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Steve Preda’s passion is to help people build self-managing, fast-growing, and high-profit businesses. Since 2002, he has helped more than 250 entrepreneurial organizations become more valuable and sellable by serving as a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisor, a business coach, a Certified EOS Implementer® and a Certified Pinnacle Business Guide.

Steve started and grew an M&A firm to market leadership in his native Hungary. After implementing the E-Myth® and later the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS®) Management Blueprints, his business grew rapidly and was acquired by a private equity firm in 2013, allowing Preda and his family of six to move to the United States.

Steve has written three books on entrepreneurship and selling businesses, is a regular blogger and podcast host, and delivers workshops and keynotes to entrepreneurial audiences around the US.My objective is to promote my new book: Buyable - Your Guide to Building a Self-Managing, Fast-Growing and High-Profit Business. The book includes Steve's story of coming to America. You can get the first 40 pages of the book for free by clicking here.

Here are some of the topics Steve and I discussed:

• Why you need to build a Buyable Business regardless of whether you will ever consider parting with it

• The difference between proactive and reactive entrepreneurs and how their approach determines their financial and emotional success

• How to design the ideal future state of your business, from which you can reverse-engineer the steps to getting there

• How to determine your personal financial goals, which your business should help you achieve

• How to estimate the value of your business right now and how you can determine the value your company must be worth in the future to allow you to harvest the cash you need for your Next Chapter— Your Ideal life?

• What are The Seven Management Concepts that you need to master to orchestrate your business into a well-oiled machine

• What a Management Blueprint is, the major principles involved, and how to pick one that is right for you

• How Management Blueprints can help you create the vision alignment, execution, and team cohesion needed to build a self-managing, growing, high-profit, and talent-attracting business

• What are the major value drivers of your business and how to engineer them into your company to create the most value in the shortest time

• The ways to groom your business into a product that attracts investors and buyers who will value it highly

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Born and raised in the Okanagan, Meredith Schuurman is passionate about life and strives to live each day to its fullest. Physical, mental and spiritual wellness is extremely important to her and the OK Valley provides a rich backdrop for her to uphold these values.

When she's not at one of the gyms in town, working for Kelowna's locally founded ed/tech company FreshGrade, or hiking the trails with her dog, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family and pursuing her other hobbies such as attending rock concerts and live events (DRAG SHOWS!), modeling in photoshoots, practicing aerial hoops, scoping out the offerings at local farmers and flee markets, treasure hunting at antique and thrift stores and gold panning. 

Meredith has a passion for travel and also gets to travel for work a great deal; and while it is always inspiring and exciting to visit new locations (most recent development = she's going on a personal trip to Africa this fall), she knows the Okanagan Valley, Kelowna in particular, is a truly special place to be celebrated for all it has to offer. 

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Deanne Leung is the creative vision and energy behind Stepping Stones Counseling Group. She is a strong supporter of the use of creativity, nature and active self-care in the healing & wellness process. 

Deanne's education and training include a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology, and an undergraduate degree in Psychology. Deanne is NMT Level 2 Certified and EMDR Level 2 Certified. Her specialties include: 

• Individual and Family Therapy
• Play & Expressive Therapies
• Trauma, Attachment, Grief & Loss
• ADHD, Anxiety, Depression
• Workshops & Presentations
• Animal Assisted Therapy

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Jaye Siegmueller loves plant medicine, the outdoors, meditation, and yoga. She is a momma of a 17-year-old hockey player, so you might see her cheering in the local hockey rinks! Her commitment to local food runs deep and she truly believes that the people's connection to the earth starts with their connection with their food. She loves waste reduction and started the first zero-waste store in the Okanagan. She and her sister also are the founders of Bottle None (www.bottlenone.ca)

Farm Bound was sprouted from a Permaculture Design Course. Students were challenged to find their passion that is supported by the 12 permaculture principles and that harnesses their strengths. They are not farmers but they have a passion for local food and community. They grew with a passion to start a service that bridges the gap between local farms and customers. Small towns are their specialty!

Not everyone in our province has access to quality organic food year round. Farm Bound can help by doing the work for you. They visit farms and develop partnerships to deliver only the best and most sustainably produced food. Doing whatever it takes to get you local and organic food efficiently is their priority!

