LEGACY 100
The launch of the Legacy Business Initiative. An evening bringing together entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, civic leaders and changemakers committed to building businesses that create wealth, opportunity, freedom and lasting impact.
The Evening
September 10, 20265:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location
The Rideau Club, Ottawa99 Bank Street, 15th Floor
Access
Only 20 Business ShowcaseRegistration is required
The Legacy Networking Experience
Connect with entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, speakers and changemakers.
The Legacy 100 Main Event
Speakers • Stories • Recognition • The $20,000 Entrepreneur Legacy Initiative • Legacy Business Growth Opportunity • Celebration
A limited number of additional invitations will be reserved for selected speakers, partners, leaders and changemakers.
Meet Our Speakers
Ruth Dorsainville-Hulse
Ruth Dorsainville-Hulse is an entrepreneur, business strategist, author and speaker passionate about helping entrepreneurs build businesses that create wealth, opportunity and lasting impact. Through Legacy 100, Ruth is bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, leaders and changemakers around a bold vision: empowering 100 entrepreneurs and creating a ripple effect capable of impacting 1 billion lives.
Carol-Ann Goering
Carol-Ann Goering is the CEO of the historic Rideau Club in Ottawa and an accomplished leader in the private club industry. She is passionate about creating spaces where business leaders and professionals connect, build relationships and create meaningful opportunities. For Legacy 100, Carol-Ann will welcome guests to the Rideau Club and share the significance of this historic venue.
Karla Briones
Karla Briones is a serial entrepreneur, business strategist and Founder and CEO of Immigrant Entrepreneur Canada, a national nonprofit supporting immigrant entrepreneurs through mentorship, education, networking and business programs. Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, Karla has spent nearly two decades building businesses in Ottawa, where she also owns two Global Pet Foods franchise locations. She is a TEDx speaker, an Ottawa Citizen small business columnist, Ottawa's Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year, and a recipient of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award.
Theresa Corazon
Theresa Corazon is an award-winning entrepreneur, international speaker and resilience advocate who has built her platform around transformation, purpose and using business as a force for good. Her story of overcoming extraordinary adversity has inspired thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders to rethink what is possible.
Partnership Opportunities
Entertainment
Roxanne Jean
With 25+ years of experience and more than 700 events hosted, Roxanne Jean knows how to transform a gathering into an unforgettable experience. As the bilingual MC for Legacy 100, she will bring energy, elegance, and connection to a room filled with Canada's entrepreneurs, leaders, and changemakers.
Roxanne's role goes beyond guiding the evening. She will help create the energy, conversations, and moments that inspire guests to connect, be challenged, celebrate their impact, and leave with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
Peter Woods
Peter Woods is an Ottawa-based saxophonist and minister known for his soulful, lyrical sound and passion for bringing people together through music. A longtime presence in Canada's jazz scene, he has performed at the Ottawa International Jazz Festival and with musicians across jazz, blues, gospel, and other traditions.
Through projects like Music & Meditation and The Kindness of Jazz, Peter explores the powerful connection between music, spirituality, and community.
Our Sponsors
Leadership Institute
This Is More Than a Book Launch
A business can create more than revenue.
- It can create a job.
- Support a family.
- Build wealth.
- Open a door.
- Develop a leader.
- Strengthen a community.
- And change what becomes possible for the next generation.
Legacy 100 begins in one room, but the vision goes far beyond that room.
We believe that when entrepreneurs build stronger businesses, their impact multiplies through their employees, families, customers, communities and future generations.
Our long-term vision is to impact one billion lives.
100 leaders is where we begin.
The $20,000 Legacy Entrepreneur Initiative
Mentorship &
Growth Support
At Legacy 100, one entrepreneur in the room will receive $20,000 worth of business coaching and growth support over one year, including access to Ruth and mentors within the Legacy ecosystem.
Because when you change one entrepreneur, you can change everything that entrepreneur touches.
