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Planning with Purpose: You, Your Customer and Your Business
Planning with Purpose: You, Your Customer and Your Business
Hosted by Futurpreneur About this event Are you unsure about how to scale your early-stage startup? Do you feel overwhelmed by the endless possible directions you could be taking your business in? Join our 'Planning with Purpose: You, Your Customer and Your Business' event. This interactive workshop is designed to provide you practical tools to […]
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Toolkit Tuesday: Lunch & Learn: Take the thinking out of thinking: How to mitigate unconscious bias
Toolkit Tuesday: Lunch & Learn: Take the thinking out of thinking: How to mitigate unconscious bias
When we make decisions based on ‘gut feel’ — which many of us do — we are actually relying on brain processes that lead to unconscious bias. This kind of thinking leads to seriously flawed decisions of which we are wholly unaware. In this Toolkit Tuesday session, Dr. Aaron Barth will explain what unconscious bias […]
AMA: Making Your First PreSales Hire as an Early-Stage Startup
AMA: Making Your First PreSales Hire as an Early-Stage Startup
Best for early-stage software/technology companies looking to hire their first Sales Engineer or any new SE's to their team. About this event Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | 2 – 3 p.m. ET | Communitech Virtual Hub As an early stage software startup company, one of the biggest challenges that founders will face is making their […]
Grow Your Brand on Instagram
Grow Your Brand on Instagram
Grow Your Brand on Instagram including Sign Language interpreters About this event This workshop is for those that have already dipped your toes into the world of Instagram, and are looking to grow your business’s reach on the platform. We’ll explore different ways businesses are strategically building your following on Instagram. We’ll discuss strategies for […]
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Doodle Breaks™ for Finding Focus, Mindfulness and Managing Change
Doodle Breaks™ for Finding Focus, Mindfulness and Managing Change
About this event These doodling exercises help train the brain to be more mindful, boosting attention, concentration, creativity and helping to lower stress. Doodle Breaks™ brings awareness to the present moment through guided, mindful doodling virtual sessions and tools. The Warmth in Taking Breaks Taking a break is essential if you want to […]
TechAlliance: Customer Segmentation – January 20 and 21, 2022
TechAlliance: Customer Segmentation – January 20 and 21, 2022
This Everest session will include beachhead identification, market sizing, persona and scenario design. About this event TechAlliance: Customer Segmentation Founders will learn how to use the Tornado segmentation process to refine and build their beachhead market segment, and how to properly calculate their Total Addressable Market. Workshop Schedule* January 20, 2022, 1:00 - 3:00pm January […]
Foundations for Growth: Money & Mindset
Foundations for Growth: Money & Mindset
A Conversation with Rita Kim and Andrea Welling About this event Are you struggling with growing your business? Join Andrea and Rita for a fireside chat to uncover how your mindset around money can be a barrier for growth and expansion. The conversation will dive deep into the following What leads to growth and what […]
SEO Fundamentals: Online Webinar
SEO Fundamentals: Online Webinar
SEO Fundamentals: Online Webinar About this event You have a website, but how do customers find it? You need to drive traffic to your website by making sure your business shows up on Google when customers search. This beginner-level workshop will teach you how to connect your business to customer searches on Google and how […]
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Mental Resilience for Entrepreneurs Workshop with CEO Michael Ritchie
Mental Resilience for Entrepreneurs Workshop with CEO Michael Ritchie
Mental Resilience for Entrepreneurs Tips from CEOs and Pros Being an entrepreneur comes with ups and downs and can often be very isolating. These ups and downs can affect your business, your employees, and your family, as well as you. How do you build skills and healthy coping mechanisms to navigate through challenges? What real-life, […]
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Business Success Series: Privacy in the Workplace
Business Success Series: Privacy in the Workplace
Event Details Join us for our Business Success Series! These member-exclusive sessions will dive into the latest updates from your Chamber team, including relevant news surrounding COVID-19, upcoming programming opportunities, advocacy efforts, and learning opportunities for your business. On January 25th we will be joined by a privacy lawyer from Miller Thomson, and a […]
Google Analytics for Small Business
Google Analytics for Small Business
Google Analytics for Small Business including Sign Language interpreters About this event Ever wondered who’s visiting your website, and what they’re doing there? Google Analytics can tell you all of that and more. Discover the fundamentals of Google Analytics' Universal Analytics (not GA4) in this beginner-level webinar. You’ll learn: How to connect your website to […]
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Ask Me Anything! Determining a Winning Strategy for Fundraising in 2022
Ask Me Anything! Determining a Winning Strategy for Fundraising in 2022
While start-ups are known for their grit and ingenuity, the current landscape has forced the start-up world to get scrappier than ever as the economy changes, budgets shrink and uncertainty has become the new norm. This has left many of us wondering what the start-up fundraising landscape looks like in 2022. Join us for an […]
