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Business Webinar Series: The Owner Trap - Are You Running Your Business, or Is Your Business Running You?

October 22, 2026 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (PDT)

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Business Webinar Series: The Owner Trap - Are You Running Your Business, or Is Your Business Running You?

This webinar is part of our Small Business Week 2026 celebration (October 19–25), designed to support and empower local businesses with practical insights, valuable resources, and tools to help them succeed!

 

The Owner Trap: Are You Running Your Business or Is It Running You?

 

A masterclass on the roles that determine whether your business scales or consumes you.

 

Many business owners start with a vision of freedom, flexibility, and growth. Yet over time, they find themselves working longer hours, solving every problem, and becoming the bottleneck in their own business.

 

The challenge many leaders face: spending so much time working in the business that they never create the systems, leadership, and strategy needed to work on the business. This masterclass will help you identify where you're stuck and what it takes to build a business that can grow beyond you.

 

In this interactive session, you'll gain:

  • A clear understanding of the three roles every business owner plays
  • Insight into which role is currently driving your decisions
  • Strategies to move from daily firefighting to intentional leadership
  • Practical ways to reduce owner dependency and create more capacity
  • A framework for building systems that support sustainable growth

Whether you're feeling stretched too thin or preparing for your next stage of growth, this masterclass will help you regain control and build a business that works for you-not because of you.

 

Build a business that scales beyond your time, energy, and constant involvement.

 

Speaker Bio - Saurabh Seth



 

Saurabh Seth is the Founder and CEO of Ethical Growth Partners, a certified business coaching and growth advisory firm serving business owners across Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. He holds an MBA along with PMP, Advanced CAMS, and CGSS designations, and brings more than two decades of corporate experience with EY Global, BDO Canada, and JPMorgan.

 

Saurabh works with founders and owners of small and mid-sized businesses, helping them build companies, and grow themselves as leaders, so the business runs well even when the owner steps back. His coaching combines practical business strategy with leadership development, using behavioural assessments to sharpen how leaders think, decide, and lead. He helps owners win back their time, build stronger teams, grow profit, plan their exit, and run the business with less stress.


For more information about Small Business Week and the full lineup of events happening throughout October, please visit the City of New Westminster website. 



Time

Thursday, October 22, 2026 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Location

Online: MS Teams

Pricing

Free Online Webinar

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Name: Events Team
Email: events@newwestchamber.com

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