Business Strategy
Marketing & Positioning
Lead Generation & Sales
AI & Automation
Systems & Operations
Leadership
Mentorship & Accountability
Gold Partner
- All Silver Partner benefits
- Exhibition / Networking Booth
- 3-Minute Main Stage Speaking Opportunity
- Dedicated social media promotion
- 4 Tickets to attend
- Opportunity to promote your business to attendees
Founding Legacy Partner
Help build the movement from the beginning. Founding Partners are the businesses, organizations and leaders who choose to stand behind the Legacy Business Initiative from its first chapter.
- Founding Partner recognition at Legacy 100
- Brand presence throughout the evening and event materials
- Reserved seats at Legacy 100
- Recognition within the Legacy Business Initiative
- Introductions to leaders, entrepreneurs and partners
The Founding Legacy Circle
A limited number of Founding Legacy Circle members will help shape the future of the Legacy Business Initiative and expand access to entrepreneurship, mentorship and business growth opportunities.
Why I Wrote This Book
I wrote Marketing for Business Owners because I believe success should create success for someone else. Too many business owners are working harder than ever and still guessing when it comes to growth.
I don't want the knowledge to stop with me. Everything I have learned about positioning, marketing, sales, systems and building a business that can carry a family and a community belongs in the hands of the people doing the building.
The book is where the message begins. Legacy 100 is where the message becomes a movement.
And the movement is designed to multiply, one entrepreneur, one business, one community and one life at a time.
An Evening of Legacy
The Legacy Networking Experience
Connect with entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, speakers and changemakers. Food and drinks are included for our guests. Food • Drinks • Music • Networking • Entrepreneur Showcase
Welcome & Opening
The beginning of the Legacy Business Initiative.
The Legacy Conversation
Leaders and entrepreneurs discussing business growth, wealth, opportunity and impact.
The Story Behind the Book
Ruth Dorsainville-Hulse shares the story and philosophy behind Marketing for Business Owners.
The $20,000 Legacy Entrepreneur Initiative
Introducing the entrepreneur whose business journey will receive one year of coaching, mentorship and growth support.
Legacy Speakers & Changemakers
Hear from the leaders helping shape the future of entrepreneurship.
The Legacy Business Growth Opportunity
An invitation for entrepreneurs ready to build stronger businesses, increase growth and create greater impact.
The Legacy Continues
Who Is in the Room?
Government & Civic Leaders
CEOs & Business Owners
Entrepreneurs & Founders
Investors & Philanthropists
Community Leaders
Marketing & Business Professionals
Seven Ways to Be Part of Legacy 100
Legacy 100
Join the room where the movement begins.
Entrepreneur Showcase
Put your business in front of a curated room of entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and leaders.
Gold Partner
Everything in Silver, PLUS a 3-minute speaking opportunity on the main stage to introduce and promote your business.
Founding Legacy Partner
Help build the Legacy Business Initiative from its first chapter.
Founding Legacy Circle
Help shape the future of the movement and expand entrepreneurial opportunity.
The Legacy Business Growth Intensive
A focused 6-week experience for business owners ready to strengthen their marketing, sales, systems and growth infrastructure.
The $20,000 Legacy Entrepreneur Initiative
One entrepreneur will receive one year of coaching, mentorship and business growth support.
Learn About the InitiativeThe Legacy Business Growth Intensive
For a select group of business owners, Ruth will lead an intensive experience focused on:
- Positioning
- Marketing Strategy
- Lead Generation
- Sales
- AI & Automation
- Systems
- Business Growth
- Leadership
This is for business owners who are serious about building the infrastructure required to grow with greater freedom, profitability and impact.
From 100 to One Billion
We believe transformation multiplies.
- One entrepreneur can create jobs.
- One business can change a family.
- One leader can develop other leaders.
- One opportunity can change a life.
And when those people go on to build, teach, employ, mentor and serve others, the impact continues to multiply.
Our vision is to build a global movement whose collective impact reaches one billion lives.
Will You Be One of the 100?
7–10 PM: Legacy 100 Main Event