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Cathrine Ann

Award Winning Entrepreneur & Inspiration

She was homeless, unemployed, and penniless...but determined to turn her life around. At age forty, instead of continuing on the path of hopeless despair, she chose to take a massive risk. It was then that Cathrine Ann combined her street smarts, raw ambition and a lot of creativity to launch Consumer Connection, a multi award-winning, multi-million dollar business venture providing employment to thousands. Her message is an important one for all audiences - one that will be remembered forever.

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Cathrine Ann is a survivor against all odds. Her personal story is truly a rags to riches one. She was homeless, unemployed, and penniless... but determined to turn her life around. At the age of forty, after a disadvantaged childhood riddled with abuse and neglect, and becoming pregnant at age 15, Cathrine found herself at a crossroad. She could have continued on the path of hopeless despair, or she could take a massive risk. She chose the latter and it was then that she combined her street smarts and raw ambition (and a lot of creativity) to launch her business, Consumer Connection, a multi award-winning and multi-million dollar business venture providing contract employment to thousands. Cathrine has since won numerous entrepreneurial awards including the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction award for Entrepreneur/Innovator.

As a child and young adult, Cathrine endured countless debilitating circumstances that might have otherwise lead to a life of despair. Instead, Cathrine overcame them all and prospered. Her story deeply touches audiences from all walks of life, which is why her story has attracted international speaking acclaim. She is the author of Beautiful Buttons: A Memoir of Survival and Triumph, which has received rave reviews, and was selected as a ‘Top Pick for Fall’ by Chatelaine Magazine.

Cathrine takes her audiences through a whirlwind of life experiences from being a scared little girl to becoming a prosperous, strong and vibrant woman. Her message is an important one for all audiences, one that will be remembered forever.

1. Homeless, Penniless and Unemployed into Multi-Business Award Winning Entrepreneur and Millionaire!

Cathrine Ann's personal story is truly rags to riches. She went from being homeless, broke and unemployed, into a Canadian business leader, heading a multi-million dollar organization that provides contract work to thousands. She has since won numerous entrepreneurial awards including the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction award.

As a child and young adult, Cathrine endured countless debilitating circumstances that might have otherwise lead to a life of despair. Instead, Cathrine overcame them all and prospered.

Cathrine takes her audiences through a whirlwind of life experiences from being a scared little girl to becoming a prosperous, strong and vibrant woman. Her message is an important one for all audiences, one that will be remembered forever.

Her story deeply touches audiences from all walks of life, which is why her story has attracted international speaking acclaim, a book deal and a movie deal in Hollywood about her life. (Key Porter will be publishing her highly anticipated inspirational memoir Fall, 2010, with award winning and best selling author John Lawrence Reynolds).

...a passionate and energetic personality with inspiring personal stories and innovative business concepts. As a presenter, she invokes thought, creates awareness and gives the audience the knowledge needed to exceed in business and in life.

BC Urban Entrepreneur Development Association
If there is any way to personify success through perseverance then Cathrine Ann is a model example. Cathrine shares success strategies, survival skills and real case studies from her own life story, with her audience. Cathrine's motivation and drive comes from within. She is a woman who keeps trying to move forward, and that is important to her - that is also what inspires others. Cathrine is a strong advocate of community service and she has committed to living life generously to ensure that the poor, marginalized and broken are not left behind.

Opportunity International
'That which does not break us makes us stronger' is a familiar saying that truly defines Cathrine Ann...I wish every girl and every women had the privilege of being in her company, if only for a short time. Her story is truly moving and memorable!

Doreen Cunneen - Vice President, Toronto Board of Trade & Producer, Empowing Women
Cathrine Ann has a rare intuition about people and an uncanny ability to understand what makes us all tick in our personal lives as well as in the workplace...after hearing her personal story and subsequent life lessons, it motivates others to think about ways they too can overcome challenges and work towards becoming a greater success!

Retail BC
...the feedback was great and I believe that your keynote was certainly a life changer for many of the participants! The information you provided in the workshop was also very valuable. You are just amazing in your style, experience and knowledge! What a wonderful presenter!

PARO Centre For Women's Enterprise
Your story is truly amazing...the success of the 6th annual International Women's Leadership Conference was due in large part to the additional of your unique story, personal passion and words of wisdom.

Governor Linda Lingle, Hawaii
Your talk was truly inspirational...you had the whole audience completely mesmerized by your story and message. You are an inspiration to so many.

Iolani School
Cathrine made the conference. She is a remarkable person and a true joy to hear speak. I fully endorse Cathrine in all her future endeavours and only hope that she will be kind enough to speak again at Queen’s despite her future success and busy schedule.

Queen's University

September 2010
Beautiful Buttons: A Memoir of Survival and Triumph
From a sordid beginning, many events in Cathrine Ann's life appear inevitable: pregnancy at fifteen, motherhood at sixteen, a jail sentence at eighteen, a sex trade worker in her twenties, and experimenting with drugs. Through it all – through every frenzied high and every miserable low – Cathrine Ann retained the vision she fostered as a child: of achieving success and living securely in the comfort of a warm and loving relationship. Crafted by a celebrated ghostwriter, The Beautiful Buttons traces this remarkable tale of a woman whose colorful outer shell conceals an inner core of warmth and wisdom.

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Cathrine Ann

Award Winning Entrepreneur & Inspiration

1. Homeless, Penniless and Unemployed into Multi-Business Award Winning Entrepreneur and Millionaire!

Beautiful Buttons: A Memoir of Survival and Triumph

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