My team and I believe it’s important to celebrate the achievements of entrepreneurial women.
So, after interacting and collaborating with numerous female business owners over the last 6 years, we wanted to spotlight 25 women business owners who embrace social media marketing and are reaping the benefits of their efforts.
These GTA-based female entrepreneurs have established themselves as thought leaders in their fields. They’ve done so by implementing marketing strategies and developing a strong LinkedIn presence by actively sharing organic content.
So, please join us in congratulating our first-ever Top 25 Toronto Women Entrepreneurs! 🥳
Nathalie Amlani
Nathalie left her 9 to 5 project management role to focus on photography, she knew that this was what she wanted to do. Capturing who a person truly is and shining a light on their energy fills her with so much joy. Brand photography sessions can be overwhelming. When you work with Nathalie, she's with her clients every step of the way. A picture is not just a picture - it is a powerful tool. Using those pictures for your business presence unlocks a world of possibilities that many only dreamt were possible. Follow her on LinkedIn as she shares her journey of embracing her love for mentoring entrepreneurs.
Rachel Baptiste
Rachel Baptiste is a senior executive and consultant specializing in strategy development and implementation in the areas of talent, inclusion & diversity, leadership development, and culture.
She has over 20 years of experience in progressive leadership roles with industry leading Fortune 100 companies. She is also an ICF and Co-Active certified Leadership Coach (PCC & CPCC) working with executives, emerging leaders, and teams to maximize their potential and performance while navigating an ever changing world. Follow Rachel on LinkedIn as she shares her methods for working with executives, leaders, and teams to build empowered equitable organizations.
Janice Bartley
As a Black woman and an entrepreneur, founder and executive director of Foodpreneur Lab, Janice Bartley is on a mission. That mission is to level the playing field and open doors in underserved communities for aspiring, emerging, and established food entrepreneurs. Part of that mission is fulfilled by providing applicants an opportunity to receive support to launch a new or scale an existing food product. Janice brings a wealth of experience to the food sector as a former Operations Manager in culinary & hospitality management and mentor to many chefs. Follow Janice on Instagram as offers foodpreneurs support and access to the tools needed to build and sustain a successful food business.
Wendy Buchanan
Wendy is known globally as the Eyewear Image Expert. She is an Image Consultant, Licensed Optician, and Sales Trainer.
Wendy was one of the finalists for the 2022 "International Optician of the Year" award. She has laid the foundation for the Be Spectacular Methodology and teaches to eye care professionals in the STYLE to SELL workshops. Wendy partners with Optometrists and their teams helping them to increase capture rate and multi-pair sales to scale their optical gallery business. She has appeared on The Social, Cityline, CHCH Morning and Breakfast Television. Follow Wendy on LinkedIn as she shares inspiring real life experiences of clients upping their Frame Game!
Joanne Free-Pameli
Meet Joanne – your expert partner for any business change, with a unique formula for success including Change Management, Continuous Improvement and Leadership Coaching. With her blend of experience and passion, she’s your go-to in understanding change’s impact and how to foster collaboration. Joanne is a professional through training and experience, a natural communicator, and a skilled relationship builder. She's got you covered from one-on-one guidance on innovation to group leadership. Her direct, caring, and thorough approach always gets to the heart of the matter. Follow Joanne on LinkedIn, as she helps business leaders and their teams thrive.
Brooke Gordon
As a business coach, Brooke is passionate about helping women in leadership roles envision the next step and achieve sustained change. Part of her coaching involves helping her clients position their expertise, regain their health, and set boundaries. Her background and work experience include training as an engineer, advising hundreds of start-ups and scale-ups, co-owning a growing web development business; and working as a university business strategy professor. She’s also served as the national lead for the Women Entrepreneur Strategy at BDC. Follow Brooke on LinkedIn as she helps women grow and scale their businesses and push past the glass ceiling.
Renée Lindo
To attract career-building opportunities, Renée helps professionals save time and increase their confidence by creating a polished wardrobe and image in alignment with their brand.With a background in corporate sales, she knows that self-confidence is the secret sauce for success in any life role. She honed her eye for style by working with the Toronto Fashion Academy on photo and video shoots, fashion shows, and red carpet styling. She now uses these skills and talents to help outfit her client in garments that complement their bodies.
Follow Renée on LinkedIn as she guides professional women on their style journeys so they can present the best version of themselves.
Christen N. James
As someone once stuck in the 9 to 5 grind of the corporate world, Christen took a chance and followed her dream to become a life skills coach. Now, using her The Shine to FIVE™ Method (SHINE = Simplify How to Implement a New Ending), Christen shows women how they can authentically grow THRIVING side hustles so they can go from struggling employees to strategic entrepreneurs. A big part of her approach is helping individuals shift their mindset from struggling to strategic. This allows her clients to overcome their doubts and fear of failure and judgment. Follow Christen as she shows you ways to take action and get the results you envision for your business.
