Upcoming Business Coaching Events

Mentor Works Ltd. offers workshops and business coaching events throughout Ontario, including Toronto, Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge, and Burlington. Led by Bernadeen McLeod, these events give participants the chance to experience what this kind of corporate improvement process is like and see how it could best be applied to their business and personal lives. Upcoming [...]

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Yves Landry Update on Government Training/Innovation Funds

Yves Landry Training initiative for training of teams and productivity improvements has been widely recognized in our region since FEDDEV supported an intake of funds for Southern Ontario SME’s in late Nov 2009. The current situation is that the waiting queue continues as the last application that was accepted or given approval was submitted on [...]

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How to Hire Students and Graduates – KW/Cambridge/Guelph

Using the two most popular government funding mechanisms for hiring (see previous blogs) to grow your business,  it may appear complicated or too good to be true at first glance. But SMEs have great potential to expand our horizons. I recommend contacting our local Conestoga college and Ken Buitenhuis [kbuitenhuis@conestogac.on.ca] for support on how to provide small business owners [...]

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Hiring Graduates by Government Funding

New funding mechanism to support small business, with a maximum contribution of $30,000, for the financial support of hiring a graduate. The funding must be applied to hire a recent graduate in their area expertise for business development, marketing plans or technical development for a period of six months or greater. Through Human Resources and [...]

Hiring a Coop Student with Government Funding

Recently approved and good news for the areas of Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge and Hamilton, University of Waterloo is now the delivery agency on behalf of Industry Canada. They are now accepting applications for the 2010/2011 Small Business Internship Program.

Tags: business development, financing options, Government Funding, government grants, internet marketing, internship program, marketing plans, planning, Small Business Financing, technologies