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Business Growth
- Harness Your Voice: Top 5 Lessons from Taking The Stage Program
- Selling online? 8 factors to consider if you ship outside of BC
- How to Increase Sales: Questions to Find Your Strategy
- Anatomy of a Trade Mission: WBENC 2019, Baltimore
- Expanding Your Business Horizons: What is the CPTPP international trade deal? | Event Takeaways
- Green Solutions for Strategic Growth
- High Value Networking
- 5 Government Programs to Help You Export
- Negotiation Skills for Women
- Personal Branding For Female Entrepreneurs- Part 2
- 4 Reasons Why Startups Should Take Advantage of Business Intelligence
- Consistently Connecting
- C is for consistent and confident communication
- The pitch deck: Three things you can fix, now
- It’s All About Follow-up
- Take Charge of Your Own Happiness
- Optimism – The Key to a Brighter Day
- A Mentor may be the Recipe to Success
- Stress Can Be A Mess
- Doing Good While Doing Business
- Stretch and Get Flexible
- Controlling Your Impulses – What To Do When Temptation is Calling Your Name?
- Test What is Real
- Stop Wearing All the Hats: Getting Professional Advice
- Two Ways to Create the Self-Confidence of an Entrepreneur
- Step Up After a Setback
- Bestseller Status for New Book, “Feminine Capital – Unlocking the Power of Women Entrepreneurs”
- Investing in Women Entrepreneurs: The Peekaboo Beans Success Story
- Lend a Helping Hand
- Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes
- Interpersonal Relationships – Connecting with Others
- Freedom = Independence
- 3 Ways Being a Mentee Can Change the Way You Think
- How to Conduct Market Research on a New Town
- Once You Know Better, You Do Better
- Apps and Tools for Efficient Mentorship Meetings
- What Really Matters
- Are You Being the Real You?
- Follow up is Key to Success
- What’s Your Score?
- A Leader’s New Best Friend
- 4 Reasons Women Should Try Peer Group Mentoring
- 6 Steps to Plan for Growth in 2015
- Three Reasons Why Female Entrepreneurs Need Mentors
- The Educated Entrepreneur: “Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching”.
- Secondary Market Research is Critical to Business Success
- Avoid these 8 Common Business Planning Mistakes
- Why Small Business Owners and Solopreneurs Need a Business Plan…
- Get Your Business in the Game
- Master These 5 Strategies for Planned Business Growth
- How To Know It’s Time to Write Your Business Plan
- Top 5 Tips for Building Trust in Business
- Maintain the Competitive Edge in Your Business
- 98% of Business Owners Make these 5 Mistakes
- How do You Define New Year Resolutions?
- The Times They are a-Changin’
- Messy Work Desk? 5 Easy Tips to Declutter
- Overcoming Speed Bumps on the Path to Growth
- 7 Women Entrepreneurs on Mindset For Business Excellence
- 6 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Should Have a Mentor
- It’s About Being There
- Meeting, Greeting, Sharing, Helping
- How To Achieve Your Goals
- Step Up: Uncover Growth Opportunities
- 3 Essential Components to Elevate Your Business
- Use Technology to Drive Your Business Growth
- On That Note . . . Part One
- Mentors Matter!
- Mentoring-A Personal Journey
- Supplier Diversity: Accessing New Market Opportunities
- How Small Actions Every Day can Lead to Big Results
- Importance of a Mentor in Business Success
- How’s Your Perspective? Looking at Business from a 4-D Level
- Create Intentionally: Start with a Vision
- Three Steps to Uncover New Business Opportunities
- Clarifying your vision for business success
- Strategic Alliances for Business Growth
- Pave Your Path to Business Success
- Navigating the Turbulence of Leadership
Business Planning
- Fin Fit Tip: 3 Reports All Business Owners Should Review Monthly
- Achieving Big.Hairy.Audacious.Goals: The Rule of Three
- What’s the “Value” in a Business Valuation?