Social Media for Small Business: Online Webinar
Social Media for Small Business: Online Webinar
Social Media for Small Business: Online Webinar including Sign Language interpreters About this event Social media can be a very powerful tool for business growth, but first you need to know what it is and how it works. In this fun and interactive workshop, we’ll look at the basics of today’s popular social media channels—including […]
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Rhyze Ventures Information Session
Rhyze Ventures Information Session
CALLING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS! Are you wondering how to navigate the post-pandemic economy? Seize opportunities and drive your business forward with Rhyze Ventures! Rhyze Ventures is a custom-designed program created by women entrepreneurs, for women entrepreneurs. We have crafted a balance of in-class learning, practical hands-on project work, mentorship, and peer-to-peer networking to address your biggest business challenges, push […]
Startup Grind with Sebastian Alamillo, Leader of KPM-Accelerate
Startup Grind with Sebastian Alamillo, Leader of KPM-Accelerate
About the Event Kick off the New Year with Spark Centre and Launch Lab at Startup Grind January 27th when Founder and CEO of Fractal Workspace, David Robinson, sits down with Sebastian Alamillo, Leader of KPM-Accelerate, for a candid and inspiring discussion about entrepreneurship that every startup needs to hear! Following the exit of his science-based cleantech startup, Sebastian Alamillo turned his […]
Understanding Your Brand
Understanding Your Brand
What do you need to think about and prepare when creating a brand identity. About this event This lab style workshop is part 1 of our 9 week Digital marketing series (if you would like to sign up for all 9 weeks please do so here) A hands on 2 hour session that discusses what a […]
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Rhyze Ventures Applications OPEN February 1 to 28
Rhyze Ventures applications are open! CALLING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS! Are you wondering how to navigate the post-pandemic economy? Seize opportunities and drive your business forward with Rhyze Ventures! Rhyze Ventures is a custom-designed program created by women entrepreneurs, for women entrepreneurs. We have crafted a balance of in-class learning, practical hands-on project work, mentorship, and peer-to-peer networking to address your biggest […]
How to Hire and Retain Newcomers and Refugees Webinar
How to Hire and Retain Newcomers and Refugees Webinar
Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin: How to Hire and Retain Newcomers and Refugees Webinar Tuesday February 1 at 1pm With such low labour market engagement numbers and job vacancies, we are seeing a renewed interest from employers around hiring and retaining newcomers and refugees. In this presentation, Jim Estill of Danby Products, who is […]
Tax Seminar with the CRA: sole proprietor & partnership
Tax Seminar with the CRA: sole proprietor & partnership
Hosted by the CRA this workshop provides small business owners with a overview of the relationship between their business and taxation. About this event The CRA Liaison Officer tax seminar targets newer small businesses or potential new start-ups. This webinar help: Explain common tax errors, what causes them and how to avoid them Demonstrate how […]
Rhyze Ventures Information Session
Rhyze Ventures Information Session
CALLING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS! Are you wondering how to navigate the post-pandemic economy? Seize opportunities and drive your business forward with Rhyze Ventures! Rhyze Ventures is a custom-designed program created by women entrepreneurs, for women entrepreneurs. We have crafted a balance of in-class learning, practical hands-on project work, mentorship, and peer-to-peer networking to address your biggest business challenges, push […]
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Tax Seminar with the CRA: incorporated small business
Tax Seminar with the CRA: incorporated small business
Hosted by the CRA this workshop provides small business owners with a overview of the relationship between their business and taxation. About this event The CRA Liaison Officer tax seminar targets incorporated small business owners. This session helps: Explain common tax errors, what causes them and how to avoid them Demonstrate how to use financial […]
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MaRS: Capital Strategy
MaRS: Capital Strategy
This 2-part session will help you understand the various types of capital your business may require and identify sources of obtaining it. About this event Everest: Capital Strategy Starting to look at raising money? Have your business plan / financial model and identified the need, amount, and timing of your cash requirements? This Capital Strategy […]
The Value of Strong UX Design | How it can Transform your Product
The Value of Strong UX Design | How it can Transform your Product
Tune in for an all-new session with Shane Ropp as he introduces the world of UX design and how UX talent can transform your product/service. About this event Why doesn't my app or website feel like the competitors? How can I maximize customer satisfaction? What kind of talent will transform my digital product or service? […]
Facebook Introduction
Facebook Introduction
Step by step introduction to Facebook for Businesses, including how to build a business page. About this event This lab style workshop is part 2 of our 9 week Digital marketing series (if you would like to sign up for all 9 weeks please do so here) A hands on 2 hour session that guides you […]