{"id":4683,"date":"2013-05-29T21:17:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T01:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:38:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:38:54","slug":"week-that-was-may-20-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/week-that-was-may-20-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Week that was: May 20-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We may have had a short week last week but it was packed with important deadlines! See what happened over at CYBF this past week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TELUS #smallbizchallenge for a $100K business grant from @TELUSBusiness!\u00a0 Get more information <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/kYl5Y\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Call out to all transitioning #CanadianForces members last week as the last day to apply to The Prince\u2019s Operation Entrepreneur application closes. Find out more about what <a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/Z76eb\">CYBF and the program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Final countdown to the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/j9EC3F\">Spin Master Innovation Fund<\/a> deadline was last week. What a turnout! Thank you to everyone who helped spread the word about #SMIF13 and to those who applied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/natpo.st\/11rqc9M\">How savvy veterans are turning into successful entrepreneurs<\/a> via @financialpost.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cbc.sh\/I6vv1xk\">12 young leaders changing Canada &#8211; Generation Why<\/a> \u2013 Congratulations to CYBF Entrepreneur Lauren Friese, founder of TalentEgg who made the list!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/ZlnpQ\">Overcoming workspace challenges<\/a> by CYBF entrepreneur George Christakos @BrooklynHalifax.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/ZD2KT\">Great managers: how to effectively monitor what you&#8217;ve decided to measure<\/a> by CYBF mentor Terry Thompson.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/ZJP95\">Is the glass half empty or half full?<\/a> by CYBF Mentor-in-Residence Linda Morana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>British Columbia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CYBF BC team attended the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owa.cybf.ca\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=bMDBx_3dX0msun0gZZRnvT4Dy9fdLtAIclG7mcbzUmlI2KDyYqtC98-sR2kJL9feU7z7d-bJgyw.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.businessinsurrey.com%2fsurreys-top-25-under-25-awards%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surrey Board of Trade Top 25 under 25 awards<\/a>\u00a0this past week and also participated in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owa.cybf.ca\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=bMDBx_3dX0msun0gZZRnvT4Dy9fdLtAIclG7mcbzUmlI2KDyYqtC98-sR2kJL9feU7z7d-bJgyw.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2freachmag.ca%2ftickets%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Reach Entrepreneur Event<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li>We had our own Jill Earthy and Paulina Lipska on the judging panel for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owa.cybf.ca\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=bMDBx_3dX0msun0gZZRnvT4Dy9fdLtAIclG7mcbzUmlI2KDyYqtC98-sR2kJL9feU7z7d-bJgyw.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.fundingroadshow.com%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundica Funding Roadshow<\/a>\u00a0where they had two of our CYBFers also pitching. We can\u2019t wait to hear the outcome!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manitoba<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CYBF MB team tested out a new CYBF entrepreneur service with a grand outcome. \u201cJust ordered online from Yuki Sushi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skipthedishes.ca\/\">on SkipTheDishes<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23skipthedishes&amp;src=hash\">#skipthedishes<\/a> \u2013 easy peazy\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Joelle Foster spent the weekend with an impressive group of innovators and entrepreneurs developing ideas at Ramp Up Weekend. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupwinnipeg.ca\/\">Find out more<\/a> and check out some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFMB\/status\/338104123985629184\/photo\/1\">great photos<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/img20.imageshack.us\/slideshow\/player.php?id=img20\/7467\/1369675152cwe.smil&amp;goback=%2Egde_4689012_member_244458209\">slideshow<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saskatchewan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CYBF Saskatchewan team was at the Time Raiser event. Check out some great <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFSask\/status\/337723100378570755\/photo\/1\">photo<\/a>s taken of the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ontario<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congrats to our new CYBFer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameRelatedInc\">@GameRelatedInc<\/a> for launching their website. Check them out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerelated.ca\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>CYBF ON participated with Start Up Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23startupchats&amp;src=hash\">#startupchats<\/a>. Where they were talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Youth&amp;src=hash\">#Youth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Entrepreneurship&amp;src=hash\">#Entrepreneurship<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alextbrown\">@alextbrown<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFOntario\">@CYBFOntario<\/a>. To see the full chat follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23startupchats&amp;src=hash\">#startupchats<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Atlantic<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great turnout of CYBF entrepreneurs, mentors and supporters at the Entrepeer event in Moncton. Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKeg\">@TheKeg<\/a> for hosting CYBF! Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151906593338835.1073741829.63741258834&amp;type=1\">some photos<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may have had a short week last week but it was packed with important deadlines! See what happened over at CYBF this past week: TELUS #smallbizchallenge for a $100K business grant from @TELUSBusiness!\u00a0 Get more information here. Call out to all transitioning #CanadianForces members last week as the last day to apply to The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurpreneurs-and-partners"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}