STARTUP SUCCESS WORKSHOP
Looking to start your own business? Community Futures of Central Island is offering Startup Success, a 10-day business planning workshop that provides practical, focused advice and assistance. Class starts on February 18th, 2008.

The workshop--the only one of its kind locally, and open to anyone-covers all the elements of business start-up, including market research, operations, marketing and financing. Participants will put their ideas into a written plan that indicates business viability and lays out the steps for day-to-day operations and growth.

The instructor is Gord Woodward who has worked with more than a thousand people locally in business planning. The goal of the workshop is to provide entrepreneurs with the tools to help them succeed in today's marketplace. It deals with reality which is the key to success in business. A realistic plan is going to get a warmer reception from potential lenders and investors and it helps give a new business more solid footing in starting out.

Participants will be guided through market research, including surveys. They will forecast revenues and expenses, and assess the financial resources they'll need in the first year of operations. By the end of the workshop, participants will be well prepared to get into business for themselves.

Fee for Startup Success is just $750 and includes all materials.

To register, or for more information, contact Community Futures at 753-6414 or info@cfnanaimo.org.
ENTERPRISING NON-PROFITS (enp) SPRING ORIENTATION WORKSHOP
Enterprising Non-Profits (enp) provides technical assistance grants to non-profit organizations to support the development or growth of social enterprises. In the spring of 2008, a series of seven workshops will be offered around the province for non-profit organizations to learn more about social enterprise and how to gain access to enp grants. Workshops will be held in Vernon, Vancouver, Nanaimo, 100 Mile House, Grand Forks, Smithers and Tumbler Ridge. Attending the workshop is a requirement to apply for the grants.

Enp is a partnership of funding partners including Vancity Community Foundation, Coast Capital Savings, Vancity Credit Union, Vancouver Foundation, United Way of the Lower Mainland, Bell-Canada, Northern Trust, and Western Economic Diversification Canada.

See www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca for more information and to download the workshop registration form.
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