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This is the first session in the Financial Fitness Webinar Series: Shape Up Your Business Financials. If you run a business, you need to know when cash will be going in and out. With cash in the bank, you can buy the supplies you need to fulfill your next big sale, deal with unexpected or […]
Whether you are an individual, a start-up or an established small business or non-profit organization, there can be many challenges and barriers to bringing a new tourism idea, experience or partnership to fruition. We want to help. The “Spark" Program will match selected candidates with a tourism mentor and provide a source of financial support to help take your great new tourism […]
Join us to get inspired and excited about starting a business in BC! You have a business idea—congratulations! Now it’s time to get it down on paper. A business plan can help you test your ideas, make decisions, minimize your risk, get funding and so much more. In SBIS Part 1, we use the document […]
Join us to get inspired and excited about starting a business in BC! You have a business idea—congratulations! Now it’s time to get it down on paper. A business plan can help you test your ideas, make decisions, minimize your risk, get funding and so much more. In SBIS Part 1, we use the document […]
Join us to get inspired and excited about starting a business in BC! You have a business idea—congratulations! Now it’s time to get it down on paper. A business plan can help you test your ideas, make decisions, minimize your risk, get funding and so much more. In SBIS Part 1, we use the document […]
You have an idea for a great product, and you’d like to make it in Canada, but you can’t source all the raw materials you need from within Canada. Have you considered importing them? If you’re new to importing, the idea can be intimidating: where can you get the materials, what are the regulations, how […]
How to Incorporate First Nations Art in Branding December 8 at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Length: 2 hours Language: English Course Description Storytelling has always held a special place in Indigenous culture. At its most basic level, branding is storytelling. It allows a business owner to communicate exactly what their business is, and why a customer should be […]
Doing the Right Strategic Planning for Optimizing Your Potential for a Successful Exit Every investor will ask you “what is your exit plan?”. As an early-stage startup, it seems too far away that any answer seems achievable. But once you have significant investment and you are on a high growth trajectory, you need to begin […]
This is the last session in a 3 part series. Register for the Bidding on Government Contracts: Tips for Small Businesses series for free. Have you ever wondered exactly how the Federal government decides who wins their business? Are you a small business owner with some bidding experience, but want to know more about how […]
Join us to get inspired and excited about starting a business in BC! You have a business idea—congratulations! Now it’s time to get it down on paper. A business plan can help you test your ideas, make decisions, minimize your risk, get funding and so much more. In SBIS Part 1, we use the document […]
If your business is interested in harnessing funding opportunities for climate‑related projects, apply to join the Climate Finance Bootcamp, a virtual program designed to help you pitch your projects to multilateral development banks and other sources of international financing necessary to succeed in developing countries. You will: Receive training and insights on harnessing the opportunities […]
This is the last session in a 3-part series Maximum Marketing, Minimum Effort: Build a Strategy Specific to Your Business. Click here to register to the series and save $10! Join Cathy for a Fireside Chat with marketing professionals and business owners who will share their experience with different marketing tactics. Do you have burning […]
