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The Business Sisters blog posts will keep you up to date on what’s happening! Find out the back-story to our events and conferences and more – we will be featuring reflections and more from local rural women entrepreneurs.
Quiet quitting is not just in the corporate world
Have you heard about “quiet quitting,” this trend that the business press is freaking out about? Observers are saying more and more workers quietly are refusing to go above and beyond. They’re not answering emails after hours. They’re saying no to overtime. They’re...
Business Sisters Networking- Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022
Are you a woman business owner looking to connect with other women entrepreneurs in the area? Then join us Tuesday, September 27, 2022, as we gather in Vankleek Hill at Garden Path Homemade Soap for our first networking event of the fall. Established in...
Business Sisters Networking- Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022
Looking to connect with other women entrepreneurs in the area? Come join us Tuesday, November 22, 2022 for our next 5 à 7 Networking Event. We will be gathering in Casselman at Ahoy Adventures. Ahoy Adventures, is owned the award-winning duo of Danika...
The Law of Attraction: Relearning an Old Lesson
One thing you may not know about me is that I’ve been a student of the Law of Attraction (LOA) for a long time. To me, LOA is the essence of entrepreneurship: Focus on what you want and how you want to feelDo the best you can with the time and resources you haveTrust...
Our Plans to Help Rural Women Business Owners
When we announced the $100,000 grant from Desjardins, we promised to inform you about the plans to use this money to benefit our region’s women business owners. Based on consultations we’ve had thus far, here are the three main uses of the funding: 1. One on one...
$100,000 funding from Desjardins Ontario
Big news! We are so happy to announce that Business Sisters has received $100,000 from Desjardins Ontario Credit Union’s Community Development Fund to launch a new Centre for Rural Women Entrepreneurs which will deliver entrepreneurial training, mentorship and events,...
Business Sisters Networking – Tuesday, August 23, 2022
We're so pleased to be continuing our monthly series of networking events for rural women business owners. This event is at the La Belle Sorelle from 5 to 7 pm on Tuesday, August 23! We are excited to spend the evening with them! Let's eat! There will be good drinks,...
Meet our new Marketing Coordinator
Meet Grace, our summer Marketing Coordinator. From Maxville, ON, Grace impressed us with her passion about “living through a new age of feminism” and we look forward to having her with us for the summer. We asked Grace a few questions to get to know her better. Here’s...
Business Sisters Networking – Tuesday, July 26, 2022
We're so pleased to be continuing our monthly series of networking events for rural women business owners. This event is BACK at the Tuque de Broue Brewery from 5 to 7 pm on Tuesday, July 26! Our last in-person event before the pandemic was there and we are so excited...