Financial Resources
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Webinar Resources
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On-Demand Webinars
Webinar #1 – Intro to E-Commerce
Webinar #2 – Staying Connected to Your Customers
Embrace the Waves Webinar Series
Webinar 1: Learning to Swim Back to Business Basics
Webinar 2 – Staying Connected to Your Customers
Business Info and Links
Small Business Centre, Goderich
If you are at the planning stage for your business and searching for business start-up information, we recommend that you contact our friendly, helpful partners at the Small Business Centre located in Goderich.
The Small Business Centre offers small business owners and entrepreneurs resources and services to establish a successful momentum for their businesses.
Contact Patrick Donnelly, Small Business Centre Coordinator for free business consultations, marketing and promotion opportunities, and information on the Starter Company Plus program.
Email: pdonnelly@huroncounty.ca or call 519-524-8394 ext. 3307.
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) shares research and resources on women entrepreneurs in Canada. Made up of 10 regional hubs, WEKH operates in both official languages and includes a network of over 250 organizations, reaching more than 100,000 women entrepreneurs.
WEKH is a part of the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy that aims to increase women entrepreneurs’ access to financing, talent, networks and expertise. Please go to this link for more info on WEKH: https://wekh.ca/
The CPA Canada Financial Literacy Program
Ontario small business financial literacy resources: find resources to help your business during this pandemic.
The CPA Canada Financial Literacy Program has put together resources to help you manage the finances of your small business and provide you with the tools you need because of the pandemic.
This free comprehensive series will help you navigate through the pandemic and help you in managing and planning for the future of your business. These resources are made possible by the generous support of the Government of Ontario.
Mastering Money: The Educator’s Edition Podcast – Ontario Small Business Series
Join the CPA as they talk to expert guests and listen to insights that will help you manage your small business, including support and resources, as well as shed light on how you can plan for the future.
Find them on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, PodBean and Spotify.
For questions, email them.
Other Financial Programs
The Canada Small Business Financing Program
The Canada Small Business Financing Program seeks to increase the availability of loans for establishing, expanding, modernizing and improving small businesses. It does this by encouraging financial institutions to make their financing available to small businesses. Under the Program, a small business must apply for a loan at a financial institution (bank, credit union or caisse populaire) of its choice.
Business Development Bank of Canada
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) helps create and develop Canadian businesses through financing, venture capital and consulting services, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The BDC does this through:
- Financing: long-term loans for projects and working capital
- Subordinate financing: hybrid debt and equity financing
- Venture capital: direct and indirect investments in high technology companies
- Consulting services: tailored, quality consulting services at a price businesses can afford
The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) loan program
The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) loan program supports high-growth, innovative small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in rural and urban communities by offering loans of $150,000 to $500,000 to support all aspects of growth challenges facing them.
SOFII is a program designed to promote growth among small and medium-sized businesses in Southwestern Ontario.
Launched by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) in July 2012, the program offers $20-million through its Prosperity Initiative. The loans are intended to help finance:
- Late stage commercialization;
- New product or service development;
- New applications or markets; or
- Development or implementation of new processes or technologies.
The SOFII loan fund acts as a catalyst for increased investment in and support for innovation and is one element in the emerging climate of support for high growth companies in Southern Ontario. SOFII is supported through FedDev Ontario and is delivered by Community Futures Ontario East and Western Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Association.
For more please visit: https://www.wocfdca.com/en/funds/sofii/sofii-program-information
To apply, please contact:
Western Ontario CFDC Association (WOCFDCA)
330 West Street, Unit 10,
Brantford, ON N3R 7V5
Phone: 519-752-0381
Email: david@wocfdca.com