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Are you ready to take the next step?
•Uniquely focused on business coaching and development for women by women
•Year-long structured mentoring program for protégées who want to grow their businesses
The History • Launched in 1992 by successful women to address business growth challenges unique to women entrepreneurs• Not-for-profit volunteer organization with blue chip sponsors • Over 500 participants since inception• Impressive roster of guest speakers
What You Get• A year-long one-on-one mentoring
relationship (minimum 3 hours per month)
• Access to larger group of mentors
• 10 monthly educational workshops
• Real-world advice from dynamic guest speakers
• Lively roundtable discussions & mentor panels
Protégées and Mentors
Program Criteria - Protégées• Growth oriented Woman Business Owner
• Minimum 2 years in business
• Minimum $250,000 annual revenue
Commitment
• Commit to three hours mentoring/month• Attend 10 evening workshop sessions/year• Prepared to meet and work with a group of outstanding women entrepreneurs
Who Are Our Mentors?• Founders and/or CEOs of thriving businesses• Record of successful expansion• Award winners/Canada’s Top 100 Women Business Owners• Volunteers -giving their time to mentoring• Draw on their own experience to help protégées
The Workshops
Step Ahead Graduation
Honouring a Special Mentor
2009 – 2010 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Workshop #1
Laying the Foundation• Why expansion planning?• Vision, mission & core values• Your business plan
Workshop #2
Defining Your Competitive Edge
• Market Research• How to define your target market• Product and service pricing
Workshop #3
Fundamentals of Finance• Accounting principles• Forecasting costs and revenues• Banking relationships• Creative financial management
Workshop #4
Marketing• How to market your product/service• Use an agency or do-it-yourself?• Unique selling proposition• Promotional strategies
Workshop #5
Sales• Sales planning and process• Managing a sales team• Your web site as sales tool
Workshop #6
Managing People
• Leadership• Attracting and retaining talented people• Compensation• Firing
Workshop #7
Technology
• E-Business, e-commerce• Building an effective website• Leveraging mobile technology• Back-up systems
Workshop #8
Managing Business• Filing government payments• Managing Accounts Receivable• Developing supplier relationships• Legal issues• Ethics
Workshop #9
Growth Strategies
• Accessing capital for expansion• Establishing advisory boards• Going global• Establishing partnerships & alliances
Workshop #10
Work-Life Balance
• Work and family
• Action plan
• Your implementation schedule for expansion
Program Includes:• Minimum 3 hours per month of one-on-one
mentoring with your own mentor• 10 evening group workshops with lectures,
panels, guest speakers and participatory roundtables
• All course materials and hand-outs• Networking with like-minded women
entrepreneurs • Access to other mentors during workshops • 10 light dinners
Program Cost
$1,495 for one-year program
Sign up today save $100 Program cost reduced to
$1,395Less than $27 a week
