There have been countless studies on personality types and how they relate to performance under various job types. An extraverted individual will likely perform better selling real estate than writing tax returns. That is not to say that an employee cannot complete tasks outside of their comfort zone. But, if their employee effectively identifies their…
From experience, I receive frequent requests for professional service providers that support high value services for expansion efforts after the early start-up stage is behind us. These services include accounting, banking, legal, financing leasing options, commercial property or leased space and insurance plans for protection of our growth. Perhaps your expansion plans may require you…
Lunch with Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur, University of Waterloo Interim President Dr. Hamdullahpur is currently acting as the Interim President for the University of Waterloo. Preceding this role was his involvement at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he operated as the Provost and Vice President Academic from 2006-2009 and, before that, the Vice President Research and…
To be consistent with Statistics Canada, SME’s are defined as having less than 500 employees and with annual revenues of less than $50 million. According to the estimated population in the survey completed by SME Financing Data Initiative, Survey on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises, 2007, small businesses (those fewer than 100 employees) represented…
To provide a more productive, diversified and competitive economy in Southern Ontario, FEDDEV Ontario has allocated $210 million to this new program called the Prosperity Initiative
Date: Thursday, January 27, Woodstock, Chamber of Commerce Time: 830-1030am Location: Uvalux Education Room, 470 Industrial Avenue, Woodstock Theme: How to Approach Government Funding for Business Funding and business resources are available to your business from both the provincial and federal levels of government. The challenge facing most businesses is how to find and take advantage of…
Hiring an Graduate – Marketing and e-Business Results When was the last time you did things differently? Really change your approach to think differently? Do you ever find that you read and read and complete (or buy) more market research reports and stack up more knowledge but run out of time to execute on your…
Accelerator Review Program, Small Projects with $50k Non-repayable Grant A popular funding mechanism in Southern Ontario is The Accelerated Review Process by the Industrial Research Assistance Program provides $50k non-repayable grant by supporting 100% of direct labor and 75% sub-contractors fees. How Funding Works The projects eligible are those that present a strong business case for technology…
Announced in Waterloo on Sept. 25th, FedDev Ontario has launched the Graduate Enterprise Internship, an $80M initiative, a new hiring funding program for science, technical, engineering and math graduates and undergraduates to support mentorship and development with local SMEs in Southern Ontario. The program will support up to $15,000 of the costs of a six-month internship for someone who is…
Recently approved and good news for the areas of Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge and Hamilton, University of Waterloo is now the delivery agency on behalf of Industry Canada for an internship program to promote the hiring of post-secondary graduates from local colleges and universities. U of Waterloo is now accepting applications for the 2010/2011 Small Business…