- Pandemic Debt Got You Down? 5 Tips to Stay on Track
- How to Recruit, Retain and Manage Your Dream Team
- Why Now is the Time for Strategic Thinking
- New Year’s Resolutions for Entrepreneurs
- A Business Owner’s Holiday Survival Guide
- 6 Questions to Ask Before You Start a Business
- 5 Tips to Manage Business Stress
- Don’t Panic – Persevere! Find Your Business Path Through Covid-19
- 7 Ideas to Keep Your Small Business Going During the Pandemic
- 6 Key Questions to Plan Your Cash Flow
- Building Your Business with Purpose
- 6 Tips: Before You Sign a Commercial Lease
- 3 Ways to Improve Your Cash Flow
- It’s All in the Timing: 5 Factors that Impact Your Cash flow
- Three Questions for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
- Starting Your Business: What’s Stopping You?
- Switching from Indulgence to Independence
- 4 Alternative Business Structures for Social Entrepreneurs
- Preventing Success Sabotage
- 5 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business (Part 2)
- 5 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business (Part 1)
- Personal Branding For Female Entrepreneurs- Part 1
- What’s in a name? Eight things to bear in mind when naming your business. Part 2: Practical matters.
- What’s in a name? Eight things to bear in mind when naming your business. Part 1: First things first.
- The four phases of challenges
- Build Your Entrepreneurial Foundation
- Are You Ready for Entrepreneurship?
- How to Turn Your Creative Ideas into a Business Concept
Diversity
- Inclusion is a Priority at Any Stage of Business
Funding
- How can work-integrated learning help my business?
- Grants 101: How to Leverage Government Grants in 2021
- Is the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund Right for You?
- Explained: Equity and Security
- Temporary Emergency Funding (TEF) for Licensed Childcare Providers
- What is a Development Lender?
- 5 Strategies to Increase Profits
- Should you offer credit?
- Money and mindset: Borrowing is more than dollars and cents for women entrepreneurs
- It’s a Numbers Game and Women are Behind
- Questions to Ask When Interviewing a Financial Advisor
- Research Before Choosing a Financial Advisor
- Investment 101 (Part 1)
- Own Your Financial Future (Part 3)
- Own Your Financial Future (Part 2)
- Own Your Financial Future (Part 1)
- 5 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Denied a Business Loan
- What’s Wrong With this Scenario?
- What Kind of Financing Is Best? Consider Your Stage of Business
- What are KPI’s?
- Four Things to Look for When Hiring an Accountant
- How to choose and organize your accounting program
- Why Quarterly Financials are Important
- The Importance of Cash Flow Planning
- The 5 C’s of Credit – What Every Lender Looks At
- When to Apply for Financing
- Keeping on Top of Your Finances
- Boost Your Credit Rating
General
- Getting Back to Business? Get Back On Track
- What’s really causing your “Zoom Fatigue”?
- Leadership lessons: Five things I wish I did sooner
- Where Are They Now: Tara Black, Origin Gluten-Free Bakery Ltd.
- [Media Release] Women’s Enterprise Centre Announces Jill Earthy as Incoming CEO
- Where Are They Now: Trish Mandewo, Women’s Collaborative Hub
- Where Are They Now: Cathy Kuzel, The Connected Woman
- Shop Local Initiatives in BC
- 5 Reasons Why Introverts Make Great Leaders
- The Future of Work
- 30%: The difference between goal setting & accountability
- What Batman Taught Me About Business
- The Stories that Shape Trust
- What I Learned in a Peer Mentoring Group
- 5 Ways to Stay Motivated in Your Business This Year
- A New Year = New Connections
- Finish strong: 7 ways to close out 2018
- I’m So Busy ….
- Are You a Thought Leader?
- 6 Takeaways on the Power of a Confident Mindset: Mindset Mastery 2.0 Event Recap
- Why a Mentor Matters for Business Success
- Feminism: Moving Past Burning Our Bras
- Reality Check: 6 Takeaways from an IWD Roundtable in Response to the Gender Budget
- Christmas Office Party? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions
- Part Two – Powerful Presentations: Making Your Message Count
- Part One – Powerful Presentations: Know Your Audience
- B is for BUSINESS
- 3 Things I Learned from WE FOR SHE Kelowna
- Get Your Head in the Game: What is an Entrepreneurial Mindset?