Hadriana Leo
Hadriana Leo is the founder of Money Navigator™ International. She’s a wealth strategist, an author, a money mindset coach, and a speaker. With her passion for turning her clients’ knowledge into wealth, she works to help professional women connect what they know about money and the actions they need to take. Beyond just numbers, Hadriana works with women to cultivate a confident, empowered money mindset. Supportive and transparent in her approach, she builds relationships and guides clients toward the financial future of their dreams. Follow Hadriana as she helps you take control of your finances, build wealth with confidence, and achieve financial peace of mind.
Claudine Pereira
An experienced professional business coach, and leadership development trainer, Claudine Pereira assists people with fundamental behavioral change. Her consistent and captivating approach stretches her clients to move beyond a limiting sense of self and achieve their desired personal and professional goals. Claudine works with small business owners and leaders, through coaching, training, and consulting. Through engaging one-on-one sessions, Claudine’s boundless energy, fire, and compassion catapult people's learning experiences into active self-improvement. Follow her on LinkedIn as she promotes self-discovery while instilling lasting confidence.
Amy Rempel
Amy has a vast background of experience in the health food and beauty industries. As a 'food biz kid', she has grown up in the industry since the ripe old age of 2, surrounded by the latest trends and being a taste-tester (even when products weren't very good!). She is passionate about helping women, BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ brands grow in the health, wellness and sustainable space. With experience in various industries, including, foodservice, CPG, manufacturing, sales, network marketing and the start-up space, Amy is able to empower entrepreneurs to become financially successful and more confident! Follow Amy on LinkedIn as she shares the latest trends to elevate brands in the Canadian landscape.
Jenny Roklhine
As an immigrant herself, Jenny knows how confusing and frustrating the immigration process can become. On her immigration law journey, she received excellent on-the-job training with several influential Toronto immigration law firms. She then completed a clinical placement with the Refugee Law Office, where she learned how to prepare refugee claims. Now, as an immigration lawyer, she strives to minimize the stress and uncertainty for her clients and ensure they’re provided with all the necessary information to ease the process and safely navigate the complicated web of Canadian immigration. Follow Jenny as she helps Canadian small businesses grow through immigration.
Joanne Shaw
As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Inc., Joanne creates beautiful landscape designs for real people with busy lives. She’s also the host of Down the Garden Path podcast where she shares down-to-earth tips and advice for plants, gardens, and green spaces. For her clients, Joanne believes that it’s possible to have a great low-maintenance garden while fulfilling their vision of a beautiful, functional outdoor space that reflects their personality and boosts curb appeal. Follow Joanne on LinkedIn as she teaches her audience how to spend less time working on their outdoor living spaces and more time enjoying them.
Tracy Smith
Tracy is a professional writer and brand strategist. In here words, she equips and empowers “women entrepreneurs with the words and content they need to run kick-ass businesses ... from home.” Coming from a background in corporate communications and freelance work, Tracy also took on many volunteer writing jobs. However she decided to make a change. So, driven by her desire to help clients struggling to run their businesses while figuring out social media and website content, she launched Kitchen Table CEOs. Follow Tracy on LinkedIn as she works with women entrepreneurs to tell their brand story in a way that attracts their ideal client and create content that elevates their business to new levels.
Jermaine Stennet
Jermaine is a certified wellness coach, transformational energy coach, and MAP practitioner, a cutting-edge neuroscience-validated coaching technique used to neutralize emotional pain and trauma. She has a gift for connecting with her clients and helping them create calm out of chaos, stress and anxiety so they can better access their inner wisdom and feel more empowered. For the past decade, she’s been building her mastery in transformational coaching and energy healing and is certified in life and professional coaching, wellness counselling, yoga, mindfulness meditation, breathwork, and energy medicine. Follow Jermaine on LinkedIn as she shares tips to assist you on a healing and transformative journey.
Trudy Stone
Trudy is not your average nutritionist. After twelve years in the corporate world enduring one stress after the other, she realized that stress and overwhelm were a message. So, she took it as an invitation to look deeper and address her values and inconsistencies regarding what she claimed to value versus what she was doing. Soon after, Trudy developed her R.I.S.E method, a 4 step system to help individuals overcome stress, overwhelm, and fatigue so they learn to work WITH stress rather than against it. Follow Trudy as she empowers busy professionals to build healthier habits and unlock the power of food to build strong and vibrant brains and bodies without guilt or restriction.
Fifa Tran
A self-described “corporate escapee” Fifa builds minimal & modern websites for female coaches and speakers, helping them elevate their brand through holistic brand strategy.
Fifa’s interest in art and design blossomed at a young age, inspiring her to start building websites at age 10! Parlaying this passion into a successful web design and branding career, despite never attending design school, her company, Feimodern helps women ignite brand confidence and show up, raise their prices, and charge their worth by crafting elevated and luxurious branding experiences. Follow Fifa on LinkedIn as she helps BIPOC women around the world build successful businesses.
