EDA will host 30 minute 1-ON-1 information sessions with VBEC's Summer Company consultants to learn the step-by-step process to apply & qualify for the $3,000 Vaughan Business Enterprise Centre Grant. These sessions will take place on Wednesday, March 6th and Thursday March 7th.
An EDA representative will be present at build.Collaborate, Thursday, February 28, 2019, 6 pm to 8:30 pm, York University, Schulich School of Business, 111 Ian Macdonald Boulevard, ROOM MB G105 ( new Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building) to answer questions regarding the March sessions.
You can also check your eligibility please click here or visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOl1mDeI8VikJAFlbn9SP0rIOUwNKkXwGwPzFqqoHZ_WbwJA/viewform
ABOUT EDA:
The Entrepreneurship Development Association (EDA) was founded in 2015 by two York University business students, Judy Peters and Mark S. Peisach. In Peters; last year of study, she was involved in few entrepreneurship projects and found the lack of awareness and resources available to undergraduate students to be the top challenge. Peters approached Professor Peggy Nguyen, Director of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS), and Mark Peisach, an accounting student with the idea to start a student association. The purpose of the association would be to empower and educate young entrepreneurs with the skills and experiences needed to pursue their passion.
Through jointed collaboration, taking into account Peisach’s analytical skills and Peters’s organizational skills and under the guidance of Professor Nguyen, EDA was born.
Today the association offers a series of entrepreneurial workshops such as Business Life-Cycle, Marketing & Sales Strategies, Financial consideration for start ups, Legal Strategies where students get the opportunity to engage in discussions, network, and learn from successful entrepreneurs.
EDA EVENTS:
EDA hosts a series of events throughout the academic year, which are a collection of theory, experiential and hands-on workshops conducted by experienced entrepreneurs.
The workshops mainly consist of two parts, an information session at the beginning shared by our veteran entrepreneur(s) and a group engagement/ discussion towards the end.
The objective of the workshop:
- To identify key business techniques and how to communicate business ideas to key leaders in the industry
- To educate and broaden student perspective on the complexity involved in starting and running a business
- To provide guidance and increase awareness of financial resources available for early start-ups
- To increase networking opportunities amongst students, practitioners and government representatives
- To encourage students to pitch innovative business ideas that have the potential to grow into a business