MarketingJul 4, 20193 minEMPOWERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS SPOTLIGHT: ACCELERATOR FOR WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP (AWE) By: Meghan Hellstern | Senior Projects Officer This is the second commentary in a series of three highlighting each of the community-le...
MarketingMay 23, 20194 minReal Talk – Success Stories from Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Been There, Done ThatFor some, the desire to become an entrepreneur is an early driving force; for others, it’s the furthest thing from their minds until fate...
MarketingMay 6, 20194 min Sell me your storyAdvice for entrepreneurs on how to sell themselves, their employees and their company 24/7 Successful entrepreneurs are always selling – ...
MarketingApr 8, 20193 minThe Art Of The Pitch - Strategies to help women entrepreneurs secure capital to grow their business Are you a woman entrepreneur with a dream who needs investment to make it happen? The reality is you’ll face more challenges in your ques...
MarketingMar 8, 20194 minWish, Want or Walk: How to Negotiate the Best Deal for YouDoes the thought of negotiating stress you out? Do you jump at the first offer that comes your way, or collapse at the word ‘no’? A “yes”...
MarketingJan 31, 20194 minUp Yours: Leadership Presence and ConfidenceDemystifying Leadership Presence: What Every Woman Needs to Know! Leadership presence, or a lack of it, can get in the way of your career...
MarketingDec 7, 20184 minSocial Capital and Networking When people think of sales, words like “manipulative”, “pushy”, “dishonest” and “aggressive” can come to mind. These are all words with ...
MarketingNov 8, 20182 minAWE Client Sniper Skin teams up with Fox 40 for sales and distribution across Canada and U.SAWE and Innovation Factory Client Sniper Skin has partnered with Fox 40 International Inc. to distribute Sniper Skin’s premium sports gri...
MarketingOct 31, 20183 minFeminine Capital – Unlocking the Power of Women EntrepreneursStereotypes about men and entrepreneurship run rampant in entrepreneurial spaces. It is known as a “masculine domain”. These stereotypes...
MarketingAug 17, 20183 minRetrospective - Radius Dinner and AWE Year OneBy: Kim Zarzuela iF Summer Content Marketing Intern Members of the AWE community came together to celebrate a great year of programming w...
MarketingAug 15, 20181 minCanadian Export Challenge | Startup Canada InvitationStartup Canada's CEO, Victoria Lennox, invites entrepreneurs to apply for the Canadian Export Challenge. The Canadian Export Challenge i...
AWEApr 19, 20183 minGetting to Good – Negotiating the WinBy: Shann McGrail, Executive-in-Residence, Innovation Factory Love it or hate it, we negotiate all the time—in relationships, at work, wi...
AWEMar 7, 20184 minUp Yours: Leadership Presence and Confidence – Women’s EditionBy: Shann McGrail Executive-in-Residence, Innovation Factory According to various research, over 80% of women never receive helpful feedb...
AWEFeb 11, 20185 minIdentity Management: Entrepreneurial Women’s EditionBy: Shann McGrail Executive-in-Residence, Innovation Factory I have been working with Hamilton’s Innovation Factory (IF) (one of Ontario’...
