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In Focus | Julie Michaud of porsche-ella

In Focus is our gift to the community. A way for us to help show our recognition for the people, businesses and organizations that help make our city great. The team at KelownaNow.com is passionate about this community and the people that make it amazing. We want to show our friends, neighbours, family and colleagues that we notice them and the fabulous things that they do.

What is your name?
Julie Michaud

What do you always find yourself saying?
Kelowna is one of my favourite places in the world! What an amazing community. It’s no surprise that many inspiring entrepreneurs, artists, and philanthropist have made it their home. Our food grows abundantly, diversely, and literally in our backyard for half the year, sometimes more. Hikes, mountains, camping, skiing, and culture is at our door step. I am grateful to have found a place like this to call home.

If you could spend one whole day with anyone in the world who is currently alive, who would you select and why?
Richard Branson – He is capable of accomplishing nothing less than greatness while leading with love and authenticity.
Vandana Shiva - She addresses the most important and impactful issue of our time: food. She does this with courage, love, authenticity and leadership. I think those two should have babies.

If you could spend a day with any historical figure, who would you choose and why?
What can we say about Coco Chanel that hasn't already been said? She's a rags to riches story, a pioneer, an inspiration, and a legendary businesswomen that history will never forget.

Who inspires you?
Considering that we live in one of the most entrepreneurial cities in Canada, I can think of numerous people who inspire me daily. Just this year, 7 companies from Kelowna take place in the top 10 for the Small Business BC Awards. This goes to show the spirit, creativity, support, and mentorship that takes place in the Valley. I am thrilled to be part of this vibrant and supportive community.

If you could foresee a single day of your future in its entirety, what date would you select?
The day that our political and corporate structure meets the needs of the people, while fostering a blooming environment.

What are you passionate about?
My passion resides in living life to the fullest, in balance with mind, body, soul, and environment. From that passion many relationships and projects form.

What has been your favourite day of your life, up to this point?
The day I realized that I could contribute to many people’s life by acknowledging myself, my gifts, and the world around me in a positive and meaningful way.

What has been your proudest accomplishment?
Staying true to my values when stakes were high, and the risk for loss was substantial. Few understood, and I couldn’t explain to others for which my decision to say ‘no’ was incomprehensible given the situation. I followed what I knew was right, and great things unfolded from that decision.
Stay focused on your goal, and keep your heart intact. Honour who you are. Great things will come from it.

Where is your favourite place to dine in Kelowna? What do you like about it?
Each day has a unique flavour in Kelowna! There are a growing number of local bistro/restaurants that source their food locally resulting in seasonal menus that are sure to excite your senses with every new creation. These places are my dinning spots of choice.

What is your favourite activity or event in Kelowna? Why?
Kelowna offers a wide selection of great activities and events to participate in. From the beach, numerous hikes to music and art festivals. My favourite part about our community events and activity, is that Kelowna residents support by attending, volunteering and creating such experiences.

What is the name of your business/organization?
porsche-ella

What does your business/organization do?
porsche-ella is an innovative online platform that welcomes customers to easily purchase makeup, skincare and beauty products to enhance their outer beauty while providing distinguished programs for life-impact guidance that addresses concepts of inner beauty. porsche-ella challenges conventional notions of what it means to be truly beautiful.
All porsche-ella's products are Canadian sourced from boutique and artisan producers, are natural (often organic) and are designed to promote healthy skin. Porsche-ella’s program Grace and BeautyTM aims to teach how emotions, self talk, habits, food and skin care affect the outer presentation we give to the world, while her program Peaceful AssertivenessTM aims for a thorough assessment of the impact of beauty, inner peace and assertiveness in the professional world.

Where can people find you or your business online?
www.porsche-ella.ca

How do people connect with you on LinkedIn?
Jisamichaud

Where can people find your business on Facebook?
Localebeauty

What is your Twitter account?
@porcheella

What is your mission?
The message that different body types can be beautiful is a hot topic today. We chose to bring this further as porsche-ella believes that beauty is little about your body features, and much about your state of mind. Beauty comes from within and we can demonstrate it. We will unveil the beauty in each person through Canadian and environmentally sustainable makeup, skincare, beauty products and a soon coming education program.

If you could achieve one thing within your field, what would it be?
Porsche-ella to become an icon e-commerce brand in the beauty industry. One that will forever change our perception of beauty and what it takes to be beautiful. One that will demonstrate the huge social impact our current belief system towards beauty, and that will bring about lasting changes.

Who do you consider to be a forerunner within your field?
There are multiple giant players in the beauty industry, but none with a similar focus.

What three qualities do you feel that your business/organization exemplifies?
Beautifully, Naturally Canadian.

What would you like to say to your employees/volunteers?
It takes one person to come up with an idea, a few more to make it better and a whole lot to make it happen. I sincerely appreciate the support I have been given during this process. It’s exciting to be part of a group who see and are committed to a new direction for the beauty industry.

How does your business/organization impact the community?
Local businesses strengthen communities, build resilience and foster innovation. They create good jobs, support local charities, contribute significantly to our tax base and re-circulate local dollars many times over by using other local businesses as suppliers for raw ingredients, marketing, financial, legal and other services.
Porsche-ella supports small Canadian businesses because we acquire vendors from right across the country. The economical impact of doing business locally is huge. It's building a sustainable future for us and the generations to come.
Porsche-ella is tackling one of the largest industries in Canada and contributing to the local economy at the same time. Let's see how far we can bring it.

If you were trapped in an elevator with several wealthy investors from any field, which field would you want them to be experts in? What would say to them/talk about?
I would want to discuss with a renowned film producer and widely successful marketing expert. What I would like to learn from them is how they create impactful and far reaching campaigns.

If I could change one thing about Kelowna, it would be:
The current segregation of residential and commercial areas doesn’t allow for the natural connection between the two. For example, imagine if there was more residential buildings right in the downtown core. This would create a perpetual flow of people enjoying downtown, walking the streets. It would increase current businesses, attract visitors during all seasons. Tourist would feel like they are visiting a living, vibrant community all year long.
Developments need to fit into a community view, it must be open to transparent charrette style design groups that actually reach out to the demographics that live and utilize given areas.

Some general comments I would like to share are:
A lot of our power resides in choice. There are many alternatives when it comes to consuming goods. Where we chose to spend our money designs the future.

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