The Week that was – March 19 – 23

Spring is officially here and what a season to kick-start entrepreneurship! We have had some great things happen this week, take a look and see why CYBF is pumped for the season!

• Kick-start your innovative start-up!  CYBF’s Spin Master Innovation Fund launched this week offering $50k in financing, mentoring, resources, expert advice and networking opportunities to help you launch or build your innovative start-up!
• CYBF had two amazing events in Alberta with Dianne Buckner giving her top 10 business tips to Entrepreneurs in Alberta. Thank you to our host Dianne Buckner  and everyone who attended the events!
• Spring is here and people are out and about. We asked people on twitter to show us what #entrepreneurship looked like in your area and take a picture and use #CYBF! Follow #CYBF to see what people tweeted and tweet us a picture from your neighborhood.
• CYBF launched CYBF moMENTum a six-month mentoring program available to entrepreneurs, 18 to 34 years old, who are starting or have been running a business for less than three years. Such a great opportunity!
• Our mentors, entrepreneurs and guest blog contributors are amazing, take a look below at some of their latest contributions:
  • Recovering from stumbles in business – Article by CYBF mentor Sidney Halpern
  • People – The most misunderstood part of corporate culture by Terry Thompson, Surrey, BC, CYBF Mentor
  • The value of staying focused – Advice from CYBF entrepreneur Stephane Elie of Symbiose Communication
  • Every failure offers a lesson on how to succeed – Check out this article by CYBF mentor Ellis Orlan
• The new edition of Entrepeer Vibe was released this week. Check out the great articles posted here.
• Great news for our CYBF Entrepreneurs this week!
  •  Atlantic Cirque announced that they are opening another location in Moncton! Congratulations!
  • Distributions Aikiou, CYBF entrepreneur, appeared on “Good morning America” this week. We can’t wait to see it!