Career-Ready with CTMA Hiring Grants: Frequently Asked Questions
The Career-Ready with CTMA hiring grant is open and accepting applications. Discover what you need to access MTDMA sector funding for youth workers.
Training Your Team: The ROI Beyond Dollar Figures
What impact does training have on your people and your company and what’s the value of upskilling your employees? Learn more.
4 Tips to Gain Productivity through Incremental Process Optimization
Businesses are looking to drive additional value to customers and improve efficiency. Here’s tips for getting process optimization started.
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Process Visualization: Mapping and Improving your Operations
Understanding your core processes is critical to managing the growth and development of your company. As you grow, you need to be able to understand how your company can take on additional sales (what’s your capacity, do you manage all aspects of production internally, how does the company interact with
Evaluating Your Marketing Approach
Over the past several years there has been a big shift in marketing. Businesses used to be able to rely on traditional outbound approaches – cold calling, mass mailers, etc. – to reach existing and prospective clients. These techniques worked in a selling environment where the customer had limited access
Funding for Research and Development: From Idea to Commercialization
Government funding for research and development (R&D) activities is widely popular. There are many different funding programs and mechanisms available to help businesses offset the costs (and risks) of engaging in R&D. This helps Canadian businesses to reduce the time it takes to develop a new product or service.
Many businesses
International R&D Success: Developing & Commercializing Innovation
Many businesses that Mentor Works deals with have heard of the two most popular research and development (R&D) funding programs: NRC’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) and the SR&ED tax credit program. Both are valuable programs that support innovation and commercialization efforts.
However, most of our clients are unaware of the
Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology R&D Trends
While the transition to full autonomy will be gradual, technology developers and manufacturers need to be well ahead of consumer demand to push the technological readiness of autonomous vehicle systems. Constant research, development, and testing will help ensure that autonomous and connected vehicle technologies can be deployed once market and
Export Trade Shows for Canadian Businesses in 2020
Does your business plan to exhibit at international trade shows this year? Trade shows provide an opportunity to grow your business in new markets and drive higher global revenues. They diversify your client base and can serve as a launching point for sustained international success.
Yet, for many businesses, researching international