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May 01 2015

Keisha Pinto: Canadian Small Business Woman of the Month of April

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Keisha Pinto, Owner/Event Planner-Stylist-Coordinator of Ki-Events, a full-service event planning boutique specializing in lifestyle events.  Since the launch of her business in September 2014, Keisha has been building her network and business by connecting with the most influential, established and game changing individuals in Toronto. Keisha keeps on top of the trends to plan, style and coordinate breath-taking signature looks that wow her client’s expectations every time!   Keisha Plans and styles each one of her events from conception to execution without missing any of the fine details.  Growing up Keisha has always been a very coordinated person, with a keen eye for details…”everything had to match”.  Her passion for event planning ignited once she entered into the corporate field in 2001. She became more involved in the planning and execution of the social and networking events for her organization, which really sparked her interest even more. To educate herself in becoming a certified Event Planner, Keisha enrolled part-time at George Brown College in Toronto where she completed the Event Meeting and Management Program. During the course of the program, Keisha received extensive training, teachings and gained experience from some of Toronto’s best special events, meeting and conference planners.  Keisha’s passion for event planning is evident in every event she creates.  

 

You can find and view her work at www.kievents.ca  You can also find Ki-Events on the following social media handles:

Instagram: kievents

Twitter: @_ki_events

Facebook: KeishaPinto kievents.

Pinterest: kievents

 

Our ! & A with Keisha

 *What inspires you?
I love what I do!  My passion for Event Planning inspires me..it is that simple!  Every event is different and brings a different type of inspiration, my passion for loving what I do is evident in every event I create.

*As a small business owner, what achievements make you most proud?
As a small business owner, the achievements that makes me the most proud is that I am able to balance life, being a mother , supportive partner and small business owner while holding down a 9-5, this makes me the most proud, knowing that with all that life throws at you I am still standing  and standing strong.  As we all know life can get crazy and they are days when you want to throw in the towel…and then you are reminded of your whys and the passion that you have for loving what you do.

 *What advice would you give to other aspiring small business owners?
My advice to aspiring small business owners is to know yourself and know your worth.  Do not ever sell yourself short for anyone.  One of the worst things an aspiring business owner can do is compromise themselves and don’t  stand up for what they believe in.

*What new things can we look forward to from your business in the upcoming year?
2015 Ki-Events will be expanding the business and brand…not only by supporting other businesses and events, but we are offering new services and products, aside from planning-coordinating  & styling of events.  We are now offering products such paper flowers, which is trending this year, customize Sweet Tables/Candy Buffet packages.  Ki-Events is also going be adding a new extension to the brand “Ki-Notes” offering writing of sponsorship request letters, vendor request, events/wedding itineraries,  programs/agendas, bios, resumes and social media postings. Most importantly Ki-Events has collaborated with two other amazingly  talented wedding/event planners in Toronto Cassandra Scully, owner of Creative Elegance and Antoinette Dumuje, Owner of Heavenz Decor Inc. together we are CAKEvents, an organization formed to give back to the community, youths and brides on a budget, one event at a time. Look out for us!

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Written by Dwania Peele · Categorized: Small Business Woman of the Month · Tagged: Atoinette Dumuje, boutique, business, business plan, CAKE, Canadian Small Business Women, Cassandra Scully, Coordinator, Creative Elegance, Event Meeting and Management, event planner, George Brown College, Heavenz Decor, Keisha Pinto, Ki-events, Ki-Notes, Lifestyle, networking, small business, small business owner, Stylist, Toronto, trends

Oct 01 2014

ELIZAVETA DORINSKAYA: Canadian Small Business Woman of the Month of September 2014

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Elizaveta immigrated to Canada 4 years ago from Russia, right after high school when she was 17 years old. Her family is still in her home country, but her mom visits. When she came to Toronto she got accepted into George Brown College, where she chose Business Administration program. Courtesy to her wonderful professors, with whom she still keep in touch, she fell in love with marketing. She graduated from the program, specializing in marketing and decided to continue her education. Currently, she is a 45h year BBA/marketing student at Ryerson University. She really loves marketing and thinks that no business can exist and develop without it. Fortunately, everybody in CeelDeel understands the importance of marketing and every single member of the team is involved in it.  They value corporate culture and our CEO frequently assigns “readings” for the team which is usually an inspiring business book written by successful entrepreneurs.

Eizaveta is a shareholder of the company called CeelDeel and is very passionate about it.  CeelDeel is a Toronto-based start up company. It is a consumer network, which helps people to find service professionals in their area. Users simply need to submit a “shout” (request for service) and all businesses at once will be contacted and be able to respond to this need. Users don’t need to search the web, just from one website to another, look through the numerous ads and all the clutter.  Shouting on CeelDeel lets you make your request without wasting your valuable time by contacting them one by one.   Let the businesses that are ready to help you know that you need them.   Let these businesses offer you the best price and the best service. And, by the way, It is completely free for consumers!
At the same time CeelDeel helps business owners to save their time and money on advertising. We know that advertising is expensive and we want business owners to say: “Good Bye!” to old, traditional marketing, such as flyers that go to trash or emails that consumers associate with spam! We offer a new, effective way to market your business, make your advertising targeted directly to those consumers, who need you! Creating a business account is absolutely FREE!When you create a business profile on CeelDeel, you will be automatically indexed by search engines and added to our platform where you can start reading the shouts that consumers are submitting  and you will be able to increase your online exposure through our platform.
Our Q & A with Elizaveta
*What inspires you?
There are different things that inspire me every day. Inspiration can be found everywhere- from your favourite music or a smile from a stranger that you met on your way to work. However above all of that, my inspiration comes from my team! I work with wonderful people, very enthusiastic professionals, who believe in our company and its success! We share our thoughts and ideas, encourage each other and celebrate happy moments of our lives! All of us think that team building is very important to develop efficiency and effectiveness in achieving a common goal.Therefore, we frequently get together to relax, forget about work-related issues and have some fun.
*As a small business owner, what achievements make you most proud?
I’m proud that I became a member of this company at the age of 20. I believe that joining this company was one of the best opportunities that I got in this life so far, and I’m very happy that I was brave enough to take it. I know that I will do everything possible (and I believe that “If you can dream it, you can do it!”) to make this company successful, because I see how hard everybody in my team is working and I want all of us to get rewarded.

*What advice would you give to other aspiring small business owners?

The best advice I can give to other small business women is to be brave, be focused on what you are doing (don’t just jump at every opportunity that comes across), do what you love (it’s your business, better fall in love with it!), know what you do (every aspect of your business!) AND NEVER EVER be afraid to ask for advice if you don’t know something!
*What new things can we look forward to from your business in the upcoming year?
We are anticipating to launch our website in the next month (currently we are only subscribing customers and businesses to our temporarily website in order to make sure that there are enough people interested in our business idea). We are now in the last stage of development, trying to make sure that there are no bugs, issues or mistakes that can frustrated our users. It takes a lot of time and effort, since our website has a smart program that automatically understands consumer’s wants and needs in any way they decide to phrase them. Therefore, our biggest upcoming milestone is the launch of an actual website.
After that, we hope to expand our business further into Canada and let people from outside of Toronto to enjoy the benefits of CeelDeel.

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Written by Dwania Peele · Categorized: Small Business Woman of the Month · Tagged: business, Business Administration, business development, business owners, Business Woman, Canadian Small Business Women, CeelDeel, CEO, Elizaveta Dorinskaya, entrepreneur, George Brown College, marketing, Russia, Ryerson University, small business, small business development, Toronto

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