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Register now for Starter Company Plus training
To help set your small business or entrepreneurial venture up for success, the City of Vaughan’s Starter Company Plus training sessions are on now!
Check out all the free programming available to you this season:
Business Planning Launchpad Series
Delivered by the Vaughan Business and Entrepreneurship Centre (VBEC), the Business Planning Launchpad Series is a free virtual program designed to support startups and established small businesses with training sessions. In addition, all participants can book 30-minute one-on-one meetings with one of the City’s entrepreneur advisors to receive feedback on their business and financial plans.
Each session covers one of the four below training topics:
Ideation – Learn how to validate a business idea, vision, mission and market research to test business assumptions.
Marketing – Learn about target markets, unique selling points and marketing basics and must-dos to build a solid marketing plan to generate leads.
Operations and Sales – Learn about customizing effective sales approaches and processes and operational and risk management.
Financial – Learn about finances, budgeting and cash flow management, and how to finalize a business plan.
Here is the schedule for the May Business Planning Launchpad Series:
Ideation: Thursday, May 2 from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Marketing: Thursday, May 9 from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Operations and Sales: Thursday, May 16 from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Financial: Thursday, May 30 from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Existing Brick-and-Mortar Business
Are you a Vaughan business with a physical storefront, office or industrial location? Register and attend this training webinar to learn the essential strategies and best practices for driving sales success in your small business.
Sales Fundamentals for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses: Tuesday, May 28, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Launch and Grow Your Food Venture Series
Are you looking to launch or grow a food-based business? VBEC, in partnership with York University’s YSpace, is also offering customized workshops to provide entrepreneurs and small business owners with the tools, skills and connections needed to launch and grow a business in the food and beverage industry.
Here is the schedule for the Launch and Grow Your Food Venture Series:
How to Start a Food and Beverage Business: Friday, May 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
AMA Fireside Chat: Friday, May 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Launch and Grow Your Tech Venture Series
Are you an entrepreneur with an early-stage technology startup seeking support to launch your business? VBEC and YSpace have also teamed up to deliver a free tech venture webinar series, providing tech-based entrepreneurs with the tools needed to succeed.
Here is the schedule for the Launch and Grow Your Tech Venture Series:
How to Build a Tech Startup: Wednesday, May 8 from noon to 1:00 p.m.
AMA Fireside Chat: Wednesday, May 22 from noon to 1 p.m.
The food and tech YSpace series will conclude with Launch and Grow Your Tech and Food Venture – Ecosystem Overview Session on Friday, June 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For more information and to register for a session, visit vaughanbusiness.ca/events.
By participating in these training sessions, 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.
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