Fall 2014 Building Business ~ Growing Communities
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NEWS from the FRONTENAC CFDC FALL 2014 building business ~ growing communities Promote your business Starting Your Own Business? for FREE on our online directory or advertise your community event There are programs for that. on our calendar. Futurpreneur Canada is a national, non-profit organization Canada Business Ontario (CBO) - Getting your business started that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring may seem like a daunting task. CBO offers guides and “how to” Log onto our website, business owners aged 18-29. Their internationally recognized publications designed to help you understand what is needed to click “Directory” and mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with set up a business. Visit www.cbo-eco.ca/en/ a business expert from a network of more than 2,800 volunteer add your business. mentors. They provide start-up resources to help you perfect your business plan and financing of up to $45,000. The Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation is pleased to announce that they have just entered into a partnership with Futurpreneur. If you would like more information on this program, visit www.futurpreneur.ca or call Terry Romain, Business In this issue: Development Officer at Frontenac CFDC, 1-888-372-9962. • Starting Your Own Business • Futurpreneur • Self-Employment Benefit Program Ontario Self-employment Benefit Program - Unemployed? • GrindSpaceXL Start your own business while receiving income support through the Ontario Self-employment Benefit Program. This program consists of 4 weeks of intensive business skills training followed • Canada Busines Ontario by 38 weeks of support. Course topics include Business Planning, Marketing, Sales, Customer Services, Bookkeeping, Finance and • iCraft Brew many more. The next class will commence Monday, November 24, 2014. You may qualify for this program if you are unemployed. • Fall Workshops To be considered for enrollment in this program you must attend an information session. • Congratulations The next session dates • Is your Rural Business a Wednesday, October 15 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm in Kingston. ‘Destination’, Business? Thursday, October 16 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm in Sharbot Lake. To register online visit www.skebo.net or call Skebo and Associ- • Nominations for Access ates at 613-545-0244. This program is funded in part by the Gov- ernment of Canada. Award GrindSpaceXL is a 12-week, milestone-based program which • Frontenac Agricultural combines a core curriculum and an individual business develop- News ment plan to strengthen and position a company to launch its product, grow its markets and sales and find funding. The pro- gram is open to incorporated companies commercializing tech- nology-based products or services that are headquartered and operating in Canada. Companies have an opportunity to qualify for up to $30,000 in matching funding. GrindSpace XL is being delivered through a partnership between PARTEQ, Queen’s University, Innovation Park, LaunchLab and In- vest Ottawa. Details can be found at: http://www.innovationpark.ca/article/startup-accelerator-grind- spacexl-now-accepting-fall-2014-applications-kingston http://investottawa.ca/our-services/startup-acceleration/grind- spacexl/ For more on our services visit www.frontenaccfdc.com About the Frontenac CFDC Fall Workshops Safe Food Handler Interview Skills Wednesday, October 8th 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Tuesday, October 28th, 2:00pm – 4:00pm St. Lawrence The Frontenac Community Futures Development St. Lawrence College Employment Services, Sharbot Lake College Employment Services, Sharbot Lake Corporation (FCFDC) is a private, non-profit corporation, $25 fee. For more information call (613) 545-3949 Ext: For more information call (613) 545-3949 Ext: 1891 or to run by a volunteer board of directors and funded 1891 or to register online visit www.employmentservice. register online visit www.employmentservice.sl.on.ca un- by the Federal Development Agency of Southern sl.on.ca under “Resource Centre – Events” der “Resource Centre – Events” Ontario. Our mission is to stimulate community and economic development throughout the Frontenacs Résumés That Rock! CPR & First Aid – aptly expressed by the tag line “building business, Tuesday, October 14th 10:00 am – 11:00 am St. Lawrence Thursday October 30th & Friday, October 31st growing communities”. College Employment Services, Sharbot Lake St. Lawrence College Employment Services, Sharbot Lake For more information call (613) 545-3949 Ext: 1891 or to For more information call (613) 545-3949 Ext: 1891 or to Frontenac CFDC’s provides consultative and register online visit www.employmentservice.sl.on.ca un- register online visit www.employmentservice.sl.on.ca