Start(up) in Vaughan

Tech-based businesses thrive here

Are you an entrepreneur with an early-stage technology startup seeking support to launch your business? You’re in luck! The City of Vaughan’s Vaughan Business and Entrepreneurship Centre, in partnership with York University’s YSpace, is offering a new Tech Venture webinar series, providing tech-based entrepreneurs with the tools needed to succeed.

This series combines instructor-led virtual sessions with one-on-one tech mentor idea consultations. The instructor-led virtual sessions include:

• Building the Right Product on Thursday, July 6 from noon to 1:30 p.m. This special idea-generation session will help you find the right product to build and launch as a viable venture.
• Finding Your Customers on Wednesday, July 12 from noon to 1:30 p.m. You’ll learn how to find the right early customers to build traction for your business.
• Getting Venture Funded on Tuesday, July 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. This session will focus on how to acquire early-stage investments in your startup.

The series will offer you access to two Idea Consultations with YSpace's own Nafis Ahmed on Tuesday, Aug. 1 at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. You’ll receive personalized advice for your tech-based business and leave with a better understanding of the next steps needed for your startup to succeed.

For more information and to register for a session, visit vaughanbusiness.ca/events.

By participating in this series, you’ll also have the opportunity to apply for up to $5,000 in provincial grant funding through the Starter Company Plus program, designed to help implement and execute the business plans created through this training series. Learn more about the Starter Company Plus program at vaughanbusiness.ca/Starter-Company-Plus.

Did you know Vaughan is located in the second-largest tech hub in the country? York Region’s tech community boasts more than 4,600 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies and is a complete ecosystem where tech multinationals operate alongside leading Canadian industry leaders. These leaders focus on all areas of innovation, including enterprise software, IT services, cloud computing, hardware, microelectronics and more. This makes Vaughan well-positioned to suit the needs of your tech-based startup. You can learn more about Vaughan’s ICT industry at vaughanbusiness.ca.

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