Your thoughts on winning the CanadianSME National Business Award
Winning the 2025 CanadianSME New Business of the Year Award is an honour for our team at IntelliSync Solutions. We are grateful to CanadianSME and the judging panel for recognizing the purpose behind our work: helping organizations use AI with greater structure, clarity, and confidence. This recognition belongs not only to our team, but also to the clients, partners, mentors, and Canadian small business community who have trusted, challenged, and supported us. Building a new business requires resilience, humility, and constant learning. Receiving this award encourages us to keep creating practical, responsible technology that strengthens decisions and produces meaningful outcomes.
A special message or advice to small business owners
To small business owners: begin with the real problem, not the newest technology. Listen closely to customers, document what you learn, and build systems that make good decisions easier to repeat. Progress rarely follows a straight line, so protect your purpose while remaining willing to adjust the path. Ask for help, value the people who challenge your assumptions, and celebrate steady improvements along the way. When using AI, start with one practical workflow, keep people accountable for important decisions, and measure the result. You do not need to have everything figured out; you need the courage to learn and continue.
Liza Spirit
Founder of Liza Spirit
Liza is an entrepreneur, content creator, and business strategist. For nearly ten years, she has openly shared her entrepreneurial journey—including the pivots, failures, and lessons learned—to help others grow. She helps entrepreneurs and professionals build their businesses, brands, and careers with clarity and structure. By creating content on social media in a language that is not her first, she has reached and inspired people around the world. Her mission is to show others that nothing is impossible and to help them align with their true purpose and potential.