Farm Bound offers sustainably produced, local and organic food. By supporting local farmers and producers they build your connections back to the roots. they specialize in amazing Okanagan produce, but offer other great food and goods produced throughout our province and beyond. In the winter months they keep the variety alive with certified organic produce from Washington, Oregon, California and Mexico.

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Danielle Scheven is the co-owner and marketing director of Carolily Finery, a high end jewelry brand whose designs were seen walking the runways of New York Fashion Week in 2018. Named one of her city's "Top 40 Under 40", Danielle believes in inspiring and empowering women through the Carolily brand and their community initiates.

Carolily specializes in statement jewelry that encourages self expression and helps you make your statement, whatever that may be. No matter who you are, we all want to be heard and seen. We want to feel represented and loved. We all have a statement to make.

Carolily Finery was created out of love. Donna and Danielle Scheven, the mother daughter team behind the Carolily brand, started the company to honor two very special women- Carol and Lily, Donna's mother and grandmother.

Carol and Lily are the inspiration behind the brand’s name and devotion to timeless, quality product. Like them, all of the women in their family were encouraged to be proud, kind, strong and unapologetically themselves.

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Molly Gibson Kirby was born in Liverpool, England, and grew up in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Growing up in a town with one stop light allowed her to create her own story. All she knew was that one day she would be living a life that she always dreamed up, beating the odds she faced in Liverpool. 

Molly moved out when she was 14, dealing with hard mental health battles. She eventually graduated college with a major in Broadcast Journalism through the Radio Television Arts program at NSCC. Her passion was to tell stories, whether her own stories or others.

Molly always knew that she would have to make a move to start her career in Journalism, but she never expected the move to be in northern Manitoba. She accepted a morning news position in Thompson Manitoba, 8 hours north of Winnipeg. 

There, she lived life to the fullest. Molly experienced northern life and it gave her a better understanding of the world, First Nations and how Canada is failing them. She saw the northern lights every night, went to trapping festivals, saw homes with no lights or water in the middle of a city, went snowshoeing and eventually became the only reporter at the Thompson Citizen Newspaper, writing about 80% of the newspaper every week. 

After two -50 degree winters, she knew her time was up and that she needed to venture even further west. At that point, Molly had never gone to BC and it was never a thought on her mind to move out west. But, again, she accepted a job in Kelowna, googled the city and knew in her heart this was the place she was supposed to be. 

Since living in Kelowna for nearly 6 years now, Molly has had the chance to open up about her mental health on a larger scale, hosting and speaking at mental health events. Kelowna is also the place where she's grown my passion for yoga, sustainability and low to zero waste living. 

Her blog thebookofmolly.com is the place where Molly shares mental health wins, lessons she's learned through yoga, sustainable tips and travel diaries. It’s her place on the internet to show others that not everything you see on social media is a staged photo with a professional behind the camera. She is determined to keep it real, share insights in her life and tips on people hoping to feel better and get better. After working so many years in journalism and covering so many tragedies, Molly decided she would focus her time on doing better, being better and helping others see the better in the world. 

In Kelowna, Molly works in real estate marketing and is working to build her career as a full-time freelance writer.. She loves Kelowna. She loves the possibilities, the environment, the people and the desire for the citizens to do better. 

Molly is committed to continuing to better herself through yoga practice, sustainability, saying no to fast fashion, sharing her mental health journey, and swapping to zero waste alternatives.

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Haley Kennedy is a 25 year old illustrator and designer based in beautiful Kelowna, BC. Originally from Calgary, AB, Haley has always been drawn to anything creative. Starting from a young age, creative projects have always come rather naturally and have lead her on an amazing path of self-exploration.

Currently, Haley is the owner of SUNDAE STUDIOS, her own personal creative brand offering her freelance design and illustrative services to companies and individuals alike. Her passion for topics such as positivity, mental health, and self care drive her use of content and colour as seen through her lighthearted Instagram feed @shopsundae.

Having dabbled in print design, graphic creation, and custom illustration, Haley always welcomes new and exciting projects to flex her creative muscles and let her joy for creating shine through.

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Geri Pauls Co-Executive Director & Classroom Facilitator at Karis Support Society, worked in the oil and gas industry in Edmonton for six years and then went on to have five children that have now given her nine grand babies!  Geri is very involved with her church in Kelowna and has also worked within her husband’s business.

