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Dana Bouwman

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Dana Bouwman is Account Executive with Insight Insurance and Risk Management in Edmonton. She talks about being a young professional and being...

Key takeaways

  • Edmonton is a relationship-based city where everyone knows everybody, which creates valuable networking opportunities and makes it easier to vouch for clients and business partners.
  • Finding mentors who have been there and done that is crucial for young people in business, as they can provide guidance on negotiations and help you avoid spinning your wheels on unproductive paths.
  • If you're spending 40 to 60 hours a week on your business, you need to find the aspects you're truly passionate about and use that as your driver to do a really good job.
  • Automation is coming to many industries including insurance, so it's essential to continuously diversify your skillset and ensure you remain valuable to employers or develop solid business strategies.
  • Edmonton is projected to double in size to two million people in the next 30 years and ranks third or fourth globally in machine learning and AI, making it an excellent place for tech companies to start up.

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[00:00] SPEAKER_02: It's Edmonton's Podcast on the Canada's Podcast Network.
[00:15] SPEAKER_00: Hello, this is Mario Toneguzi coming to you today with Edmonton's Podcast, a member
[00:21] SPEAKER_00: of Canada's Podcast Network where we talk to the entrepreneurs for making it happen
[00:26] SPEAKER_00: in Epidena, Alberta so you can listen, discover and engage.
[00:31] SPEAKER_00: Today's guest is Dana Bowman, Account Executive at Insight Insurance and Risk Management.
[00:38] SPEAKER_00: Thanks for joining us today, Dana.
[00:40] SPEAKER_02: Thanks for having me, Mario.
[00:41] SPEAKER_00: Tell me a little bit about what insight is and does.
[00:45] SPEAKER_02: Sure.
[00:46] SPEAKER_02: So, incident insurance is an insurance brokerage here in Edmonton and we focus on mid-to-large
[00:54] SPEAKER_02: size companies, which is kind of cool.
[00:57] SPEAKER_02: So I like to focus on construction companies, tech, manufacturing and I guess like for people
[01:04] SPEAKER_02: that don't know, the difference between an insurance broker and an insurance company
[01:08] SPEAKER_02: is we kind of just facilitate the policy on your behalf with insurance company and we
[01:13] SPEAKER_02: need to go shake rates and stuff like that.
[01:15] SPEAKER_02: So that's what I do.
[01:16] SPEAKER_00: How did you get involved in this and why?
[01:20] SPEAKER_02: Well, it's kind of a long story so I'll give you the colds notes.
[01:25] SPEAKER_02: But a family friend said that I'd really enjoy insurance and at first I wasn't totally
[01:30] SPEAKER_02: sure.
[01:31] SPEAKER_02: I had never been an employee before except for working on McDonald's and I was like 14.
[01:36] SPEAKER_02: And so even when I first started in insurance I was like, I'm just going to be a subcontractor.
[01:40] SPEAKER_02: I don't want to be someone's employee.
[01:42] SPEAKER_02: But I really enjoy it.
[01:44] SPEAKER_02: It works with my personality, like I love being technical and I also love talking to
[01:49] SPEAKER_02: people.
[01:49] SPEAKER_02: So I guess that's how I got started and I've kind of blossomed as well like I've been doing
[01:55] SPEAKER_02: it now for over two years and I see myself doing it for like the next five, 10 years for
[02:01] SPEAKER_02: sure.
[02:02] SPEAKER_00: Being based in Edmonton, tell me what the benefits are of working and doing business in Edmonton
[02:09] SPEAKER_00: these days.
[02:10] SPEAKER_02: Well, this is something I love talking about.
[02:13] SPEAKER_02: So Edmonton is really, it's a relationship based city.
[02:18] SPEAKER_02: It really helps that it's quite small.
[02:21] SPEAKER_02: So it feels like a lot of people, like everyone knows everybody and it just helps with business
[02:27] SPEAKER_02: as well just because when we're talking to like saying underwriter about what we need
[02:32] SPEAKER_02: for clients insurance, it's like I can say that I know this person like I can vouch for
[02:37] SPEAKER_02: them.
[02:37] SPEAKER_02: So that's definitely a plus.
[02:38] SPEAKER_02: And Edmonton is just a really interesting city.
