Invest Ottawa Free Seminar: “Starting your Business Information Session”

Every business in Ontario needs to follow certain steps. In this 1.5 hour information session, we cover the basic rules and regulations you will be required to follow in order to start your business in the province of Ontario.

We also provide you with some resources that help guide you through the process of starting a business in Ottawa, Ontario.

Topics covered include:

• Different forms of business organization,
• Advantages and disadvantages of each
• Acquiring a Business Number with the Canada Revenue Agency – do you need one How to you get one?
• Municipal licensing
• Resources

Speaker: Christine Evans, Entrepreneurship Services, Invest Ottawa

Guest Speaker: Danielle Kuczer, Business Consultant, YMCA-YWCA Enterprise Centre

The Ontario Self-Employment Benefit Program (OSEB) is one of the most unique projects of its kind anywhere. The OSEB Program, delivered by the YMCA-YWCA provides unemployed people who are or have recently been eligible for Employment Insurance, with income and entrepreneurial support for up to 42 weeks while they develop and start their business.Participants learn the value of having a solid plan of action as the foundation for starting a business. In addition to income support, they are assisted in the development of a sound, strategic plan that serves as a living document to effectively manage their business.

We aim for each participant to achieve the following:

• Gain an understanding of business concepts through core seminars and hands-on workshops.
• Achieve business, financial, and digital literacy.
• Develop critical thinking skills and strategies required to conduct research, to determine and seize opportunities, and to communicate effectively.
• Apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes acquired through the program to tangible business applications and a rigorous planning and execution process.
• Develop lifelong learning skills that will help new business owners to adapt to changes in technology, the economy, and important social trends.
• Make connections that will help them take advantage of business opportunities, develop lasting community relationships, and create positive social change.

The primary goal of OSEB is to provide participants with the tools and support they need to successfully launch a business and create their own employment. Hundreds of people every year benefit from OSEB and turn opportunities into reality.

If you have the expertise, skill, talent or an enterprising mind with a passion to create a new business, this might be the opportunity you’ve been looking for. Create your own dream job and hire yourself! Visit OSEB.CA

Guest Speaker: Marika Éléazard, Business Assistance Program, RGA

The Business Assistance Program offers effective, low-cost solutions helping businesses improve their bililngual customer services by providing:

• reduced cost for translation services
• spoken French workshops, tailored for the service industry
• help recruiting bilingual staff.

To register, please click here.