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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
By James Byrne
 Portage La Prairie, Saskatchewan -- August 2004
Wendy Peters loved the old building in downtown Portage La Prairie, Saskatchewan, and shed often fantasize about what a great space it would make for a business. At the time, she was already operating her own gift shop out a tiny 10' x 10' room adjacent to her partners family real estate business. But visions of a big coffee house and gift shop filled her dreams. The only problem was financing. We only had $10,000, she says. $10,000 wouldnt have installed the floor! And the bank was generally not going to look at us, because 2we didnt look good on paper.
Then, a tiny ad fueled her fantasy. There used to be a branch of the Womans Enterprise Centre in Portage La Prairie and they were running a small classified ad every week: Are you a woman entrepreneur? Every time I saw that ad, Id think of that building, and Id think Oh, baby, a hundred grand! What I could do with a hundred grand!
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