During COVID-19, Startup Zone is hosting a series of “Wellness Webinars” to facilitate important conversations about the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental and physical health of entrepreneurs, and to seek advice from local experts on how we can prioritize our well-being during these times. Our seventh Wellness Webinar will be an introduction to the "Tranquility" […]

During this difficult time for small businesses, it is more important than ever to put marketing on the forefront. It is also important to understand how the changing digital landscape in our world right now will affect how we market our businesses, and what type of content we should be promoting while the world is […]

IP agreements are contracts between or among collaborating institutions for the purchase and sale of IP rights. They set the rights/responsibilities of each institution concerning IP that may be created during the term of the collaboration. This workshop with Donna MacEwan of McInnes Cooper will deal with the agreements you would put in place to […]

Have your Friday morning coffee and chat with local like-minded entrepreneurs and business executives (digitally!) about the trials and tribulations of starting, running or growing a business. These events are an informal, open discussion and a great chance to network with fellow entrepreneurs.   June’s guest is Josh Vessey, Inbound and Digital Marketing Specialist for VSSY. Over […]

While adapting your business post-COVID-19, you may find that you have to adapt your business to be primarily online. A great way to do this is by setting up a shop on Shopify! On June 24th, join us for our workshop with Chelsey Lake (co-founder of Lake Design and GetBooking) who will be introducing the […]

To celebrate our 4-year anniversary, we are looking back this week at some of our event highlights. Our "Working From Home" event recap day over Facebook Live will recap some of our webinar highlights on working on/in your business at home. Here is the schedule for the day: 12:10pm-12:50pm: "Financial Forecasting & Budgeting During COVID-19" […]

To celebrate our 4-year anniversary, we are looking back this week at some of our event highlights. Our "Year 4" event recap day over Facebook Live will recap some of our best events of our fourth year! Here is the schedule for the day: 12pm-1pm: "Corporate Entrepreneurship" Panel with Startup Zone Sponsors 1:10pm-2:30pm: "Business Women's […]

What are mentors? What do you need them for? What questions should you ask them? How do you follow up and ensure you're getting the most out of mentoring for you and your business? If you've been asking yourself any of these questions, now it's time to ask them to an expert in this field […]

Join us for the third session of our Summer Sales Series with special guest Pat Sebastien. Pat Sebastien has a background in B2B sales and optimizes CRM systems for startups and small businesses. Pat’s CRM philosophy is that a sales tool is only worth as much revenue as it brings your company and as much […]

For our first-ever session on growing a social enterprise, we are pleased to welcome Eric Windeler, Founder of Jack.org. Jack.org is the largest youth-led mental health organization in the country, with representation in every province and territory! Join us for a chat and AMA with Eric on how he founded Jack.org, how he grew the […]