Archive for January, 2018
ASK AN INVESTOR: DO I NEED INSURANCE FOR MY STARTUP?
The short answer is maybe. The long answer, from my perspective both as a founder who lived through getting insurance as well as an investor helping navigate our portfolio companies through insurance, requires some short background theory. The purpose of insurance is to protect the value of what you have built in the event […]
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Dragon’s Den Open Auditions
Dragons’ Den is calling on all aspiring entrepreneurs to present their business pitches for a chance to be featured next season on CBC. Beginning in Toronto on February 10, the audition tour will be open to the public, as producers hit the road visiting Canadian cities coast-to-coast in search of the country’s best business ideas […]
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Passion Into Profit project
“Passion into Profit” is a joint collaboration between LaunchYU, Back 2 Basickz and funded by the York U TD Community Engagement Centre. The initiative is aimed at helping individuals who reside in The Jane and Finch Community obtain the skills and knowledge that they will need to become successful entrepreneurs. Participants in this program will […]
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GBC Entrepreneur Spotlight: Nikole Goncalves
Nikole Goncalves Creator of Health Nut Nutrition 2011 Graduate, Business Marketing Advance Diploma Nikole Goncalves is the creator of Health Nut Nutrition, a popular YouTube channel that shares healthy, but tasty food recipes that are “guaranteed to make your taste buds dance.” She graduated from George Brown College in 2011 with an advanced Diploma […]
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The Creative Entrepreneurship Program
Overview This 40-hour program will help you turn a creative practice into a sustainable and rewarding business. The creative sector is undergoing a period of significant change and approaches to entrepreneurship need to reflect this ongoing transformation. Funding, copyright, business models, community engagement, branding, technology, and emerging markets and audiences are all central concerns of […]
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The Pam McConnell Award for Young Women in Leadership
Pam McConnell will be remembered as a tireless advocate for women’s rights and social justice in the City of Toronto. She was a member of Toronto City Council from 1994 (then Metro Toronto Council) to 2017 and was the former Chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Standing Committee on Increasing Women’s Participation in Municipal […]
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GBC Entrepreneur Spotlight: Lesley Hampton
Lesley Hampton Founder, Designer and Creative Director of the LESLEY HAMPTON fashion line Lesley Hampton is a Canadian First Nations designer, founder, and creative director of LESLEY HAMPTON, the fashion line. Her fashion label focuses on producing elegant wearable art and eveningwear. Known for her advocacy for diversity, Lesley gained considerable media attention after […]
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Call for Entry – Interactive Zone
Digifest invites creators from diverse disciplines for an opportunity to exhibit their projects/products/services in the Interactive Zone at Digifest 2018. The theme for Digifest 2018 is Hello Tomorrow: Our Creative Cities, where we explore how emerging technology is improving the quality of our lives, our communities and our cities. If you have a project/product/service that […]
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SEO basics for entrepreneurs: Easy tips for optimizing your website
One of the obvious keys to growing a business is to get introduced to people who need your products and services. Great news! Research indicates that over 90% of people use the Internet when evaluating a purchase. In other words, the Internet is full of people looking for you. But how do you get them […]
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The HealthEDGE Challenge 2018
The GTA is one of the largest health science hubs in the world. Dozens of hospitals, tens of thousands of people and billions in research dollars is the backdrop to a health-care system that is feeling the strains of an aging population, increasing costs and a demand for novel approaches to health that move beyond […]
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