The ग्लोब & मेल recently profiled American-born entrepreneur Jennifer McNeill, vice-president and chief executive officer of Calgary-based CipherSoft इंक.

In this interview, McNeill, एक “cross-border entrepreneur” who has lived and worked in both the U.S. और कनाडा, commented on some of the differences between American and Canadian business culture.

उसने कहा, “Canadian organizations sometimes hold themselves back because they lack the confidence of American companies.”

के रूप में वह बताते हैं:

If I am working with a U.S. business person who is talking about their company, आकाश की सीमा है उनके लिए. They are going to do whatever it takes to get wherever they need to go.

But when you are dealing with Canadians, वे कह सकते हैं, “अच्छी तरह से, I made $200,000 पिछले साल. I got to travel, and I’m going to the beach. In the winter months I spend two to three months in Phoenix, so I am completely happy.’

The hunger is not there – which is not necessarily a bad thing because the quality of life in Canada is much better. But when it comes to the business world, in small to medium-sized businesses especially, they limit themselves on what they can do.

McNeill जन्म और अलबामा में उठाया गया था, और साल की उम्र में 30, she relocated to Calgary to work for a high-tech company, छद्मकरण सिस्टम. She eventually rose to become Cipher Systems’ सीईओ, before selling the company. She subsequently co-founded CipherSoft in 2002.

With dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, she now splits her time between Calgary and Las Vegas.

Here’s a link to the complete interview: A serial entrepreneur on both sides of the border.

तुम्हें क्या लगता है? Can entrepreneurial drive and good quality of life co-exist? Have you found other significant differences between the business environment in Canada and in your home country?

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