- A is for Accept
- Don’t Make Resolutions, Set Goals in 2017
- What does it mean to be truly connected?
- 5 Ways to Be Your Business’ Best Asset
- Mentoring – An International Phenomenon
- Networking with a Buddy
- From paper to digital in 5 simple steps
- Build Systems: Improve Office Efficiency
- Mentor or Business Advisor?
- Are You on a Hamster Wheel?
- Women Lead a Third of Small Businesses in Canada [Infographic]
- Essential Public Speaking Tips
- The 5 Step Office Process
- What is in a Name? Naming Your Business
- Tis the Season for Reflecting
- Where Are You Sitting?
- Public Speaking with Confidence!
- A Mentor is a ‘Must Have’!
Human Resources
- The Magnetic listing: 5 ways to make your job post stand out.
- How to Hire Talented and Trustworthy People for Your Business
- How to Hire the Right Person
- Icebreakers to Kick off Brainstorming Meetings
- Top Talent Tips for Small Business
- How Gen Y Friendly are You?
- Are You Assertive?
- Hiring and Retaining the BEST
- Human Resources – A Puzzle Worth Solving!
- How to Recruit a Great Manager Part 2: All Aboard!
- How to Recruit a Great Manager Part 1: How Do You Find Great People?
- Successful Problem Solving
- Are You Communicating Effectively With Your Employees?
- Key Hiring Strategies
- Hiring for Keeps
Immigration
- Leveraging Immigrant Experience for Global Business Success
Inclusion
- Small Changes, Big Impact: Creating an Accessible Website for All
International Trade
- Export Q&A with Alpana Sharma: Where do I start?
- CUSMA: What You Need to Know
- Vancouver Plays Host to Germany: Trade Mission Recap
- From Information to Inspiration: New Perspectives on Germany
- Agent or Distributor?
- 10 Questions to Ask if You Plan to Export
- Building Export Markets in Europe and the U.K.
- WBENC 2018 in Detroit, Michigan is the place to be!
- Interested in Export? Trade Missions are Key
- WBENC 2017 Trade Mission: so much more than just a tradeshow
- Report on the W20 Summit in Berlin, April 2017
- How CETA Can Help in Your Business Growth
- Exporting to the USA?
- Why a Trade Mission should be part of your export plan
- Going global? The secret to successfully navigating an international trade mission
- Opening a World of Opportunity for Women through the G20
- Dual City Trade Mission to Atlanta and Orlando, June 2016
- Free Trade Agreements: What’s in it for you?
- 3 Ways to Grow Your Business in the US
- Open Doors to Business Growth
- International Trade Terms-Part 2
- Simplifying International Trade Terms-Part 1
- Canada – South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Opening Doors to the Asia-Pacific Market
- 4 Steps to Ensure Your Import/Export is Compliant
- Maximize Your Return On Tradeshow Investment
- Attending a Tradeshow? Stay Ahead With These Pre-Show Best Practices
- Boost Your Business: Export!
- Going Beyond Borders: The Secrets of Doing Business in Latin America, Asia & Europe
- Export 101
Legal
- Business Disputes and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Partnerships
- What is the Best Legal Structure for Your Company?
Lifestyle
- Leading from Within: 3 Changes to Find Your Strength
- Do You Have a Fear of Success?
- 4 Reasons to Rock Motherhood and Your Own Business
- Keep Your “Me” appointment
- Reduce Stress, Stay Motivated and be Healthier
- 5 Instant Energy Boosters
- Three Feel-Good Things To Do Every Day To Increase Your Productivity
- Problem Solving – Emotions Can Help, Not Hurt Your Process
- Your “Bragging” Rights
- When in Doubt – Jump. You Can’t Fall Off The Bottom
- The Simplest Way to Be Mindful at Work
- Wise, Real & EmPOWERing: 11 takeaways from PowHERtalks
- Can You Express Your Feelings?
- Finding The Balance
- Will Your Resolutions Make it Past the First Week?
- The Trap of the Balancing Act
- Multiple Streams Can Create a River of Revenue!
