airdrielife Magazine
Celebrating the Good Life in Airdrie
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In this issue of airdrielife, we meet 8 of the program's 2018 entrepreneurs and their mentors.
What is a 'gig' economy and why does it matter?
David and Kirstin Barchard run an urban microgreen farm that takes a different approach to agriculture. This issue, we catch up with David to find out more.
5 Criteria to Fishing in the Right Pond being Important to Your Success
Part One: Establish the Goals of Your Mentor Relationship
As local champions of business and community well-being, we know that quality of life, passion and profit can co-exist. We’ve got a full suite of financing and business supports to help rural entrepreneurs.
Airdrie’s SMARTstart program offers tools, training, mentorship and business planning to a new group of entrepreneurs each year. One of the biggest benefits of SMARTstart is the mentorship – participants are matched with a local business volunteer.
Meet three men with very different reasons for being successful, but all passionate about their career and community.
Airdrie Economic Development recently completed the 2018 Business Satisfaction Survey and was told that 86 per cent of respondents are happy doing business in Airdrie. Quality of life, location, community growth and access to customer bases were listed as the top benefits of doing business here.
Nikki Nordick has turned a passion for dogs into a thriving business in Airdrie. Airdrie Puppy Pals, which was incorporated in 2015 with the daycare opening in October of that year, actually started just as an online community.
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