George Brown College Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
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Join us as we host a variety of events in honour of Global Entrepreneurship Week here at George Brown College. From November 12 - 18, startGBC will be organizing events geared towards each academic stream. See which events you can attend below:
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Monday November 12: GEW Student Engagement at GBC Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts
This event will include a #WhyNotMe Founders Panel Discussion, with four successful GBC Alumni who have started their own food businesses, a Business Model Canvas workshop that will help you piece together your business idea, and more!
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Tuesday November 13: #WhyNotMe Founders Panel at GBC School of Design
Come listen and engage with 3 amazing GBC Alumni who have all built successful companies. Learn about what they wished they had known at the start of their journeys.This will be followed by a student interaction with mentors as they discuss with students their projects and for the mentors to give valuable feedback on how to improve.
*Note: This will be a closed event.
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Wednesday November 14: Speak on Your Feet – startGBC Entrepreneur Empowerment Masterclass
Facilitated by Eloise Ashworth and Raid Doutwaite, Speak On Your Feet is a powerful workshop that provides personalized coaching to learn effective communication through the enjoyable and inclusive medium of applied improvisation. Have fun and develop skills that will come in handy for your professional presentations, job interviews, collaborations and social networking.
This workshop is very interactive and active participation will be required to get the best personal development advantages out of the session.
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Thursday November 15: “What is Social Innovation?” Lunch & Learn Workshop at startGBC Student Collaboration Space
How can you turn your personal social experiences into something meaningful? Can you still make a good living running a social innovation/enterprise? How do you go about establishing one? What resources are in the community to help support you? In collaboration with the Centre for Social Innovation, startGBC invites you to attend this lunch and learn to discover the answers to these and other questions you might have.
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Friday November 16: George Brown College Centre for Business Student Engagement Event at St James Campus
Come and listen to George Brown College Alumni speak about their personal journeys of creating a successful business and network with 8 mentors willing to share with you ways of helping define who you are as an entrepreneur and build skills and learn of resources to help you achieve this.
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Friday November 16: #WhyNotMe Founders Panel and Entrepreneurial Capacity Building at the School of Fashion Studies
Listen to three amazing George Brown College School of Fashion Studies Alumni as they tell you about the personal journey’s they have been on to create successful businesses. This will be followed by a workshop on ethically sourcing fabrics, textiles and clothing overseas. The session will finish on some of the resources available to entrepreneurs in the city including the support offered by George Brown College.
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Saturday November 17: Social Innovation Design Jam at Waterfront Campus
A collaboration between George Brown College School of Social and Community Services, United Churches Project Edge and startGBC, 120 pre-selected students will work with over 20 mentors on finding innovative solutions to real-life challenges in 3 key areas: Mental Health and Addictions, Poverty, and Identity.
Students will be competing for a prize pot of $500 per category to help them progress their projects into reality.
*Note: This is a closed event.
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startGBC Learn As One E101 Collaboration
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We know how hard it is to complete online training, so we have partnered with MaRS to bring you a group session of the Entrepreneur 101 workshops. We will be going through each online module together as a group. Free Registration for George Brown College students.
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The Digital Media and Gaming Incubator Mixer
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Join the Digital Media and Gaming Incubator as they host a mixer showcasing their up-and-coming startups! The Digital Media and Gaming Incubator supports the city’s digital sector by providing affordable space, business and professional services and technology to start ups.
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startGBC Hosts Women Entrepreneurship Day at
George Brown College
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On October 17, in partnership with Dell EMC, startGBC organized Women Entrepreneurship Day at George Brown College in celebration of women who are defining the world of entrepreneurship — one business decision at a time.
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Book Your One-On-One With Kenny
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Are you looking for guidance on completing your Business Model Canvas or Business Plan? We have you covered. Schedule a time slot with Kenny Bahia, our startGBC coach, who will guide you through the process of creating a powerful business plan.
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GBC ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT
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Betsy Campos
Founder of UNIKA Swim
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What is one piece of advice you would give to aspiring entrepreneurs?
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Surround yourself with people who are better than you in the field you wish to pursue. Don’t rush the process – take your time, and do your homework. Be aware of what is already out there in the market. Instead of copying what others are doing, try and find something that differentiates you from the rest. Eat, sleep and breathe your dream. You have to see it when nobody else sees it, and feel it when it’s not tangible. It’s a lot of trial and error but it all pays off in the end. Navigate around obstacles when you run into one and remember that persistence is KEY.
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Innovative Solutions Canada Challenge Opportunity
With over $100 million dedicated to supporting the scale up and growth of Canada’s innovators and entrepreneurs, Innovative Solutions Canada has released new challenges! Interested in accessing millions of dollars worth of funding? Apply now!
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The 2018 Enactus Student Entrepreneur National Competition
The 2018 student entrepreneur competition is here! To celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of young Canadians, Enactus Canada runs the Student Entrepreneur National Competition, proudly presented by HSBC Bank Canada. The Student Entrepreneur National Competition enhances the success of full-time students operating businesses, who are creating jobs and advancing the Canadian economy.
Deadline to nominate a student: November 22, 2018.
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November 8, 2018
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November 13, 2018
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November 21, 2018
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The Digital Transformation Grant Program
The new Digital Main Street – Digital Transformation Grant program is now live. The program provides grant funding to main street businesses across Ontario in the amount of $2,500 to implement Digital Transformation within their business. This grant program seeks to help small Main Street businesses across Ontario improve their adoption of technologies to better promote themselves online, sell online and even run back-office processes online.
Application Deadline March 20/20
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Capacity-Building Call For Proposals
The objective of this Call for Proposals (CFP) is to fund proposals that will increase the capacity of eligible women's and indigenous organizations whose initiatives contribute to a viable women's movement in Canada to advance gender equality. Funding will increase organization capacity and help organizations work collectively to address gender equality issues.
Deadline to apply: December 11, 2018 at 11:59am
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The Women Entrepreneurship Fund
The Government of Canada has launched the new Women Entrepreneurship Fund to support women-owned and women-led businesses.
Quick Facts:
- The fund will invest $20M over two years to help women-owned and women-led businesses grow and reach export markets.
- It will provide successful applicants with up to $100k in grant funding (non-repayable contributions) to grow their existing businesses.
- Eligible applicants must be for-profit, SMEs (up to 499 employees), and have been in operation for a minimum of two years.
- Eligible activities include: Supporting the pursuit of market opportunities abroad; Supporting scale-up, expansion, and growth; and other activities in line with the fund’s objectives.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2018
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Share Your Ideas and Complete The Indigenous Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Survey
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The City of Toronto is working on the creation of an Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They are looking for Indigenous startup entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs with operational businesses and other Indigenous business leaders to complete this survey, which will take approximately 20 minutes of your time. Your responses to questions in the survey will help the Pontiac Group with further consultation and planning for the Centre.
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Innovation Canada Resources Portal
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Looking for financial support? Business advice? Tax information? Look no further. The Government of Canada has put all of its entrepreneurial resources on one platform. Find out how the Government of Canada can help you with your business needs!
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