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October is Small Business Month

October is Small Business Month, and ready or not, it’s just around the corner. As always, the Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre (GBBEC) is working hard to make sure that the business experts and resources that small business owners need to help grow their businesses are available and accessible.

Summer Company Students Open for Business

Summer Company Students are working hard this summer, to make their mark as entrepreneurs...

Business Plan Challenge Winners

BARRIE - Barrie Central Collegiate took home bragging rights from this year's Business Plan Challenge, as three of its students landed in the top five of 12 finalists at an awards presentation June 23 at the Southshore Community Centre. Read the article from Simcoe.com.

Celebrating Simcoe County’s Young Entrepreneurs

On Tuesday July 6^th, eleven of Simcoe County’s newest and youngest entrepreneurs  showcased their products and services at the Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre’s (GBBEC) Maple Ave. location above the bus depot. An Open House was held at the business centre to celebrate the Official Launch of Summer Company 2010. 

Barrie’s First-of-its-Kind Financing Training Camp

That’s the advice of a team of financing specialists, who will be organizing a Financing Training Camp for entrepreneurs in Barrie next week.  The first event of its kind in Barrie, the camp will consist of a one-day workshop that provides early-stage companies with tips on how to secure equity financing, including how to present your business in a manner that will attract investors.

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Ontario Secondary School Business Plan Competition

An opportunity for Ontario high school students to create a business plan and compete with their peers for cash awards.

Students compete by researching and writing a business plan which is then submitted to the Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre for evaluation.

12 finalists are honoured at an annual awards banquet where the winners are announced and awarded prizes donated from community sponsors.

Many different business ideas have been presented in submitted business plans over the years, including highly technical to creative arts and everything in between.

Judged by an independent panel consisting of educators, business professionals, bankers, successful young entrepreneurs and other professionals using a standard score sheet, the marks are then tallied and the winners chosen.

Learn more about the high school business plan competition in the Barrie area.

Now Accepting Summer Company Applications

Create your own summer job, get hands-on business training, and up to $3,000 in awards!

If you're between 15 and 29 years old, you can apply to Summer Company, a program designed to help enterprising young people start up and run their own summer business...

Bridges to Better Business Event News Release

October is Small Business Month in Ontario, and that means the return of the SMALL BUSINESS EVENT OF THE YEAR – Bridges to Better Business. On October 28^th the Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre (GBBEC) will host the 8^th Annual Small Business Conference at Barrie’s ANAF building on George St., Barrie from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.