[02:42] SPEAKER_02: I mean, we're just about to hit a million people and I don't know if you read this but
[02:46] SPEAKER_02: it was in the news recently that Edmonton is probably going to be doubling in size in
[02:50] SPEAKER_02: the next 30 years.
[02:52] SPEAKER_02: So yeah, it's kind of cool.
[02:54] SPEAKER_02: So just being a part of that is really interesting and there's a lot of people in Edmonton
[02:58] SPEAKER_02: I think that are excited about like our growth and where we can go.
[03:02] SPEAKER_00: So are there challenges right now of doing business in Edmonton?
[03:09] SPEAKER_02: There are definitely just because of, you know, we're in Alberta.
[03:14] SPEAKER_02: So that's all the one thing that a lot of people will talk about is the economy.
[03:20] SPEAKER_02: I mean, that that that hurts a lot of people.
[03:22] SPEAKER_02: I think in a lot of ways like people in Edmonton are very resilient.
[03:26] SPEAKER_02: So I know a lot of the people that I'm talking to like maybe maybe like five years ago they
[03:31] SPEAKER_02: were making money in a certain way and they just had to adapt and change just because
[03:37] SPEAKER_02: as the economy and now if anything, maybe they're being like more profitable or their
[03:41] SPEAKER_02: profit margins are a little bit bigger, larger or just like things are definitely changing
[03:47] SPEAKER_02: in Edmonton because of the economy and it's definitely a struggle like I'm not seeing
[03:51] SPEAKER_02: it isn't.
[03:52] SPEAKER_02: But I think I think a lot of people have overcome that struggle and we're continuing to grow
[03:57] SPEAKER_02: like I said.
[03:58] SPEAKER_00: Would you recommend Edmonton for people to start up businesses?
[04:02] SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
[04:03] SPEAKER_02: I would.
[04:06] SPEAKER_02: But like I said, Edmonton is growing.
[04:10] SPEAKER_02: We're seeing like like what the projections are that Edmonton should grow to tuneling
[04:14] SPEAKER_02: people.
[04:15] SPEAKER_02: So double in size in the next 30 years.
[04:17] SPEAKER_02: So I think it's really important like if someone starts a business here in Edmonton
[04:21] SPEAKER_02: today, you'll be a part of that growth.
[04:24] SPEAKER_02: So that's really good.
[04:25] SPEAKER_02: And then Edmonton is the number three or four city and not polisher where exactly we
[04:31] SPEAKER_02: are in rankings.
[04:31] SPEAKER_02: But we're third or fourth in the whole world when it comes to machine learning and artificial
[04:37] SPEAKER_02: intelligence.
[04:38] SPEAKER_02: So there's a lot of tech companies that maybe are starting up in Edmonton and seeing
[04:43] SPEAKER_02: like success, especially if you're in tech, I would say come to Edmonton.
[04:47] SPEAKER_00: In your career, what's been the biggest challenge that you faced and had to overcome?
[04:53] SPEAKER_02: There is a lot of challenges, especially being a young person.
[04:57] SPEAKER_02: And this is another thing that I'm really passionate about is talking to young people.
[05:01] SPEAKER_02: I think for me, the biggest challenge is just that I don't know everything.
[05:06] SPEAKER_02: So sometimes it can be a huge struggle, just like figuring things out.
[05:10] SPEAKER_02: And I don't always know what path to go down.
[05:13] SPEAKER_02: So the way I kind of get around that is I like to surround myself.
[05:17] SPEAKER_02: I really go and experience people who have been there and done that.
[05:20] SPEAKER_02: I have a couple mentors in my life and they help me out.
[05:24] SPEAKER_02: So it's challenging for sure being a young person in business.
[05:28] SPEAKER_02: But as long as you have a couple of people that can help you out, help you with negotiating,
[05:32] SPEAKER_02: they can kind of warn you and say, hey, like me, you're spinning your wheels here.
[05:36] SPEAKER_02: Like, look me, let's me want to something that'll be a little bit better for you.
[05:39] SPEAKER_02: That helps a lot.
[05:41] SPEAKER_00: So you recommend a career in insurance for young people?
[05:45] SPEAKER_02: Yes, I do.
[05:47] SPEAKER_02: There's nothing wrong with insurance at all.
[05:49] SPEAKER_02: The only little thing that I would say is that there's automation that's definitely
[05:54] SPEAKER_02: coming.
[05:55] SPEAKER_02: And I think insurance is going to be one of the casualties.
