6 Month Program
BIZFIELD GLOBAL INCUBATOR
Week 0 – Pre-Arrival
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Virtual introduction
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Online orientation
Week 1 - Introduction Week & Establishing a Subsidiary
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Welcome & Introduction of Bizfield Global Incubator Program
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Introduction to Bizfield & staff
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Establishing a subsidiary, branch office, sales office, development office, or site
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Optional local community activities: farmers’ market or real estate site visit
Week 2 – Learn the basics and meet your Executive in Residence
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Learn about startups and business acceleration from a Canadian context
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Mentorship
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Working Space
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Access to capital
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
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Virtual social event with other incubator members
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Optional social event: night out in downtown Vancouver
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Optional tour: Vancouver city tour
Week 3 – Business Plans and Financials
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Generating an Executive Summary, Mission, and Vision
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Business Finances
Week 4 – Mentorship Sessions
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
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Key resources in Canada
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Optional tour: UBC tour
Week 5 - Business Strategy & Mentorship Sessions
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Value Proposition
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Marketing and Sales Strategy
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
Week 6 – Learning to Pitch Your Business
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How to Pitch Your Business & Learning about Pitch Opportunities in Vancouver
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Pitch night event
Week 7 – Marketing
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Marketing your business
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One-on-one mentorship session
Week 8 - Raising Capital Investment
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An Entrepreneur’s Guide to North American Angel Investment
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Venture Capital in North America
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Negotiating with Investors
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Optional angel investment meeting (event and date are subject to change):
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Vantec Monthly Meeting (ticket price approximately $75.00)
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Week 9 – One-on-one mentorship sessions
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
Week 10 - Develop an International Business
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International Industry and Market Analysis
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How to build international sales and distribution
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
Week 11 – Develop a Cross-Border (Canada-US-Mexico) Business & Networking event
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Cross-Border Business Management
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How to sell into Canada, US, and Mexico
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Cultural and business differences – US vs. Canada vs. Mexico
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Optional international networking event (event and date are subject to change): Details TBD
Week 12 – Competition
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Identifying and analyzing competitors
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How to differentiate your business from competitors
Week 13 – Capitalization and Exits
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Structuring your Capitalization Table for future growth and exit
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Planning your Exit Strategy
Week 14 – Tour of University Research Facilities and Business Accelerators
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SFU - SFU Venture Labs
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UBC - Entrepreneurship at UBC
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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University of Victoria
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
Week 15 – Networking in North America
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North American Business Culture
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Virtual and In-person Networking
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How to connect with potential customers, partners, and advisors in other parts of North America
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Networking Workshop: How to Network
Week 16 – Mentorship and Networking
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
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Optional networking event:
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Chinese Canadian Entrepreneur Networking Event by Bizfield
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Week 17 – Building Your Connections in Tech Hubs
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Virtual Introduction to connections in key tech hubs:
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Silicon Valley
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New York
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Toronto
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Boston, Austin, and elsewhere
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One-on-one mentorship
Week 18 – Talent Acquisition and Management
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Building an effective HR strategy
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Finding the right people for your business – in Canada and for your remote offices
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
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Optional team-building event: beachside BBQ or virtual event
Week 19 - Advertising
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Advertising and Promotion Strategies
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How to Use email marketing to Market in North America
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Your Guide to Google Ads
Week 20 – Digital Marketing & LinkedIn Training
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Digital Marketing: Social Media for B2C Sales
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LinkedIn Training
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
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Optional tour: Victoria
Week 21 - Presenting your pitch
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Practice your pitch deck & feedback and mentorship on pitching
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One-on-one mentorship sessions to refine your pitch
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Mock Pitch Event
Week 22 - Raising funding from Investors
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Bizfield Angel Network event
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Negotiation with Investors
Week 23 – Scaling your business
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Scale up your business
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
Week 24 – Business plan tuning
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Fine-tune your business plan
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One-on-one mentorship sessions
Week 25 – Final Mentorship & Networking
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Final one-on-one mentorship session
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Networking event
Week 26 – Graduation Week
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Graduation Ceremony
Logistics
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Target number of startups participating: Up to 12
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1-2 workshops per week and each workshop runs for 2-3 hours
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Workshops will be delivered in Mandarin or English (interpretation available)
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Workshop locations: Metro Vancouver
Our plan in Q3 2021 is to run a physical program in Greater Vancouver.
Should Covid-19 travel restrictions still be in place, the Program will convert to a virtual program for all or part of the 6-month period.