In business, just as in sports or in life, winning is never guaranteed.
So when Walter Klopick and his two sons came up short in the Small Business Challenge contest two years ago, finishing as semi-finalists and missing out on the grand prize, they decided to stay the course that they had mapped out for Winnipeg’s Tenderloin Meat & Sausage Inc.
“I said whether I get this $100,000 or not, we’re going ahead with the plans that we have,” Mr. Klopick said of the contest, which is sponsored by The Globe and Mail and Telus Corp. “A little bit slower, maybe, but $100,000 is not even 10 per cent of what I’m expecting to spend.”
At that time, Mr. Klopick had already overseen two expansions of the premises, for a grand total of 3,500 square feet. He also was negotiating the purchase of a car lot across the street.
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