[05:58] SPEAKER_02: So I do recommend insurance for young people.
[06:02] SPEAKER_02: But I would just say, like, be aware that automation is coming.
[06:06] SPEAKER_02: So just always look to diversify your skillset and look at how you can make sure that you're
[06:12] SPEAKER_02: useful for employees in the future or figure out like your business strategy, stuff like
[06:16] SPEAKER_02: that.
[06:16] SPEAKER_02: So insurance is really good, though, for learning about a whole bunch of different companies
[06:21] SPEAKER_02: and different industries.
[06:21] SPEAKER_02: Like, for example, I can be talking to someone who owns like an ice cream boot truck in the
[06:27] SPEAKER_02: morning.
[06:28] SPEAKER_02: And then in the afternoon, talking to like someone who owns a construction company.
[06:31] SPEAKER_02: So there's a huge range of people that I talk to and it's really good for that.
[06:36] SPEAKER_00: So I don't know about you, but I get a lot of inspiration and creativity and kind of
[06:42] SPEAKER_00: weirdest places and things that I do.
[06:45] SPEAKER_00: Is there anything that you do, whether it's some passions or some hobbies or whatever
[06:51] SPEAKER_00: where inspiration just flows for your work?
[06:56] SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I guess so.
[06:58] SPEAKER_02: I mean, I guess I can talk about my hobbies.
[07:01] SPEAKER_02: So I love playing squash on Friday nights.
[07:04] SPEAKER_00: People still do that?
[07:06] Speaker UNKNOWN: Yes.
[07:07] SPEAKER_00: It's actually something that you don't see anymore that squash used to be the rage years
[07:13] SPEAKER_00: ago, but I didn't think it still was.
[07:16] SPEAKER_02: Really?
[07:16] SPEAKER_02: No, I've been trying to get lots of people out to play squash.
[07:19] SPEAKER_02: The only issue is that my work keeps giving me like items that I have to go to on Friday
[07:24] SPEAKER_02: nights.
[07:25] SPEAKER_02: Friday nights are usually the day that I go to.
[07:27] SPEAKER_02: So I haven't been in a month, but I love it.
[07:30] SPEAKER_02: The club that I go to is the Edmonton squash club.
[07:33] SPEAKER_02: And it's really interesting because you can play like 10 minute, like really quick gains
[07:38] SPEAKER_02: with two other people.
[07:40] SPEAKER_02: So it's kind of like a King's court sort of thing.
[07:42] SPEAKER_02: And then you get off after 10 minutes.
[07:44] SPEAKER_02: And then you just kind of like sit in the waiting area and then you talk to other people.
[07:48] SPEAKER_02: So it's really conversational and social.
[07:52] SPEAKER_02: And that's probably the part that I love the most.
[07:54] Speaker UNKNOWN: 
[07:55] SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
[07:55] SPEAKER_02: And then I play soccer on Sunday nights.
[07:57] SPEAKER_02: And huge fan of the Oilers obviously because my company ensures like a whole A-Stick
[08:02] SPEAKER_02: strict, which includes Roger Zorina.
[08:05] SPEAKER_02: And I'm actually going to a game tonight, point versus Oilers.
[08:09] SPEAKER_02: We'll see how it goes.
[08:10] SPEAKER_02: But in terms of creativity, I just kind of had a bit of an interesting path in life,
[08:16] SPEAKER_02: for sure.
[08:17] SPEAKER_02: And I like I was always my own business owner, so repiter.
[08:22] SPEAKER_02: And I own my own small businesses.
[08:24] SPEAKER_02: So like I know what it's like to have to go out there and be creative.
[08:27] SPEAKER_02: And like you always have to be working really hard to be able to make sure that you're
[08:32] SPEAKER_02: you're doing a good job at your work.
[08:34] SPEAKER_00: So what kind of things did you do as a small business owner?
[08:38] SPEAKER_02: It was kind of like whatever, whatever I saw an opportunity, I would kind of jump on it.
[08:43] SPEAKER_02: And sometimes it's successful, sometimes it wasn't.
[08:47] SPEAKER_02: Probably the one that I think is most interesting is I was in computer science in university.
[08:54] SPEAKER_02: And this thing called WordPress K-Mail, which if you don't know what it is, it's totally
[08:59] SPEAKER_02: fine.
[08:59] SPEAKER_02: But at the time like websites cost $12,000 minimum to make.
