5.\u00a0What succinct advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs?<\/p>\n
Focus on solving real problems for real people, not just ideas. Start with clarity on who you serve and why, build something excellent at a small scale, and listen deeply\u00a0to your audience, your partners, and your intuition. Consistency beats bursts, and integrity beats perfection every time.<\/p>\n
6. What are your goals for 2026?<\/p>\n
My goals for 2026 focus on scaling:<\/p>\n
Launch our first trauma-informed online training module with certification.<\/p>\n
Establish pilot partnerships with institutions across justice, education, and community support sectors.<\/p>\n
Expand Pathways to Reintegration\u00a0 visibility through speaking engagements, collaborations, and thought leadership.<\/p>\n
Develop additional modules and resources informed by feedback from practitioners and lived experience.<\/p>\n
Strengthen internal systems (operations, curriculum design, evaluation) to ensure quality, sustainability, and impact as the initiative grows regionally and internationally.<\/p>\n
7. How did the Mississauga Starter Company Plus program help you start or expand your business?<\/p>\n
The Mississauga Starter Company Plus program provided critical early support that accelerated Pathways\u2019 launch and growth. Beyond the funding itself, the program offered structured guidance, business strategy support, mentorship, and accountability that helped refine our vision, clarify our value proposition, and build operational readiness. It connected me to a community of entrepreneurs and professionals whose insight and encouragement continue to inform our work. Ultimately, Starter Company Plus didn\u2019t just provide resources, \u00a0it helped shape Pathways to Reintegration \u00a0into a more intentional, credible, and sustainable initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5.\u00a0What succinct advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs? Focus on solving real problems for real people, not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-561129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}