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As a sponsor of the New Ventures BC 2010 Competition, Webnames.ca can refer up to 5 technology companies to attend the seminar series for free (does not include entry fee for NVBC Competition). And we want to refer you! [Learn more about the competetion]
Simply Tweet this post on Twitter or email to marketing@webnames.ca to be eligible to take part! Late comers welcome.
Details about the Seminar Series
The 10-week seminar and networking series starts April 6, 2010 and features 9 seminars and 1 networking event on business topics for tech start-ups.
The first of nine seminars:
Assessing the Opportunity - Tuesday, April 6th, 7:00pm.
Featuring Bob de Wit, Executive Director of New Ventures BC and Elisabeth Maurer, President LightIntegra Technology.
Future topics include:
• The Business Plan,
• Perfecting your Pitch
• Social Media for Start-ups,
• Corporate Structure,
• Dialing for Dollars, and more.
The cost for all nine seminars is just $100 per team or individual, which is transferable to the $200 competition entry fee for the teams which decide to enter the competition.
The fee to attend any individual seminar is $20 per team or individual. Students with valid I.D. cards plus competition volunteers/sponsors may attend seminars for free.
If you're an early-stage entrepreneur with a new technology business idea, join the seminar! For details visit http://www.newventuresbc.com, call 604-725-5740, or email contact@newventuresbc.com.
For those wishing to register for the New Ventures BC Competition with a chance to win $300,000 in prizes, see our previous blog post. Deadline is April 19, 2010.
I've been a judge of the Small Business BC Business Plan Contest for a number of years and the 2010 Awards are now bigger and better.
Entrepreneurs are still encouraged to submit a business plan in either the Business Concept Category or the Business Growth Category; however the 7th annual Successful You - Small Business Awards now includes 2 new categories which are nomination based.
The four award categories are:
1). Business Concept Award - business plan required
2). Business Growth Award - business plan required
3). Business Champion Award - nomination based
4). Company of the Year Award - nomination based
Last year's event award winners came from across British Columbia.
It is free to enter and all business plan submissions are completely confidential. This is an opportunity to win prestigious national, regional and local media exposure.
Click here for:
BUSINESS PLAN (or) NOMINATION ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM
APPLICATION & NOMINATION DEADLINE: MARCH 31st, 2010.
Good luck to all applicants and nominees. I encourage everyone to forward this great opportunity along to other entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial organizations and new businesses.
Webnames.ca is proud to promote the BCTIA Technology Impact Awards taking place June 8, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Over 700 senior representatives of the technology and business community will attend this event to recognize the best of BC's technology community.
The Technology Impact Awards is an annual program created to celebrate the successes of BC's technology industry and the companies, people and innovation that continue to put British Columbia on the map.
The deadline for submissions this year is March 17th. Complete details about the prestigious awards program are available on the BCTIA website.
Companies of all sizes and sectors are encouraged to apply. There are 9 award categories in total:
TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Most Promising Pre-Commercial Technology
Excellence in Product Innovation
Best Application of Technology
COMPANY AWARDS
Most Promising Start-up
Emerging Company of the Year
Company of the Year
PERSONAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
Team of the Year
Community Leadership
Person of the Year
BCTIA Award Recipients from 2009 include:
About BCTIA - Growing our Technology Community
The British Columbia Technology Industry Association is an industry-funded organization supporting the growth of British Columbia's strong knowledge economy. Our network of 2100+ member companies are all sizes and from all technology sectors and collectively employ over 70,000 workers in BC.
The BCTIA delivers programs and services that directly influence the growth and success of our companies. As the voice of the technology industry, the BCTIA is committed to the ongoing growth, sustainability and prosperity of the technology industry and the transformation of British Columbia to a knowledge-based economy.
Learn more about the BCTIA's activities, programs and support for BC's tech community.
As a part of our core values we are constantly trying to improve and strive for excellence. So when I heard about the new employee training program established by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, I applied right away.
Essentially, the Workplace Training for Innovation Pilot Program is designed to help BC businesses fund employee training. In fact, up to $1,500 for each employee to a maximum of $5000 worth of training for the whole organization. For small businesses, this is significant.
Small Businesses as well as not-for-profits are eligible but the organizations must be less than 50 employees, have been around for at least 1 year and be in good standing with the BC Corporate Registry. The training is for employees of the organizations (owner/operators and contractors do not qualify; part-time or on call employees do qualify).
Note that the funding cannot apply retroactively to courses already taken; you must get the funding first and complete the required forms first.
The training has to meet the following categories:
There is some paperwork involved including Participant Intake Forms and Participant Exit Forms, but it is well worth it!
Here are the key links to finding more information, downloading application forms and more.
Download Application Form
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Program Guidelines Booklet
Follow the instructions on the application form carefully. Deadline for application is January 31 2011.
For the non-BC businesses reading this post, bookmark this important link to other Government of Canada programs/loans/grants you can access and apply for: Canada Business - Services for Entreprenuers.
The provinces of Ontario and British Columbia have agreed to implement the harmonized sales tax (HST), which would replace existing provincial sales taxes and the federal goods and services tax in those provinces beginning July 1, 2010.
The Canada Revenue Agency is offering information seminars, at no charge, to ensure businesses receive the information they need for the transition to the federal administration of the harmonized sales tax in British Columbia and Ontario.
The following links provide locations, dates, times and other registration details for seminar attendees:
British Columbia: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/vnts/hrmnztn/bc/menu-eng.html
Ontario: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/vnts/hrmnztn/on/menu-eng.html
Note: New locations are being added each week.
Vancouver seminars are being held in partnership with Small Business BC
I am extremely honoured to have been appointed to the Government of BC's Small Business Roundtable.
Since forming in 2005, the roundtable has held over 35 consultations with more than 600 small business owners. The 24 members of the Roundtable represent small business organizations from every region of B.C.
The Roundtable presented its 4th Annual Report to Minister Iain Black at the Vancouver Board of Trade event on Friday October 16th. The report presents recommendations to government and the small business community on ways to improve B.C.'s business sector.
Below are Highlights of the Small Business Roundtable 4th Annual Report.
Recommendations to the small business community include:
* Strive to leverage government resources
* Take creative approaches to retaining staff
* Become involved in the local community
* Develop worker skills, and learn how to participate in the green economy
Recommendations to government include:
* Continue support for training and labour development
* Continue to reduce regulatory burdens on small business
* Continue to reduce tax complexity
* Continue to build on the success of B.C.'s international trade outreach to expand trade
The roundtable report acknowledges government's support for small
business, including:
* Accelerating a reduction in the small business corporate income tax rate
from 4.5 to 2.5 per cent, saving small businesses an estimated $401
million over three years
* Increasing the small business tax threshold from $400,000 to $500,000 in
January 2010, saving small businesses $20 million per year
* Eliminating over 152,000 regulations since 2001 - a red tape reduction
of over 42 per cent
* Spearheading efforts to create a new private-sector pension plan for
British Columbians without a retirement savings plan
* Breaking down barriers to doing business, including developing on-line
tools such as BizPaL and providing greater flexibility through the Mobile
Business Licence
* Supporting labour market planning through $100 million per year on
trades training since 2001; $3 million towards youth entrepreneurship
education; $16 million over three years to help B.C.'s immigrant
workforce; and $17 million in Labour Market Agreement projects helping
businesses develop and deliver training suited to their needs
For a copy of the report, please visit: www.smallbusinessroundtable.ca/publications/Pages/default.aspx
