News & Events

Jun 13 2013
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Business Over Breakfast: Leadership Lessons from Sports

Whether you’re a driven athlete, an armchair sports enthusiast, or a person still bitter about the time Seinfeld was pre-empted by a hockey game, you have to hand it to high performing athletes and their coaches. There’s something in their makeup, attitude and approach that leads to their world-class performance. In fact, we could all learn a lesson or two.

May 28 2013
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Human Resources for Start-Ups

Are you the HR specialist in your company? (As well as the financial analyst, sales representative, strategic planner, chief cook and bottle washer?) Most start-ups don’t employ an HR professional, but every company needs to know the basics of HR. Whether the task is attracting the right people, managing employee performance, or taking the right steps when hiring – or firing – an employee, this session will help.

May 13 2013
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Getting to Yes: How to Raise Your First Round of Venture Capital

Geoff Lewis is an entrepreneur and investor. Who better to talk to you about raising venture capital? He’s pitched and he’s been pitched at. And he’s had a bit* of success at both.

Apr 17 2013
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Getting what You Want from the Deal – Negotiating Effective Commercial Contracts

Very few entrepreneurs really know how to negotiate effectively and strategically. This seminar will show you how to structure a negotiation to fit the nature of a contract and realize your desired outcomes while mitigating risk.

Apr 16 2013
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Atlantic Venture Forum

We’re looking forward to the Atlantic Venture Forum, happening June 19 and 20 in Halifax.

Apr 16 2013
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Ladies Learning Code – Intro to JavaScript

May the fourth be with you. Er, we mean, may you be with us on May fourth.

Seriously, though. Join us on May 4, 2013, for the next Halifax edition of Ladies Learning Code. This time we’re learning JavaScript. What’s that? Only the world's most popular programming language. JavaScript is part of almost every website. It’s what’s used to make web pages interactive – everything from online polls and quizzes to those annoying pop-up ads for online dating.

Apr 16 2013
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Business Over Breakfast: Venture Capital in Canada - Challenges and Opportunities

The fellow at the helm of all of BDC Venture Capital’s activities is coming to have breakfast with you.

Mar 18 2013
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Women in Tech and Social Entrepreneurship Lunch

This session on Women in Tech and Social Entrepreneurship will shed light on the steps Heather Payne, founder of Ladies Learning Code, took leading to her success in the male-dominated information technology world.

Mar 14 2013
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Governance Workshop: Start-Ups and their Boards

Have you considered creating an advisory board for your business? Have investors made establishing a legal board of directors a requirement for funding? If you’re an entrepreneur looking to attract and leverage board members to help grow your business, then this is the workshop for you.

Mar 14 2013
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Business Over Breakfast: Show Me the Money - Generating Revenue from Social Media

Click here to listen to a podcast of the event below that took place on March 28, 2013, at the Technology Innovation Centre.

Click here to view the event's presentation slides.

So you think you’ve got a grasp of this social media thing. You’re spending time on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, but has it made a difference with your bottom line? If not, it may be related to the fact that the majority of your Facebook updates only reach about 20 per cent of your fans. And you also might be sharing the wrong type of content. Just when you thought you had a handle on it!