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SUMMARY:Steps to Starting a Small Business
DESCRIPTION:Wondering where to start with your small business? Join the St. Catharines Enterprise Centre for an introductory overview.\n\n\nWondering where to start with your small business? Join the St. Catharines Enterprise Centre for an introduction to the rules and regulations surrounding your small business start-up. Topics include forms of business\, licensing\, business name registration\, and more! \n\n\n\n**Please complete all sections of the registration\, including additional questions. Incomplete registrations or registrations with invalid answers may be cancelled. \n\n\n\n\nLocation Update: \n\n\n14 Ontario St.\, St. Catharines Enterprise Centre Office
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/steps-to-starting-a-small-business-6/
LOCATION:St. Catharines Enterprise Centre\, 14 Ontario St\, St. Catharines\, ON\, L2R 7M3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Rooted to Rise: Parry Sound Area
DESCRIPTION:This half-day session offers mindset tools and community marketing strategies to root your business in clarity\, connection\, and confidence.\n\n\nThis half-day interactive workshop supports rural entrepreneurs with two key ingredients for sustainable business growth: mindset and community connection. \nThe first portion focuses on mindset and change management\, offering tools that help business owners identify and shift unconscious patterns that may be holding them back. Through guided exercises\, reframing activities\, and partner work\, participants gain clarity\, build confidence\, and become more emotionally ready to lead change in their business. \nThe second portion explores relationship-based\, community-rooted marketing—designed for business owners who want a more values-aligned and sustainable approach to visibility. This session reframes what marketing “should” look like\, while highlighting creative\, real-world strategies that go beyond social media. \nThis session is ideal for entrepreneurs navigating growth\, uncertainty\, or transition who want practical tools and a supportive environment to move forward with clarity and confidence. \nFlow of the Day (3-Hour Format): \n\nPart 1 – Mindset Matters (60 mins)\nExplore how unconscious beliefs shape business decisions\, habits\, and stress.\nLearn how to reframe limiting thoughts into forward action.\nParticipate in a partner-based exercise to shift perspective.\nBegin identifying mindset blocks that hinder growth.Structured Networking with Purpose (20 mins)\nA lightly facilitated networking segment using card-based table rotations and reflective questions.\nPromotes deeper peer connections.\nGently reinforces the earlier mindset work.\nSets the tone for community collaboration.\nBreak 10 minPart 2 – Community Marketing in Rural Ontario (75 mins)\nBreak away from social media overwhelm and build a marketing approach that’s people-first.\nLearn how to identify local relationship opportunities.\nExplore case studies of community-driven success stories.\nMap current contacts and plan outreach with a shared-client focus. (group work)Wrap-Up & Goal Setting (15 mins)\nClarify next steps based on personal insights and using SMART goals\nCommit to at least one mindset shift and one community marketing action.\nInvitation to stay connected with peers and local supports.\n\nThis event is a collaboration by The Business Centre Nipising Parry Sound\, Parry Sound Area CB&DC Community Futures and the Northern Ontario Women program.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/rooted-to-rise-parry-sound-area/
LOCATION:Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts\, 2 Bay Street\, Parry Sound\, ON\, P2A 1S4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Topic Next in Line: Building future leaders with Succession Planning
DESCRIPTION:Learn the essential elements of succession planning for your small business!\n\n\nEvery business will face a transition the only question is whether it will be planned or reactive. Join us on Wednesday April 22nd at 12pm for this interactive webinar introducing the essential elements of succession planning and shows how early preparation gives owners more stability\, more options\, and more control over their future. \nOur conversation will focus on the realities of family?run businesses\, where ownership\, leadership\, and relationships often overlap in unique and meaningful ways. We’ll explore how these dynamics shape succession planning and what families can do to prepare for a smooth\, confident transition. At the same time\, the principles we cover apply to any business looking to strengthen continuity and long?term resilience. \nTopic Next in Line: Building future leaders with Succession Planning cuts through the overwhelm and provides a clear\, accessible roadmap for getting started. In just one hour\, you’ll explore the key areas every business should consider and walk away with practical\, actionable steps you can begin implementing right away. \n\n\nPresented