Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee (ESBC)

Meeting our committee members “virtually: This month, it’s my pleasure to introduce:

ESBC’s Sales Expert – Jack Wilson from Sales Dragon Consulting

Sales Dragon Consulting is a sales-focused management consulting and training firm dedicated to helping companies grow.

“Business professionals face many challenges when it comes to sales.  Companies regularly spend millions developing quality products and services, only to struggle with slow sales growth.  Management teams are tasked with expanding businesses, but so often have not been educated sufficiently about modern sales strategies and processes.  Sales teams are left to sink or swim, rather than taught to employ proven techniques to maximise success.”

“Sales excellence can be any company’s competitive advantage.  The right strategies and processes, and the right methodology and front-line skills can boost sales growth massively.  Sales Dragon’s purpose is to help our clients secure these benefits.”

Sales Dragon Consulting brings 25 years of experience executing and managing sales and business development strategies across APAC.  We’ve developed highly effective and proven sales methods working with top-level sales teams and winning thousands of mandates from major corporations throughout the region.  We create experts in sales and sales management – we create Sales Dragons!

For Business Leaders

Sales Dragon’s Management Consulting service provides powerful guidance for business leaders to enhance sales management performance.  We help businesses transform Sales Strategy, Sales Processes and Sales Systems into competitive advantages.  We provide business leaders with high-growth sales models and practical real-world techniques to boost sales force effectiveness and sales growth. 

For Sales Leaders

At Sales Dragon Consulting we know that regular sales team skills training is vital for boosting sales performance and sales growth.  Our sales coaching and training system is based on our 25-years of real-world selling experience and proven B2B and B2C sales techniques and processes.  Sales Dragon uses a 3-step “KPI” training system involving Knowledge, Practice and Integration, designed to maximise effectiveness and return on investment.

Jack Wilson

Sales Dragon Consulting

www.salesdragon.com

Our Technology-Marketing Entrepreneur in ESBC CanChamHK

About ThinkACT & its founder – Henry Chan

Our “Technology-Marketing” Entrepreneur in the Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee (ESBC) of the Chamber:

Henry has been working in the financial trading industry, specifically investment banks and financial institutes for over 8 years. In 2010, Henry saw the opportunity of the technology trend and consequently founded ThinkAct.

ThinkAct is a service provider of innovative technology marketing solutions.

Benefits of ThinkACT solutions:

a)       Brand Building – This will be able to help ThinkAct clients retain and acquire more customers.

b)      Target Marketing – This provides ThinkAct clients with the analysis of customer behavior so as to gain greater insights into their customers’ companies. 

As a result, the information obtained from the analysis will help business owners and managers strengthen their marketing campaign. Also, this will help them identify and tailor-make even more suitable products and services for target customers.

c)       Larger Coverage of Potential Customers – Their customer referrals and satisfaction contribute significant and sustainable growth of their customer base and sales. This process will be enabled and encouraged through various means from ThinkAct solutions tailor-made for different business.

Henry believes in Creativity and Diversity in business as these are vital to promote prosperity and advancement in the society. Therefore, he uses technology as his means to support and make contribution to innovative and socially-beneficial enterprises. With ThinkAct solutions, entrepreneurs can pursue their own dreams faster, while consumers can have more and better choices in the market.

Growth & Recognition – (Perspectives of the 2016 TransPacific Entrepreneurial Conference)

2020’s vision of the Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong is about how to use Hong Kong as a Platform to Create Growth.

This has always been relevant in the history of our Annual TransPacific Entrepreneurial Conference which was started in 2014 by the Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee

Selected perspectives of the 2016 Conference here:

Conference Opening (M Behan, Co-Chair of Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee)

70% of the companies ranged from Medium-Large to SME to Micro

Conference Opening Remarks: Jeff Nankivell, Consul-General of Canada in Hong Kong & Macao

Launch of the Recognition Awards of Entrepreneurial Achievers Under 35 to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of our start-ups and small business owners; to make sure that there is always new blood to continue with our mission.

Presentation of Recognition Awards (jointly presented by CanChamHK and HKCBA) to Amelie Dionne-Charest, Benjamin Britton, Cedric Jeannot and Christian Yan

The Audience (Full House)

Quebec-China Prospects

Growth through Partnership Discussion Panel

Q & A about Growth Prospects

Growth & Collaboration Experience Sharing Panel

Closing Ceremony – Conference organizers, Sponsors (InvestHK, McMillan LLP, Baker Tilly HK; Supported by the Consulate-General of Canada in Hong Kong & Macao) and Recognition Awardees

Collaboration and Gathering Strength Together Through the Years

Collaboration and Gathering Strength Together Through the Year – The Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee (ESBC)

We treasure the time and collegial relationships through various media organized by ESBC

1. Monthly Meetings
2. Regular Sponsored Seminars
3. ESBC Signature Annual Conference

Regular Monthly Meetings

Sponsored Seminars

Sponsored Discussion Panels

Regular Monthly Meetings with Presentations

Signature Annual TransPacific Entrepreneurial Conference

2020 – Collaborate and Engage in Meaningful Communication in our Community

2020 is training us to collaborate and engage in meaningful communication in our community, among many other things.

