This April, Startup Zone is hosting a series of "Wellness Webinars" to facilitate important conversations about the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of entrepreneurs, and seek advice from local experts on how we can prioritize our mental (and physical) well-being during these times. Our first Wellness Webinar will be "Mindfulness, Movement, and Mental Health" […]

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 […]

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. April’s guest is Marsha Doiron, founder of Level Up Consulting. Read more […]

This April, Startup Zone is hosting a series of "Wellness Webinars" to facilitate important conversations about the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of entrepreneurs, and seek advice from local experts on how we can prioritize our mental (and physical) well-being during these times. Our second Wellness Webinar will be a "Conversation with a Therapist […]

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 […]

On April 17, 2020, the Government of Canada announced $250 million in funding for the Innovation Assistance Program (IAP) to assist Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). IRAP IAP provides a wage subsidy to eligible employers for up to 12 weeks. SMEs pursuing technology-driven innovation who have been unable to secure funding under the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) are eligible […]

This April, Startup Zone is hosting a series of “Wellness Webinars” to facilitate important conversations about the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of entrepreneurs, and seek advice from local experts on how we can prioritize our mental (and physical) well-being during these times. Our third Wellness Webinar will be a “Fireside Chat with CMHA […]

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 […]

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Startup Zone has been hosting a variety of webinars focused on how to do business as an entrepreneur during this time. To kick off April, we are trying to shift our lens from crisis-management to planning for the future. As a follow-up session to Permjot Valia's "Planning for Now" session at […]

  Whether we are leaders for a team, leaders for a company, or leaders for ourselves, now is a more important time than ever to take a step back and equip ourselves with conscious leadership skills to best respond to the "new normal" for us and our businesses.   In Julie Ann's "Introduction to Conscious […]