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How did she get started?
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-invited by co-founders Gordon Lownds and Stephen Gunn to have an inside view in the mattress industry in Canada
- looked at the sector and saw an opportunity to create a retail that wasn't there
-inspired by department and furniture stores
Challenges:
-had to move from Toronto to Vancouver
-hard to start up a new company that no one has thought of
-had trouble hiring staff
http://www.sleepcountry.ca/aboutus/christinemagee.aspx
http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/news/video/2014/1/interview-with-christine-magee/
She had more entrepreneurial spirit than I would expect in a banker." - Gord Lownds, one of Christine's business partners
Conclusion
-one of the top entrepreneurs in Canada
-right skills and characteristics of a successful entrepreneur
-successfully runs Sleep Country as president
Business Venture
Products/Services
-partnership with:
Gordon Lownds
Stephen Gunn
-sells a large variety of mattresses, pillows, linens and accessories
-satisfies the need to sleep well at night
-satisfies the want of customized sleep furniture
-target consumers: adults- seniors (18 & older), gatekeeper, baby boomer, both genders, young, single, married, children, mid income level ($40,000+), all ethnicity, intro & extro
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inside of a typical Sleep Country store...
Interesting Information
Characteristics
and Skills
-won 6 awards
-Sleep Country has one store in the U.S. called Sleep America
-a member of various organizations
Able to manage risk- made many risky decisions about Sleep Country
Creative-created a brand new sector in the market
Able to Get Along with Others-worked well with co-founders and on her own as president
Introduction
-born November 7, 1959 (age 54) in Toronto
-attended Clarice Montage Public School and Erindale Secondary School
-graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario with a BA in Honours Business Administration
-currently lives in Oakville with her husband and two children
BBI 2O0
By Hannah Wang