May
30
Tuesday

Future Readiness & Tax Obligations for Business Owners
Join us to learn about bookkeeping, small business taxes, write-offs and CRA penalties you need to know.
Jun
08
Thursday

Rise Workshop for WE-CAN Community of Women Entrepreneurs
Are mental health challenges or addictions causing you (or someone you know) to struggle with the launch or growth of your business? If so, Rise may be the right solution.
Jun
22
Thursday

Grant Funding Basics with Pocketed
Are you looking for supportive capital to scale your business? Are you ready to take next steps in growing your team or entering new markets, but need some funding to cover costs?
Jul
27
Thursday

Exploring Mortgages for Self-Employed Women
Are you a self-employed woman who's wondering about her mortgage options for residential or commercial properties?
Aug
17
Thursday

A Guide to City Fees + Permits for Kingston Business Owners
Get familiar with the fees and permits that are necessary to legally operate your Kingston-based business so you can grow with confidence!
Sep
14
Thursday

Boost Your Business with a Mental Health Plan
Did you know there is an inherent connection between entrepreneurship and mental health challenges?
Past Workshops and Events
Workshops for Startups and SMEs in Tech
- To Invent or Not to Invent - That is the Question
- Scientific Research and Experimental Development Workshop
WE-CAN Workshops
- Advisory Board Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs
- Virtual Cafe: Uncovering New Revenue Streams
- WE-CAN Wrap Up Celebration!
- Mastering Your Money Mindset Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs
- Baby in the Boardroom: Pitching & Presenting with Kids
- Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: What's next for the WE-CAN Project
- Think Like Your Customer: Apply a Human-Centred Design to Your Business
- Content Marketing for Women Entrepreneurs
Workshops for Startups and SMEs in Tech
- The Future of Content Strategy (How to Win at SEO)
- AIMday Mobility: Researcher Information Session
- Queen's Quantum Workshop and Networking Event
- Understanding Finance for Startups
- Fundamentals of Inbound Marketing 101
- The Buyer's Persona
- CEO Perspective - How Can a Board Help Me Grow My Business?
- Startup Grind with Scott Selbie, CEO of Theia Markerless
- Security Questionnaire Best Practices with Software Secured
- Mitacs Funding Programs for Business Ventures - Information Session
WE-CAN Workshops
- Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Ask + Give
- Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Let's Talk Goal-Setting
- How to Sell Goods and Services to Federal Government
- Unstoppable You Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs
- Selling to Government: The Innovative Solutions Canada Program
- Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Let's Talk Risk-Taking
- Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Let's Talk Accountability
- How to Shine Online
- How to Do Business with Queen's University: A Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs
- Protecting Your Brand
- Positioning Your Mindset for Business Growth
- The Benefits of Building an Inclusive Business
- Business Systems 101
- Is Kickstarter A Good Fit For Your Business: A Workshop for Women Entrepreneurs
- Grant Writing Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs
- International Women's Day Virtual Cafe: Sharing Our Wins
- Know Your Numbers: Strategies for Financial Success
- Moving from Career to Entrepreneurship
- Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Virtual Business Card Exchange
- Creating an Effective Email Marketing Campaign
Workshops for Startups and SMEs in Tech
- Angel Investing 101 for Founders
- From Lab 2 Fulfillment Q&A
- Digital Marketing in 2021
- TandemLaunch: Learning about the entrepreneurial journey
- Communication Strategy Fundamentals
- A Simplified Sales Process for Startups
- An Introduction to Business Insurance
- Your Brand Matters Workshop
- Virtual Panel Discussion with Kings Distributed Systems, JIC Design and Wavve Boating
- Innovation Information Forum
- An introduction to Intellectual Property
- How the post-COVID global world is changing the way startup companies are created and financed
- Creating a spin-off from an academic lab
- How to Create a Pitch Deck
WE-CAN Workshops
- WE-CAN: Accessibility Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs (December 2021)
- WE-CAN: What is the Kingston Social Value Fund?
- WE-CAN: Women And Wealth: How to Futureproof Your Finances
- WE-CAN Virtual Cafe: Social Media Roundtable
- WE-CAN: Recruiting Top Talent for Your Business
- WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Let's Talk Web Sites!
- WE-CAN: Boost your profits with Cultural Intelligence
- WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs - Let's Talk Market Research!
- WE-CAN: Boosting your Business with Podcasting
- WE-CAN: Are you Interested in Becoming a Coach?
- WE-CAN: How to Create Your Own Online Membership Group
- WE-CAN: Creating a Culture of LGBTQ2S Awareness
- WE-CAN: How to Create Better Instagram Videos
- WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs: Let's Talk Motivation!
- WE-CAN: How to Make an Income with Online Courses
- WE-CAN: Is it time to hire a Virtual Assistant?
- WE-CAN: You are newsworthy: Getting media coverage that boosts your business
- WE-CAN: Accessibility Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs - May 27
- WE-CAN: Grant Writing 101 for Women Entrepreneurs
- WE-CAN: Brain Fitness for Women Entrepreneurs
- WE-CAN: The Uninvited Client: Managing Your Business Through Grief + Loss
- WE-CAN: SEO 101 for Women Entrepreneurs
- WE-CAN: The Power of Email Marketing: Small Business Strategies for Success
- WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- WE-CAN: Standing Out: Making Room for Neurodiversity in Entrepreneurship
- WE-CAN: Is Incorporation Right for You?
- WE-CAN: Google Ads 101
- WE-CAN: Accessibility Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- 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
- WE-CAN: Safeguard Your Small Business Online
Workshops for Startups and SMEs in Tech
- Information Session: SOSCIP and Mitacs - Opportunities for Researchers
- Conversations Confronting COVID-19: Innovation Pivots
- Understanding sales to win more business in the COVID-19 era
- Using Disinfectants as Part of your Back to Work Strategy
- DMZ: Post COVID-19 support plan for Canadian startups
- Workshop: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Product Development with Mike Amos
- DMZ: Gov Update: Ontario's Economic Reopen Plan
- Workshop: Marketing and communications, pricing and branding (part 2)
- Workshop: Marketing and communications, pricing and branding - part 1
- PSD+G Strategy: Future Proof your Brand with a Goal and a Plan
- Workshop: Financial statements, budget and forecasts and raising capital
- 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
WE-CAN Workshops
- WE-CAN: Fostering Belonging Through Inclusive + Accessible Remote Working Practice
- 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: FUSION 2020 for Women Entrepreneurs
- 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
- WE-CAN: Virtual Cafe for Women Entrepreneurs
- WE-CAN: First Things First: Landmines to Avoid When Developing Inventions
- WE-CAN: Choosing Resilience with Julie Sweeney
- WE-CAN: Social Media and the Pandemic
- WE-CAN: Leverage Your Soft Skills to Build an Inclusive Business
- WE-CAN: Pivot. Prepare. Prosper.
- SPARK Workshop with Breanne Johnson
- WE-CAN: Setting Up Your Etsy Shop
- WE-CAN: Boosting Your Business Using Social Media
- 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
- WE-CAN: Getting Started with Shopify