Ontario Centres for Excellence – Talent Initiatives To foster training, Ontario graduate students in science, technology or engineering or post-doctoral fellows may enrol in the VAP certificate program. The purpose is to develop essential entrepreneurship and business skills to extend their technical expertise. VAP courses are delivered by business school faculty across Ontario as one and…
Strong leaders are constantly looking for new information and resources to expand their knowledge. The Regional Information Centre, MaRS, offers a number of valuable free workbooks that cover a number of key business topics. The workbooks are available on the MaRS Workbooks website. You can also browse our Business Consulting and Leadership Development blog sections…
So you have mastered the dedicated invoicing tool Billable.me, but you wish it had more tools for managing your clients and projects. Bunker App may be the answer. Combining client and project management tools with integrated invoicing capabilities will help you stay on top of all your projects on a per-client basis. Pricing & Features…
Start-up companies should keep an eye on the Innovation Guelph event, showcasing the MaRS Toolkit. This event takes place over two 4-hour workshops. The first workshop outlines how to build a marketing strategy to meet your customers wants and needs, as well as how to identify and contact key leaders in your field. The second…
This helpful tool was developed for entrepreneurs and small businesses to help organize your piles of business receipts and business cards. The tool is simple and easy-to-use. Just take a picture of your physical receipts and business cards and they will automatically be stored in your Shoeboxed account where you can export your new contacts…
The Co-operators and the University of Guelph have formed a partnership to create the Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship (CBaSE). Through this Centre, the University aims to aid the collaboration of University of Guelph students and professors with local businesses. Typical Research Projects CBaSE supports a number of projects that can be outsourced to…
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, Sept. 12, 2011 — Financing for small businesses is always of critical importance. On average, 17 percent of all Canadian entrepreneurs indicate “obtain financing” as an obstacle to growth. Although most business owners (i.e. 68%) receive financing through banking institutions, Canadian government funding and grants are increasing their penetration in Southern Ontario since the formation of…
Owner and Principle of Mentor Works, Bernadeen McLeod, will be speaking at an upcoming Company of Women event in Kitchener, Ontario in late October. Bernadeen will cover relevant government funding mechanisms and resources for small businesses in the following areas: Business Expansion Capital Investment Human Resources & Training Research & Development There are a variety…
The Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program was designed by the Government of Canada to help businesses get started and get their innovative products and services from the lab to the marketplace. This new program, a $40 million initiative, was launched as a part of the 2010 budget to promote economic growth. The maximum value of funding…
The Business Development Bank of Canada is a crown corporation created to help grow Canadian SMEs by providing financial and consulting services that complement the private sector financial institutions. The BDC’s Marketing Expansion Loan can provide extra money for specific repayment terms for maximum flexibility. This program was designed to aid Canadian entrepreneurs in growing…