Kerrian Bard Fournier is the CEO & Founder of Vybrante Ventures, a professional services company dedicated to unlocking the highest level of performance for innovative companies, teams and professionals by igniting their vibrancy and innovation. Kerrian has 25+ years of experience in corporate strategy and is certified in coaching through iPEC.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“People had told me I should have my own company for a very long time and I just didn’t have the courage for it… There was too much I didn’t know I didn’t know yet… I had a general idea of how I was going to go to market but it was more of a hypothesis than a strategy and I have been adjusting ever since. This is my second full year, last year was a really successful first year out but I would admit more through luck than through some of the best in class advice I normally give to my company. So, this year I’m actually being more thoughtful and formal about how I do business development, how I do content creation and how I do my marketing. All of that for me was the new areas that I really hadn’t done before ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Book by Brené BrownFavourite Quote:
“exploration not expectation”
Recommended Online Resources:
- iPEC: ICF Accredited Coach Training Programs and Certifications. When you aspire to serve others in a coaching capacity, you have the potential to find both meaning in life and success in your career Realize these goals with long lasting support from the most comprehensive coach training program available anywhere
- Harvard Business Review – Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world’s best business and management experts
- Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle
- Entrepreneur Magazine is a source for everything small business. Get the latest small business information
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“know what you are good at, really know… What are you looking to create? Not just what are you looking to sell, what does your business functionally do? But what are you looking to create?”…[Listen for More]
More About Kerrian Fournier:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” Zig Ziglar
Other Quotes From the Chat with Kerrian Fournier:
- “sometimes things that look like a negative may have been a plus in disguise”
- “I think you always have to learn”
- “I think self-awareness and self-development are absolutely critical”
- “you can’t possibly do it all and I know it sometimes feels like that it gives you the feeling of control but things will slip and drop. And so, partnering with folks who are culturally aligned, vision aligned but will help you get there I think is really, really critical”
- “sometimes when you meet folks if you are so limited in what your expectations are of what success looks like in that interaction you miss so much opportunity because it’s almost like you’re only playing chess on five of the squares not what is totally available to you. And so I really try and go into all interactions, business development, general networking and personal from a place of exploration. Because there is so many different wins and so many different ways to have an outcome that is really fulfilling and rewarding beyond just a limited definition of did I get a sale, where is this going, is this the right relationship, et cetera et cetera”
- “therapy will get you from dysfunctional to functional, coaching will get you from functional to optimal”
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