[09:04] SPEAKER_02: So quite a bit of money and it was mostly just the labor.
[09:07] SPEAKER_02: Like that cost so much.
[09:09] SPEAKER_02: But WordPress K-Mail, and it was kind of like this system where you could drag and drop
[09:12] SPEAKER_02: and create like a website for relatively low price.
[09:16] SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
[09:17] SPEAKER_02: And yeah, I just saw an opportunity and I decided to go like drop out of university and go
[09:22] SPEAKER_02: straight into industry and just created my own business.
[09:26] SPEAKER_02: And I saw WordPress websites.
[09:28] SPEAKER_02: Okay.
[09:29] SPEAKER_02: Well, you're a good money.
[09:31] SPEAKER_00: I saw a lot of WordPress in my job.
[09:34] SPEAKER_02: Yeah, exactly.
[09:35] SPEAKER_02: So that's the thing though, is that like at the time nobody used WordPress.
[09:39] SPEAKER_02: So it was really, it was kind of a unique thing and I can make quite a bit of money at
[09:43] SPEAKER_02: it.
[09:44] SPEAKER_02: These days, I mean, you can hire someone in India that will make a website for you for like
[09:49] SPEAKER_02: $250.
[09:51] SPEAKER_02: So yeah, it's just not viable as a business strategy anymore.
[09:57] SPEAKER_02: But that was probably the most interesting.
[10:00] SPEAKER_02: I owned a property management company as well just because I own a condo.
[10:04] SPEAKER_02: And the property management company that we had was not great.
[10:07] SPEAKER_02: And I was like, I could definitely do better.
[10:09] SPEAKER_02: So I started that company and yeah, there's been a couple different areas.
[10:13] SPEAKER_02: But insurance is probably the one area where I stuck with it because I really enjoy it.
[10:18] SPEAKER_02: And like I said, first time that I'm an employee, it's really great having someone else paying
[10:23] SPEAKER_02: for your health insurance.
[10:25] SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and all that stuff.
[10:27] Speaker UNKNOWN: 
[10:27] SPEAKER_00: What's the best piece of advice you've ever received about being involved in business?
[10:32] SPEAKER_02: I would probably swing back to my earlier comment about mentorship for young people because
[10:40] SPEAKER_02: I haven't been in business for that long.
[10:43] SPEAKER_02: But it's just incredibly important to have someone who can help you out.
[10:48] SPEAKER_02: Yeah, for business.
[10:49] SPEAKER_02: I mean, the thing is like every single business is so unique and different.
[10:53] SPEAKER_02: I guess like one thing I would say too is just if you are going to be spending like 40,
[10:58] SPEAKER_02: 50, 60 hours a week on one area of business, then it's something that like if you're not
[11:05] SPEAKER_02: passionate about it, then find a way to become passionate about it and like find the areas
[11:09] SPEAKER_02: that you really enjoy.
[11:11] SPEAKER_02: I know that like not every single part of what I do with insurance is super enjoyable.
[11:16] SPEAKER_02: But there are parts that definitely like sing to me and I really enjoy it.
[11:21] SPEAKER_02: So that's what I would say.
[11:23] SPEAKER_02: You need to like, you need to find your passion within your own industry and use that as
[11:27] SPEAKER_02: your driver to like do really good job.
[11:30] SPEAKER_00: So if you weren't doing what you're doing now, what would you do?
[11:33] SPEAKER_02: I would do insurance.
[11:35] SPEAKER_02: I would do it.
[11:35] SPEAKER_02: I think that's what I was doing was like jumping from one thing to another until I found
[11:39] SPEAKER_02: something I think I love insurance.
[11:41] SPEAKER_02: Okay.
[11:42] SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
[11:43] SPEAKER_00: You're going to ask you a couple of kind of personal type questions.
[11:46] SPEAKER_00: Everybody has a bucket list these days.
[11:49] SPEAKER_00: You know, a personal bucket list of what they want to do.
[11:51] SPEAKER_00: Is there anything that is sitting on top of your list right now?
[11:55] SPEAKER_02: Good question.
[11:56] SPEAKER_02: I guess sitting on top of my bucket list would be travel.
[12:00] SPEAKER_02: I have traveled quite a bit to like the US, but in Europe, but I haven't gone to Africa
[12:07] SPEAKER_02: before.
