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Sarah Saffari is a Fitness Entrepreneur, Business Coach, Health Scientist, and a Sales & Marketing Ninja

Sarah Saffari is a fitness entrepreneur, business coach, Health Scientist, and a sales and marketing ninja. As a coach and CEO, Sarah is driven by the conviction that each of us has the potential for greatness and limitless capabilities to create the lives we desire. After 10 years in the fitness industry, she has helped over 5000 men and women transform their health and reclaim their life. She has built a multi-6 figure fitness company using her unique High Ticket framework to achieve consistent results.

She continues to spread her message by helping online entrepreneurs move from struggling to thriving using her 10k per month CEOwned Framework. In her easy-to-understand and compassionate style, she uses neuroscience principles to remove mental barriers and increase business results for her students.

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Roshni Wijayasinha is a Trusted Marketing Leader with 15 Years of Progressive Experience Helping Companies Bring Brands and Products to Market

Roshni Wijayasinha is a trusted marketing leader with 15 years of progressive experience helping companies bring brands and products to market. Having started her career working on top consumer brands on the agency side, she has built her reputation by bringing creativity and strategic insights to leading global technology companies such as Microsoft, Sony & Kobo. Most recently, she has built out Marketing teams & brands at domestic technology leaders, Juice Mobile, Thinking Capital, Benecaid and Foxquilt, and has started her own consultancy, specializing in Marketing Strategy, Planning and Communications.

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Jeff Doucet, Co-fondateur et Pdg chez J’entreprends Québec

Marketer de formation, Jeff Doucet a cofondé J’Entreprends Québec en 2014, un OBNL dont la mission est de stimuler les échanges entre les grands acteurs de la communauté entrepreneuriale du Québec via des projets rassembleurs et audacieux.

En septembre 2019, il a cofondé le Grand Chien, une constellation créative qui offre des services de création d’image de marque et de communication expérientielle adaptée à des clients voulant créer une communauté autour de leur marque. Le Grand Chien a également conçu un écosystème créatif réalisé selon les principes de l’économie circulaire. Ce lieu réunit une constellation d’entrepreneurs visionnaires qui déborde d’énergie et de rêve et qui ont des compétences en communication, web, événementielle, intelligence collective ainsi que tout ce qui touche le développement de la conscience en affaires.

Sa plus grande force, mobiliser des talents uniques, dévoués et hors pair autour de projets créatifs et visionnaires. Très sociable, Il adore rencontrer d’autres passionnés, partager ces passions et prendre part à des discussions profondes avec son réseau à travers des activités en montagne.

Lesley Dumlao

Lesley Dumlao is the Director of Engagement at Perceptible Group Inc., a marketing and technology agency based in Burlington, Ontario. Lesley leads Perceptible’s business development, client engagement, social media marketing, and is also a host on Canada’s Podcast in Toronto! She and her husband are business partners and part-owners of Perceptible Group Inc. Having grown up within an entrepreneurial family, Lesley always knew that she would end up starting her own business. She also is confident in the fact that entrepreneurs have a certain make-up that sets them apart– a higher tolerance for risk and innate creativity. Lesley holds a Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences from the University of Waterloo and a Project Management Certificate from Humber College. With education in Recreation and Project Management, she spent most of her career working in government sector roles, and took the leap into entrepreneurship only two years ago.

Evan Gilbert

With a partial BCIT degree, investing 7 months working in the corporate world with Rogers, several years working hospitality with the Vancouver Canucks, Evan Gilbert set his mind on living life as a Digital Nomad traveling around the world while engaging technology to establish a niche helping real estate professionals invest wisely in their online content, presence and sales process. He is on a mission to revolutionize the advertising industry by delivering the best online resources for you to succeed in paid traffic! Within his digital marketing agency in Vancouver, he is also developing an education and training program to help other business decision makers & entrepreneurs get started with their own successful advertising campaigns on social media. Learn more about his business on the Block E Media website.

Saif Ajani

Saif Ajani is the co-founder and CEO of the Toronto-based startup Keyhole, the world’s leading hashtag analytics tool, where he is responsible for the company’s vision and execution. Before launching Keyhole, Saif worked extensively in the technology space, most recently at a VC-incubated digital media startup. For more than ten years, he has been helping marketing executives at brands and agencies make key decisions by analyzing and measuring social media data. As a founder in this space, he really tries to learn from customers. Not always easy, but always learning!

Saif has an honors degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from Cornell University.

Kelsey Reidl

Kelsey Reidl is a Business Coach, Podcast Host & Sales + Marketing Consultant. After being let-go from 2 of her dream jobs in her twenties, she decided to take her power back and ditch the 9-5 in pursuit of building her own brand and business. Now, she teaches other women to follow that inner voice that keeps nudging them. You know, the one that says “you’re capable of more!” Her signature online coaching program called The VISIONARY METHOD ™ has helped 100’s of aspiring and startup entrepreneurs gain the confidence they need to have a thriving coaching or service-based business, by showing them how to explore their gifts, develop an offer, create innovative sales & marketing strategies to get their service into the hands of those who need it, and to cultivate community each step of the way. Kelsey also hosts a Top Podcast on the Canadian Entrepreneurship Chats, called Visionary Life. In each weekly episode, she chats with visionary humans about the journey that got them to where they are today. Kelsey lives in Toronto with her husband and rescue pup, Abby. She loves to explore the world in search of the best coffee shops, the most stunning nature, and the wildest experiences (sleeping in the Sahara desert & jumping through canyons are some of her favourite adventures to date).

Kirsta Franke

Kirsta Franke is founder and owner of Wild Heart Collective which has succeeded in Edmonton by creating from the heart. Offering mindfully curated community events like the 124 Grand Market, All is Bright and the Winter Shake-Up Festival & Market, as well as high level dynamic celebrations like Edmonton’s first Nuit Blanche.

Sheenah Rogers-Pfeiffer

Sheenah Rogers-Pfeiffer is founder and chief strategist at Anstice Communications. She talks about being a survivor in a very competitive industry and how she differentiates what she does from others.

Eric Fournier

Eric Fournier is a dynamic, strategic visionary with a long history of creating value for businesses. In his role as Partner and Executive Producer at Moment Factory, he has strategically overseen the growth of the studio while also providing proactive leadership and direction on major projects. Under his guidance, Moment Factory now operates in Tokyo, New York City, Los Angeles and London and soon Toronto. Creative and curious, Eric excels at identifying opportunities that will fully activate Moment Factory’s unique and diverse collection of expertise. Eric holds an MBA from McGill University and a BBA from the Université du Québec à Montréal.