EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lee Ann Atwater MANAGING DIRECTOR Rod Gregg SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER David MacDonald RESEARCH TEAM LEADS Alia Morash Ashley Tanner
EDITORIAL TEAM Denise Alison Jamie Barrie Janice Buckler Jody Euloth Dan Monk Jordan Parker CONTRIBUTING WRITER Ceiledh Monk Katie Davis Arleen Atienza MEDIA CONSULTANT Tim Kohoot
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Carmen Fitzpatrick GRAPHIC DESIGNER Matt Erikson COMMUNICATIONS &
ADMIN LEAD Calli Gregg PUBLISHER AIDACA Media
E ntrepreneurs build businesses based on passion and drive. For most, it is not where their careers began, but it was their passion to be an entrepre- neur that led them to where they are today. Like the old saying around the track goes, “It is not where you start, but where you finish that counts.” As with these businesses it looks like they are coming out of corner four in front of the pack and headed for the checker flag. In this issue we sit down with Wendy Black and find out how a Humber College graduate who left a successful career in the travel and tourism industry to be a stay-at- home mombecame one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in real estate staging, with not one but two companies; Wendy Black Interiors and Exit, Staged Right! Karl Stapleton was the kind of kid who brought a few spare boards, nails and a hammer to a game of pond hockey in case their makeshift net would need repair. They also came in handy for building a few cabins back in the woods of Marystown, Newfoundland. Karl has come a long way since building pond hockey nets, and we sit down with Karl and his wife Charmaine Donnelly-Staple- ton owners and operators of Quest Kitchens in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia to learn of their journey to being one of the top cabinet makers in Nova Scotia. When we spoke with Angela Bean from her home on Florida’s North Atlantic Coast in America’s oldest city, she had just learned that four of Old St. Augus- tine Gourmet products had garnered awards at the International Flavor Awards. We sit down with ‘The Datil Pepper Lady’ and learn of her recent foray onto the stage of the competitive hot sauce industry after careers as a public educator and 25 years a registered nurse.
sales trainer, coach, sponsorship and marketing activator, keynote speaker and writer of the monthly column “The Dynamic Soul of Selling” found right here in Spotlight on Business Magazine to share her experiences and how she can make them work for your business and take sales to the next level. In this issue we follow up with Jeff Heggie, the President and CEO of Kodiak Mountain Stone, and learn what is new with the business and industry since we spoke with Jeff back in August of 2016. We hope you enjoy the issue and we would like to thank all those involved in putting this month’s issue together along with our readers as we look forward to telling more stories about successful businesses and the people behind the scenes making it happen.
Lee Ann Atwater Editor
We also chat with Jody Euloth, CEO and Founder of The Mesh Media Network, after coming off another successful Atlantic Fashion Week. We sit down with the
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