[12:08] SPEAKER_02: So I would love to go to South Africa or Ethiopia.
[12:11] SPEAKER_02: I think that would be really cool.
[12:13] SPEAKER_02: Professionally, I mean, I struggled quite a bit in business because I was always jumping
[12:18] SPEAKER_02: from one thing to another.
[12:20] SPEAKER_02: So it's always kind of been like the beginning stages of my career.
[12:25] SPEAKER_02: And never really progressing.
[12:27] SPEAKER_02: So I think for me, like I just entered that intermediate stage and I can talk with authority
[12:34] SPEAKER_02: about what I'm passionate about, which is insurance.
[12:38] SPEAKER_02: And all my bucket list is probably to achieve like the advanced stage.
[12:41] SPEAKER_02: So I'm like start mentoring other people and so on who has like the experience to back
[12:48] SPEAKER_02: the knowledge.
[12:49] SPEAKER_00: Mm-hmm.
[12:50] SPEAKER_00: Are you a reader?
[12:51] SPEAKER_02: Yes.
[12:52] SPEAKER_00: What are you reading right now?
[12:54] SPEAKER_02: So I read for work.
[12:57] SPEAKER_02: So that takes up a lot of my mental capacity when I'm reading.
[13:02] SPEAKER_02: But when it comes, okay, so I have a couple.
[13:04] SPEAKER_02: My friend, Mark Donnelly, who works at E2B recommended that I should read how to get to
[13:09] SPEAKER_02: yes.
[13:10] SPEAKER_02: And it's a book on like, like, a business book.
[13:13] SPEAKER_02: And I think it's really interesting.
[13:15] SPEAKER_02: And I'm just starting that.
[13:16] SPEAKER_02: And then my friend, Tom, Euminski, who works at Xerox.
[13:21] SPEAKER_02: I forget what the name of the book was called.
[13:23] SPEAKER_02: And I can look it up here.
[13:25] SPEAKER_02: But it was like how to negotiate or some, oh, never slip the difference, which is another
[13:31] SPEAKER_02: apparently really, really good business book.
[13:33] SPEAKER_02: And then personally, I'm in the middle of reading this one book that is called Pootence
[13:39] SPEAKER_02: Country.
[13:40] SPEAKER_02: And I forget who the author is.
[13:42] SPEAKER_02: But it's really interesting because this author visited Russia every single year for
[13:48] SPEAKER_02: 20 years for like three months at a time.
[13:51] SPEAKER_02: So she didn't become like a local.
[13:52] SPEAKER_02: She was always, so look at it objectively.
[13:55] SPEAKER_02: And each chapter of this book is following the same person throughout that whole 20 years.
[14:02] SPEAKER_02: So she talks about like a cabbie driver and like his struggles and just a whole bunch
[14:08] SPEAKER_02: of different people.
[14:09] SPEAKER_02: So it's really interesting.
[14:10] SPEAKER_02: I haven't picked it up in a little while, but I'm looking forward to finishing it for
[14:14] SPEAKER_02: sure because yeah, like each chapter is very different and gives you like a look into
[14:20] SPEAKER_02: their life and how life has changed as well since the USSR fell.
[14:24] SPEAKER_02: So yeah, exactly.
[14:26] SPEAKER_00: If you had to choose one word to describe yourself, what would it be and why?
[14:31] SPEAKER_02: Intense.
[14:33] SPEAKER_00: Okay.
[14:36] SPEAKER_02: So I know I'm not great at all things, but there are some things that I'm really good at.
[14:42] SPEAKER_02: As like insurance is one of them.
[14:44] SPEAKER_02: And when I find something that I really love and I want to get better at, like I put
[14:50] SPEAKER_02: all of my energy into that.
[14:52] Speaker UNKNOWN: 
[14:52] SPEAKER_00: Oh, okay.
[14:53] SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
[14:54] SPEAKER_00: So you mentioned that travel earlier outside of Edmonton.
[14:58] SPEAKER_00: Is there a favorite place that you've been to that you would like to go to?
[15:03] SPEAKER_02: I've been to a few places.
[15:04] SPEAKER_02: I mean, I went to Holland, the Netherlands a couple years ago, my grandparents are Dutch.
[15:12] SPEAKER_02: So that was cool seeing them.
[15:16] SPEAKER_02: You know, I actually really like Edmonton.
