events. It’s getting harder to …
