24 MBiz | june 2017
M
anitoba entrepreneurs reaped
two first-place awards in the
Community Futures 2017 Just
Watch Me! video contest.
St. Malo's Lucy Fouasse took top
honours in the Seasoned Entrepreneur
category and Donald Glenn of
Thompson won in the Start Up
Entrepreneur category.
Fouasse owns Lil' Steps Miniatures &
Wellness Farm, which relies on horses
and other animals to provide therapy for
children and teens.
She was a counselor in the mental
health field for 17 years before a severe
head injury halted her career.
"Several years ago, I fell down some
slippery metal stairs in winter. A
severe concussion developed into post-
concussion syndrome," she says.
She experienced depression, double
vision, migraines and memory loss,
but she fought back and overcame her
health issues.
In 2015, she launched her equine
wellness farm. Currently, she has two
large horses, 12 miniatures, a small
donkey, a five-pound dog, pigs, rats and
more. This summer she'll add a Holstein
steer named Dozer — "a friendly giant
Winners overcame adversity to start businesses By David Square
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