New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network

Innovators’ Jump Start Program


The Pond-Deshpande Centre and Planet Hatch are joining forces for the Innovators’ Jump Start Program!

The workshops will be delivered by members of the business, legal and startup community including: Aaron Savage(Cox & Palmer), Kelly Richard (Kelly A Richard bookkeeping) , Dhirendra Shukla (TME), Clarence Bennett (Stewart McKelvey),  Kelly O’Brien (Business Board), Sally Ng(Planet Hatch,) Karina LeBlanc (Pond-Deshpande Centre),  funding officers fromNBIF, NB Econ. Dev., ACOA, and many more.

There will also be lots of time for Q&A and networking.

Details are available on our Innovators’ Jump Start webpage and  Eventbrite. The cost is $45 to keep it affordable for our startup community.

If you have a client or know of a new(er) or aspiring entrepreneur who could benefit from this jam-packed program on October 16 (full day) & October 17 (half day) , please invite them to register as soon as possible as seating is limited.

The event will be in Fredericton, 1st Floor- National Research Council Building.

 

Entrepreneurs will learn:

·       whether and when an entrepreneur should stay independent, take on partners or   incorporate

·        how to bootstrap, when to scale up

·        when, where and how to access funding opportunities

·        how to hire and work with your staff, and what to do when something goes wrong-when and how to properly dismiss an employee to protect yourself and your business

·        how and when to protect your idea or process (intellectual property)

·        how to properly maintain and manage financial transactions & records, how to work with the Canada Revenue Agency, how/when to register for HST, how to save $$

·        whom to engage as your advisors, how build an advisory board

·        how to use social media and branding to maximize potential

·        key tools for startups

·        much, much more

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to contact:

Karina Leblanc karina.leblanc@unb.ca

Heather Boyd-Kinnie innovate@unb.ca

Sally Ng  sally@planethatch.com  telephone: (506) 451-6826


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