I’ve built and sold two businesses (a bakery in Northern Ireland and a custom packaging consultancy here in Canada), wobbling along and floundering like most inexperienced entrepreneurs. It was well into my second business - and years after completing my MBA - that I finally began to understand what would really make my company work for me as the owner.
There is a major discrepancy between the knowledge collectively relied upon among sophisticated, venture-backed entrepreneurs and those launching more traditional firms, often self-funded. including the wherewithal to
After eight years in business and one MBA, I implemented systems that
I now teach entrepreneurship at the Ivey Business School. two-time business owner and entrepreneurship lecturer Sarah Landstreet for an evening workshop on
building a profitable business that is here for the long
haul, and won’t squish you in the process.
For early-stage business owners and those keen to be one.
About
I’m a mechanical engineer by trade, but have spent my career building businesses. I’m driven by making things better.
Interests &
talents
I’m intrigued by medicine, the applied arts, wellbeing and travel. I enjoy small business, teaching, and enabling creative endeavours.
I’ll go a long way for a good stretchy croissant.
The train from Fez to Tangier, Morocco
An olive grove near Florence, Italy
A cafe in Fez
A city palace in Vienna, Austria
Experiments &
upcoming
adventures