Workshops and Events
Below you will find a list of upcoming workshops and webinars for entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs. Please refer back to this page for updated information as workshops and events are regularly added.
March
- March 2, 2021: Virtual Panel Discussion with Kings Distributed Systems, JIC Design and Wavve Boating
- March 11, 2021: Standing Out: Making Room for Neurodiversity in Entrepreneurship
- March 16, 2021: Your Brand Matters presented by RBC Future Launch
- March 18, 2021: WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- March 25, 2021: WE-CAN: The Power of Email Marketing: Small Business Strategies for Success
Past workshops and events
2021 Workshops
Workshops marked with two asterisks (**) below have recordings available to view.
- Innovation Information Forum
- ** Creating a spin-off from an academic lab
- ** WE-CAN: Making the Leap from Hobby to Business
- ** WE-CAN: Is Incorporation Right for You?
- ** WE-CAN: Google Ads 101
- ** An introduction to Intellectual Property
- ** WE-CAN: Accessibility Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- How the post-COVID global world is changing the way startup companies are created and financed
- ** WE-CAN: Pitching with Power
- ** WE-CAN: Crowdfund Your Business
- ** WE-CAN: eCommerce 101: Creating an Online Sales Platform
- ** WE-CAN: Digital Marketing Skills for Success
- ** How to Create a Pitch Deck
- ** WE-CAN: Safeguard Your Small Business Online
2020 Workshops
Workshops marked with two asterisks (**) below have recordings available to view.
- WE-CAN: Is Incorporation Right for You?
- ** WE-CAN: Google Ads 101
- ** An introduction to Intellectual Property
- ** WE-CAN: Accessibility Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- How the post-COVID global world is changing the way startup companies are created and financed
- ** WE-CAN: Pitching with Power
- ** WE-CAN: Crowdfund Your Business
- ** WE-CAN: eCommerce 101: Creating an Online Sales Platform
- ** WE-CAN: Digital Marketing Skills for Success
- ** How to Create a Pitch Deck
- ** WE-CAN: Safeguard Your Small Business Online
- WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs - Holiday Edition
- ** WE-CAN: Fostering Belonging Through Inclusive + Accessible Remote Working Practice
- Information Session: SOSCIP and Mitacs - Opportunities for Researchers
- ** WE-CAN: FUSION 2020 for Women Entrepreneurs
- ** WE-CAN: Name Your Price: Assigning Value to Your Products and Services
- ** WE-CAN: OvercomeHER Workshop Series Launch
- ** WE-CAN: Mastering Your Go-To-Market Strategy
- ** WE-CAN: From Immigrant to Entrepreneur
- ** WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- ** WE-CAN: Taking Your Tech Idea to Market
- ** WE-CAN: Financial Forecasting for Women Entrepreneurs
- ** WE-CAN: Making LinkedIn Work for You
- ** WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe: Finding and Securing Funding during COVID-19
- ** WE-CAN: Confidence + Risk-Taking: Grounding Yourself While Taking Flight
- ** WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs - 2nd Edition
- ** WE-CAN: The Power of Business Emotional Intelligence
- WE-CAN: Elevator Pitch Your Way to Success
- ** WE-CAN: Beyond Venture Capital: Exploring Alternate Business Funding
- ** WE-CAN: Social Enterprise 101
- ** WE-CAN: Managing Your Cash Flow
- Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots
- ** WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- ** WE-CAN: First Things First: Landmines to Avoid When Developing Inventions
- Understanding sales to win more business in the COVID-19 era
- Using Disinfectants as Part of your Back to Work Strategy
- ** WE-CAN: Choosing Resilience with Julie Sweeney
- DMZ: Post COVID-19 support plan for Canadian startups
- Workshop: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- ** WE-CAN: Social Media and the Pandemic
- DMZ: Gov Update: Ontario's Economic Reopen Plan
- ** WE-CAN: Leverage Your Soft Skills to Build an Inclusive Business
- ** WE-CAN: Pivot. Prepare. Prosper.
- Product Development with Mike Amos
- SPARK Workshop with Breanne Johnson
- WE-CAN: Setting Up Your Etsy Shop
- Workshop: Marketing and communications, pricing and branding (part 2)
- PSD+G Strategy: Future Proof your Brand with a Goal and a Plan
- ** WE-CAN: Boosting Your Business Using Social Media
- Workshop: Financial statements, budget and forecasts and raising capital
- ** WE-CAN: Transforming the World with #RadicalGenerosity
- WE-CAN: Peer Lending Circle Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs
- Workshop: How to Keep Your Business Top of Mind on Social Media
- Workshop: Marketing and communications, pricing and branding - part 1
- WE-CAN: Getting Started with Shopify
- Cybersecurity 101 for SMEs with remote workers
- Big changes to expect in the next decade with Peter Diamandis
- What fundamental impact will the Coronavirus have on consumer culture?
- Cybersecurity 101 for Remote Workers
- How to operate remotely and online through the COVID-19 crisis
- Startup Canada Entrepreneur Town Hall
- Elevate Main Stage Livestream Edition: Episode 2
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Accounting and Finance
- MicroAge: What is Next-Generation Cybersecurity Protection?
- How (and Why) My Business Started in a Recession, with Chris Kelly
- DMZ Customer acquisition with A/B testing
- Government Funding and COVID-19 Support Programming
- L-SPARK No Stupid Questions: Preparing Your Startup for the Impact of Economic Down
- First Fridays by Google for Startups - MARKETING AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
- Cunningham Swan presents, "Raising Capital: Debt vs Equity Financing and Where is it?"
- Smith School of Business: CORONAVIRUS: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know Right Now
- DMZ Workshop: Facebook Marketing with Rokham Fard
- NACO Roundtable on Canadian Angel Activity
- Crisis Law: Your Business and the Pandemic