Despite the fact that more Canadian women are starting small businesses than ever before, a whopping 79% of them earn less than $22K a year; Statistics Canada reports that fewer than 5% earn more than $100K annually.

For business mentor Diana Lidstone, this just isn't good enough. Time and again over the past 30 years, she has watched in frustration as countless women started a business full of hope, only to sink into despair as the family finances evaporated and the debts mounted.

Diana's own career trajectory, fueled by an outrageous determination, has seen her to build five highly...