Overcoming barriers to growth: optimal strategies for developing your business
For many Canadian entrepreneurs, growth is an integral part of the company life cycle. Rarely linear and largely unpredictable, a company’s growth often comes with challenges. How do Canada’s entrepreneurs manage to carve out their own path to success?
Join one of Canada’s leading chief economists, Pierre Cléroux, as he shares new research findings into the challenges SMEs face as they grow their businesses and the strategies to overcome them.
Following Mr. Cléroux’s talk, Michel Leblanc, President and CEO of the Board of Trade, will moderate a panel of local entrepreneurs who will discuss their experience and their means of ensuring the success of their growth process.
This will be a unique opportunity to:
- Hear the results of a study from which your company can benefit
- Get inspired by the direct experience of entrepreneurs who have enjoyed success along their growth path
Speaker
Pierre Cléroux
Chief Economist
Business Development Bank of Canada
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Pierre Cléroux was appointed Vice President, Research and Chief Economist in 2012. He is responsible for providing economic analyses and advice to the Senior Management Team, while helping interpret economic trends and their impact on businesses. His responsibilities also include all marketing and industry research activities. Mr. Cléroux has more than 25 years of experience as an economist, mainly in the public sector. Before joining BDC, he worked for the government of Saudi Arabia as Vice President, Business Analysis in the National Industry Clusters Development Program. His role was to create program strategies, define sector policies and conduct financial and economic analyses of industrial projects. Prior to that, Mr. Cléroux was the Quebec Assistant Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, responsible for the implementation of economic policies and programs to support small and medium-sized businesses and encourage entrepreneurship. He was also a strategic advisor for Montreal International, responsible for attracting foreign investment from India and the Middle East, and developing international relationships and partnerships. He also worked for 12 years at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in various roles, including economist and Quebec Vice President. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s degree in Economics from Université Laval, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
Panelist
Martin-Luc Archambault
Founder & CEO at AmpMe
Founder & Managing partner at MLA Ventures
Panelist
Caroline Dumas
Founder of Soupesoup
Panelist
Mathieu Beauchesne
Vice-President
Nucléom
The speech will be presented mainly in French.
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