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You’re an entrepreneur with a great idea. But your business needs money. So, do you max out your credit cards, borrow from friends and family, and do everything yourself? Or…
A new toolkit has been launched to help foster social innovation across Windsor-Essex. This first-of-its-kind toolkit will provide information for non-profits and entrepreneurs wanting to create innovative new products, services…
This Directory of Resources for Aboriginal Social Entrepreneurs has been designed to simplify your efforts to find and acquire information. There are abundant resources available, but programs continually change over…
Drawing on years of working with social entrepreneurs, conversations from across the globe, and lessons from case studies of its Social EnterPrize recipients, a new report from the Trico Foundation,…
The Cooperative Entrepreneurship Curriculum walks participants through an examination of the philosophy and practice of cooperation, the meaning of “development” and “entrepreneurship” in their lives, the steps required in starting a…
Aaron Joe is owner/operator of Salish Soils, a facility making top-quality soil on the Sunshine Coast. Aaron is First Nations and committed to creating employment for his community. He shares…
This second edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development examines how national and local actors can better work together to support economic development and job creation at the local…
First Nations reconciliation has to include rebuilding local economies. Problem solvers such as social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and the small farm movement are demonstrating we can tackle society’s most stubborn…
British Columbians love beer and, as witnessed by the recent proliferation of breweries, craft brewing is a good business proposition. But success is not built on beer alone. SFU CED…
Launching a business requires a lot of learning, and a lot of support. 2016 LEAP! graduate Tracee Lang shares what she learned along the way about how to move from…
The Business Vitality Initiative process and the content in this toolkit were developed by and remain the intellectual property of the Centre for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Leadership (CIEL). Through a…
When small communities begin to think about developing and diversifying their economies, they often ask, “Where do we start?” Sometimes the question comes from a new council member who has…
