Canadian Youth Business Foundation Canadian Business Grants for Start-ups

Canadian Youth Business Foundation Canadian Business Grants for Start-ups

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is a non-profit organization that has helped more than 5,600 young and emerging entrepreneurs across Canada.  Through small business grants, financing options and a host of start-up resources, CYBF have helped create more than 23,000 new jobs, $163.6 million in tax revenue and hundreds of millions in sales and…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario: Organizations & Collaborations – Project Implementation

Growing Forward 2 Ontario: Organizations & Collaborations – Project Implementation

Government small business grants are now available from the joint federal/provincial program, Growing Forward 2. Government Small Business Grants for Organizations & Collaborations –Project Implementation Overview Under the Growing Forward 2 Ontario program, Ontario government grants are available for Organizations and Collaborations for Project Implementation. Non-profit Organizations and Collaborations – 2 or more for-profit, not-for-profit…

Growing Forward 2 Federal and Ontario Business Grants

Growing Forward 2 Federal and Ontario Business Grants

Application for Ontario small business grants through Growing Forward 2 program is now available at the provincial level.  This government funding for business is a combination of federal and provincial funds to a total of $417 million over the next 5 years. It is targeted towards the government of Ontario’s objectives for the agriculture industry,…

Growing Forward 2 Ontario Business Grants for Organizations & Collaborations – Capacity Building

Growing Forward 2 Ontario Business Grants for Organizations & Collaborations – Capacity Building

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has announced the availability of Canadian small business grants and loans through the joint federal/provincial program: Growing Forward 2. The Ontario government funding allocated to this program, $417 million over the next 5 years, will be available to the Ontario agriculture industry – Producers, Processors…

Small Business Loans Ontario Update:  SOFII Unsecured & Secured Loans

Small Business Loans Ontario Update: SOFII Unsecured & Secured Loans

The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) is a $20M program funded by FedDev Ontario. Mentor Works has profiled this SOFII small business loans Ontario frequently over the past several months but continue to receive queries from business owners that grapple with the decision of whether or not to apply for this Ontario…

5 Tips to Help SME’s Compete in Hiring Top Talent

5 Tips to Help SME’s Compete in Hiring Top Talent

Cutbacks to small and medium-sized businesses’ human resource departments have been considered a mandatory budget cutting measure for some companies over the past several years.  While, business owners continue to scale back on HR budgets, savvy hiring managers look for ways to not only pick up premium talent in a labour market that favors employers,…

Small Business Grants for Agriculture Update: Growing Forward 2

Small Business Grants for Agriculture Update: Growing Forward 2

Announcements regarding joint federal and provincial initiatives including Canadian and Ontario business grants and loans programs under the Growing Forward 2 have begun rolling out -this on the heels of rumors that the popular Agri-Processing Initiative has been depleted of funds. Growing Forward 2 Small Business Grants and Loans Announcements Programs are being delivered by…

“The Accelerator Centre” Receives $1M in Canadian Government Funding

“The Accelerator Centre” Receives $1M in Canadian Government Funding

The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) announced earlier this week that The Accelerator Centre (AC) of Waterloo will receive nearly $1 million from the federal government in Canadian government funding to help the development of start-up technology firms. The Accelerator Centre is a world-renowned site for helping to cultivate technology entrepreneurship and…

Accessing Small Business Grants and Loans is Simple

Bernadeen McLeod recently joined Biz Radio Canada host, Dave Wojcik, to explain how accessing small business grants and loans in Canada can be simple, enjoyable, and even a therapeutic process for small and medium-sized business owners and leaders undertake if they have the appropriate resources and guidance. Implementing a Small Business Grants and Loans Plan…

Small Business Loans Ontario:  Investing in Business Innovation (IBI)

Small Business Loans Ontario: Investing in Business Innovation (IBI)

Investing in Business Innovation (IBI) small business loans Ontario program is run by FedDev Ontario with the aim of assisting start-up in the commercialization of new products, processes, and practices. For businesses that are having difficulty moving past the initial hurdles of commercialization, the IBI Canadian government funding for small business will accelerate the commercialization process through…