- It’s A Balancing Act
- Recognize Where Change is Needed
Marketing
- How to Seamlessly Blend Your Marketing and Sales Strategies
- Personal Branding – How To Tell The World Who YOU Are
- 5 Steps To Help Tackle Your Video Project
- 20 Things to Start & Stop Doing on Social Media in 2020
- Low-Cost Strategies for Going Online
- The Frugal Advertiser
- Find Your Product Benefit: A Morning Marketing Lesson from Your Kids
- Why Business Storytelling is Here to Stay
- Can You Tell if You are Making a Difference?
- “Stop and Drop” this Holiday Season
- Customer Service 101
- Attending events as a Gen Y
- Email Marketing is NOT Dead!
- Want To Record A Video?
- Can I legally use images off the internet in my social media feeds?
- Four Tips to Finding Your On-air Voice
- Public Speaking A-B-Cs
- Build Your Team of Marketing Champions
- Do You Know Your Hook?
- Top 3 Ways to Create a Buzz
- Make the Best of Your Networking
- Your Marketing Success Blueprint
- 6 Steps to Freshen Up Your Website
- Words Rule!
- Tricks of the Trade for a Successful Trade Show
- Why Your Website Content Matters
- Intriguing Introductions
- Is Your PR Strategy Outdated?
- Make a Grand First Impression
- 7 Quick “Cheap & Cheerful” Ways to Kickstart 2014
- Top 5 Strategies to Attract your Ideal Client
- Changing Tides in PR: Shorter Content and Online
- Writing a Media Pitch? Just Three Paragraphs will Do
- Why I think PR is the new Marketing
- Coffee is Good for Business! Part II
- Coffee is Good for Business!
- 5 Cost-effective PR Strategies
- Diversity Marketing
- On That Note . . . Part Two
- The Importance of Brand Equity for your Business
- What is the First Marketing Initiative You are Going to Make a Priority?
- Low Cost Marketing for a Shoestring Budget
- Email Newsletters as a Marketing Tool
- Change It Up!
- Asking the Right Questions in Your Market Research
- Do Your Customers Love Your Brand?
- Keeping the Customers You Love
- Make Your Business “Age- Friendly”
- Be Bold – The World is Your Marketplace
- Business Casual: Just How Casual Should You Be?
- In Your Client’s Shoes!
- Marketing to Baby Boomers
- Creating a Powerhouse Presentation
- Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Follow-Up
- Re-Branding Your Retail Store for Profit
- The “Local” Entrepreneur
- The Power of Word of Mouth Marketing
- “Thought”full Networking
- Connections Count!
- Have a local small business? Try this easy trick to help your business get found online
Mentoring
- Four Good Reasons Why You Need a Mentor
News
- [MEDIA RELEASE] Women’s Enterprise Centre Welcomes Three New Board Members
- [MEDIA RELEASE] Women’s Enterprise Centre Wins National Not-for-Profit Award
- [NEWS RELEASE] Western Economic Diversification Canada supports women-owned businesses in Western Canada
- [NEWS RELEASE] Vancity and Women’s Enterprise Centre launch Unity Women Entrepreneurs Program to support women entrepreneurs impacted by COVID-19
- [Media Release] Laurel Douglas Departing as CEO of Women’s Enterprise Centre
- WEC CEO Named a 2019 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award Finalist
- MEDIA RELEASE | Women’s Enterprise Centre receives funding from the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund
- MEDIA RELEASE | Government of Canada Invests in Women Entrepreneurs
- Media Release: New Planning Tool Helps BC Take Action on Gender Equality Priorities
- Congratulations! WEC Board Chair Jill Earthy named one of WXN 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women
- MEDIA RELEASE: Two Days, Two Awards: Business Leader Recognized for Work to Achieve Gender Equality
- MEDIA RELEASE: New Funding to Address Rising Demand for Mentoring by BC Women Entrepreneurs
- BDC Partners with Women’s Enterprise Centre to Expand Funding Opportunities for BC Women Business Owners
- Women’s Enterprise Centre Named a Discovery Foundation Major Award Recipient
- Women’s Enterprise Centre CEO Laurel Douglas Profiled in New Book
- WEOC Response to Budget 2017
Operations
- How to Merchandise a Women’s Clothing Store for the Holidays
- 5 Steps For Effective Business Systems
- Three Things to Consider When Writing your Operations Manual
- Does Your Company Have A Business Operations Manual?
