Slides from Anna Goodson's talk for Montreal Girl Geeks, March 20 2012 http://montrealgirlgeeks.com/2012/04/23/march-recap-finding-entrepreneurial-freedom-with-anna-goodson

1. FINDING ENTREPRENEURIAL
FREEDOM
¢ with Anna Goodson
Montreal Girl Geeks - March 20, 2012
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2. ABOUT ME
Companies & Projects:
Anna Goodson Management
The Meat Market
Startup Women of Montreal
Goodson Gallery ( in the works)
@AnnaGoodson
@SWOMontreal
Like Startup Women of
Montreal on Facebook!
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3. MY GIRLS
SACHA & SIDNEY
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4. AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, I
ALWAYS KNEW THAT ONE DAY I
WOULD LAUNCH MY OWN BUSINESS.
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5. MY FIRST MAJOR PURCHASE AT THE AGE OF
13. OH, WHAT A FEELING!
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6. WHEN I WORKED IN ADVERTISING, IT
WASN’T EXACTLY LIKE MADMEN BUT...
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7. I SET OUT TO LAUNCH MY OWN START UP...
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8. PASSION, COURAGE,
DETERMINATION & A GOOD SENSE
OF HUMOUR.
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9. EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO GET STARTED..
+
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10. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING
MYSELF INTO...
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11. HARD TO PUT A PRICE TAG ON FREEDOM.
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13. BE CREATIVE!
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14. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND YOUR IDEA!
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15. NETWORK, NETWORK AND NETWORK!
IT’S NOT JUST WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU
KNOW.
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16. LEARN TO GET BY WITH LITTLE
OR NO INCOME.
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17. I’D LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS FOR ALL THE
CANS OF SOUP AND TOILET PAPER THEY
GAVE TO ME THOSE FIRST YEARS.
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18. CHALLENGE YOURSELF AND TAKE
CHANCES!
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19. DON’T BE AFRAID TO REACH FOR THE STARS…
YOU JUST MIGHT GRAB ONE!
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20. IF THIS ISN’T ENTREPRENEURIAL FREEDOM,
THEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS!
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