Geri began her career at Karis eight years ago as a Client Support Worker (CSW) at one of the homes prior to the consolidation at the new building.  Once operations began in the new space, she became one of the Classroom Facilitators which she continues to teach 3 times/week. 

In her primary role of Co-Executive Director, Geri is responsible for overseeing programing and development of partnerships in the community to offer a wide range of activities and workshops for the women in our recovery program. 

Geri’s inspiration for her work at Karis is described in her own words … “When someone gets an “ah-ha!” - when they come to understand something they haven’t understood before and it gives them the motivation to whole heartedly pursue recovery.”

She goes on to say, “I love human connection. Gaining the ability to really go deep and have real connection. They are amazing human beings that have had incredible experiences that most of us have not. Often their perspective is that their experiences make them ‘bad’ or not worth it, but in my opinion, it’s what makes them unique and incredible. The key is mining out that incredibleness that’s already inside them, because it doesn’t need to be recreated!”

“It’s important to understand the severe trauma that have gone on in these women’s lives that have got them to where they are. At Karis, we embrace the community supports and resources, because it is only through collaboration with other resources and organizations in the community that we, as a collective, can offer our women the essential support they need. We don’t have all the answers, and we truly do need each other!”

As a passionate leader of the Karis team, Geri continues to be motivated to play her part of changing the stigma around addiction!

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Scott Nystrom  The Nourished Chef is passionate about food. The romance of a crisp baguette, the backstory of the ingredients, the taste of the seasons. As a locavore chef, Scott celebrates Okanagan farmers and artisans on his menus, bringing the finest heirloom organic vegetables and ethically raised meats to his dinner parties, taco feasts, and grazing boards.

As a registered holistic nutritionist, Scott is well versed in diverse food styles and crafts personalized menus to please the palates and dietary restrictions of his guests. His contagious passion for food is inspiring and your can taste the love he puts into each mug of bone broth soup, jar of pickles or ferments, or his plant-based cheesecakes.

Scott loves to collaborate with fellow foodies to create culinary magic, share food wisdom, and spread edible wellness. Follow him on instagram @edible.wellness

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Jennelle McGuire thrives on being surrounded by beautiful artwork. She had always dreamed of having her own business, so owning and operating Karmyc Bazaar for the past three years has truly been a dream come true! 

Karmyc Bazaar is a small arts & treasures shop located in Downtown Kelowna. Jennelle collaborates with over 90 Canadian Artists from British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick and Ontario currently. 

You’re likely to find Jennelle hanging out in her gallery spreading her mission to Reconnect ~ Get inspired, reading creepy stories, working on her poetry book, exploring the gorgeous trails by her home, supporting the local businesses in the Okanagan, or snuggling her adorable pug, Chloe. 

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Regina Leung is a Holistic Wellness Practitioner / Metaphysical Energy Healer / Reiki Master Teacher Practitioner / Intuitive Counsellor / Life Purpose Transformation Coach / Psychic Angel Card Reader.

Regina’s passion for healing others and deep appreciation for complimentary and alternative therapies led her to a career in Holistic Energy Healing, Life Coaching and Intuitive Counselling.  She holds a B.A. in Psychology and has extensive training and experience in various forms of counselling.  Her work sees a combination of her insights and intuition, in conjunction with multiple modalities including Usui Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Access Consciousness Bars, Shamanic Healing, Numerology, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction meditation (MBSR), Breath work, and Healing Massage.

Regina honors the unique needs of each individual, she holds a safe space to facilitate their process of self-awareness, personal growth, discovery and transformation.  Equal emphasis is placed on the Mental, Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual aspects of each client.  Regina acts as a vessel to remove energy blockages, re-balance the chakras, and enhance the flow of Life Force Energy to facilitate the person's natural Self-Healing process, to balance and harmonize the Mind-Body-Spirit. 
 
Her clients report Wholistic experiences of deep relaxation, stress reduction, pain relief, accelerated injury recovery and a sense of rejuvenation and general well-being.  Under her guidance, they navigate swiftly through their journey of Self-discovery to Self-Mastery, rediscovering their Life Passion and Soul Purpose, and reconnecting with the magnificence of their True Light and Love within.  

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Nikki Hunter wants to live in a world where people ditch small talk, chocolate appears on demand and black clothing has the power to repel pet hair.

