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April’s professional career started as a cake designer, under the namesake April Cakes. Her next company, Granola Girl was founded in 2008 and sold in 2020. April is also a co-founder of Serendipity Tea Party networking events. She is an intuitive life purpose coach, business consultant and advisor at Iveycorp Advisory Ltd., and guide to Discover Your Sacred Gifts.
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April is a single mother of 3 adult children in Vancouver. Her professional career started as a cake designer of special occasion cakes, under the namesake April Cakes. Her next company, Granola Girl was founded in 2008 and later sold in 2020 during the pandemic. Granola Girl serviced over 350 grocery stores in Western Canada. In 2017, April launched the Granola Girl Foundation, a fundraising platform to provide scholarships for youth in the areas of girl empowerment and entrepreneurship. April is also a co-founder of Serendipity Tea Party, heart based networking events. Since 2015, April has been serving her community as an intuitive coach and start-up business consultant. Most recently, April has been certified as a Guide to help others Discover their Sacred Gifts and start living and feeling on Purpose. She is passionate about connection, deeper conversations and finding Spirit, Truth, freedom, and love in all the work that she does.
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April Bellia is an entrepreneur with a baking background. Her professional career started over 20 years ago as a dessert chef and wedding cake designer, under the namesake April Cakes. Her next company, Granola Girl was founded in 2008 and later incorporated in 2011. Her granola is made with high quality, wholesome ingredients and is naturally delicious. The company services over 350 grocery stores in Western Canada. April is a single mother to 3 grown children, so she understands the importance of life balance and the challenges that come up when raising a family and doing work you love. April is known locally to be the face for the conscious entrepreneur that is making an impact. Her energy and enthusiasm for life is contagious and she continues her mission to encourage young girls and women to believe that they are enough, as the beautiful natural spirit they embody. April is also a co-founder of Serendipity Tea Party, heart-based networking events since 2011. Since 2015, April has been serving her community as an intuitive life purpose coach and start-up business consultant. In 2019, April became a certified Guide to help others discover their Sacred Gifts and live on Purpose. During the pandemic of 2020, Granola Girl was successfully sold so that April could focus more on her life purpose of helping other creative entrepreneurs expand or exit their business through coaching and advising with IveyCorp Advisory Ltd. Aprils love for Paris and France has inspired her latest venture, April in Paris. She will be living in France and Greece part time and escorting groups of women to have amazing and memorable experiences that will impact all areas of their lives. In all the work that she does, April is passionate about finding Spirit, Freedom, Truth, and Love in all forms.
Recent Podcasts and Interviews:
― This Commerce Life with Phil Chang and Ken Vanucci
― Starting with your WHY. Panel discussion with Paul Brassard at ICubed Summit hosted by UNBC
― ESSENCEtial Conversations with Lucca Hallex and Rebecca Mears
― The Exchange with Sunil Prasad: From Cake Maker to Granola Girl
― Cool Conversations with Caroline MacGillivray and George Froelich: The Importance of Community Building
― Urban Yogi podcast with Will Blunderfield
― Genicca Whitney Radio Show: Wake up to your Sacred Gifts.
― Human Unleashed with Deidre Sirianni: Honest Entrepreneurship with April Bellia
― Vancouver Real (Video): Entrepreneurship and Getting your Message to the World
Signature Talks:
― Honest Entrepreneurship: The 3 Commandments for business startups
― Reign Like an Empress: Life balance for female Entrepreneurs
― Overcoming Overwhelm. The CHAOS Cycle Explained
Speaking Topics:
― Helping Hands: how to save time, energy, and money in your business
― Personal Branding and Authenticity
― Community Building and Value Alignment
― Authentic Networking
― Marketing and Branding: Creating a CPG that gets attention
― Business Development: The Adventures of Granola Girl
― How to overcome obstacles in the world of Entrepreneurship
― Collaboration over Competition - Serendipity Collective
― Careers Day presentations for Grades 7-12: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Interactive Workshops:
― Discover your passion and establishing a sustainable career.
― The Feel on Purpose Formula
― The CHAOS Cycle: From Chaos to Clarity
― Introduction to Discover Your Sacred Gifts
― Mastermind Facilitation / Group Coaching
― ABC’s of a Launching a Soulful Business
― Alignment and Feeling on Purpose
Organisations and Presentations:
― Futurpreneur mentorship program
― Young Women in Business, presenter and mentorship
― UBC: Sauder School of Business, Masters of Food and Resource Economics presenter
― Volition Advisors: Guest speaker at Tamwood and Langara College - Personal Branding and Authentic Networking
― Project You, presenter and mentorship
― Hervana Coworking presenter
― Pavilion Coworking, featured speaker (online)
― WNorth webinars (online)
― Feeding Growth, Guest speaker
― Small Business BC, presenter
― Vancouver Startup Week, presenter and networking facilitator