Mitacs Step: Discovering the Entrepreneur Within - Vancouver (Aug 21, 2012)

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Step | BC

When: Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm (Registration 8:30am SHARP) 

Where: UBC Robson Square / 800 Robson Street / Vancouver, BC 

Room: C400

 

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Would you like to be an entrepreneur, do you have what it takes? Discover the important traits required to be a successful entrepreneur, how to assess risk, what makes a good business plan - and how to pitch it! Join Mitacs Step for an informative and interactive full-day workshop.

Learning Outcomes

  • Elements of successful businesses, elements of unsuccessful businesses
  • What it takes to be an Entrepreneur, self-assessment
  • Types of businesses
  • Different Sources of financing
  • Business planning
  • Elements of a successful pitch
Date: 
Tue, 08/21/2012 - 09:00 - 17:00

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