This workshop, as with all Mitacs Step workshops,
is free for both graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. However,
the preauthorization of a valid credit card is required as part of the
registration process. A $50 penalty will be applied to all late
cancellations (cancellations that are not made 5 days or more before the
workshop date), no shows, or incomplete attendance. These penalties are
only charged after the completion of a workshop and no charges are ever
made to students who participate in full.
Description:
Discovering the Entrepreneur Within has participants analyze
successful entrepreneurial ventures and identify what it took for those
entrepreneurs to reach their goals. Using an interactive, team-based
approach, this full-day workshop builds awareness of the current
Canadian entrepreneurial landscape and resources available to those
looking to start their own business. Using the tools and techniques used
in the first part of the workshop, teams create a product or service
concept that they will present to the group. May the best idea win!
Workshop Objective:
To expose participants to the benefits and trials of building a
business while building awareness of the current Canadian
entrepreneurial landscape and the resources available to entrepreneurs.
The aim of the workshop is to broaden awareness of the entrepreneurial
world to build confidence and expand a sense of possibility.
Learning Outcomes
Through participating and completing this workshop, participants will:
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Have a broadened understanding of the elements that make a successful business and an unsuccessful business
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Gain a greater sense of what it take to be an entrepreneur
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Gain personal insight into taking the entrepreneurial routs
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Understand different types of businesses
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Build awareness on different sources of financing
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Gain in-depth exposure to business planning
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Understand and have practiced creating and presenting the elements of a successful pitch
Key Topic Areas:
What makes a good entrepreneur?
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Self-assessment
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Entrepreneurial attributes
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Obstacles
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Risk tolerance
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Common pitfalls
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Changing face of entrepreneurialism