Meet Niki. Here she is in an amazing Halloween costume!

Niki Davison Snickerdoodle Photography

Niki and I met when I was on a three-month road trip through Canada and the US.  Niki is the first person I ever met who had given up working at a job and had started her own small business so I am pretty sure a seed was planted that day!

Niki is the owner of Snickerdoodle Photography, which specializes mainly in portraiture, engagement portraiture and wedding photography.  She is currently living in Nova Scotia, Canada.

I hope you enjoy her story!

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Meet Camille!

Camille

Camille is a dating mentor who helps single successful women in attracting their Mr Right, so they can have the relationship they deserve.

She helps ladies with how to attract the suitable partner, how to navigate from the casual dating stage into a committed relationship, who to stay away from and also how to really feel beautiful inside and out, because it all starts with the relationship with ourselves. Cliché but true!

And oh boy, do I wish I had met her earlier in life, but that is a story for another day :-)

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Meet Victoria…

Victoria Prozan

Victoria is a Business Storyteller who helps entrepreneurs with their brand and customer experience. Specifically she creates names and taglines, product names, book names, really anything that needs branded language.

Her new offering is Creative Ambrosia, a curated list of media designed to feed creativity in business owners for the long term.

Many entrepreneurs don’t realize they are creative, yet the people who are the most successful are innovators. By feeding your creativity you can create a business that is different from the pack, and that is where your power lies.

Victoria really is a creative powerhouse and I am honoured that she could find time for an Idea Spotlight Interview.

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Meet Cindy!

Cindy Voss

Cindy is an old friend of mine from my Germany days. She made the jump into business ownership a few years before I did and I’ve always been inspired by her incredible ability to take an idea and put all her energy into making it happen.

Cindy has two businesses. She works with horses addressing behavioural issues and she is also freelance sports photographer concentrating mainly on equestrian sports.

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CatDo you sometimes find it hard to come up with ideas? Are you thinking about what new products or services to create or perhaps still wondering about your business idea? Are you considering how to separate yourself in a crowded market?

It’s normal to find it hard to come up with ideas – you are not alone there!

The difficulty in coming up with ideas affects everyone.

Often trying too hard to make it happen is counter-productive and a new approach is needed

There are many techniques used for coming up with ideas. Brainstorming being one of the favourites.

Brainstorming is a great way of bringing up new concepts and ideas that are bubbling under the surface. But how did those thoughts get under the surface in the first place? By what you are putting into your brain of course! And also how you are treating it.

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