What Circle Members have to say:
"What
I most appreciate about being a PARO member is the comradeship
and support I get from the other members. The ability to
interact with people from different walks of life also gives me
a better view of the population at large and helps me to try to
"tune" my business more to what people actually want
as opposed to what I think they want. There is a vast knowledge
that has accumulated within the organization that I can tap, to
help me with business decisions. Other peoples mistakes
can be turned into valuable lessons for others and with this type
of sharing, each persons experience, good or bad, can be used
to everyone's advantage." ~ Catherine Ferguson
"We
are encouraged to know that others have gone before us and that
our experiences are shared by an entire association of women."
~ Diversity circle
"Our
lives and business experience has been greatly enhanced due to
being circle members. The down-times and struggles are always
going to be there when you are in business, however, so are our
circle members. The members of our circle have developed
a friendship and trust amongst the monotony of trying to start
a new business while juggling family, young children and our personal
lives." ~ Genesis circle
"Each
one of us has emerged from the miasma of traditional business
structures, somewhat wounded. The good-old-boys network
did not encourage our growth, did not support our endeavours.
We have "gone through the fire" so to speak and emerged
stronger and more determined and tempered. The fire has
not refined us - we have re-defined ourselves and Phoenix is the
result of the soul purpose we all share." ~ Phoenix circle
"Our
members have found increased confidence in themselves as business
women in our community through their interaction with one another
and the PARO organization as a whole. Financially, the loans
available have helped some of us expand, begin our business or
improve on what we have already established. It is imperative
that credit be available to anyone in business and PARO with its
peer lending base has made that credit accessible to women in
small businesses, some not so small anymore." ~ Artistically
Healthy circle
