SAM & LANCE: Why Purchasing With Purpose Is The Way Forward For Many Brands
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At SAM & LANCE, we are a mission-driven company, believing that purchasing with intention matters. We created SAM & LANCE as a space to elevate women-owned, sustainable brands, and make it easy for like-minded people to shop and support them. Purchasing with intent is how we address our new normal as e-commerce brands. More consumers […]
WATCH: Sheertex CEO Katherine Homuth on How to Make Unbreakable Pantyhose
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What do pantyhose and bulletproof vests have in common? The same foundational material that makes up Sheertex’s groundbreaking product—the world’s toughest sheer panythose. Founder Katherine Homuth knows how to spot an opportunity. With a history of business ventures that include ShopLocket (a pre-order platform) and Female Funders (an organization dedicated to supporting and educating female […]
Women Who Lead: Fatima Zaidi is Cultivating Creativity and Podcasts with Quill
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black”][vc_column_text]According to Podcast Insights, there are currently over one million podcasts on the digital airwaves right now, and over 30 million episodes available for listeners to digest as of April 2020. With advertising revenue expected to surpass one billion by 2021, it’s clear that we’re in the midst of a podcast boom right now. […]
Women Who Lead: Ania Wysocka is Helping Canadians Manage Anxiety with Rootd
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”peacoc”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are many moments in a person’s life that on reflection can be defined as transformative. For Ania Wysocka, it came as a quick intense rush in the form of a panic attack. Without warning during her final year of University, Wysocka was far from home and had no access to a family doctor. […]
Find a New Line of Sight, Community & Family in a Time of COVID-19
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”turquoise”][vc_column_text]I will remember the year 2020 vividly for the rest of my days. I spent the prior year paving the way for the release of my book, Looking Up. As the release date, February 25th, approached, the novel coronavirus that is now known by the entire world as COVID-19 was hardly on my radar. […]
Entrepreneur of the Week: Mandy Rennehan, CEO of Freshco, is Redefining the Blue Collar Industry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”blue”][vc_column_text]Reports have shown that there is a desperate need for more skilled workers in Canada. The shock value of these reports is that this need can be fulfilled by simply attracting and including more women into the industry. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease, an unprecedented need for essential blue collar professionals has […]
Women Who Lead: TD’s Ingrid Macintosh is Sparking Conversations About Women’s Financial Literacy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”green”][vc_column_text]Ingrid Macintosh, the VP of TD Asset Management, says that it is estimated that by 2026, women will control more than half of the wealth in Canada. In other words, over $3 trillion in assets will be in Canadian women’s hands. In anticipation of this, women’s opportunity to learn financial literacy has become a […]
Women Who Lead: The Adelaide Project creates an immersive way to experience light
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Sisters Jennifer and Karolyn Pott are using their unique perspectives as businesswomen to refresh the traditional realm of lighting agencies, reexamining how they interact with consumers to ultimately change how we light up our lives.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left”][vc_separator color=”black”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Their father Andrew Pott founded TPL Lighting, a commercial lighting agency, 25 years ago, and Karolyn joined the […]
