In this special time of year when we turn our attention to friends and family, perhaps having had to sacrifice some of that along the way, I thought I’d share a reminder of the 4 things we can’t recover:

the stone… after the throw,
the word… after it’s said,
the occasion… after the loss,
the time… after it’s gone.

(A friend sent this message to me today and I liked it so much I decided to pass it on!)

Wow, last night’s draw was so exciting! Our special thanks to Leland Clipperton who drew the names of the final 3 winners in the Alex Mandossian Giveaway! (I’ll be calling them personally right after the Final Friday call which starts in 30 minutes!)

Congratulations to:

Glenn Weissel, Roy, Washington
Leanne Abraham, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Ken Lucyk, Spruce Grove, Alberta

It may be Hallowe’en but today’s SMARTSTART Giving micro-fundraising call was all treats, no tricks! The excitement over Alex’s giveaway continues to grow by leaps and bounds!

Our giving program for helping entrepreneurs closer to home, in addition to our ongoing support for entrepreneurs around the world, has now more than doubled in size!

We started out with a $2.7M giveaway plan but as of today, with our latest winner announcements, we’ve grown to $4.5M!! And since we’ll be doing 2 more draws in November, the giveaway program will get bigger still!

Here are the names of the 6 winners announced today. (Yes, we were originally planning to select just 3 winners but Alex’s promo email said 6 so that’s the number of ballots we pulled!)

Please join us in congratulating:

Tony Roebuck, Renton, Washington
Ricki Linksman, Naperville, Illinois
Bradford Taft, Scottsdale, Arizona
Wayne Kelly, Fruitvale, British Columbia
Will Kautz, San Marcos, California
Mario Pastorello, Orange, California

Our winners are not only members of the SMARTSTART BUSINESS Success Program, they’ll have dedicated coaching and consulting for an entire year to help them build and grow their businesses (or develop their business ideas) and create their own success story. You’ll learn more about our latest winners in the coming weeks. I’ll be contacting them today to deliver the great news!

PS If your name wasn’t announced on today’s call, don’t despair! It’s not over yet. Your ballots will be automatically included in the November 7th & 28th draws. Best of luck to you all!