Taunya Woods Richardson is an entrepreneur who invested everything in her business and lost it all. Now, she uses her hard-earned knowledge and expertise to help other business owners confront their finances head-on.

In August 2024, we hosted Taunya for a session to help you understand your needs and numbers, including:

• How much the business needs to pay you monthly;
• How much money you’ll need for retirement; and
• The current return you’re making on your business investment.

Facilitator: Cathy Burrell, WeBC Client Services Coordinator

Panelist: Taunya Woods Richardson, Founder + CEO, Nail The Numbers

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If you feel this way, you’re not alone. Research shows that investors ask women different questions than men, and those questions don’t lead to investment. As a result, women get less than 2% of VC funding.

WeBC is working to help more women overcome this barrier to equity financing, through our Investor Speak™ program, which teaches women how to lead the conversation. Participants practice on their own time for 15 minutes a day, then join weekly meetups with the group to receive group support on their venture capital journey.

Join us for a free info session to hear about the Investor Speak™ Program and learn:

• Why it’s important to get more women into the equity financing world
• What kinds of businesses are investable
• What a strong value proposition looks like
• And more!

Facilitators:

• Melanie Rupp, Senior Director, Loans & Advisory Services, WeBC
• Erin Alexander, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Certified Investor Q&A© Trainer

Thanks to funding from the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, full grants are available to cover the $2,900 Investor Speak™ program cost.

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We’ve all been there before: what begins as a passing thought about paying a couple of bills can snowball into full blown anxiety about your financial future. As a business owner, finances can be a constant source of stress, but it doesn’t have to be. Don’t let the fear of jumping into the financial world, prevent you from improving your financial knowledge!

In this webinar, Sarah Guizzo, WeBC Business Advisor explained the basics every entrepreneur should know when it comes to financials. This enlightening session will break down the terminology and build up your knowledge so you can make better, informed business decisions that will help when it comes to applying for future finance. In this session covered:

• Credit score and why it is important
• Different types of finance and how to access them
• Understanding agreements and their terms

If you want to understand your financial options, see through the jargon, and build your financial literacy, so you can take control of your business decisions and actions, then this is the recording for you!

Facilitator: Sarah Guizzo, Business Advisor, WeBC

Would you like to have a clear understanding of your business financials? Check out our free On-Demand SMART course, “Financial Fitness: Keep Your Business Financially Healthy.”

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