3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting A Side Business
Many people want to start a side business. For some, it’s because they want to turn a creative hobby they’re passionate about into a project so that they can earn…
FAQs For Your Startup – Should I Write a Business Plan?
Your SA Entrepreneurship team members, Laura and Tania, field questions every day from BCIT students and alumni like you. In this FAQ series, I am going to focus on a…
4 Tips to Feel More Confident During Your Next Virtual Presentation or Pitch
In today’s COVID-19 business world, virtual presentations and pitches have quickly become a new normal for most of us. It is also expected that virtual get-togethers will continue to be…
The Perfect Time to Build Your Network
Are you tired of being at home? It’s easy to get discouraged, especially with all this time away from friends and family. For aspiring entrepreneurs thinking of starting a business,…
Finding Our New Normal with BC’s Restart Plan for Business Operations
As an entrepreneur, your business and its operations are greatly impacted by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. We hope you feel reassured that there is now a carefully crafted…
Marketing Strategies for Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs
“Authenticity is key!”…and other marketing pro-tips. This week I had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with marketing industry experts Emma Schram, Communications and Marketing Strategist at the BCIT Student…
Why Intrapreneurship Coaching is a Powerful Career Move and How You Can Start
Intrapreneurship – using entrepreneurial skills within an organization – is an exciting, growing area and experts predict that due to the impact of the coronavirus on companies and society, intrapreneurs will play…
What to Focus on When Business Stops
With so many businesses temporarily closing and others experiencing dramatic declines in sales, many entrepreneurs are asking themselves the same question: ‘What should I work on now that my business…
How Entrepreneurs Can Take Care of Their Mental Health During COVID-19
It is well known that the entrepreneurial life is often a stressful one with many challenges and a lot of uncertainty. A recent study (before the coronavirus pandemic) found that…
BCIT Entrepreneur Stories – Not Letting a Pandemic Get in the Way
As we all adjust to remote learning and physical distancing, many entrepreneurs are wondering how COVID-19 will impact their business and what they can do to adapt. Today we are…