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The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship on Entrepreneurship gives African students and recent graduates to access training, resources, financial support, and a network of mentors to develop their entrepreneurial skills and start building their venture.
The Summer Company program, funded by the Ontario government, has been helping students, aged 15 to 29, start and run their own businesses since 2001. Participants receive hands-on business mentoring from local business leaders and up to $3,000 to make their dream job a reality.
This organization was created out of a need to help identify, support, and create a set of programs to help both potential and existing Black entrepreneurs to flourish in their entrepreneurial endeavors.
The program goal is to assist businesses access funding programs and assist with the cost of hiring a grant writer. The program will offer 50% up to $2,000 to be used to cover costs associated with writing a grant application.
Kingston Economic Development in partnership with Futurpreneur Canada is offering funding and mentorship programs run by Futurpreneur Canada.
The Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) supports small businesses across the country by providing a micro-grant up to $2,400 to help cover the costs of adopting e-commerce solutions, with guidance provided by a network of specialized e-commerce advisors.
The Wings program provides early stage founders with tools and guidance to help them assess the feasibility of their business idea, validate their proposed value proposition, and begin the development of a viable business model.
With support from external funding, the QPI team offers numerous services, resources and programs to support entrepreneurs, including those from Queen’s, and to accelerate the growth of startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within Kingston and Eastern Ontario.
QICSI is a program that offers the valuable opportunity to start your own business while being paid and receiving seed funding. It takes place full time in-person on Queen's Campus from May-August.
Small business owners can have access to experts in the fields of accounting and bookkeeping, legal, social media, human resources, accessibility support and business strategy.
The Queen’s Market-Focused Research Workshop Series is a program covering topics such as market/technology assessments, design thinking, intellectual property, effective communication, and commercialization strategies to support your research and commercialization/startup formation activities.
KNDL has over 130 accredited investors who are passionate about helping early-stage companies and future-proofing their local economies. Our members are anything but passive investors; KNDL often invests their time in helping their investees achieve success.
QyourVenture is a virtual part-time program that guides participants' entrepreneurial journey in a tiered program that unlocks new opportunities and resources at each stage.
Customized Advisor assignment to fit your business field. Businesses can lean on advisors to help fill gaps on the management team (financial advice, raising investment, scaling product, etc) while you find the perfect candidate(s).
We help you get from Research and Development to production faster and connect our resources with industry and community organizations to produce results that drive success. l
Spark is a full-service marketing agency which is located within the Innovation Hub. Spark provides quality marketing services including strategy, identity, digital and video production to St. Lawrence College and the surrounding community.
This program is specifically designed for those who will start, grow or drive new ventures whether in a startup or inside a corporation.
St. Lawrence college partners with regional organizations to support workforce and economic development.
The WE-CAN Project is led by Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) as a part of Queen’s University and is designed to support women-identifying entrepreneurs throughout the Kingston and Bay of Quinte region.
The Innovate student entrepreneurs will unveil their entrepreneurial ideas and compete for a life-changing trip to attend the European Innovation Accademy in Portugal.
The Innovation Hub is focused on making innovative learning strategies and opportunities accessible to the SLC student population.
TriColour Venture fund (TCVF) at Smith School of Business is Canada's first student-advised venture capital fund.
Every year, our team organizes regional pitch competitions that give post-secondary students and other members of the Kingston community, the opportunity to advance their early stage venture through funding and mentorship.
A program for entrepreneurial teams and individuals who are responding to unmet needs in the health sector. Teams must be comprised of at least two co-founders who can commit to participating in the program
CAC specializes in providing highly available, higly secure, advanced computing and cloud resources and support for academic, not-for-profit, government, medical, and private sector clients.
As an intensive, personalized 6-month program, participants work with Launch Lab’s Advisors to create a tailored and actionable growth plan, designed to address specific growth challenges.
A team of experienced marketing and design professionals will work closely with you and your business to accomplish your goals and turn your website and online presence into a lead-generation tool – expanding your market and increasing your customer base.
Launch Lab offers comprehensive intellectual property (IP) support to companies aiming to safeguard and capitalize on their innovations.
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