Grow Sales, Not Stress Levels
The door are open, the website is live, and you have customers! However, your journey is just beginning.
The entrepreneurial path can be exciting and challenging.
Invest Ottawa Helps entrepreneurs manage their growth strategies by providing them with the right support when they need it. Here are some of the services that you may be able to access:
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Learn from 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:
All our advisors and veterans are specially selected for their prowess in their given fields and can help steer you in the right direction. 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:
Get 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.
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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.”
Get 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
Business Model and Customer Discovery | Venture Path
Virtual Via Zoom
Please register to receive Zoom details.
May 30, 2023
2:00 PM
Upcoming Event
MASHUP2023
TCC CANADA
150 Elgin St 8th Floor, Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4, Canada
May 30, 2023
5:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs MeetUp Ottawa – May
CoWorkly
261 De Montréal Road, #310
Ottawa, ON, K1L 8C7
(parking available to the side of the building. Street parking as well)
May 31, 2023
6:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Doing business with the Government of Canada (Webinar)
Zoom
June 6, 2023
12:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Supplying Professional Services to the Government of Canada (Webinar)
Zoom
June 20, 2023
12:00 PM
Upcoming Event
Bidding on Government of Canada contracts (Webinar)
Zoom
June 22, 2023
12:00 PM
Upcoming Event
MDK DiversiTEA
Invest Ottawa, in the cafeteria
7 Bayview Station Road
Ottawa, ON
Canada
K1Y 2C5
June 26, 2023
12:30 PM
Upcoming Event
How to reduce time, cost, effort, and risk through simulation
June 7, 2023
2:00 pm
Upcoming Event
Financing Your Growth: Enabling and Advancing Your Business Goals
Stonebridge Golf Club
June 13, 2023
5:00 pm
Upcoming Event
IO Ignition Cohort 19 Summer Pitch Derby
Bayview Yards
June 22, 2023
5:00 pm
Upcoming Event
Winning SEO with Google Business Profile (In Person)
Bayview Yards
June 22, 2023
11:00 am
Upcoming Event
NAFTA 2.0 (CUSMA): How Does it Work and What’s New? (In Person)
Bayview Yards
June 26, 2023
1:00 pm
Upcoming Event
NAFTA 2.0 (CUSMA): How Does it Work and What’s New? (Virtual)
June 26, 2023
1:00 pm
Upcoming Event
Starting Your Business Information Session (In Person)
Bayview Yards
June 27, 2023
3:00 pm
Upcoming Event
Validating Your Business Idea (In Person)
Bayview Yards
June 27, 2023
1:00 pm
Starter Company Plus is a 4-month cohort-based training program. It’s designed for Ottawa entrepreneurs building businesses that are early-stage and non-tech.
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Still deciding if Starter Company Plus is right for you?
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