92 142 Cast of Dragons Den (L-R) Jim Treliving, Kevin O’Leary, Arlene Dickinson, Bruce Croxon, Dianne Buckner & David Chilton. Photo courtesy of CBC.
morf edisA .llew sa srac eseht fo eno evird ot ecnahc eht dah I ylkciuq osla I .yltnelis tsomla snur rac eht ,gninoitidnoc ria eht htooms sti yb dehctam erew sevruc keels s’rac eht taht tuo dnuof elbaliava si rewop eht lla ,selcihev derewop-sag ekilnU .gnildnah a evah taht su fo esoht ot noitcafsitas gnidivorp ,yltnatsni uoy ot .toof yvaeh a fo tib elttil
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tcudorp llarevo rieht gnivorpmi ot tnemtimmoc s’droF ,selcihev tneiciffe-leuf fo tsoh a reffo yehT .raelc si ytilibaniatsus selcihev deifirtcele ylluf ro yltrap rehtie evif evah lliw dna RB .raey eht fo dne eht yb aciremA htroN ni elbaliava
Women entrepreneurs AGm With DrAGon’s Den success
si tI .cirtcele sucoF yrettab eht si ngised evisserpmi tsom ehT sediseB .snoissime on ffo sevig taht rac cirtcele yletelpmoc a ,egrahc ot srallod eerht ot owt dnuora stsoc ti ,repaehc gnieb .segnahc lio on dna ecnanetniam ssel si ereht gnivird tneiciffe sulp sruoh flah dna eerht sekat ylno gnigrahC siht ,gnivird ytic rof laedI .egrahc eno no regnol neve og uoy stel rewop ruoy syalpsid taht hcaoc ekarb dellac metsys a sah rac tsom eht ta egrahc ot elcihev ruoy tes osla nac uoY .egasu stel hcihw droF yb depoleved ppa na gnisu semit tneiciffe ygrene ruoy evah—erehwyna morf noitamrofni elcihev ruoy ssecca uoy teg uoy nehw erutarepmet elbatrofmoc a ot delooc ro detaeh rac .krow morf emoh daeh ro enalp eht fo tuo
By Sarah Ferguson. Photos by Shawn Fulton.
n fairy tales, heroes slay dragons, and find treasure that will make them rich. In Saskatchewan five heroes have slain some dragons of their own to come up with millions—and their stories are no fairy tales.
.elbaniatsus dna nuf won si elcihev reneerg a gnivird ot tnemtimmoc a gnikaM
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On May 11, at the Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Conference, a crowd of the province’s most ambitious women gathered in the Regina Travelodge to hear from five Saskatchewan entrepreneurs who made their way onto the CBC hit series Dragons Den, battled the dragons, and won.
Dragons Den attracts over 2 million viewers on average, and features aspiring entrepreneurs who pitch business concepts to a panel of Canadian multimillionaires in the hopes that they will invest. When Saskatchewan-born businessman W. Brett Wilson joined the dragons, the show became a household favorite. Though Brett left the show in February 2011, the five Saskatchewan businesses that shared their successes at the conference stand as testimony to his support and legacy.
80 InvestIng In today’s Markets
DEPARTMENTS 14 Style 30 Dining, Arts & Entertainment 58 Sports, Recreation & Leisure 62 Oil & Gas 80 Business
Boom or Bust? By Darryl J. Yasinowski, CFA, CMT, FCSI
100 House, Home & Properties 116 Construction 126 Wheels 135 Agriculture 142 Health & Wellness
lightly perplexed by the abundance of recently published information available about the economic environment, Al and Carol, clients of mine and business owners, came in for their regular quarter review of their investments. Al started off with a few direct questions: “Are we in an economic recovery or not? It seems all I hear is good news one day and bad news the next! What is it?” “Well, we are not doomed. In fact we are in a recovery. No question about it!” I said. I continued by telling them that life is about cycles and economies and investing are no different.
Identifying the “Business Cycle” The average business cycle is four to six years and characterized by the same general pattern of events over and over. The cycle begins with an expansion, followed by a peak, then a slowdown, and finally a trough, and then the cycle begins again. As the peak of a business cycle nears we find growth, the housing sector and consumer spending approaching a high point, with unemployment low. Just when everyone is counting all their money, the good times begin to calm and a piece of negative news comes about here and there.