Entrepreneurial Reviews

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Mr. Umpherson's skilled entrepreneurial knowledge provided us with the resources we needed during a very difficult period of our business. 

He provided us with needed analysis and recommendation that enabled us to implement strategic changes which helped secure our company during economically hard times. 

As an emerging organization with many challenges to overcome, Mr. Umpherson provided the skilled entrepreneurial training and support. The dynampic tools and understandings he offered gave us clear insights into the steps neded to move our cooperative forward. 

Integrated Economic Solutions and James Umpherson provides the training, education, workshop facilitation, coaching, and mentoring for clients wanting to become an entrepreneur. He provided the expertise in planning, researching, and structuring the process to establish a real business. James aided me in developing a stelar business plan. 

After I launched Fernie Copperworks, Integrated Economic Solutions continued to support us in growing and developing from a start-up to an established enterprise. 

Through James' continued support, unique style of mentoring and coaching, he has been instrumental in our ongoing development and continued success.

Quartz Creek Cannabis is successful because of the guidance and support from Integrated Economic Solutions. James turned my anxieties and confusion involved with starting my business into a calculated, well researched, comprehensive, professional business plan. The plan paved the way for me to secure funding in a sunrise industry that still has a very real stigma. As a result of James’ commitment to my knowledge development, decision making skills, and the business venture, I was confident that I would be successful.  

 With the support of Integrated Economic Solutions, we have been trailblazers with an entrepreneurial spirit that is a locally owned and is community focussed cannabis retail store.

I feel fortunate to have James as a business coach/mentor. He thoroughly reviewed my business plan and provided constructive feedback, along with asking the hard questions I avoided asking myself.  He reviewed my plan, rephrased my ideas into a more professional language and asked the essential questions that I needed to consider. He helped me build the foundation for my business.

Integrated Economic Solutions helped set up Stay Wild for success. James’ knowledge, insight and feedback helped me create a thorough business plan and brought to light many aspects of my business that I had not considered. James was supportive through the start-up process and I owe our success we have today to him. He broke down the process of starting and growing a business into manageable steps that made it achievable & less overwhelming. I highly recommend Integrated Economic Solutions to anyone who is either starting, growing, or stuck in a rut with their business.

Working with James was probably the most valuable piece of my business planning. First of all, he’s very clear and professional with his expectations as coach and mentor. Secondly, he’s lighthearted and encouraging - in the moments of doubt and questioning, he affirmed my progress without denying my fears. Thirdly, even after completing his review of my business plan, he was willing to respond to some of my uncertainties with motivating encouragement. In the early days of business planning, I highly recommend working with IES. 

Creating a business plan with James was a business altering process. He took me through a value added model that, at the time, seemed unrelated to my industry. At the end of the process, my business model completely transformed into one that is unique to the industry.

James made me feel comfortable and confident about my vision for my business and helped guide me along the path. His passion for his clients and confidence in their ideas helped prepare me for life as an entrepreneur. 

James is energetic and passionate about people and their growth. As both a trainer and coach, he is exceptional. As a first time entrepreneur, I highly recommend him to help bring your entrepreneurial dreams to life. 

I was very impressed with James' dedication, professionalism, and enthusiasm during the business plan writing phase. His wide ranging knowledge and expertise in the subject matter was obvious and his ability to transfer that knowledge in a useful to client manner was very helpful and instrumental in getting my enterprise off the ground.