AmberMac Archive: entrepreneurship

Bay Street Bull Women of the Year 2021: Amber Mac

I am excited and humbled to be named as one of thirty-seven Canadian “Women of the Year” in Bay Street Bull’s inaugural year for the list of “impressive leaders who are making a difference”. The list includes an Olympian, tech founders, and other women from all walks of life who… Read More

Top 5 Tools for Entrepreneurs with PayPal Canada

I recently did a Facebook Live for PayPal Canada that included some great tools and tips for entrepreneurs. Check them out below, along with some great info on small businesses from PayPal. New data from PayPal Canada shows that small businesses leveraging e-commerce grew 22% in 2017 versus non-financial SMBs… Read More

YMC Live: How to Quit Jobs, People, Habits

I wanted to share this fun video I did for the Yummy Mummy Club’s “Moms in the Morning” series in late June. I talk about what it takes to say goodbye to a full-time job and start your own small business, and I share five tools that can help. We’ve embedded… Read More

Facebook LIVE: Shopify & the President of the NYSE

In case you missed it, for the latest episode (shot and co-produced by AmberMac Media Inc.) of Shopify’s Build a Bigger Business Facebook Live series, I interviewed Tom Farley, President of the New York Stock Exchange, about networking secrets and entrepreneurship. Read More

#TheFeed: Amanda Lang’s New Book, Take-Out Help, Toys & FB AR

TF093: On this week’s ep, we talk with Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang on her new book, The Beauty of Discomfort, and she explains why it’s OK to get uncomfortable (in fact, she says it’s good for your business and your life). We also chat with Manish Rathu, CEO of JoyRun, about how… Read More

Shopify LIVE: Shark Daymond John

We’re a couple of weeks into hosting and producing Shopify’s Build a Bigger Business series on Facebook Live. Most recently, I spoke with Shark Tank’s Daymond John about how he built an empire (FUBU) as a fashion pioneer, what he thinks about benefits of mentorship, and how he manages his days to find… Read More

The Feed: TF075 Pokemon Champ Bennett Piercy

We talk to the North America Pokemon champ Bennett Piercy about the latest games for the holiday season, including Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon. Also on the show, Click and Grow’s Mattias Lepp joins us from Estonia to explain how to build a self-contained kitchen garden with Smart Garden 9. Read More

FB Live: Time to Quit? 3 Things I Stopped to Reach New Goals

We often obsess about new things we want to do, but sometimes when bettering our business and ourselves it’s important to quit things that are interrupting our success. In this Facebook Live chat, I share the three things that I stopped to reach new goals for my work and for… Read More