| November 2008 Quick eNews Links: ................................................... Starting a Business Information Session - every other Wednesday at noon! December 3, 10 If you're confused about what to include in a business plan or don’t know where to start with market research, this FREE province-wide, phone-in information session is for you!
................................................... Business Loans Information Session - every Tuesday! December 2 at 2pm January 13 at 10am Learn what your options are for financing your business, what your credit rating means, why a Women's Enterprise Centre loan is different from a bank, and how you can qualify.
................................................... Women’s Enterprise Centre is the go-to place for BC women business owners for business loans, skills training, business advisory services, resources, publications and referrals. Contact us to learn more about our services today! 1.800.643.7014 ...................................................
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................................................... Women's Enterprise Centre workshops are available throughout the province of BC. Workshops are often held in partnership with community organizations such as Women's Business Groups, Chambers of Commerce and Community Futures. If you are a provider of business services in BC, we invite you to partner with us. Call 1.800.643.7014 or email info@womensenterprise.ca. ................................................... |
Happy Holidays from Women's Enterprise Centre The staff and board would like to wish all of Women's Enterprise Centre eNews subscribers a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year! We don't publish an eNewsletter in December but look forward to bringing you more success stories, business tips and a new series in January 2009. Financial Finesse Series The path that women business owners choose to walk is vibrant, rich in experience and full of interesting characters. It can also be, at least from time to time, a little bumpy...
November Business Tip Location, Location, Location! Many people become so excited about starting their business that they fail to invest the time in finding the right location. Remember that your business image and its location are closely tied, so finding the right place to start your business is critical to its success. Think of the location from your customer's point of view, especially if you are in retail or hospitality. Is your business going to rely on walk-by traffic or is it a destination store? You need to know your customers very well, know the community, check out the competition, check traffic and accessibility, check the building and check the cost to see if it works. Staff Matters Series You’re on your way to building the best team you’ve ever experienced. Your latest hire brings the skills you needed, but more importantly she is a ‘good fit’ and has a personality that meshes well with yours and those of the rest of the team. Is it really that easy?
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Feature entrepreneurs of the month
Learn from Experienced Business Owners!
Do you ever feel like you’re the only woman in business facing challenges? You aren’t. Attend a Mentor Advisory Forum from your home or office and learn from other women who have already travelled down the road of business ownership.
Send us your questions, concerns, and challenges on the topics of building a vision and networking. Then join us by phone from anywhere in the province to get solutions and new ideas from a panel of experienced mentors.
To get detailed information on Mentor Advisory Forums and to participate in this exciting, new, free service, click here.
Upcoming Mentor Advisory Forums
- Building a Vision for your Business
Thursday November 27th - 9am - 10am - Networking - How to Make a Connection
Thursday December 4th - 9am - 10am
New Pioneers Book Launch a Success!
Six regional launches for our latest publication, New Pioneers: Stories of 100 BC Women Entrepreneurs, were held in October during Small Business Month and Women’s History Month in Vancouver, Terrace, Kelowna, Surrey, Victoria and Cranbrook. More than 245 people attended the launches where Women's Enterprise Centre honoured the local women featured in the book.
Media attention has been outstanding since the New Pioneers book was published in October! Articles in BC community newspapers, online media, Canadian Wire services as well as orders for the books from all over BC, Canada and Europe continue to arrive. Many of the New Pioneers are experiencing the rewards of being included in this book. By including the New Pioneer logo and link on their corporate websites, they have also found a new marketing avenue.
Click here to order your complimentary copy of this inspiring book.
What Women Want!
BC Business magazine featured New Pioneers Theresa Siochowicz, Maureen Drew & Judy McArthur along with Women's Enterprise Centre CEO, Laurel Douglas in their November 2008 issue.
The article entitled "What Women Want" discusses how more women are choosing entrepreneurship to balance work & family life. Click here for the entire article.
Keeping Good Employees Onboard
Employee retention – is a very real and serious issue for many small businesses in BC and this will continue even as the economy faces a downturn.
Send your employees to participate in this survey that will provide employers insight into WHY employees leave their jobs. The results of this survey, which will be published in our eNews early next year, will provide employers with valueable informatio that may assist in better employee retention programs.
Profit W100 – Canada’s top Women Entrepreneurs:
Congratulations to:
Bonnie Derry of InfoTel Directories in Vernon, who was a 2005 storyteller for Women’s Enterprise Centre’s Growing Your Business workshop and Cybele Negris, one of the New Pioneers featured in our latest publication, New Pioneers: Stories of 100 BC Women Entrepreneurs, for once again being named one of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs in the 10th annual Profit W100 list.
Women's Enterprise Centre Events and Workshops
Mentor Advisory Forum - Building a Vision for your Business
Thursday, November 27th, 2008 from 9-10am. Click here for more information.
Mentor Advisory Forum - Networking, How to Make a Connection
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 from 9-10am. Click here for more information
Path Clearing: Cutting Through the Ideal Clutter
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 from5-9pm at Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation, Port Alberni. To register contact Jennifer Gallic at jennifer@nedc.info
Check our Events Calendar often for up-coming events and workshops!
Small Business BC and eBC Seminars
Small Business BC Seminars - Vancouver
All Year - at Waterfront Station, 82-601 West Cordova, click here
Business BC Lunchbox Seminars - Vancouver
All Year - Tuesdays at Waterfront Station, 82-601 West Cordova, click here
Around the Province
Business in Vancouver IWIB Awards - nomination deadline
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Click here for more information.
The Art of Sales Event, Vancouver
Friday, November 28, 2008, 9am – 5pm at The Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver. Click here for more information.
SBBC Winter Mix & Mingle Business Networking event, Vancouver
Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 5 – 7pm at the Lamplighter Public House,
92 Water Street,
Vancouver, BC. Click here for more information
Around Canada
2008 RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards Gala, Toronto
Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 5:30 – 10pm at The Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Toronto, Ontario. Click here for more information.
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