As a beauty coach, Nikki guides women to  discover a holistic lifestyle inclusive of sustainable beauty practices and consciously created products as part of overall wellness. 

After 25 years as an esthetician, award-winning makeup artist, and educator in the luxury beauty industry, Nikki knows a few things about how physical and mental health impact self image and the power and liberation found in proclaiming beauty. Her personal and professional evolution found her questioning the ethics and sustainability practices of the beauty industry. Her passion for facilitating wellness challenged her to open The Green Vanity Holistic Beauty Lounge in 2015. 

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Kevin Kishor has been in Leadership positions for most of his life. Growing organizations and helping people realize their purpose through Coaching has also played a major role in everything he does. Kevin is University Graduate Level Educated yet has a diverse background in both Work and Volunteer Experience. From voluntarily sitting as VP on the Board of an almost 10 million-dollar Housing Project at age 18 to being a Business Owner and a Director in the Non-Profit/Charitable Sector for 15 years, Kevin’s Management skills have been well cultivated in all areas.

Kevin also has a passion for People and his Personal Network is a reflection of this spanning all types of industries and locations. This is due in large part to his passion for serving the Community. Kevin loves to be involved in Local Cultural Movements, Events and has a long history of Coaching Youth Sports wherever he has lived.

Check out Kevin's great book, Chocolate Covered French Fries: A Recipe for Any Relationship

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Brenda Dureault can be found outside most days working on a farm she has built from the ground up called Curly Frog Farm.  With a passion for growing trees, she has been transforming a low lying, flood prone piece of land into an innovative, thriving eco-wonderland.

Curly Frog Farm is an agricultural initiative that supports both farmland and wetland in the beautiful Okanagan Valley flatlands since 2000.

Curly Frog Farm has several species of hardwood trees inter-planted with conifers and fruit trees based on principles and innovative practices such as sustainability and agroforestry. Nut species such as black walnut, English walnut, trazels, and yellow horn are planted for their timber value as well as for biodiversity, food and wildlife. Among the nut trees are Christmas trees, mulberry and paw paw fruit trees, herbs, black raspberries, vegetables and flowers.

In an effort to work with Mother Nature and increased flooding, Curly Frog Farm partnered with BC Wildlife Federation and developed Chinampas, thus creating wetlands by excavating channels in high water table soils and piling into long growing mounds creating more productive farmland. A win/win situation for the farmer and the environment! For more information on preserving and restoring wetlands, click here.

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We had an exciting and lively conversation with Candace Chisolm, CEO and co-Founder of HeChangedIt, a platform for men's mental health. Fitness redefined for the mental, emotional, physical, social and soulful wellbeing of every man.

Candace says, "As a huge proponent of change, bringing HEchangedit to the world is exhilarating and rewarding. Having worked for many years as a CCO in developing  a women’s and children's start up nonprofit, I worked hands on  growing user base, programs, resources and awareness, and saw the positive impact it made. So with that,  I look forward to bringing technology and innovation to men’s health, a deeply underserved market. It’s time we came together and really make change happen!"

HEchangedit is a  judgement free peer to peer exchange platform that men can access personally, or through an anonymous toggle. They can use their story to help someone through a rough time: a job change, family issues, thoughts, loneliness. In return, engage other’s expertise in areas that interest them: Personal development, entrepreneurship, relationships…anything really that can help you advance in life. Bring what they know, take what they need. Gender-based solutions leveraging technology to bring about real change. 

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Ginny Becker is all about Relationships. In a single word this is her true professional passion. Her career to date has been a unique and exciting combination of: professional sales, corporate event management, marketing, leadership and project management. 

The common denominator in all of these opportunities has been Ginny's dedication to building strong professional relationships founded on integrity, trust and commitment to common goals. She prides herself on being an engaged and effective communicator and she believes strongly that big things can come from purposeful collaboration. 

A current priority project is the development of the Child Advocacy Centre of Kelowna

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This was a difficult but I think extremely important conversation on a very uncomfortable topic, that I had with Michelle Bulriss, an advocate and kids' book author from Tempe, AZ. Michelle and I discussed a book called The Slave Across the Street by Teresa Flores, and Michelle's own experience with and recovery from childhood abuse.

