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What do you need help with?

Tax & Accounting

Accountants can help with the financial components of your business plan, tax advice and filing, and cash flow and income observations. Accountants can advise on the consequences of your financial decisions.

Business Planning

Business Planners can help you with all aspects of your business and provide general business strategy. Many experienced entrepreneurs often have a business consultant that they turn to frequently for formal and informal coaching.

Business Strategy

Meet with an experienced entrepreneur to help come up with a clear set of plans, actions, and goals for your business. Having a strong business strategy will help to drive growth and revenue.

Legal

Lawyers can help you with the legal components of your business, such as your structure, by-laws, agreements or contracts, and liability. Lawyers can represent you officially.

Marketing & Communication

Marketing Executives are creative, strategic consultants who can support the development, implementation and evaluation of your communication, marketing, advertising, and distribution efforts.

Commercial Realty

Commercial reality refers to properties that are used specifically for business purposes. Investing in commercial real estate requires thoughtful consideration and planning, and it is best to seek the guidance of an experienced commercial realtor.

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Hannah Wheeler

Zap Branding

Location: Saskatoon

Hannah’s key focus areas: Brand Strategy, Brand Identity, Marketing Training

Hannah Wheeler is a Saskatoon born and raised business owner in the branding and training sector. She has specialized training from Canada’s renowned AUArts for Branding and visual communications. From there she gained a decade of experience working with brands locally, nationally, and internationally. Hannah has been the co-founder of Zap Branding for 5 years with her team of branding experts. Hannah believes in small businesses and knows that growth happens easier and faster with a strong brand — so you can live the life you desire.

Services to master your brand to grow
• Brand Strategy
• Brand Identity + Website design
• Packaging Design
• Marketing consulting
• Marketing training

Learn more: https://zapbranding.ca/

Expertise: Marketing & Communication

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Cole Wilson

McKercher LLP

Location: Saskatoon

McKercher LLP prides itself on understanding founders building start-ups. We aim to provide scalable legal solutions tailored to the particular stage of business your start-up is at (ideation, market validation, product development, client onboarding, soliciting investors, or exit). Cole is an active member of the start-up community and enjoys advising clients in a wide range of services, including incorporation, foundational agreements, regulatory review, licensing, and ensuring your legal interests are protected.

Learn more: https://www.mckercher.ca/

Expertise: Legal

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Grant Halford

Location: Saskatoon

Grant’s key focus areas: Business life cycle; Decision-making; Sustainable growth

Grant’s entrepreneurial experience includes start-up, planning, operation, growth, direction change, and succession. Subsets include human resources and leadership, shareholders, debt and equity; applied to consulting services and goods manufacturing, in business to business environments delivered to small, medium and large enterprises.

Learn More: linkedin.com

Expertise: Business Strategy

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Tyler Gray

McKercher LLP

Location: Regina

Tyler’s key focus areas: Startup Organizations, Contracts and Regulatory Issues

Tyler Gray is an associate with McKercher LLP in Regina, building a practice focused on corporate commercial solicitor work. His interests and specific areas of focus include agri-business, natural resources and renewable energy, tech law and Indigenous and First Nations economic development. Tyler has also completed his MBA and has experience leading organizations and, as a result, brings a critical, strategic lens to the legal services he offers. As part of McKercher LLP’s Technology and High Growth Startups practice group, Tyler seeks to deliver innovative legal services tailored to the stage of an individual company while still remaining strategic and forward-looking.

Expertise: Legal

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Jeffrey Burgess

Burgess Law

Location: Saskatoon

Burgess Law is a boutique corporate & commercial law office focused on serving small & medium-sized, owner-operated businesses, offering legal, strategy & business advice to clients at all stages of the business cycle.

Learn more: burgesslawsk.com

Expertise: Legal

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Graham Robertson

ICR

Location: Saskatoon

ICR is a local company that started with 3 people, and has now grown into the largest commercial brokerage in the province. ICR’s growth is a testament to its entrepreneurial spirit, and precisely what drew Graham to start working for ICR over 4 years ago. Graham loves working with and helping new start ups, as there is so much on a new businessperson’s plate. Graham will go further than just “finding a space”, his goal is to help build your business. Graham provides guidance in commercial leasing and the commercial market segment as it relates to your business, informs clients of options and tools to protect their business and provide growth, and assists with lease negotiations.

Learn more: icrcommercial.com

Expertise: Commercial Realty

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Dana Kadilak-Brick

Opportunity Knocks Consulting

Location: Saskatoon

Dana’s key focus areas: Professional Business Plans, Strategic Planning, Marketing

Dana Kadilak-Brick is an Independent Business Consultant and owner of Opportunity Knocks Consulting (since May 2013) working with SME’s in various stages of business. Experienced in providing high quality comprehensive Written Business Plans in a variety of industries.

Each business plan requires focused Market Research, builds a Marketing Strategy and budget to ensure a strong online presence, operational planning guidance, financial forecasting including and total project cost determination to ensure a business plan that is bank ready.

Dana is also a Business Plan Writer/Consultant with the Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation (SIEF) assisting Indigenous entrepreneurs to succeed in obtaining start-up funding for their business as well as managing or growing their business.

Other areas of services include:

  • Strategic Planning for long term business growth,
  • Facilitated Board Strategic Planning,
  • Marketing Plan Strategy and budgets.

Learn More: okconsult.ca

Expertise: Business Planning

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Multiple Advisors

MNP, Saskatoon

Location: Saskatoon

MNP is one of the largest national accounting and business consulting firms in Canada. For more than 65 years, we have proudly served the needs of our clients by leveraging our specialists from across the nation. With experienced advisors in all sectors, MNP is able to meet the needs of your business every step of the way. We can provide the tailored, in-depth solutions you need for today’s market.

Learn More: mnp.ca

Expertise: Tax & Accounting

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Multiple Advisors

MNP, Regina

Location: Regina

At MNP we pride ourselves on being different – it’s our entrepreneurial drive that sets us apart. Providing the highest level of excellence, MNP is a leading national accounting, tax and business consulting firm in Canada.

Our Tax team works with individuals and organizations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, providing comprehensive strategies that minimize risk, meet tax compliance and reporting requirements, reduce costs and maximize returns.

Learn more: mnp.ca

Expertise: Tax & Accounting

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Once you book an appointment you’ll have to pay $25. Your appointment is not confirmed until the $25 is paid.

 

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