Finding that Entrepreneurial Spirit with 5HUNDREDS

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 2 p.m.

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5HUNDREDS was created by Erika Hanchar & Elizabeth Johnston. Two creatives, who independently ran creative businesses and careers frequently crossed throughout the last 15 years. They have collaborated on numerous creative projects from full-scale events to business consulting, media production, and business writing.

They saw a need for a professional marketplace that combined consulting services with swift turnaround times, accurate results, and affordable rates. The result was a fresh new marketing perspective experience that makes it easy for business owners to take advantage of a variety of creative marketing services again and again for a low guaranteed price. 5HUNDREDS was created for the busy professional to launch, complete or strategize specific projects.

Erika and Elizabeth have been friends and business associates for 15 years and have worked with companies across Canada, USA and the Caribbean. Their creative work in media, events and design has been published around the globe in magazines, newspapers, online publications and international advertising campaigns. Their client list boasts some of the top companies in North America and numerous small to medium business start-ups.

We talk about the creation of 5HUNDREDS and their unique offerings, what made them decide to start their own business and having that entrepreneurial spirit, how they both got into this industry, what made them decide to go into business together, a challenge they are currently facing and how they have found a new way to do business to cope with it, how they use social media to find their clients, launching their business during a pandemic, what they would have told themselves when starting their business, and much more!

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