{"id":4714,"date":"2013-03-25T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T21:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=4714"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:39:05","slug":"week-that-was-march-18-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/week-that-was-march-18-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Week that was: March 18-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderfully jam-packed week we&#8217;ve had here at CYBF. We had our team traveling to Rio for Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2013, and a fantastic announcement from the Federal Budget 2013 with more opportunities for young entrepreneurs!<\/p>\n<p>Check out what else happened this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A call to all Canadian entrepreneurs! Please <a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/eUiLO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fill out these surveys<\/a> and be heard @G20_YEA in Russia #G20beheardCA\u00a0\u00a0 Deadline is Mar 28.<\/li>\n<li>Our interest rates change Apr 1. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Yc2bmJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register now<\/a> &amp; secure current start-up financing terms.<\/li>\n<li>Great news! Fed Budget promises $18M investment over two years in young entrepreneurs through. Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/natpo.st\/XtzHPd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What a warm welcome to Rio for GEC 2013! Click for <a href=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/2013\/gec-2013-rio-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a> information and for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151566044032792.1073741825.116342907791&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated pictures<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>9 days left to apply to 2013 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award. <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/jkA4p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click and apply<\/a> today!<\/li>\n<li>CYBF was at the Timeraiser event in Toronto on Friday. If you missed it, or want to know more about the next event click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeraiser.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cool quotes from GEW &#8211; Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;What entrepreneurs need most (in order of importance): mentors, ecosystems, funding&#8221; Jeff Hoffman at #gec2013<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We need the community and support to sell the gospel of entrepreneurship to youth&#8221; Patrick Lim #gec2013 #GEW<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Entrepreneurship is not the goal. It&#8217;s the shovel.&#8221; Jeff Hoffman #GEC2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CYBF articles, blogs and news this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/2013\/dependent-drop-down-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constructing dependent drop-down lists in your financial spreadsheet<\/a> by\u00a0Simon Selkrig, Strategize Financial Modelling<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/e8fZ6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is borrowing the right choice?<\/a> by CYBF mentor Karen Milde<\/li>\n<li>@InsurEye CYBFer in the news! <a href=\"http:\/\/shar.es\/elJbf  \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empowering newcomer entrepreneurs<\/a> via National Post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out what happened in our regions this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Columbia<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CYBF BC was at the @YWCAVAN Mentorship Recruitment Fair on Friday. For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ywcavan.org\/content\/Mentorship_Recruitment_Fair\/1688\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFAlberta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alberta<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In case you missed it, Julia Deans was with our Alberta team and met with Venture Alberta! We look forward to working to help Alberta entrepreneurs!<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Adamson and Sharday Isaac from Mount Royal University represented their YOU Innovate team (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/e4iOCTgc4Kc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team Engage<\/a><\/strong>) in Rio for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2013. We hope you had an amazing time. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151566044032792.1073741825.116342907791&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a>for photos of GEC 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFSask\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saskatchewan<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saskatchewan entrepreneurs, take control of money matters in life and business. A money management workshop was held this week! More info <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/jamRY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFMB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joelle from CYBF modelling smart phone gloves developed by amazing Junior Achievement kids! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DowntownJason\/status\/314912971291766786\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picture this<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCJE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quebec<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During her short trip to CYBF Quebec, Dominique Longval attended the Montreal Chamber of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccmm.qc.ca\/fr\/calendrier-petitDej_GestionCreativite_0313\">Commerce breakfast series<\/a> with Maude Th\u00e9roux-S\u00e9guin and Sophie Dudot. Bertrand Cesvet, CEO of the internationally known Marketing firm Sid Lee presented his vision of creative leadership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CYBFOntario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Team ON moderated a\u00a0forum on newcomer self-employment at Enterprise Toronto. More info <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/newcomer-self-employment-forum-hyperlinked.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cybfatlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Atlantic team was at the @HFXEntrepreneur Expo this week! Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HalifaxEntrepreneurshipExpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderfully jam-packed week we&#8217;ve had here at CYBF. We had our team traveling to Rio for Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2013, and a fantastic announcement from the Federal Budget 2013 with more opportunities for young entrepreneurs! Check out what else happened this week: A call to all Canadian entrepreneurs! Please fill out these surveys [&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-4714","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\/4714","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=4714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}