Startup Canada Halifax, the Halifax chapter of the national organization Startup Canada, has issued the following press release:
Startup Canada Halifax engages local entrepreneurs in initiative to reduce startup failure through financial literacy
Startup Canada Halifax is convinced that Entrepreneur financial literacy is a key element in generating jobs and revenue for the Nova Scotia.
On May 7th at 5 PM at the Volta Center on Spring Garden Road, Local Entrepreneurs and small business owners will participate in a local installment of a national initiative to reduce startup failure today. This event is the first Startup Canada Finance Bootcamp to be hosted in Halifax.
The initiative is part of a nation-wide financial literacy program presented by Startup Canada, a national, entrepreneur-led movement supporting the development of vibrant startup communities, and Intuit Canada, a leading provider of business, financial and tax management solutions for small & mid-sized businesses.
The program aims to close the financial literacy gap for entrepreneurs and empower them to pursue sustainable, scalable businesses opportunities that create value for the local community through job creation and revenue generation.
Fifty Startup Finance Bootcamps, Meetups, and QuickBooks Clinics will take place between April and August 2015 and engage 2,500 entrepreneurs in communities from coast to coast.
“Startup success and failure hinges on an entrepreneur’s ability to make sound financial decisions,” said Victoria Lennox, CEO and Co-Founder of Startup Canada. “By connecting entrepreneurs with financial literacy education locally, we are planting the seeds to fill empty storefronts, lower unemployment and retain the local talent pool.”
“Intuit has a longstanding commitment to helping entrepreneurs achieve financial independence and success,” said Jeff Cates, President of Intuit Canada. “Our partnership with Startup Canada allows us to take this program to entrepreneurs where it makes an impact – in the local communities they call home. Our goal is to ensure startups scale-up with financial health.”
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Startup Canada is a grassroots, entrepreneur-led movement founded in May 2012 that has become the most recognized, energized and active entrepreneurship organization in Canada. Startup Canada’s programs have mentored more than 20,000 Canadians, grown to represent more than 80,000 entrepreneurs, and increased entrepreneurial momentum, wealth and jobs in Canada while promoting Canada’s diversified economy and high quality of life.
Startup Canada is recognized globally as the benchmark for fuelling grassroots entrepreneurship. It has educated the leaders of peer organizations in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, South Korea, South America and the United States.
About Intuit Inc.
Founded in 1983, Intuit had revenue of $4.5 billion in its fiscal year 2014. The company has approximately 8,000 employees with major offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and other locations. More information can be found at http://www.intuit.com.
