I pitched at C-Tribe X Tech Festival & gained a community of support!

Absolutely electrified by the experience of pitching CoLab Education at the C-Tribe Festival C-Tribe x Tech ElevateHer pitch competition! ⚡

Sharing the stage with such incredible women entrepreneurs was truly inspiring. It's a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation when we come together to solve problems.

A massive thank you to Sahr Saffa, Adaeze Hubbard, and the rest of the incredible team at C-Tribe Festival for creating such an amazing platform for us to showcase our work. Your support means the world to us!

Special thanks to Vince Iannelli for the pitch coaching sessions, our expert judges Raissa Espiritu, Yasmine Al-Hussein, MBA & Arden Tse, as well as RBC, Edmonton RIN, City of Edmonton, Innovate Calgary, National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada and all the other amazing partners who made this event possible. Your dedication to fostering women's entrepreneurship is invaluable!

Now, let's give a huge round of applause to the other amazing finalists 👏👏👏

🦾 Binoloop & Purvaja Soochit - helping speed up & improve procurement

🍉 The Celiapp & Tania Batista - helping celiacs live & eat safely

🏡 LiiT Care Connect Inc. & Lulu Mashonganyika - helping parents & caregivers connect to improve childcare

👩🏾‍⚕️ Med Melanin & Yvonne Osagie, MBET - helping reduce the rate of misdiagnosis & improve healthcare for women of colour

🏂 Nexarina & Mikayla Balfour - helping female snowboarders and skiers rip it up in functional and inclusive outerwear

🧵 Oralee Connect & Nifemi Ashani - helping BIPOC fashion designers & creatives connect and thrive

🦷 Toothpod & Vishar Yaghoubian - helping you maintain oral hygiene & prevent cavities on the go

Check out their work and support where you can! I can't wait to see what these brilliant minds will achieve!

This group of empowered women from across Canada has also started a group to share opportunities, resources and gain feedback from one another on our ventures.

Now this is what I am here for!

I have been told by many people that it can feel lonely, daunting, and challenging to build a business but up until this week I hadn’t really felt that. Sure, it has been super challenging but I always had someone or somewhere to turn for the support I needed, along with a lot of determination to bring CoLab to teachers in need. While that was still true this week, I hit a wall, feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed. I reached out to friends and mentors to help bring perspective and guidance and I am already feeling reenergized and focused on the road ahead.

Support networks like the ones I formed at C-Tribe have enabled me to keep pushing and working towards solving issues of burnout for teachers. A problem I am determined to crack….with some help!

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