Workshops
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FREE : Every Friday @ 2:30 from May 6th to June 3rd, 2016
Are you graduating from a career program? Will you go into business for yourself? Learn some of the skills you need to get started. We’ll make it easy for you to understand.
| May 6 & 13-2016 Room 3F.37 |
NUMBERS COUNT! – Key Calculations that Matter in Running Your Business: Running a business also requires managing the administration side of things… and that requires …numbers! You don’t need to become a specialist, but you do need know some key calculations and administration principles to help you manage the day to day affairs of your company and estimate how the goals can be realized. This two-day workshop highlights the important calculations, mainly how much to charge clients, how to keep track of your business’ dealings, how to manage the tax requirements, and how to estimate the plans you have for your business – financial projections. |
| May 20, 2016 Room 3F.37 |
Brand and Social Media Marketing: This workshop will explore what it takes to build a brand and how your message will be presented to the world using social media tools. |
| May 27, 2016 Room 3F.37 |
Legal Matters: Structure, IP, Copyright & Patents: Now that you have an idea what kind of company and legal structure you will pursue, it’s time to do it. In the workshop, we will help navigate the available tools to create a legal entity.We will also help you understand the difference between IP, Copyright and Patents and choose what is appropriate for your product service or event if at all |
| June 3, 2016 Room 3F.37 |
Show me the $Moola: You have to start somewhere! In this workshop, Fundica’s experts will provide you with information regarding possible sources of funding for your business. Quickly identify grants, loans, tax credits and equity funding from private, municipal, provincial and federal funders |
All workshops are free. Register here.
February 2016: FREE ENTREPRENEURSHIP WORKSHOPS AND A SUMMER INCUBATOR
The Dawson College Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education is offering Graduating Students an Opportunity to Build a Company or Social Enterprise in the Creative and Cultural Industries upon Graduation.
Dawson College and iC MTL, a business incubator for the creative and cultural industries along with other expert partners will offer 3rd year arts, culture and design sector students 16 free workshops in venture creation with the option of a 2-month business incubation period in the summer of 2016. If you are graduating from other programs but wish to create a company in the creative sector, you are welcome too.
Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit? Would you like to launch a company or social enterprise right after your studies? In one of the following creative industries?
Advertising, architecture, apps for arts, crafts, culinary, education tech, digital design, industrial design, product design, planning/design, fashion, film, music, performing arts, photography, publishing, toys and games, television and radio, video games.
What is an incubator? Well….
- Imagine that you would have your own work space.
- Imagine that you would be focused on building your business for a period of 2 months during the summer.
- Imagine that you would be supported by entrepreneur mentors and business coaches and that you would have opportunities to attend networking events on a regular basis to expand your potential collaborative network or client base.
- Imagine a program that would understand your needs as a creative and makes business concepts less intimidating.
- Imagine that all this is free if you are a graduating student wishing to start a company in on of the creative and cultural industries.
All skills and talents are welcome. Maybe you have skills in sales and wish to start a company in the entertainment industry. Maybe you’re an artist that wants to put on a festival. Maybe you’re a photographer or industrial designer who has an idea for a new business. Maybe you have an idea for a product but don’t necessarily have the skills to create it.
So what’s the plan?
The plan is to offer free workshops every Friday during your last semester, this winter 2016. You can take these workshops and then choose whether you wish to pursue to the incubator or not. It’s your choice. The workshops are open to all 3rd year Dawson students and alumni. If you attend at least 80% of the workshops, we will indicate that you participated in entrepreneurship activities on your transcript.
If you are admitted to the incubator following the workshops, you will work on building your company during the months of June, July and part of August (with a couple of weeks of vacation thrown in). You will be surrounded by an Entrepreneur in Residence, Mentors and Coaches. We will also help connect you to potential clients and host networking events in order for you to build a network of clients, suppliers and potential colleagues.
Like I said, it’s free and starts Friday February 12, 2016 in 3F.37. Spaces are very limited and so you need to register right now.
Fill out this form to register for the free workshops
Workshops Schedule & Topics-2016
Entrepreneurship Workshops descriptions 2016
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Although also open to the general public, an administration fee of 75$ will be charged for non-Dawson College participants.
