Parkdale Centre for Innovation — Women Founders Stream
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Canada
Training for self-identifying woman and/or non-binary founders
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- grant_single|openingDate June 14, 2022
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Other Support
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- Parkdale Centre for Innovation
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The Parkdale Centre for Innovation — Women Founders Stream is an online program designed to provide business training and entrepreneurship skills to self-identifying women and non-binary entrepreneurs in Canada. The program encourages the development of business roadmaps, scalability strategies, and ecosystem leadership, but specific funding amounts are not disclosed.
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This grant supports self-identifying women and non-binary entrepreneurs in developing their businesses through structured programs. Eligible activities focus on setting clear business strategies, executing growth plans, and building sustainable business models.
- Setting up a business Roadmap with clear goals, challenges, and metrics.
- Executing the Roadmap and engaging in program sessions for progress evaluation.
- Activating a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a partner and focusing on its success.
- Participating in an accelerator program aimed at scaling and exit strategies.
- Engaging in ongoing alumni programs and ecosystem leadership activities.
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$ 7,000
Engaging in ecosystem leadership activities and forming partnerships
$ 8,500
Executing business strategies and participating in an accelerator program
$ 6,200
Developing a business roadmap and engaging in partnerships for NGO
$ 8,000
Implementing a business roadmap and engaging in scale strategies
$ 9,000
Creating and executing a business roadmap for a tech startup
$ 6,000
Setting up a business roadmap and training for agricultural cooperative
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Eligibility criteria for this grant include having a business or business idea, the ability to commit to creating a Roadmap, and the goal to develop a sustainable and scalable business model in Canada.
- You are an entrepreneur who self identifies as a woman and/or non-binary.
- You have or are looking to incorporate a new business in Canada.
- You can commit to setting up a Roadmap with traction and revenue goals for your business over a period of 9-18 months.
- You are looking to work on and/or have a sustainable business model with potential for market growth.
- You are looking to strengthen your self-advocacy and partnership strategies to sustain your business development.
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The Women Founders program focuses on supporting self-identifying women and/or non-binary founders who either have an idea, are looking to solve a problem, or have an already established business in Canada. Participants should be committed to developing a sustainable business model with potential for market growth and engaging in self-advocacy and partnership strategies.
- Self-identifying women and/or non-binary founders
- Individuals who have an idea or are looking to solve a problem
- Individuals with an already established business
- Businesses incorporated or looking to incorporate in Canada
- Commitment to developing traction and revenue goals over 9-18 months
- Focus on sustainable business models with market growth potential
- Intention to strengthen self-advocacy and partnership strategies
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There are eligible expenses for this grant. These include:
- Travel costs
- Equipment purchases
- Training fees
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This program supports businesses that are either looking to incorporate or are already incorporated within Canada. No specific regional restrictions are mentioned, indicating that it is open to eligible applicants nationwide.
- Any province or territory within Canada.
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There are evaluation and selection criteria for this grant. The criteria include:
- Relevance of the project to the grant objectives
- Quality and feasibility of the project plan
- Qualifications and experience of the project team
- Potential impact and sustainability of the project
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Women Founders program provides ongoing support through webinars and workshops, focuses on data-driven, socially aware, scalable business models, and offers a supportive ecosystem for self-identifying women and non-binary entrepreneurs.
- You do not need to have an established business to participate; having a business idea or a problem to solve is sufficient.
- Participation and support are dependent on engagement with the Roadmap.
- The intake process involves creating a Roadmap, Multi-Year Budget, and Revenue Model with self-determined metrics.
- Applications are open on a rolling basis.
- Info-sessions are available to discuss projects, or questions can be sent via email to contact@parkdaleinnovates.org.
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contact@parkdaleinnovates.org
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