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2025 Employer Advisory Council: Driving Innovation in Canada’s Startup Ecosystem Meet Venture for Canada's 2025 Employer Advisory Council—a diverse group of leaders from across Canada, offering insights from startups, small businesses, and various industries to shape the growth and evolution of VFC's programs.
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Venture for Canada Launches New Pathway to Business Ownership with ETA Academy Venture for Canada launches a new program to help aspiring entrepreneurs explore business acquisitions. The 5-week course runs from March 22 to April 27, 2025. Applications are now open.
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Hackathon Generates Innovative Solutions for International Students in Kingston At a recent hackathon hosted by Venture for Canada, Queen’s University, and the City of Kingston, young entrepreneurs developed practical solutions to enhance the living and studying experiences of international students in Kingston, Ontario.
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A New Wave Podcast
“You know my view of entrepreneurship is that it's often like carving the Grand Canyon with water and gravity. You know you just keep at it long enough, you plug away at those problems one at a time in a systematic way.”
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Thinking Like a Founder, Navigating Risk, and Applying Lean Startup Principles to Your Life
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Thinking Like a Founder, Navigating Risk, and Applying Lean Startup Principles to Your Life
With Eric Ries
With Eric Ries
Transforming Yourself to Transform the World, Navigating Career Crossroads, and Cultivating Your Inner Compass 
With Upkar Arora
With Upkar Arora
From Search to Purchase: Navigating Legal Dos and Don’ts of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition 
With Josh Calderon
With Josh Calderon
Recent
ReSkilling Retail Workers Survey
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Arguing for Both Sides with Daniel Debow 
With Daniel Debow
With Daniel Debow
Donor Feature: Meet Alexandra Erb
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Donor Feature: Meet Valentina Primossi
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Venture for Canada (VFC) announces its 3rd annual Alumni Council
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Investing | It's All About Perseverance 
With Charlie Feng
With Charlie Feng
Donor Feature: Meet Mark Dhillon
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Behaviours in Tech | It’s All About self-awareness & self learning 
With Brittany Danishevsky
With Brittany Danishevsky
Execution | It's All About Helping You Reach Your Vision 
With Sam Daviau
With Sam Daviau
Venture for Canada's 2022 Fellowship launches its 8th cohort Venture for Canada (VFC) is excited to announce the launch of applications for its 8th Fellowship Cohort.
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VFC helps OneEleven rebuild its accelerator programming via smart curriculum design In the Spring of 2020, OneEleven, one of the premier scaleup innovation hubs in Canada,
closed its doors due to COVID-19.
Much has been written about the beloved hub’s rebirth, but less is known about VFC’s
contribution to helping OneEleven reboot its bespoke supports for post-seed companies.
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Decision Making | It's All About Your Mindset 
With Shivani Chotalia
With Shivani Chotalia
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