About 20 years ago, Steve Beauchesne made a sudden career shift based on a single phone call. That gut decision led him to co-found one of Canada’s most successful craft breweries.

Then, in 2024, he pivoted again, this time to his position as CEO of Family Enterprise Canada (FEC), a community of business families and advisors.

In a chat with Canadian Family Offices, he talked about what he learned as part of the father-and-son team running the company behind Beau’s Lug Tread, and his vision today for FEC and what the group has coming up this year and next. 

It was one of our most popular articles of the week. 

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It’s easy to get swept up in dreams of leading a team at an innovative business you created, but making that happen takes vision, grit and the ability to get comfortable with uncertainty. 

And that ability to see what’s needed, or how to tackle an old problem in a new way, is part of the reason John Carswell has built several successful businesses by doing something that initially made no sense to anyone else.

Carswell, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Canso Investment Counsel Ltd., sat down with Financial Pipeline to discuss what helped him when he was starting out – and what anyone considering entrepreneurship may want to keep in mind.

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