Last month, we brought you a round-up of social enterprise developments across Canada. We continue this month with a special focus on what’s happening with the movement in Ontario. Thanks to Ethel Cote for compiling the updates to share with our audience....
Learn which measures are important to your partners In November, I wrote about developing pitching skills as a new social entrepreneur and student in Ontario’s first Fellowship Program for Social Entrepreneurs. As 2013 begins, we are a third of the way through the...
Canada and its social enterprise sector will be in the spotlight next year when the country hosts the 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum in Calgary, October 2-4. As Canada’s first and only publication dedicated to social enterprise and entrepreneurship, we thought...
Preparing for rejection is part of the process No one wants to be rejected and yet, when you’re starting a new business, it’s something you have to be prepared for as you pitch your ideas to potential investors and clients. I’m a fellowship student in the first...
Turning a great idea into a real business gets a lot easier with the right support. Toronto is a city of plenty. Its present course reminds me of those 1950s commercials about industrial “cities on the go”. Voted in the top 10 cities for innovation by Melbourne’s...
Revolution. When we think of education, we normally think of something that is nurturing and safe. I don’t often associate risk with learning, because it is exciting to grow. Yet revolution is on our hands; we have it right now. There is unspoken revolt by people...