un- investment support to businesses in the County of der “Resource Centre – Events” der “Resource Centre – Events” Frontenac as part of its mandate. Over and above its mandated services, the Frontenac CFDC places Self-Employment Benefit Program Sessions Business Basics Seminar particular emphasis on the following strategic Tuesday, October 15th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Kingston Wednesday, November 12th, 6:30 – 8 pm at FCFDC directions: vibrant communities, promoting businesses, Wednesday, October 16th , 2:00 - 4:00 pm Sharbot Lake. office. Do you have the entrepreneurial fever? Not sure tourism accommodations and awareness of CFDC To register for either of these sessions call Skebo and where to start. Join us for an evening as we discuss a vari- services. Associates at 613-545-0244 ety of topics that are crucial to running a successful busi- ness. Presented by Ella Vandenburg, Kingston Economic Visit our website and make use of the online Special Event Training Session: Paying the Bills Plus More Development Corporation’s Entrepreneurship Centre. resources, business information and guides. Tuesday, October 15th 7:00 to 8:30 pm, Belleville Monday, October 27th 7:00 to 8:30 pm, Kingston Promote your business for FREE in our online Business Planning Workshop Open to all events organizers. To register for this free ses- business directory. Thursday, November 13th, 10 -11:30 am, St. Lawrence sion visit [email protected]. Brought to College Employment Services Office, Sharbot Lake Promote your community event for FREE in our you by the Brockville and District Chamber of Commerce, The business planning workshop will assist potential new online calendar. the Great Waterway and the Eastern Ontario Events Centre business owners by providing some business planning Sign up on the front page of our website to receive Smart Serve insight and tips to help them with their structure. It will email alerts for upcoming events and news. Wednesday, October 22nd 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm St. Law- also provide insight on the notion that the plan is a living rence College Employment Services, Sharbot Lake document and should be visited at least yearly. Fee $20. Be a board member: If you are interested in $35 fee For more information call (613) 545-3949 Ext: Presented by Terry Romain, Frontenac CFDC volunteering on a dynamic Board of Directors and are 1891 or to register online visit www.employmentservice. a resident of and/or business owner in the County of First Steps in Exporting sl.on.ca under “Resource Centre – Events” Frontenac, the Frontenac CFDC invites you to apply to Tuesday, November 18th, 10 - 11:30 am. First Steps in serve on their board. Ideally board candidates have: Business Retention and Succession: Exporting workshop provides the audience with an over- A Co-operative Solution view of key web sources for export information, informa- • An interest in local and regional economic Tuesday, October 28th, 7:00 – 8:30 at Frontenac CFDC office tion on the many online tools and resources to assist in development Do you have a succession plan for your business? Three- doing market research, examples of export plans as well • Knowledge of Frontenac County in general and quarters of small business owners don’t. And, one-third of as an introduction to the full continuum of government familiarization with businesses and organizations all business closures are due to succession failures and the programs and services to support the potential or new ex- within their community lack of preparation. In the next ten years, half of Canadian porter begin their journey. The session will be delivered small business owners will want to sell their businesses to by Maggie Weaver, Secretariat for the Canada-Ontario • Understanding of a specific business sector is retire. In other words, there is likely going to be a glut of Export Forum and hosted by the Frontenac CFDC and helpful, but not mandatory small businesses for sale with too few buyers. While nine KEDCO. The fee is $20. Location, Kingston Economic De- Frontenac Community Futures out of ten family business owners believe that their family velopment Corporation, Innovation Park, 945 Princess St. Development Corporation will succeed them, only 30% of family businesses survive Kingston. into the second generation and only 12% are still viable by 5062 Rd 38, Harrowsmith, Ontario Pre-registration is required for all workshops and the third generation. And, hoping to find an unknown third space is limited. To register, please visit the web-link 613-372-1414, TF 1-888-372-9962 party to purchase your business is risky. That leaves two co- associated with the specific workshop you wish to attend. operative alternatives that could provide a solution: 1) Sell- www.frontenaccfdc.com Fees may apply to some workshops ■ ing to employees, or 2) Selling to people in the community