Objective 4
Start-Ups & Entrepreneurship
Promoting Entrepreneurship through the Business Advisory Centre
October
Why Peterborough?
Presented to the Innovation Cluster’s Start-Up Visa Program
October
Business Planning Introduction
Presentation to Trent University Entrepreneurship class
November
Entrepreneurship as a career
Entrepreneurship presentations to Employment Ontario Centres (EPC Peterborough, Agilec)
Starter Company Plus Fall Intake
PKED’s Fall intake of the Starter Company Plus program provided micro grants to eight local small businesses, the largest intake to date.
Summer Company Program
Throughout July and August, youth entreprenuers in Peterborough & the Kawarthas and Northumberland County participated in the Summer Company program including attending Bootcamp Training sessions in partnership between PKED’s Business Advisory Centre and Northumberland’s Business and Entrepreneurship Centre
Workshops and Events to Support Entrepreneurs so far this year…
Workshops and events have been provided in a hybrid environment, including in-person and virtual throughout the City and County.
