The week that was – April 16-20

What an exciting week it was! Here are some for the great initiatives and activities:

• National Volunteer Week – Thank you to all CYBF mentors and volunteers for the work you do to support youth entrepreneurship!
• Applications opened for CYBF’s Chairman’s Awards for Best Business and the FuEL Awards.
• TELUS and CYBF announced that they were teaming up to support young entrepreneurs across Canada.
• Tal Dehtiar, founder of  Oliberté was featured in  the Toronto Star: Oakville business man invests in Africa’s industrial revolution.
• Applications opened for Communitech Hub’s Hyperdrive, a $30-million start-up accelerator program to support early-stage tech start-ups.

PLUS!

• Time is running out to apply for CYBF moMENTum, a mentoring-only special offer from CYBF for young entrepreneurs! Deadline is April 23.
• Three weeks left to apply for the Spin Master Innovation Fund to receive $50K in start-up financing, mentoring, workshops and more for innovative start-ups. Apply before May 10th.