- Everyone Needs a Backup Plan
- INSURING YOUR SUCCESS- Part 2
- INSURING YOUR SUCCESS- Part 1
- 12 Tips for a Successful Business Lunch
- Off the Clock or Not?
- Organizing Your Paperwork
- Inbox Detox!
- Is Clutter Damaging Your Productivity?
- Better Customer Relationships Come From Mistakes – Part 4
- Customer Service – Defusing an Upset Customer
- Customer Service – Defusing an Upset Customer
- Customer Service – Managing Customer Expectations
- Trail of a Filing System
- System Dependent Operation: Manageable, Achievable, Reliable
- 5 Steps to Transition to a Paperless Office
- Working from Home? 5 Rules for Home Based Offices
- Start 2014 With a Clutter-free Workspace
- Manage Your Chaos with Systems and Procedures to Organize your Office
- Get Organized – Colour Code Your Files
- Creating a Risk Management or a Backup Plan is Vital for Business Survival
- Switch to a Paperless Office
- Personal Finance Tips for Entrepreneurs
- Christmas Office Party? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions
- Manage your Priorities and Your Time Will Work for You
- Wrestling for Office Space
- A Legitimate Way to Save Money and Deduct Health & Dental Expenses from Your Business
- Keeping the Cash Flow Positive
- What Do Your Financial Statements Say About Your Business?
- When the Office is at Home
- Every Business has a Pattern
- Are You a Hoarder?
- Finding The Right Insurance For Your Business
- How Green Is Your Business?
- Getting Advice from Professionals
- Managing Performance
- Organize for Success
- Six Steps to Succeeding at Goals
- Creating the Dream Team
- Evaluate a bookkeeper before you hire
- Office Health 101 – The Organizing Process
- Planning for Rainy Days
- Using Music in Your Business, Legally
- Office Health 101: Establish a Smooth Flow of Information
Sales
- Customer Service in the New Normal: Nothing has changed.
- Sales Numbers – What are you going to do about them?
- Sales Leads — CRMs or just a spreadsheet?
- Be a Sales Superstar
- Your Customers are People Too
- Own the Products You Sell
- The Complaint Department
- Three Simple Presentation Tips to Improve Sales
Selling
- Encouraging consumers to #supportlocal with the BC Marketplace
- How to Cross-Sell Without Being Pushy
- Cultivate a New Connection
- Consistently Connecting
- How to Ask for a Sale and Get it!
- The Power of Storytelling
- Step Right Up for This Amazing Deal!
- Is Anybody Really Listening?
- Give Your Prospects More Than They Ask For
- Does Your Highschool Voice Get You Adult Results?
- Premium Product, Premium Price
- 7 Tips to Make Effective Connections on the Phone
Social Media
- Instagram Tips for Service-Based Businesses
- Grow your Business on Instagram with Hashtags
- Do I Need to Have My Brand on Social Media?
- Let’s Chat About Writing Prompts!
- Set Up Your Content Calendar for Success
- 4 Compelling Reasons Blogging is BEST for Business
- 3 Reasons You Need to Create Instagram Stories for Your Business
- The Four C’s of Standing Out on Instagram
- Blogging Can Improve Your Self-Esteem
- How to Write an Impressive Bio
- 4 Tips to Amplify Your Social Media
- WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS A KEY MARKETING TOOL
- Facebook Advertising and its Benefits for Strategic Marketing
- Dynamic Communication in the Digital Age
- To Blog or Not to Blog
- Maximizing Your LinkedIn Presence
- 5 sound bites you should never share in a media interview
- Make Instagram Work For You: Connect Other Social Accounts
- How Not To Be Afraid Of The Camera
- Create the Most Powerful First Impression
- Do’s and Dont’s of Reaching Out to Bloggers for PR
- Tips for Managing Content on Social Media
- The Social Side Of SEO: The Importance Of Social Validation And Community Building – Part 2
- The Social Side of SEO: Boost Web Rankings Using Social Media, Part 1
- Tell, Don’t Sell: Storytelling versus Product Selling
- Top 3 Social Media Trends in 2014
- Spellchecking is Not Editing
- Beyond Vanilla: 5 Tips to Writing a Blog with Flavour
- Can you make headlines with Social Media?
