Starter Company PLUS

Program Outline

The program will help participants complete:

• A Business Lean Canvas
• A marketing plan for 1 year
• Cash flow for 2 years
• Create company policies and procedures
• Develop sales techniques
• One-on-one monthly consultations for first 6 months

• Business lean canvas
• Marketing plan
• Financial forecasting
• Company operations
• Sales technique training
• Digital marketing

• Canadian citizen or permanent resident aged 18 or older
• Entrepreneurs prepared to operate a full-time business (35 hours a week)
• Business under three years in operation and operated in the Kawartha Lakes area
• Online business owners must reside in Kawartha Lakes
• Applicants cannot have participated in other government funded entrepreneurship training programs, and/or cannot have received funding from KLSBEC or other SBECs within the past three years
• Applicants must be available to complete trainings, group sessions, and personal mentoring for six months after the launch of the business
• Business much be a sole proprietorship/partnership or a corporation where the program applicant holds the majority share
• Business must operate at arm’s length from family business ventures in Ontario
• Business must be an independent business venture (not franchised, multi level marketing, single events, distributorship, not-for-profit, or pay-per-click)
• Applicants must be able to make a contribution to their business in cash or in kind equivalent to 25% of the grant amount (proof required)
• Business owners must fit the Canada Revenue Agency’s definition of being self-employed in FORM RC 4110
• Owners must maintain a separate business bank account, following government rules and regulations for operating a business

• Finding innovative ways to offer your services
• Building or enhancing your website
• Purchasing equipment or machinery
• Renovating space
• Developing marketing materials
• Purchasing a POS system
• Introducing new product lines
• Hiring staff