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About The Series: Building a Business in the Entrepreneurial World in Hong Kong, the Asia Pacific Region and Canada

This series is presented by The Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee (ESBC) & supported by The Women's Network (TWN). 

The objective of this series is to encourage an exchange of experiences and challenges which entrepreneurs, start-ups and business owners including SMEs face while establishing and operating a business in the PRC, Hong Kong, the Asia Pacific Region and Canada. We hope that the series will be helpful to those who are looking for new ideas, different strategies, solutions to business problems, or more profitable ways of doing work. Come join us, share ideas and network with like-minded members in our community.

 

About the Event: Pivoting a Business in the Entrepreneurial World - Four Perspectives

This event is sponsored by Tanner De Witt 
Are the standard guidelines of work no longer working for your business? Have you adapted to the fast-changing demands of the entrepreneurial world? Are you searching for inspiration from other industries that can be applied to your company? Join our business panel and networking session (light refreshments and drinks will be provided), with our experts across four different industries, a health insurance and employee benefits provider (Alea), an international advertising agency (Camden), a unique environmental and community start-up (Don't Throw Me) and leading business law firm in Hong Kong (Tanner De Witt). Our speakers and moderator will explore the questions below and share how they innovate and pivot within their business to be more effective and “profitable”. 

Topic of Discussion

- Do you have a challenge or a worthwhile problem to solve?

- Have you found a solution that works?

- Is there a big market for your products and services?

- Do you have a solid business model to generate value?

- Have you got the right people to execute the task/project?

- Is it the right time/environment/mindset/culture to carry out this project? 

- Have you found the right partnerships and ecosystem?

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Dee Cheung
Head of Business Development
Alea

Dee is an experienced insurance specialist with a focus on finding the best health and employee benefits solutions for businesses in financial technology, hospitality and families. She is a self starter with an entrepreneurial background in health and wellness, bringing fresh ideas to the Asia Pacific region and implementing strategies for new and retention business and building teams. Having trained in modes of wellness like yoga, mindfulness meditation and as a birth doula, she brings the human side of doing business where work and play are one.

 

Julie Labrecque-Pagé
General Manager
Camden

Julie is an entrepreneurial and customer-centric business executive, singularly adept at developing projects, building partnership networks and upscaling businesses. Having worked in a variety of sectors, she is a multidisciplinary professional with international experience, and a creative thinker who is addicted to multitasking. Julie believes that strong human relationships are the true source of value creation, both within her own company and with the businesses that benefit from its services.

 

Andrea Springmann
Co-Founder & Director
Don't Throw Me (DTM)

Don’t Throw Me Limited is a new opportunity for Andrea to engage her experiences as a powerful connector and educator to raise awareness of sustainability issues in Hong Kong and enable a real shift towards greener living.

After graduation, she advised on innovative sustainable tourism, natural area management and destination development strategies as a project manager and consultant.
In her career over the past 20 years, Andrea has been an expert in bringing local communities and other stakeholders together to make a given location the best that it can be for residents and tourists alike always with the main focus of Sustainability and Authenticity.

In addition, Andrea has been a dedicated educator, lecturing on destination management, business tourism and sustainable tourism at a range of institutions including the City University of Hong Kong, School of Continuing Education. Andrea graduated from the University of Chambéry in France with a Master’s in Destination Tourism Management. She gained her Executive Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility from HKU in 2019.

In 2012 she got awarded with the Hong Kong Success Story Award of the Federation Hong Kong Business Association Worldwide.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

 

Tara Chan
Associate
Tanner De Witt

Tara Chan, an Associate in Tanner De Witt’s Corporate and Commercial Department, is a rising star lawyer who has consistently won praises from clients and peers alike. Tara’s practicing focus is the Technology, Media, Telecommunications sector and she has extensive experience advising technology companies on venture capital transactions; convertible loan notes and future equity agreements (SAFE or KISS); equity incentive schemes and documents; and various commercial agreements. Tara also advises in respect of personal data privacy, mergers & acquisitions and immigration matters.

Tara graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and moved to Hong Kong to earn her Juris Doctor (Hons) from the City University of Hong Kong and earned the opportunity to study European Competition Law at University College, Oxford University. Tara has a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) and graduated with Dean’s List from the City University of Hong Kong.

 

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