Toronto: 11.17.16 Getting to Success: Embracing Change and Incentivizing Innovation


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Starts:11/17/2016 5:30 PM

Ends:11/17/2016 8:30 PM

Registration Closes:11/18/2016 5:00 AM

Event Type: Social or Networking Event

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Novotel: North York 3 Park home Ave, North York, ON

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Members: Complimentary | Non-Members: $40

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Toronto: 11.17.16 Getting to Success: Embracing Change and Incentivizing Innovation

In this insightful and useful talk, Michele recounts her journey from a Queen’s University undergrad to becoming ranked in WXN’s “100 Most Powerful in Canada,” sharing along the way the lessons she’s learned as one of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs, including the necessity of embracing change, encouraging disruption, and incentivizing innovation at every stage of the game.

Learning outcomes
- Learn how to incentivize your team, weather changes in the organizational landscape, and use disruption to make your talent more effective and your organization more successful.
- Learn how to manage change to support success
- Learn best practices for incentivizing your talent
- Learn to effectively navigate disruption and a shifting business landscape

Speaker bio(s)
Michele Romanow

Tech titan Michele Romanow is an engineer and a serial entrepreneur who started three companies before her 28th birthday. The newest (and youngest ever) entrepreneur to join CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den, Michele is the co-founder of e-commerce platforms Buytopia.ca and Snap By Groupon, which have saved millions of users hundreds of millions of dollars. She is also the co-founder of clearbanc.com, an online financial service for freelancers, independent contractors, and entrepreneurs. Ranked in WXN’s “100 Most Powerful in Canada” and listed as the only Canadian on Forbes’ “Millennial on a Mission” list, Michele brings her youthful energy and incredible entrepreneurial savvy to every stage.

In addition to starring on Dragons’ Den, Michele was previously a panellist on the show’s web series, Next Gen Den. Snap by Groupon (previously called SnapSaves) was acquired by Groupon in 2014, and Buytopia.ca, who accelerated their growth by acquiring seven smaller competitors, ranked #3 on the “Profit Hot 50” list of the fastest growing Canadian companies, and #1 on Chatelaine’s W100 list of fastest growing companies.

Michele has worked driving new digital solutions to many of the world’s leading brands, including P&G, Netflix, Starbucks, and Cirque du Soleil, and she was also the Director of Strategy for Sears, where she led apparel growth strategies at the company — a $2.5 billion category.

Michele was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award; the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards; and was a Cartier Women’s Initiative Award global finalist. She is also the winner of the Toronto Board of Trade Award for entrepreneurs under 30, among many other honours. In the media, Michele’s work has been profiled in Forbes, Canadian Business, The New York Times, INC, The Globe and Mail, and Chatelaine. During her Civil Engineering undergrad at Queen’s University, Michele founded The Tea Room, the first zero-consumer-waste coffee shop. At Queen’s, she was given the Queen’s Tricolour — the highest honour awarded by the university — and, after completing her Queen’s MBA, she founded Evandale Caviar, a vertically integrated commercial fishery.

Michele is a director for Whistler Blackcomb and Shad Valley, a transformational program that develops the entrepreneurial potential of exceptional Canadian youth.