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Lacy Atalick
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🥪 The Sault’s Susan Willems van Dijk made a major life leap from youth worker to bakery owner in 2014.
Now, Q Cafe & Bakery is an established fixture at its Queen Street location – with fresh soup of the day, gourmet salads and sandwiches often enticing customers to return on a daily basis.
Here’s what being a downtown business owner looks like from van Dijk’s vantage point...
A local youth worker quit to start her own bakery. Here's how it's going a decade later
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Lacy Atalick
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🏪 Time to get down to business … and put the spotlight on you.
Introduce yourself and your business in this space by answering the questions in the form below and sending a picture to members@spaces.ca.
We’ll share your Q&A and picture here – so members of this space can get to know your unique story 👇
Spotlight on: Small business
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Nevin Buconjic
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For many small business owners, summer is their chance to take some time away, relax and recharge. What have you found to be your best ways to relax?
Brand new spaces
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Real estate and housing
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Thriving beyond 50
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Noah Thomson
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Looking for another chance to make connections with the business community before summer officially kicks off? Join the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, June 19th for a special Take 5: Love Local Event hosted by Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services. Learn more about the organization and the services they provide!
This free, family-friendly networking event is a great opportunity to meet new Chamber members, catch up with familiar …
Take 5 Love Local hosted by Nogdawindamin Family & Community Services
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Mailis L
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Chris Cooper
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In this episode of BusinessIsGood, we delve into the timeless wisdom of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and explore how its principles can be applied to today’s service-based businesses. Discover how to:
Leverage strategic deception to outmaneuver competitors.
Prepare thoroughly to ensure victory before entering the market.
Seize opportunities proactively to multiply success.
Achieve victories without direct confrontation.
Gain deep self-awareness …
The Art of War (Business Lessons from Sun Tzu) – BIG
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Chris Cooper
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Over the last six months, I’ve worked with five different business coaches to simplify my company and refocus on what matters.
I’ve talked to experts, mapped out plans, brainstormed strategies—until yesterday, when executive coach Dennis McIntee
said something that stopped me cold:
“You already know what to do. You just have to do it.”
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I unpack the hard truth:
👉 Knowing what to do isn’t enough.
👉 …
JFDI – BIG
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Noah Thomson
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Looking to get out in the business community this week? Join us at the Chamber or Commerce’s May Take 5: Love Local event as we visit with Thrive Tours at Ojibway Park! There will be food, interactive activities, and lots of time to engage with local businesspeople and Chamber members. This is a FREE event. Use the link below to get your team registered!
Take 5 Love Local hosted by Thrive Tours
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Chris Cooper
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If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you think: “To grow, I need to do more—more marketing, more ads, more promotions.”
But Keith Cunningham, author of The Road Less Stupid, has a smarter answer:
Not all growth strategies are equal. You need to prioritize the right moves in the right order.
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I walk you through Cunningham’s Growth Funnel—a five-step roadmap to growth that puts your energy where it matters …
Where Growth REALLY Happens – BIG
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Stephanie Foulkes
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This bakery, a local gem, features the best of Finland’s baked goods and deli treats
Spotlight: This bakery, a local gem, features the best of Finland’s baked goods and deli treats
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Steph Bifano
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Chris Cooper
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Most entrepreneurs know they should do more of what works.
But very few realize they also need to stop doing what doesn’t.
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I walk through how to identify the things in your business that are wasting your most valuable asset: your time. I share stories—from my own businesses and from our mentorship clients—about how much time, money, and energy are lost doing things that feel “good” but don’t actually …
What You Can STOP Doing – BIG
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Chris Cooper
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“Give half the credit to luck—and the other half to your ability to take advantage of it.”
— Dan Sullivan, Strategic Coach
You’ve probably heard the saying: “The rich get richer during a recession.”
But here’s the truth: It’s not the crisis that makes people successful—it’s their preparedness.
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I share one of the best lessons I’ve learned from Dan Sullivan of Strategic Coach:
“Give half the credit to …
Luck Favours The Prepared – BIG
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Chris Cooper
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In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I talk about one of the biggest mistakes business owners make: running their business by story instead of by numbers.
The problem with stories—especially the ones we tell ourselves—is that they’re often wrong.
We tell ourselves things like:
“My clients can’t afford to pay more.”
“I’m working as hard as I can.”
“I’m doing everything right, but it’s just not working.”
But those are stories, not facts.
If …
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Nevin Buconjic
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Deadline to fill out the survey and win a $50 gift card is this Friday at midnight!
Local business success is the focus of new survey
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Mohammad Ali
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From Syria to Sault Ste. Marie: How Mohammad Ali built a new life, became a contractor, and launched MSH Drywall and Painting from the ground up
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Chris Cooper
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What a Growth Mindset REALLY Means
We’ve all heard that we should “have a growth mindset.” But what does that actually mean in business—and how do you practice it?
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I break down the difference between a growth mindset and a scarcity mindset, and explain how most of us were raised to believe in competition, limitation, and fear of loss. The truth? Business isn’t a zero-sum game. Success isn’t finite. And when …
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Noah Thomson
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Join the Chamber for this month's Take 5: Love Local event at the Sault Ste. Marie Airport next Thursday from 5:00PM - 7:00PM.
Click the link below to register! Or reach out to info@ssmcoc.com. FREE to attend!
- Tour through the Combined Services building, check out behind the scenes of the operations
- Food from Hogan's Homestead
- Cash bar from Northern Superior Brewery
- Live music from The Dustcovers
Take 5 Love Local Hosted by the Sault Ste. Marie Airport
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Chris Cooper
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Culture Is What You Tolerate
In this episode of BusinessIsGood, I give full credit to Keith Cunningham, author of The Road Less Stupid, for one of the clearest insights I’ve ever heard about culture:
“Culture is what you tolerate.”
It’s not about nap rooms, Red Bull in the fridge, or inspirational posters. Culture is shaped by what we allow, what we ignore, and how we interact with each other—especially when things get …
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