At the Business and Development Centre we offer a variety of skills training, coaching and mentoring opportunities to meet your needs. For more information on any of our programs, or to book, call 905-641-2252 x4456.

  
Start a Business

If you're not eligible for Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) program funding, or if you have clients lined up and need to get your business going quickly, we have a program just for you! We'll customize a package that best suits your needs. Call now for your  

***** 1 Hour Free Assessment

Contact 905-641-2252 extension 4456/4435 to find out how we can help you become one of Canada's successful Business owners.

Customized Business Coaching

If you have an established business and need some professional input on business start-up, marketing and sales consulting, market research, human resources tools and services, budget and cash flow forecasting, optimizing a retail operation, business growth and planning, and more, we can help you. We have qualified business advisors with expertise in a variety of business operaions. Call us for a free 1-hour consultation to discuss your needs, and we'll create a customized package that  works best for you. For more information, call 905-641-2252 extension 4456.

 Business Basics

Build your business on a solid foundation using the fundamental principles that you'll learn in your 1-week Business Basics Program.

Explore and develop your business idea through this intense classroom experience. Participants have found that valuable input from both instructors and fellow students is an important component of this comprehensive program. Business professionals contribute their real world knowledge and expertise.

The program includes 1 week of in-class business concept development followed by 2 Business Plan Clinics, Concept Development Manual, Business Plan Template, BDC Resource CD, parking privileges at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus of Niagara College, and access to College learning resources.

 Sessions:

1. Orientation and Concept Development

2. Goal Setting and Time Management

3. Marketing Strategy

4. Promotion Strategy

5. FInancial Strategy

6. Legal Issues

7. Effective Business Communications

8. Sales and Quality Service

9. Anatomy of the Business Plan & Business Plan Development

 Fee:

 Self Employment Benefit Program participants...................Included at no extra charge

Non-SEB participants...............................................................see Start a Business (Above)

 For more information or to book, phone 905-641-2252 extension 4456.

All participants have access to the Niagara College Libraries, which are located at the Niagara-on-the-lake and Welland Campuses and are web accessible from home. The Centres feature indexing and full text content for 1,150 business journals, magazines and newspapers; Netlibrary, a collection of 5,800 e-Books that are keyword searchable ; and Search Portfolio, which provides links to "best of the web" resources for online newspapers, directories, fast facts, government information, etc.

Upcoming Dates 2010:

• Aug 9 - 13
• Aug 30 - Sept 3
• Oct 4 - 8
• Nov 1 - 5
• Nov 29 - Dec 3