Source change captured:
Columbia Basin Trust — Basin Business Advisors
Overview
At a glance
Funding available
- Increase performance through digital transformation
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Develop team skills
- Varies by project
Eligible candidates
- All industries
- British Columbia
- For-profit business
- $ 100,000 minimum revenue
- 1 employees minimum
- Startups
Next Steps
Availability timeline
Activities funded
- One-to-one online advisement
- Workshops
- Learning pathways
- On-demand workshops
Sources and recorded changes
- Source change captured
- Change recorded
- Record updated
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BBA advisement and financial pathway updated
Basin Business Advisors has replaced its prior accelerator-style and financial learning content with new advisement offerings, revised application guidance, and updated program details.
Basin Business Advisors has replaced the former Growth Accelerator page with three advisement offerings: Core Advisement, Profit Advisement, and Accelerate Advisement. The new descriptions change the target audience, qualify businesses differently, and now describe Accelerate as a cost-share service, while the previous $1,000 monthly participant contribution is no longer shown. The Financial Learning Pathway page also changed substantially: the October 1–December 3, 2026 schedule, weekly meeting details, qualification list, participant commitment, and fully funded wording were removed. The program now presents only a brief educational explanation, and the related application guidance on the program and contact pages now points people to register their business and complete a navigator needs-assessment call.
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Businesses based in the Columbia Basin Trust region.
Eligible expenses
- Business advisement and mentorship services.
- Educational workshops and learning pathway participation.
- Program referral and networking support.
Eligible geographic areas
- Columbia Basin Trust region
Selection criteria
- Alignment with the chosen BBA program stream.
- Fit with the applicant’s business needs and growth stage.
- For the Financial Learning Pathway, fit with the stated business requirements.
How to apply
- Register your business.
- Book your Navigator Call.
Processing and Agreement
- Applicants complete an intake or registration step to start the process.
- BBA staff review the information and may contact the business representative.
- For some programs, applicants may be placed on a waitlist if applications are closed.
- Approved participants receive one-to-one advisement, workshops, or pathway support through the program.
Additional information
- Some partner webinars and workshops may require registration fees.
- The Financial Learning Pathway is fully funded by Columbia Basin Trust.
- The Growth Accelerator is a cost-shared service with participant contributions of $1,000 per month.
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