Every year in October over the last five years, we have been hosting the “Very Canadian Dinner” in CanChamHK (hosted by ESBC, the Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee) to help us strengthen our ties.

Unfortunately, not this year due to the pandemic.

So here cancham.wordpress.com is our platform for us to continue with our collaboration on line.

I trust that’s something new we can all build together through sharing our posts and contacts.

Building a Bridge: CanCham ESBC and Hong Kong Canada Business Association (HKCBA)

The Visit of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (HKCBA)

Delighted to have HKCBA visiting us on December 2, 2019 during their trip to Hong Kong to attend the HKTDC Hong Kong Forum.

HKCBA sees CanChamHK has an important partner, continuing the bridge from Canada to Hong Kong to China and SE Asia. We have been in partnership to present the annual TransPacific Entrepreneurial Conference (Note) since 2014.

The Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee with representatives from ExCo and the Governors’ Council including Madeleine Behan, David Armitage, Stephen Chu, Brian Brown, Casey Lau  and Sophia Chan-Combrink as well as Michele Anderson (Trade Commissioner CG of Canada in Hong Kong),  welcomed Craig Lindsay (Immediate Past National Chair), Cindy Ho (National Vice Chair and Secretary), Joseph Chaung (Toronto President), Zoheir Hasanbhai (Toronto Immediate Past President).  and Vanessa Wright (Executive Director). 

 

(Note) https://www.hkcba.com/cpages/hong-kong-forum

Jointly presented by the HKCBA and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the Annual Transpacific Entrepreneurial Conference is tailored to educate Canadian startups, SMEs and corporations alike on the advantages of conducting business with Asia through Hong Kong.

 This conference serves as a bridge, connecting members to industry experts and professionals with in-depth market intelligence. We heard first hand experiences from Canadian firms operating in Hong Kong, why entrepreneurs are increasingly using Hong Kong as their link to mainland China and government organizations on their initiatives to support market expansion efforts.

 

A Happy Return to Business after Summer – ESBC Meeting in September

Back from our summer break – back to business in the Chamber Boardroom:

David Andrews, Brian Brown, Sheldon James, Madeleine Behan, Andrea Springmann, Andrew Jones, Jin Sun and Eric Cheng

 

Water Soluble Packaging Solutions June 18 – New and Engaging

Jin Sun of iSGO presented the groundbreaking “Water Soluble (Plastic) Packaging Solutions” to us.

 

 

 

The June 18 ESBC Meeting, attended by

Andrea Springmann, a Leisure, Travel & Tourism Professional; Andrew Jones, Guardian, Sanctuary Resorts;  Eric Cheng, Principal Consultant, Innovation Business Accelerator Co. Ltd., David Andrews, Managing Director, Chunky Onion Productions Limited; Henry Chan, Founder, ThinkAct; Jin Sun, Director Business Development, iSGO HK Limited; Ken Chow, Managing Partner, {embrace} worldwide; Parker Robinson, Founder, The Word Factory; Madeleine Behan (The Communication Group) ESBC Co-Chair; Brian Brown (Tai Hung Fai Group) ESBC Co-Chair; Committee Liaison: Sophia Chan-Combrink, Executive Director, CanChamHK with our new Executive Assistant Fraser Blanchflower

 

 

May 30 – The Future of the Workplace: Trends and Impact on our Work and Life Styles

May 30 Thursday – The Future of the Workplace: Trends and Impact on our Work and Life Styles

CanCham Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee

Signature Series: The Last Episode

@Tanner De Witt Solicitors, 17th Floor, Tower One, Lippo Centre

89 Queensway @6.30pm

Dear Fellow Committee Members and Friends,

I look forward to seeing you and supporting this last episode of our successful Signature Series that has been running for 5 years over 18 Seminars.

The registration is on the link  or  https://mailchi.mp/cancham.org/esbc-work-and-lifestyles-2?e=%5bUNIQID%5d

Please do join us to meet a remarkable assembly of talents with experience and insights. Most importantly, together, come and drink to the successful close of our Signature Series. Please meet the Speakers:

 1. Alexandra Maiden, APAC Talent Leader, Advisory, Asia-Pacific at EY

2. Elaine Tsung, Founder & CEO at Garage Society, Pioneer of Coworking in Asia

3. Chris Edwards, General Manager of Kafnu Hong Kong

4. Julien Mathieu, Co-Founder AD MediLink & Healthy Matters

Moderator: Pádraig Walsh, Partner, Tanner De Witt Solicitors

Lean Start-up Learn to Prioritize Resources as Your Business Scales to Success

 

Appreciation to our speakers

• Betül Shaik
• Ken Chow
• Alyn Watkins
• Jayne Chan 
• Parker Robinson (moderator)

Lean Start-ups:
Learn to Prioritize Resources as Your Business Scales to Success 

March 19  Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee – Launching and Growing Business Successfully Series

Members and friends learned what to prioritize and delegate as a startup in Hong Kong.

Baker Tilly Hong Kong 天職香港: Title Sponsor 

VISTRA: Venue and F&B sponsor