by: Family Business Coach/Advisor – Megan Garland \nMegan Garland is a Family Coach and Advisor who supports family enterprises and small business owners as they navigate the complexities of succession\, governance\, and generational transition. She brings a deeply personal understanding of family business dynamics through her experience in a multigenerational enterprise\, where she serves as Chair of the Board and plays an active role in leadership continuity and long term planning. \nBefore establishing her coaching and advisory practice\, Megan spent more than two decades in long term care leadership. In that work\, she supported families through some of their most emotionally charged and transitional moments\, experiences that shaped her ability to guide people through change with clarity\, compassion\, and steadiness. Leading teams that cared for seniors and their families taught her how trust is built\, how conflict emerges\, and how communication can either strengthen or strain relationships. These insights now inform her approach to helping business owning families work through succession with confidence and respect. \nAs a Certified Executive Coach (ICF) and a Family Enterprise Advisor certified through Family Enterprise Canada\, Megan blends professional expertise with personal insight. She helps families strengthen communication\, align expectations\, and prepare the next generation for leadership in a way that honours both the business and the relationships at its core.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/topic-next-in-line-building-future-leaders-with-succession-planning/
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship 101: Employer Essentials – WSIB & Service Canada
DESCRIPTION:Learn your obligations as an business owner when hiring and managing staff\, including WSIB\, reporting\, SINs\, ROEs\, and return to work.\n\n\nDescription:Hiring your first employee or growing a team comes with important legal and operational responsibilities. In this workshop\, business owners will gain a clear understanding of their obligations as employers and the systems that support informed\, compliant hiring decisions. Delivered by experts from Service Canada and the Office of the Employer Advisor\, this session complements the Staff Smart workshop by going deeper into employer requirements and risk management. \nKey takeaways include: \n\nUnderstanding employer obligations related to WSIB\, workplace injuries\, and claims.\nLearning how to determine whether an injury or illness is work-related and your reporting responsibilities.\nGaining clarity on return-to-work\, re-employment\, and accommodation obligations.\nLearning best practices for handling Social Insurance Numbers as an employer.\nUnderstanding Records of Employment\, including how and when to issue them using ROE Web.\nExploring Job Bank and other Service Canada tools available to support employers.\n\nThis practical session will help entrepreneurs reduce risk\, stay compliant\, and make confident hiring and staff management decisions as their business grows. Ideal for business owners preparing to hire\, currently employing staff\, or looking to strengthen their employer foundations.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/entrepreneurship-101-employer-essentials-wsib-service-canada/
LOCATION:VentureNorth\, Lower Level Board Room\, 270 George Street North\, Peterborough\, ON\, K9J 3H1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Banking Ready: Create a Business Plan That’s Ready – Entrepreneurs Connect
DESCRIPTION:Learn the key components of a great business plan and leave with a framework for moving your ideas to the next level.\n\n\nJoin us in this 1 hour seminar: Banking Ready: Create a Business Plan That’s Ready\, 2026 Entrepreneurs Connect Spring Series\n \nIn this session\, you’ll learn how to craft a detailed and persuasive business plan that effectively showcases your business vision\, financial projections\, and growth strategy. You’ll be guided through key elements that lenders and investors look for\, from market analysis to cash flow statements\, ensuring your plan is fully prepared to attract financing. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your business’s financial foundation and increase your chances of securing the funding you need to succeed. \nProudly Sponsored by TD \n \n\n\nAgenda:\n6 – 6:20pm – Registration/Networking \n6:20 – 6:30pm – Opening Remarks \n6:30 – 7:30pm – Presentation/Activity \n7:30 – 8:00pm – Networking/Wrap Up \nABOUT THE PRESENTERComing soon! \n— \nNote: If you require an accommodation\, please notify us by email at least 1 week before the event date at bec@brampton.ca \nTo cancel the accommodation\, we require 5 business days’ notice before the event date.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/banking-ready-create-a-business-plan-thats-ready-entrepreneurs-connect/
LOCATION:Brampton Entrepreneur Centre\, 41 George Street South\, Brampton\, ON\, L6Y 2E1\, Canada
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