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Business Mentor & CEO at Grow Vantage & Ask For Directions Training
Business Mentor at Ask For Directions Training and Grow Vantage
Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.
Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.
Latest posts by Patricia Dent (see all)
- Diversify Trade Partners: Long-sought push to diversify trade partners gathers momentum under threat of tariffs - February 14, 2025
- Hamas and Gaza (and Israel/US?): 1)(Updated) Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for U.S. ‘ownership’; 2) Israeli forces withdraw from a key Gaza corridor as violence surges in West Bank; 3) Hamas releases 3 more Israeli hostages for dozens of Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire - February 14, 2025
- Premature Federal Campaigning? 1) (Updated) Poilievre says the Conservatives would build a permanent military base in Iqaluit; 2) Opposition parties call for Parliament’s return after Trump hits pause on tariffs - February 14, 2025