LOOKING BACK: LIFE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

On November 22, 2019, Uxbridge Public Library was packed with attendees for The Insane Life of Entrepreneurship. A BACD Do it in Durham initiative organized to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, this event co-hosted by the UNG and Building Youth Capacity (BYC).

As the name suggests, The Insane Life of Entrepreneurship set out to celebrate, explore and make sense of the crazy existence of entrepreneurs. Fittingly, four local entrepreneurs—three of whom are UNG members—were featured in a panel discussion: Annie Hardock (The Uxbridge Networking Group), Swapneet Ranike (Boston Pizza Uxbridge/Whitby North), Hollay Ghadery (River Street Writing) and Jasmine Rutschmann (Soul on Fire Metal Art).

Drawing on their own, varied experiences as experienced business owners, they answered questions about how they juggle work, family, health, and happiness. Their answers revealed that while thriving entrepreneurs do share many similar qualities like ambition, insight, focus, and patience, there are many different roads to success.

Many thanks to Stacey Jibb for moderating the live portion of this event, Kevin D’Arcy for moderating the virtual participants and to Lois Shaw of BYC for lending her organizational prowess. Gratitude also to Mike Duhamel from Media Gone Mad who videoed the event for use across social media and the UNG website.

We’re looking forward to being a part of more panels and events in 2020! Stay tuned on our social feeds and on our website for more details.

Thanks to Teresa Shaver and Patrice Esper from BACD for their support.