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Will Cadell isn't the kind of person who was
born thinking he would start a business of his own. But
when Cadell was 32, he gave up paid employment doing
mapping for the forest industry to become a freelancer
providing the same kinds of services to multiple clients.
Seven years later, he has a thriving web-mapping com-
pany in Prince George called Sparkgeo, 20 employees
across the country and a constantly evolving strate•y for
where he wants to go with his team and his business.
And even though it's a long way away and may never
fully arrive for a "-dgety" person like him, Cadell, a
Scotsman who moved to Canada after -nishing univer-
sity, also has a plan for retirement. Some of it is standard
Canadian, like putting money into
RRSPs. But for Cadell, it
also means developing a business that no longer requires
his presence. So he's constantly hunting for products his
company can create that will live on their own.
b y F R A N C E S B U L A
p o r t r a i t s b y T A N Y A G O E H R I N G a n d K A Y L A H U G H E S
In our retirement and succession planning
guide, five entrepreneurs share their strategies
for exiting the business and setting
themselves up for life after work
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