Mackenzie Regent, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kalos LLP in Calgary, is making waves in the entrepreneurial space, offering a fresh perspective on navigating the challenges of the middle market. With a career that started in financial due diligence at Ernst & Young, Regent transitioned into creating her own firm, addressing the gap in services for lower middle-market businesses. Drawing from her own entrepreneurial experience, Regent's firm is carving out a niche by offering the agility and expertise needed to support smaller, often overlooked businesses in their M&A transactions.

In a recent interview, entrepreneur Georgia Pothier shared insights into her remarkable career transition, from running a successful home care business to launching Best Kind Edibles, a licensed producer of cannabis products in Nova Scotia.

Leadership can be a lonely and complex journey, but Laura Vaughan, Ontario Regional Director at MacKay CEO Forums, is working to change that. Based in the Greater Toronto Area, Vaughan facilitates peer learning groups that bring together CEOs and executives to share insights, tackle challenges, and gain a broader perspective on leadership.

Woodward Capital, a holding company focused on investing in small to medium-sized founder-owned and family-owned businesses, has quickly made its mark since launching two and a half years ago. Based in Ontario, the firm is carving out a niche by addressing succession challenges facing Canadian businesses.

Decisive Dividend Corporation, a Kelowna-based acquisition-oriented company, is reshaping the landscape for legacy business owners across Canada with its unique "buy, build, and hold" strategy. At the helm of this innovative organization is Chief Executive Officer Jeff Schellenberg, who recently shared insights into the company’s mission, operations, and involvement in the upcoming Alberta Business Transitions Forum (BTF).

If you’ve done a good job building and running your business, well done – this is what you’re good at, and have time for. You then might arrive at the point where you feel it’s time to transition your business towards an exit. So, what should – or shouldn’t – you do? “Taking your eye off the ball while running a successful business you want to sell is the worst thing that can happen,” said Brett Story, partner at Denver-based investment banking firm Britehorn Partners.