Exciting News

A lot of people already know about my exciting news, but some don't so I thought I would post it here. On Apr 21, I auditioned for the Dragon's Den TV Show and they called me back a week later and asked me if I wanted to come to Toronto to face the dragons. Of course I said yes, I have been waiting for this opportunity since I started my business. On June 9, my husband and I will be presenting in Toronto.

What is the Dragon's Den? Well, it is a TV show whereby inventors and business owners can present their business idea to 5 different venture capitalists called the Dragons. They then ask you some questions and decide if they want to invest or not. They can go in on the deal together or individually or not at all. This is the third season and I have been watching the show since day one. It is my favorite show even though some times the deals are pretty crazy. I'm looking forward to facing the dragons and seeing what they have to say about my business. If you want to check out their website go to: www.cbc.ca/dragonsden

The hard part is going to be keeping my mouth shut. I am not allowed to tell anybody what the outcome was including my family until it airs on TV. And it won't be airing until the fall. Ugh!

In preparation for the audition I have signed up for some private coaching with the ultimate Cindy Ulmer, she is the most awesome coach I know. She's so full of energy and is teaching me so much cool stuff. She is teaching me how to think in a different way and making me grow in so many ways. Check out her website at www.cindyulmer.com, she is an amazing woman.

I have also finally been able to set up a lunch mtg with the famous Dale Wishewan from Booster Juice. I'm so looking forward to meeting him in person and chatting with him about his success story. He told me today that our mtg is long overdue and I'm sure he will have lots of great advice for me.

I have been also doing lots of research on the history of scrapbooking and the industry and that has also been very interesting. I was very curious about the relationship between the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) religion and scrapbooking. I know the Mormons are very much interested in preserving family history and geneaology plus a lot of the manufacturers are based in Utah so I was wondering if there's something about that. So I put out a question to a couple message boards about why so many manufacturers were based in Utah and if it had anything to do with the Mormon religion and if it was the Mormons who started scrapbooking as we know it today. I got a lot of different answers, but a few of the Mormon ladies said that their religion had nothing to do with it and that it was purely coincidental. I also phoned a manufacturer about it and they too confirmed that it was purely coincidental. I was happy to be more informed about that question.

We've been getting a lot of franchise requests lately. Some from as far away as Malaysia and Australia. Plus I've been getting a lot from the U.S. and across Canada. I can't wait to start getting more people started in their own businesses. It's going to be so much fun having more lime green trucks or trailers on the road. I'm also excited because I now have 3 financing partners who are really excited about our business opportunity and can't wait to get them funded. I have also had tremendous interest in the Edmonton territory. I have 5 girls who have enquired about my territory. Edmonton would be a great territory to buy because it is already established and has future bookings. But no matter where someone buys a franchise, our team will be right by their side helping them to be a great success. I've already talked to Cindy my coach about setting up monthly conference calls for all franchisees and she's so excited about that! Me too!

Well, time to get back to work. I'm going to make up some scrapbooks for the Dragons so they know exactly what scrapbooking is. I'm so excited!

Have a great week everyone and I hope you have lots of time to scrapbook your memories! I promised my friend Sherri that I would blog more.... (she's so funny, I went scrapbooking her, my high school buddy Dawn and her friend Jen and I have never laughed so hard in my life!!! Oh yeah, and I walked into the men's bathroom in the church and I just about peed my pants) Life is great!