Rod Herbert made that remark recently, sitting behind a small table in Credit Union Place’s Veterans Convention Centre.
He wasn’t alone.
There were dozens of other people milling around identical tables, all business people or representatives of businesses hoping to attract investment from members of the Island’s growing immigrant community.
More than 100 were on hand at CUP recently for Advancing Island Connections West, an initiative of the P.E.I. Connectors program, which recently opened an office in Summerside.
The idea was to bring the two groups closer together and introduce some potential investors to the business community in the western part of the province.
Herbert spent 24 years with Vector Aerospace Atlantic in Summerside before leaving to form his own company, Rod Herbert Consulting.
One of his clients is the developer of an innovative personal floatation device who is seeking an investor to help move their project to the next level.
He appreciates the effort and thought that went into Advancing Island Connections West, he said, and believes it’s something Summerside needs more of.
“I think it’s fantastic. Grade A,” he said.
“They’ve managed to gather a large number of people who could all be interested in the sort of thing that I have to offer. It’s a perfect match for what we were trying to do,” he said.
Julia Cui is one of the newcomers to Canada who attended the pitch session.
She’s recently started her own language learning school in Charlottetown, Advance Learning Centre, and was interested to see what would be on display at the meeting.
“I’m also interested in some other business and also interested in some potential customers for myself,” she said.
“This is a good event actually. I’m quite interested in some of the information shared during the event.”
@JournalPMacLean
Rod Herbert made that remark recently, sitting behind a small table in Credit Union Place’s Veterans Convention Centre.
He wasn’t alone.
There were dozens of other people milling around identical tables, all business people or representatives of businesses hoping to attract investment from members of the Island’s growing immigrant community.
More than 100 were on hand at CUP recently for Advancing Island Connections West, an initiative of the P.E.I. Connectors program, which recently opened an office in Summerside.
The idea was to bring the two groups closer together and introduce some potential investors to the business community in the western part of the province.
Herbert spent 24 years with Vector Aerospace Atlantic in Summerside before leaving to form his own company, Rod Herbert Consulting.
One of his clients is the developer of an innovative personal floatation device who is seeking an investor to help move their project to the next level.
He appreciates the effort and thought that went into Advancing Island Connections West, he said, and believes it’s something Summerside needs more of.
“I think it’s fantastic. Grade A,” he said.
“They’ve managed to gather a large number of people who could all be interested in the sort of thing that I have to offer. It’s a perfect match for what we were trying to do,” he said.
Julia Cui is one of the newcomers to Canada who attended the pitch session.
She’s recently started her own language learning school in Charlottetown, Advance Learning Centre, and was interested to see what would be on display at the meeting.
“I’m also interested in some other business and also interested in some potential customers for myself,” she said.
“This is a good event actually. I’m quite interested in some of the information shared during the event.”
@JournalPMacLean