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Women's Enterprise Centre is proud to present Video Conference Training Opportunities for BC Women Entrepreneurs We now have the ability to offer more training in more communities around the province. It's easy to use and offers high quality access to new resources. With over 40 video conferencing sites in BC, we can help you access business training in partnership with your local Community Futures, Chamber of Commerce, Front Counter BC and Small Business BC.
Attend our inaugural Focused Marketing Video Conference workshop available in Kelowna, Vancouver, Quesnel and Sechelt. Kelowna residents are invited to come to the Women's Enterprise Centre offices and participate in this ground-breaking event. Click here for workshop details and to register (limited seating in the Kelowna office). NEW SERIES: Sales Savvy for Women Entrepreneurs As a small business owner, you wear many hats. Even if you don’t feel comfortable selling, you know you need to make sales or you won’t have a business. The good news is that if you plan your marketing properly, your marketing strategy becomes the framework for your sales activities and it will be easy to sell your product or service.
Business Transition Workshop in CoquitlamWhat will you do when it’s time to leave your business? If you want to sell your business anytime in the next 10 years, now is the time to learn the legal, tax and operational strategies that will prepare you to get the best deal you can. Join George Gillis CA, managing partner in The Newport Group, Richard Rainey LLB and the BDC’s Carolyn McConnell, Bruce West and Rob Ockeloen in this insightful workshop on Wednesday Feb 11 in Coquitlam. Click here for full details and to register. BDC Needs Your Input for Lines of Credit SurveyMany small businesses in Canada are experiencing financing challenges as a result of the current financial crisis and economic recession. Inventory financing and lines of credit, in particular, are becoming more difficult to obtain. Across the financial industry, these forms of financing are increasingly higher cost, terms and conditions are more stringently managed, and it is becoming more difficult to qualify for them. Our partner, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), is developing a line of credit guarantee program that will be launched in April 2009 to help close the gap. Click here to respond to the survey. New Pioneer Books Have All Been Distributed All complimentary hard copies of New Pioneers: Stories of 100 BC Women Entrepreneurs have been distributed. Click here to win a $300 SPA PACKAGE by filling out a short survey about your impressions of New Pioneers: Stories of 100 BC Women Entrepreneurs. If you did not receive a copy of the book and would like to read it, click here to download a pdf version. Feature entrepreneur of the month
Nine years ago while attending Douglas College in Vancouver, Sara Moshurchak met Klaus Sebök, owner of Granville EYELAND Framemakers. That very same day she turned to a friend and announced that one day she would become the owner of Sebök’s business...
The recipients of the inaugural BC Aboriginal Business Awards were announced December 9th by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the BC Achievement Foundation. The recipients were honoured at a gala celebration on January 27, 2009 in Vancouver. Three New Pioneer women were recognized: Tryna Gower won Business of the Year for 1-2 employees for her company, Tryna Gower Photography in Dawson Creek; Ellen Melcosky, owner of Little Miss Chief in Westbank won outstanding Business Achievement for 2-10 employees and Angelique Levac of Angelique's Native Arts in Prince George was recognized for an Individual Achievement Award.
Congratulations - RBC Canadian Woman Enterpreneur Award Winners Baljit Gill and Teresa Coady Two BC entrepreneurs went home from the RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards with prestigious awards on December 9th, 2008. Baljit Gill, owner of Kitwanga Lumber Company in Surrey won the Impact Award. Teresa Coady of Bunting Coady Architects in Vancouver took home the Trailblazer Award.
Congratulations Honourable Ida Chong Congratulations to the Honourable Ida Chong who was appointed on January 19, 2009 as the new Minister of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development.. Attention: Central Island Readers Nanaimo, Ladysmith and Cowichan If you are, or know of, an older, unemployed worker, who is considering self-employment but is not on an EI program, Experience Works- Entrepreneurs offered by Ethos Career Management Group may be able to help. The program is designed to assess and address suitability for self-employment, support business plan development and deliver small business management skills, devoting special attention to the strengths and challenges of older workers pursuing self-employment solutions. There is room for 12 people to start the program on February 3, 2009. If you’re interested, send an email to entrepreneurs@ethoscmg.com or call Gwen Harmen at 250.741.8116
Hair Stylists Needed to Help Rebuild Rwanda The Business Council for Peace, an organization that helps women entrepreneurs in post-conflict countries to expand their business and create employment, is partnering with corporations and salon owners around the world to create Rwanda’s first beauty school to train stylists. If you’re a BC hair salon and would like more information about how to participate in a fundraiser to help build the school, please contact Marla Gitterman, Program Director, Business Council for Peace, mgitterman@bpeace.org. Maria Arankunda, a New Pioneer and owner of World Shine in Burnaby has already agreed to participate. Women's Enterprise Centre Events and WorkshopsSix-session Focused Marketing Workshop
Click here.to register online (through the Small Business BC website) Financing Entrepreneurs in BC Communities (ages 18-34) Business Ownership Transition Workshop Check our Events Calendar often for up-coming events and workshopsSmall Business BC and eBC SeminarsSmall Business BC Seminars - Vancouver Business BC Lunchbox Seminars - Vancouver Around the Province"It's All About Women" Conference & Exhibition Doing Business in Tough Times presentation Enterprize 2009 Inspiring Progressive Change speaking event Optimize Your Online Presence event |
Sara Moshurchak, Granville EYELAND Framemakers Financial support provided by:
