{"id":6217,"date":"2011-10-18T14:53:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T18:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/press_release\/cybf-and-td-canada-trust-to-offer-free-entrepreneurship-seminars-to-quebec-youth-ages-18-to-35\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:21:41","slug":"cybf-and-td-canada-trust-to-offer-free-entrepreneurship-seminars-to-quebec-youth-ages-18-to-35","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/press_release\/cybf-and-td-canada-trust-to-offer-free-entrepreneurship-seminars-to-quebec-youth-ages-18-to-35\/","title":{"rendered":"CYBF and TD Canada Trust to offer free entrepreneurship seminars to Quebec youth ages 18 to 35"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CYBF and TD Canada Trust to offer free entrepreneurship seminars to Quebec youth ages 18 to 35<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Partnership to encourage youth to launch their own businesses<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MONTR\u00c9AL, October 18, 2011 \u2013 <\/strong>This fall, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) will host a series of free seminars to encourage youth, aged 18 to 35, to launch their own businesses. Organized throughout the province of Quebec, these conferences will provide to the participants an opportunity to network and to hear the story of Martin Thibault, the inspiring owner and co-founder of Absolunet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany young people have great innovative ideas and dreams of owning their own business. TD Bank believes in the importance of providing them with the coaching, resources and information needed to guide and support them\u201d, says Gaston Tr\u00e9panier, Senior Manager, Small Business Banking, Qu\u00e9bec region, TD Canada Trust. \u201cWe want to contribute to the development of a more entrepreneurial youth and offer them the resources they need to succeed. These conferences, designed to meet the needs of young people who are ready to start their own businesses, can help them achieve their dreams of business ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt CYBF, we are very proud to partner with TD Canada Trust, a bank that has always been tremendously supportive and encouraging of Canada\u2019s entrepreneurial culture,\u201d explains Val\u00e9rie Bellavance, CYBF Senior Director, Qu\u00e9bec. \u201cOur collaboration in the development of these seminars will give CYBF the opportunity to offer young entrepreneurs an inspiring testimony and to further fulfill our mission of helping youth help themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TD\/CYBF conferences will take place between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., on the following dates and locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Qu\u00e9bec&nbsp;:<\/strong> Wednesday, October 26<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011 at the Centre local de d\u00e9veloppement de Qu\u00e9bec (125 Charest Boulevard East)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gatineau:<\/strong> Thursday, November 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2011at the Centre d\u2019entrepreneurship de l\u2019Outaouais (25 Laurier St.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Montr\u00e9al:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011 at the \u00c9TS, Nortel Room (1100, Notre-Dame St. West)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Laval&nbsp;:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2011 at the Centre local de d\u00e9veloppement de Laval (1555 Chomedey Boulevard)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sherbrooke:<\/strong> Wednesday, November 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2011 at the Le Pr\u00e9sident Hotel (3535 King St. West)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/partners\/lance-toi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cybf.ca\/partners\/lance-toi\/<\/a> <em>(webpage available in French only)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Martin Thibault<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Thibault holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration from Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al (UQAM). He is president and co-founder of Absolunet, a business created in 1999 that is specializing in Web design, interactive strategy and e-marketing. He is member of the Board of directors of Tellipso, a company of which he orchestrated the purchase in 2008; president of the Board of Governors of the Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Qu\u00e9bec and Vice-President, Communications and Public Relations, of the Concours qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois en entrepreneuriat. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolunet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.absolunet.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Canadian Youth Business Foundation \u2013 <em>Canada\u2019s Entrepreneur Gateway<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the \u2018go to\u2019 place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national charity, we are dedicated to growing Canada\u2019s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character, not collateral, when providing youth, aged 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring. We help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business. <a href=\"..\/\">www.cybf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; 30 &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CYBF Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos\u00e9e Cusson<br>\nCanadian Youth Business Foundation<br>\n514-225-7035 x&nbsp;4002<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:jcusson@fcje.ca\">jcusson@cybf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CYBF and TD Canada Trust to offer free entrepreneurship seminars to Quebec youth ages 18 to 35 Partnership to encourage youth to launch their own businesses MONTR\u00c9AL, October 18, 2011 \u2013 This fall, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) will host a series of free seminars to encourage youth, aged 18 to 35, to launch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","press_category":[],"class_list":["post-6217","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/6217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/6217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"press_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_category?post=6217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}