{"id":16897,"date":"2017-03-29T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T20:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16897"},"modified":"2017-03-29T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T20:29:17","slug":"entrepreneurs-to-challenge-assumptions-about-starting-out-on-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/entrepreneurs-to-challenge-assumptions-about-starting-out-on-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurs to challenge assumptions about starting out on your own"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir
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\nEveryone has at least one great idea, but putting it into action on your own can be a daunting prospect.
\nBut, local entrepreneurs are set to challenge some of the assumptions surrounding starting out on your own next week at the Aurora Public Library.
\nOn Thursday, April 6, the Aurora Public Library (APL) will host its third Entrepreneurs In Residence session, put together in partnership with the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and StartUp York, and featuring four local entrepreneurs.
\nFirst up with his talk \u201cOnly a Sith Deals in Absolutes\u201d is restaurant owner and bartender Robin Goodfellow, a Toronto native with a stake in three popular city eateries.
\n\u201cHe is revolutionizing the whole bartending and service industry and taking it to a new level,\u201d says APL\u2019s Cindy Shaver. \u201cHe went to school, did his university and post-grad, but was doing bartending on the side. He decided he was not looking for his academic journey to transfer into his career, but utilizing some of those foundations he has become a successful entrepreneur in a completely different area.\u201d
\nPeter Kaufman, founder of the Aurora-based Buddy\u2019s Kitchen, brings along his experience of turning an idea of \u201cgourmet food for dogs\u201d into a wildly popular success story with his talk, \u201cThe Elite Build Resumes, Entrepreneurs Build Legacies.\u201d
\nSteve Falk of Aurora\u2019s Prime Data will share his experience of bucking the trend \u2013 focusing on \u201cThe Value of Analog in a Digital World\u201d, while Executive Coach and Career Strategist Sandy Johnson will explain \u201cWhy a great Career Path isn\u2019t a Straight Line.\u201d
\n\u201cShe will speak about how you can discover and rediscover yourself,\u201d says APL\u2019s Reccia Mandelcorn. \u201cThe perception is you are always going to go on this one specific path, but you can break it and discover something new about yourself.\u201d
\nAdds Ms. Shaver: \u201cThat is true nowadays more so than ever before in whatever it is you do. Some of us could stay in a career for 30-plus years, but what they say now is you\u2019re likely to have two, three or more than four careers, and you\u2019re going to be changing. Her perspective is actually very crucial to let people know this is okay, sort of normal, and how to manoeuvre through those waters.\u201d
\nAn entrepreneur herself with the magazine Hola York Region, which she started last year with husband Chole Vargas, Ms. Shaver says one of the primary challenges needing to be challenged in the world of entrepreneurship is that you need \u201ctons of capital\u201d to start a business or break out on your own. But, she says she believes there are ways to go about achieving your dreams and embarking down your path without having to necessarily take a lot of risks.
\n\u201cEveryone has those feelings that, \u2018this is it\u2019 and \u2018I can\u2019t do this anymore,\u2019 and it is a matter of getting beyond that and continuing on. The possibilities are endless. You just have to take a chance.\u201d
\nAdds Ms. Mandelcorn: \u201cI think the big takeaway is going to be the sense of adventure and the knowledge that somebody else has been able to do it. Every entrepreneur who has spoken has come not only with a story of success, but of overcoming failure and sometimes multiple failures. It is very inspiring to know that these are real people and real human beings who have gone through challenges, made it, and are still going through challenges. I think it is empowering.\u201d
\nWith each entrepreneur in residence coming at the evening from different angles and with their own unique experiences, organizers believe it is going to be an \u201ceclectic and energizing\u201d evening.
\nEntrepreneurs In Residence takes place Thursday, April 6, from 7 \u2013 8.30 p.m. in the Library Living Room.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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