Michelle Bulriss is extremely passionate about learning, non-profits, and working with children. During her undergraduate studies, she ran two non-profit organizations: one for fair trade art and one for recycling. She also held five jobs and an internship at a human trafficking protection law firm project while in college. After graduating early, she obtained her master’s degree is in Nonprofit Leadership and Management. It hasn't always been smooth sailing though. Bulriss is a survivor of abuse, rape, and now PTSD. She used these experiences to grow stronger and is now an activist who works hard to create a better future for children everywhere.

Bulriss is an expert in early childhood education, owns a business focused on helping children learn empathy, and does everything she can to help others. Bulriss is a one of a kind children's author/illustrator who teaches elementary school students as well as college students at GCU. Her book, "Sock Lobsters," is critically acclaimed by child therapists, teachers, parents, psychologists, book reviews, and professors alike. Bulriss's current goal is to help children learn empathy in order to grow into kind, mindful, and loving adults. She does this as a teacher, author, and artist by using her life experiences to create meaningful tools that can help children as they grow.

Michelle's goal is to help children learn about empathy through her book, Sock Lobsters. Her book helps children understand and discuss the complex emotions associated with grief. So far she's gotten amazing reviews from child therapists, psychologists, teachers, parents, and kids. If you would share Michelle's book as a learning tool, I think I can help a lot more kids.

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Alex VandeLaar, Owner/Director at Alex VandeLaar Consulting, is a serial entrepreneur and strategy consultant who is obsessed with marketing. Alex loves to think outside of the box and find unique ways to drive sales. Originally hailing from Ontario, Alex moved to Kelowna 4 years ago and never looked back. He has run his own consulting company for the past 8 years and recently started “The Marketing Accelerator”, a program that helps small business owners with the foundations of branding and marketing.  

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Kelowna born and raised artist, musician, social entrepreneur, business consultant and writer, Lynda Norman, has always known that creativity is a natural part of being. Her vision is to create opportunities for each and every person to experience the benefits of creativity in ways that are meaningful, fulfilling, healing, positive and essential to a thriving community.

As owner and publisher of a small local magazine for 4 years, Lynda monitored trends, focused on community awareness and developed many lasting relationships. For several years she followed her passion for inspiring others by assisting people with their employment and career goals. As Client Services Coordinator for Women's Enterprise Centre she provided entrepreneurs with resources and business start-up advice, facilitated presentations, wrote and edited business articles and built a province wide, online resource directory. Her weekly Business Start-Up telephone sessions allowed her to connect with and provide the tools for hundreds of people throughout the province to launch their businesses.

In the fall of 2012, Lynda, along with a small group of like-minded creatives, recognized the need in our community for art, culture and heritage to be offered in an inclusive and holistic way. She formed The Association of Artists for Creative Alliance as a not-for-profit society and has continued, as the Executive Director, to focus her energies and talents in promoting arts and culture through the organization. In July 2015, the ACA officially became Kelowna Arts Council. https://kelownaartscouncil.ca/

In 2016 Lynda developed Ban Draoi Studio (pr Ban Dree) where she creates art and shares her passion for several kinds of creative media facilitating workshops throughout the Okanagan Valley. https://www.bandraoistudio.com/

A passionate musician and music appreciator, Lynda currently plays cello with October Sky, a local band that performs mostly original music.

As well as being a business consultant, Executive Director for Kelowna Arts Council, and current Managing Director of the Central Okanagan Heritage Society, Lynda is always happy to support, promote, and share resources for our creative community. She co-produced a television pilot as one of the partners and co- visionaries in Songwriters Stewdio Productions Inc. and continues to produce 26 OUR Coffeehouse shows every year.

Based in British Columbia, Lynda makes her home in the beautiful Okanagan Valley and can to provide her services worldwide.

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Nathan Peacock is a film maker in the Okanagan (British Columbia, Canada) under the brand Solid Rock Video and also on the side as a wedding videographer alias Half 9 Media. 

Among other outdoor things, hiking and snowboarding have become favorite activities since moving to the Okanagan 9 years ago from the Middle East where Nathan grew up.

Meaningful connections are always the goal as Nathan's story telling ranges from mildly amusing, to deeply compelling. Books, podcasts, informative videos, and nerdy tech conversations never get old... Nathan will ask  you questions just to keep you talking as soon as he realizes you know something he wants to learn!

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