- Five Social Media Tools That Can Save You and Your Business Time
- Save Time and Remove the Overwhelm of Social Media
- How You Can Make Social Media Work for Your Business
- WEB VIDEO: How to Overcome Your Fear of the Camera
- Social Media Do’s and Don’t’s- How to Make a Good First Impression
- Your Email: a Great Tool to Build Your Business Brand
- Using Tech Tools to Increase Productivity and Profits
- WEB VIDEO: The New Frontier of Social Media Marketing
- LinkedIn: More Important Than Your Website?
- How Many Twitter Accounts Should You Have?
- Why mastering Twitter will help you grow your business!
- Why is No One Talking to Me on Twitter?
- 4 Tips to Make Twitter Less Confusing
- Using Twitter Effectively
- Are you Connected Meaningfully on Facebook?
- Five Tips for Using Group Buying Sites
- Public Relations in Digital Age
- Where is Your URL?
- How do I fit social media into my busy schedule?
- Choose the Right Social Media Outlet for your Business
Technology
- How to Choose the Perfect Domain Name for a Business
- Why a Single-Page Website Might be All You Need—And How to Build a Great One
- 3 Quick Tips To Improve Your Web Copy
- How to write the about page of a website
- How to build an effective website to increase your bottom line
- 3 Free Digital Marketing Tools for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
- Effective Ways to Improve click-through rate for your small business
- Add Time to Your Day: Tech Tips for Better Work Life Balance
- Chat: The Philosopher’s Stone of Business
- It’s still the wild west for women in tech – and female founders are expanding the frontiers
- Is the traditional office dead? 10 truths about working-from-home
- Business intelligence is a lot more than a buzzword
- 5 Best Free Apps for Startups for 2018
- Taking Your Website Security to the Next Level
- Creative Communication Services Demystified
- 6 Steps to a Useful Website
- Insider Knowledge: Top Tips from Women in Tech
- Which blogging platform should you use?
- Some Tech Tools for Working Smarter
- Time Keeps on Tickin’
- How to protect your business from fake trademark infringement and “domain slamming” scams (Part 2)
- How to protect your business from fake trademark infringement and “domain slamming” scams (Part 1)
- 8 Key Mobile Apps for Business Owners
- Skyrocket Your Rankings on Google!
- Online Tools and Resources to Help Owners of Small Businesses Know What They Don’t Know (Part 2)
- Online tools and resources to help owners of small businesses know what they don’t know (Part 1)
- Free Technology Tools for Entrepreneurs
- Business Technology Travel Checklist
- Brand and Trademark Protection has Become Increasingly Complex
- 10 free tech tools to improve productivity
- How to prevent your intellectual property from being hijacked
Uncategorized
- Small Businesses Can Sell to Government: Don’t Let These 6 Myths Stop You
- You might be a tech business if…
- 6 Questions To Help You Generate Sales
- Island Good: How Buy Local Is Good for Business & Community
- Opinion: How the Tourism Resiliency Network Gave Me Hope for My Business
- Celebrate International Women’s Day
- Celebrate Black History Month
- #WEcreateBC | Meet Carla Halvorsen, Action Packed Charters, Port Alberni
- A Message from Jill Earthy: Transitions
- Where Are They Now: Shauna Harper, Live Work Communications
- 5 Peer Mentoring Myths— Busted!
- Three Truths about Women, Negotiation & Money
- Got ‘Call Reluctance’? You Are Not Alone
Welcome
- Write for Us!
Wellness
- 7 “Me” Things to do Right Now for Your Well-being
- How Adversity Can Make You a Stronger Leader and a Better Person
- How to Create a Strong Mindset to Deal with Start-Up Challenges
- Stop Failure Where It Starts
- Be Fit: Work Well