ARLENE DICKINSON is a venture capitalist on the hit CBC shows Dragons’ Den, co-host of The Business of Life podcast, and the #1 bestselling author of Persuasion. Dickinson is the owner and CEO of Venture Communications, a company she grew from a small, local firm to one of the largest independent agencies in Canada, and the founder of District Ventures, Canada’s top accelerator for entrepreneurs in the food, beverage and health sectors.
