Alana Howard
Alana Howard
CEO
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Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Bio

Alana started with nothing but a pink briefcase and a vision. In 7 years Alana has become the Founder / SHE-E-O of multiple corporations such as Cosmopolitan Academy Inc, the Graceful Brand (a luxurious product line for beauty professionals), Luxy Beauty Courses Inc. and The Diamond Society (a subscription to a business building mentorship to assist graduates in scaling to a minimum six figure business).
Alana's story has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine , New York Journal and other media outlets. She has a degree in Business and is three time certified in Eyelash Extension Application, Multi-Level Micropigmentation and Advanced Skin Analysis. Alana is a proud member of the world renowned Guild of Beauty Professional Therapists and the National Association of Lash Artists.
Alana's most current nominations were for the following:
Women Entrepreneur of the Year - Finalist 2022
Top Lash Artist (2021)
Top Lash Artist (2020)
Academy of the Year Nominee (2019)

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Market research Operations Competitive analysis Financial modeling Market expansion

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Cosmopolitan Academy Inc.
Cosmopolitan Academy Inc.
Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Marketing Strategy Plan

We want students to help us build a marketing strategy plan to grow and engage our target market: Stay at home moms looking to work for themselves, young entrepreneurs and those wanting additional income. . We’d like to know how we can maximize use of different channels and get recommendations to improve our messaging.The main questions we’d like students to help us answer are the following:How do students currently perceive our brand and marketing, based on publicly available information about our company?What channels should we utilize for promotion, including ones we are not currently using?What budget is appropriate for advertising, given our goals?How could our messaging be updated to better explain our value proposition?

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Category Lead generation + 4
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Cosmopolitan Academy Inc.
Cosmopolitan Academy Inc.
Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Business Plan / Strategy Development

The focus of this project should be to create a business plan and clearly identifying the root problems that are increasing time and cost allocations across our operations and suggesting actionable solutions. Students should focus on:Mapping our operational processes.Identifying bottlenecks in our systems.Recommending improvements to optimize our organization.Creating a Business Plan Market Research Going Global

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Category Competitive analysis + 4
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Cosmopolitan Academy Inc.
Cosmopolitan Academy Inc.
Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Pitch Deck For Capital Funding

To create a pitch deck to use when reaching out to potential investors for a seed round of funding.

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Category Financial services + 1
Closed