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| Venture Forward is Canada's Premier Business Plan Competition |
The Mission of Venture Forward is to:
- Keep Saskatchewan graduates here
- Create opportunity for graduates from across Canada to come to Saskatchewan
and establish a business
- Become a destination province for new enterprise development
- Grow the Saskatchewan economy through the establishment of world
class businesses
- Create an environment that fosters entrepreneurship
- Promote the importance of private sector investment in new business
- Build on the premise that entrepreneurs should support entrepreneurs
- Create a sustainable partnership between private and educational
sectors for business development
- Continue to develop and learn as an active member of an international
network of $50K business plan competitions
Benefits to students competing:
- Potential to launch a new business within Saskatchewan with support
and mentoring
- Access to workshops and advice on starting a business
- Exposure of your idea to a network of advisors for feedback
- Networking with other potential start-ups
- Potential to become a mentor in the future
- Potential to obtain some start-up capital through award packages
Benefits to Community Builders:
- Opportunity to help a young person start a successful company
- Opportunity to share expertise
- Opportunity to help a start up company network into the community
- Opportunity to give back to the community
- Opportunity to pass on the valuable entrepreneurial knowledge base in Saskatchewan
- Opportunity to get involved with a fledgling idea and help it grow
- Opportunity to make a profit
- Opportunity to make a difference
Benefits to the Community:
- Opportunity to keep our educated youth in our province
- Opportunity to build our communities in a sustainable way
- Opportunity to develop generational entrepreneurial knowledge
- Opportunity to create jobs
- Opportunity to keep our communities fresh with new ideas
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