[15:18] SPEAKER_02: It's really funny because the way I look at it is I should try and make enough money
[15:23] SPEAKER_02: so I can travel.
[15:25] SPEAKER_02: But then I always come home to Edmonton because Edmonton is such like it's just home
[15:29] SPEAKER_02: to me.
[15:30] SPEAKER_02: I love Edmonton for sure.
[15:32] SPEAKER_02: But I mean, in terms of travel, I mean, I've been to Vegas for a few times, which is always fun.
[15:37] SPEAKER_00: Oh, okay.
[15:38] SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
[15:39] SPEAKER_00: If you have a daily routine, do you have one like a, do you do something every day almost
[15:47] SPEAKER_00: religiously?
[15:49] SPEAKER_02: Check my LinkedIn.
[15:53] SPEAKER_02: I love LinkedIn.
[15:57] SPEAKER_02: I always love full.
[15:58] SPEAKER_02: I post on their on a regular basis.
[16:00] SPEAKER_02: That's fun.
[16:01] SPEAKER_02: But also just keeping up to date with everyone else in the business community and seeing what
[16:07] SPEAKER_02: they're doing.
[16:08] SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's always really interesting when someone posts.
[16:10] SPEAKER_02: I really, I really enjoy it if they're posting about progress that they're making in work
[16:15] SPEAKER_02: or something you that they're doing.
[16:17] SPEAKER_02: I don't really have a routine too much like at my company.
[16:21] SPEAKER_02: My CEO's philosophy is that she hires like people who are really good at what they're
[16:26] SPEAKER_02: doing.
[16:26] SPEAKER_02: They don't seem micromanaged.
[16:28] SPEAKER_02: So it's not like I come in and have to do something specific or have to meet certain
[16:32] SPEAKER_02: metrics every single day.
[16:33] SPEAKER_02: Like we get together probably every three months and she's like, okay, so where are you
[16:37] SPEAKER_02: in the, what are your goals and what are we doing?
[16:39] SPEAKER_02: But really my day is my own and I kind of, I use it to my advantage for sure.
[16:45] SPEAKER_02: I mean, I know I'm just like wasting time, but I'm pretty different.
[16:50] SPEAKER_00: Okay.
[16:50] SPEAKER_00: I'm going to ask you kind of a dog ball question.
[16:53] SPEAKER_00: Imagine a small tropical island in the middle of the ocean and it only has one foam booth
[16:59] SPEAKER_00: and no other technology, no internet, et cetera.
[17:03] SPEAKER_00: We're going to drop you off there and at any time you can use the foam booth on the island
[17:08] SPEAKER_00: to call the boat and we'll come pick you up.
[17:10] SPEAKER_00: How long would you last before making that foam call?
[17:14] SPEAKER_00: And what do you think you'd be doing while you were there?
[17:18] SPEAKER_02: You're not getting a foam call.
[17:22] SPEAKER_02: It sounds like a free vacation to me.
[17:25] Speaker UNKNOWN: 
[17:27] SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, it's probably a couple of weeks.
[17:29] SPEAKER_01: You've really got that foam call and probably just relaxing.
[17:33] SPEAKER_01: It sounds like a fun time.
[17:34] SPEAKER_01: Thanks for that.
[17:37] SPEAKER_00: Is there anything you'd like to add Dana before you leave us today?
[17:41] SPEAKER_02: Well, thanks for having me.
[17:42] SPEAKER_02: First of all, this has been a real pleasure talking to you.
[17:46] SPEAKER_02: And I want to say that I'm always looking to promote both my industry.
[17:51] SPEAKER_02: I'm looking to promote Ementin.
[17:53] SPEAKER_02: And I'm a part of a couple different associations.
[17:56] SPEAKER_02: I think you guys should check out.
[17:58] SPEAKER_02: So one of them is the Ementin Construction Association, which represents the second largest
[18:04] SPEAKER_02: construction community in Canada, which is the Ementin Construction Community.
[18:09] SPEAKER_02: And then the second one is the Association for Corporate Growth, which is a group that
[18:13] SPEAKER_02: helps companies move from like SME into like the mid-size space.
[18:19] SPEAKER_02: So, and I'm on the board for both of those groups.
[18:23] SPEAKER_00: Okay, super.
[18:24] SPEAKER_00: Thanks for joining us today, Dana.
[18:26] SPEAKER_02: Thanks for having me.
[18:28] SPEAKER_00: Hey there.
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