Grow Sales, Not Stress Levels
The doors are open, the website is live, and you have paying customers!
However, the journey is really just beginning. The entrepreneurial path can be a special blend of scary and exciting. It can often be fraught with barriers, pitfalls, and challenges. Owning your own brand sometimes feels like trying to steer a sailboat solo when you’re still learning the ropes by falling overboard.
Invest Ottawa helps entrepreneurs manage their growth strategies by trying to provide them with support when they specifically need it. Here are some of the services that you may be able to access:
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Small-batch learning with seasoned pros:
Through our Education Centre, peer groups, and other educational programs, you and your business can learn new strategies with a competent teacher there to support you. Our facilitators are experienced business owners and trainers who know what it takes to get a business sailing smoothly.
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Consultations with experts:
Our seasoned experts can help steer you in the right direction and keep you busy for months. All our advisors and veterans are specially selected for their prowess in their given fields. They have additional expertise in other areas like partnership development, marketing, exit planning, validation, product development, and day-to-day management.
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Market insight & intelligence:
The data you need to make informed decisions regarding your business. Select clients can receive up-to-date and practical information on industries, competitors, market size, trends, intellectual property, potential investors, and strategic partners.
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Boot camps and Multi-Day courses:
Deep dives into strategies that can help refine your product/service, build out operational efficiencies, find ways to free up cash flow, and possibly scale your brand.
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Networking and Connections:
Making valuable connections takes up valuable time. Odds are we know someone who can help you. Invest Ottawa’s stakeholders have vast networks that you can leverage.
Invest Ottawa also works with other regional innovation centres as part of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE) and the provincial funding organization, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). Our federal partners include the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) and other funding bodies that ensure a strong capital base for your company.
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“We seek out Invest Ottawa continuously because every new stage that you reach in your business, you need new mentors to guide you through.”
“Invest Ottawa has given us access to an incredible group of advisers, all of whom bring very different but important advice to help us shape our strategy and development going forward.”
“Invest Ottawa has been great to us. We’ve been able to get feedback and resources that we wouldn’t be able to otherwise access. Employees really want to see the companies succeed and will do whatever it takes to help.”
“Everyday we come to IO and something new happens. We run into other founders and just by bouncing ideas off, we come up with new ideas for our start-up. The mentors are extremely helpful as well. They helped us distill our ideas at various stages so we could avoid stepping on landmines.”
Networking
Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. Ottawa is home to dozens of quality events each month. Make that key connection which helps move the needle for your business.
Upcoming Event
GeoIgnite 2021 : Canada’s National Geospatial & Location Technology Conference
Online Event
April 14, 2021
9:00 AM
Upcoming Event
eSAX presents: SOS (SAVE OTTAWA SMALLBIZ) FREE virtual networking event
VIRTUAL!
April 14, 2021
3:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Munch N’ Learn – Business-To-Business Sales & Executive Networking (Eastern Ontario)
Online Presently.
Once registered a link to the Zoom Meeting will be provided.
April 15, 2021
12:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Ask Me Anything: Compliance with the Future of Crypto
Online via Zoom
April 15, 2021
2:00 PM
Upcoming Event
AMA: Employment Law Policies and COVID-19
Online via Zoom
April 15, 2021
5:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Getting Started Series: Change Management & Design Thinking
The joining link to the online learning platform will be sent upon registration.
April 19, 2021
9:00 AM
Upcoming Event
ProductCamp 2021 : Navigating Pandemic Priorities: Creativity, Innovation & Social Responsibility
Online Via WebEx
April 24, 2021
8:30 AM
Upcoming Event
Design Thinking for the Public Sector (Level 1)
Zoom.
April 26, 2021
9:00 AM
Upcoming Event
Doing business with the Government of Canada (webinar)
Webinar
April 27, 2021
12:00 PM
Upcoming Event
MNP Seminar Series: Intro to HST & GST for your business
Webinar
April 14, 2021
11:00 am
Upcoming Event
Google Advertising: The Business Owner’s Starter Guide
April 15, 2021
10:00 am
Upcoming Event
The Future of the Workplace Part 2: Building a Sustainable Workplace
Webinar
April 15, 2021
2:30 pm
Upcoming Event
Techlife: Understanding Your Benefits Options for Growing and Scaling Tech Companies
Webinar
April 20, 2021
1:00 pm
Upcoming Event
IP Strategy from bricks to clicks: Protecting IP Online
Webinar
April 21, 2021
10:00 am
Upcoming Event
Industry Webinar: Ship Electromagnetic Design Framework
April 22, 2021
10:00 am
Upcoming Event
Indigenous Entrepreneurs: How to access funding to scale your business
April 22, 2021
1:00 pm
Upcoming Event
Exporting via e-commerce: Logistics, Customs & Regulations
Webinar
April 26, 2021
1:00 pm
Upcoming Event
Why most Startups fail and what to do about it
Webinar
April 27, 2021
9:00 am
Upcoming Event
Beyond COVID-19: How Vaccines fit into your Workplace Wellness Strategy
Webinar
April 29, 2021
10:00 am
Understanding how to claim credits under Canada’s sales tax regimes will help you stay ahead of the game & boost your business’ bottom line.
📅On April 14th, @MNP_LLP will give you tips & best practices around registering, collecting, & reporting GST/HST: https://t.co/5ihigG5wNy https://t.co/5Oguw5cxo1
This past year entrepreneurs, professionals, families & companies alike were forced to change the way they operate at the drop of a hat.
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