Dickinson has felt these feelings. We have no excuse [now]: we have heightened awareness, we have more information than we’ve ever had, we know more about what’s going to happen with the future. 4. So I said I’m going to put out something positive. The Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, a highly ranked international business school, awarded her its Management Achievement Award (an award that honours business leaders who contribute to their community through their work and philanthropic endeavours) in 2008. Her captions on Instagram sometimes ramble like a long poem or an unpunctuated sentence gasped out by a giddy teenager, and other times are a few words eulogizing nature. It’s more ethical, it’s more about being a good and responsible person. We think about climate change and understand what we can and can’t do. “And I woke up thinking, ‘Holy smokes, this world is really messed up.’ And I thought about the impact we can have. “And if we don’t do something different about it, we will continue to have fear and anxiety. Not knowing what to do brings on a feeling of helplessness, of fear, of panic. Dickinson is of the Warren Buffett school of thought — she believes that the rich, possessing more resources and funds, have a responsibility to “clean” up the world. She takes her time. The world’s population was 2,821,383,444 and there were an estimated 100,628,458 babies born throughout the world in 1956, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) was the president of the United States, and the … But the people who come up to me, they’re not necessarily followers, they’re just people who are looking for something positive. Currently, Ms. Dickinson holds the position of Chief Executive Officer & Owner at Venture Communications Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of YouInc.com and General Partner at District Ventures Capital. She became Venture Communications' sole owner 10 years later, growing it into Canada's largest marketing-communications firm. She had four children with her first husband, whom she divorced when she was 31. It doesn’t matter what age you are, you can still go and start a business,” Dickinson says. Never showing weakness. Success is not synonymous with perfection. Dickinson doesn’t want the same goodness of everyone, though, she is not advocating good without qualification — she wants a person to do their own personal best to put something good out into the world. I went on Twitter, and there was some — [her memory fails her] — I think it was a mosque. “You know, about a year ago — in fact, I think I could remember the day, it might be October 27th. For Dickinson, being a successful entrepreneur cleaves irrevocably to self awareness, social responsibility, and informed action — things that are intuitive but that traditional ideas circumscribing the ideal business person elide. Even if you influence one person, two people, ten followers, a hundred followers — it doesn’t matter how many followers — it matters that you’re out there trying to have an impact. At the time, you know how you see these negative things all the time, it just becomes overwhelming. Arlene Dickinson founded YouInc.com and District Ventures Capital. Enter the username or e-mail you used in your profile. Always busy, always on — never taking a break. That’s more than the people who follow me. I would encourage all of your readers to think about [how] words matter and what you put out there actually matters, [I would encourage them] to make a difference in your own lives.”, © 2020 Bay Street Bull. We think about social impact and understand how vulnerable people, disenfranchised people need to get more support and get the help that they need in order to be able to be all that they can be. All Rights Reserved by baystbull.com. But to me it’s who you are. It goes without saying, but we’ll say it anyway: Dickinson is one of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs. “I think if you have it in you, you can learn how to be a better entrepreneur. I got up one morning, and as we all do, we reach for our phones, we go on social media. Why am I acting how I am?’ And I think the more we can be self aware — and women are good with this, women are very self aware — for me, at least, that moment was when I went, ‘I can actually do something different. One can’t help but be awed by her trials and tribulations, her triumphant successes. Her eyes fill with tears and she takes off her glasses. It’s my feed, people don’t have to follow me if they don’t want to.’ And I decided that everyday I was going to say something positive. A password reset link will be sent to you by email. We’re in a curious age. There had been a mass killing at a [place of worship] in Pittsburgh. I have a certain number of followers. It does have impact. “I think there are so many actors of all ages thinking about how we can go and do things that are amazing. She is the CEO of Venture Communications Ltd., which she single-handedly brought to its current status as one of Canada’s largest independent marketing agencies. Resting her head on her fist and with that faraway glance that focuses on nothing in particular, anything at all to anchor the rational mind, she allows herself to feel her feelings. “Too often we’re just here and present and we’re not thinking about the impact we have on other people. And so this is something that I care deeply about.”, “I would encourage you to do that. She performs — so that we might see — her love for nature, her tears, her love for her family, confessions of exhaustion or fallibility, and the moments she takes away from work. With increased resources and awareness, there should be no excuses not to, she believes. And I woke up — it’s going to make me cry thinking about it.” And she does cry. the seaon was Fall in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 349 days until Arlene Dickinson next birthday. I think it’s something that you have but you can get better at — through courses [for example].”, “Leaving a legacy, no matter what age and stage you are at, thinking about what the footprint is that you leave behind as you go through life if very important,” Dickinson says. As Dickinson says, we have so much information at our fingertips. The number one thing people will say that to me is that they see that [positivity from me] on Twitter. More widely known has been her role as one of the “Dragons” on Dragons’ Den, where, during her tenure, she backed the now ubiquitous Pür gum and OMG candy. From pop culture we’ve learned that a business person is classically masculine: in a crisply-cut suit, constantly working with a cellphone always at the ear. Because words matter, and they matter to the point where you go, ‘Okay, is what I’m saying actually having the right impact, or is it just me reacting [with] anger or fear or frustration. She is the CEO of Venture Communications Ltd., which she single-handedly brought to its current status as one of Canada’s largest independent marketing agencies. This can get paralyzing sometimes. Arlene Dickinson founded YouInc.com and District Ventures Capital. She hopes to lead by example, by demonstrating to us the humanity that everyone possesses but few feel the freedom to display. We all make a difference. Facts about Entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson - age: 63, height, Salary, famous birthday, birthplace, horoscope, fanpage, before fame and family, all about Arlene Dickinson's personal life, and more. Ms. Dickinson is also on the board of Cargojet, Inc., Blue Goose Capital Corp., Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions and Rthm Technologies, Inc. and Member-Leadership Council at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. “We, for generations, my generation included, there was a lot of misunderstanding and lack of knowledge around the impact we’re having on the earth, and in general in society. And by displaying it genuinely, she sets a precedent, potentially paving the way for a more nuanced and multifaceted idea of an entrepreneur and a business person. And it’s actually changed me. But it is also vulnerable. Every human deserves the same opportunities.”. “There’s a lot of fear and anxiety out there.” She sniffs back tears. Giving back is a critical part of anyone’s journey, and hopefully most new businesses are continuing to make it part of their reality — they bake it into their business, as opposed to thinking about it afterwards.”. And everybody’s got a platform, everybody’s got something to say. But don’t force it. Dickinson, on the other hand, shows us warmth. I have the ability to say whatever I want to say. On Arlene Dickinson’s birthday. Dickinson might be intersectional in her ethics. Ms. Dickinson holds the position of Chief Executive Officer & Owner at Venture Communications Ltd., Chief Executive Officer for YouInc.com and Managing Partner at District Ventures Capital. With a swipe or a touch, our awareness is alerted to everything and anything happening on the opposite side of the world. Arlene Dickinson were born on Monday, in a leap year, birthstone is Opal, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. What if one doesn’t have money to donate? We caught up with with Dickinson at the 2019 TELUS Pitch on July 30 — the winner of which was FoodFund — for a quick chat about what makes not just an entrepreneur, but a good entrepreneur. I don’t think you can force somebody to be an entrepreneur or teach them to change the way they think. So I think we have an impact on ourselves with what we say, how we express ourselves, how we go out to the world, and that can be on social media. Step Into The Mind Of Jonathan Adler and See The World Through The Eyes Of Design, 12 Lessons on Life and Business from Warren Buffett, From Lady Gaga to Richard Branson, 21 Pieces of Leadership Advice to Use in 2020, How They Did It: 7 Visionaries (and What You Can Learn From Them), Kobo’s Michael Tamblyn on How to Innovate with Purpose.