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Inclusivity Series: Scaling Up – Leveraging the 45+ Fractional Workforce

February 26 @ 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Location: Online.

Join us to learn how you can leverage cost-effective proven 45+ talent as plug and play with Elderberry.work!

Most start-ups and SMEs are worried about meeting their targets due to talent shortages. But as Statscan found, for knowledge workers it’s more of a talent mismatch: the talent is out there but not easily found.

We attract, aggregate, and make age 45+ talent easily discoverable on our platform. Age 45+ experience creates value for businesses in 5 key ways. Not as overhead but as a plug and play variable cost – consults, contracts, freelancers, fractional. All functions, seniorities, industries. Start-ups and SMEs love to tap into our growing pipeline of cost-effective knowledge transfer as their needs evolve.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Value of efficiently tapping into proven business experience, by hearing from 5 businesspeople covering key startup and SME challenges.
  • Approach: How to accelerate growth without extra overhead, by taking a flexible workforce approach leveraging consultants, contractors, freelancers, fractionals as a variable cost.
  • Pipeline: Where to find an untapped pipeline of proven business experience, all functions, seniorities, industries, and why that pipeline focuses on age 45+.
  • Access: When to access proven, curated talent to quickly get to a shortlist and use talent as easily as plug and play – on-demand, self-serve, one stop shop.

This webinar will bring to life the challenges and solutions start-ups face, including a panel of 4 experienced businesspeople representing finance, growth/business development/ sales, operations/process improvements, and general management/marketing/product launches, in Canada ad US.

Session Agenda

Introduction to Elderberry.work’s solution to chronic talent shortages and knowledge gaps for start-ups and SMEs. David, Elderberry.work – Q&A

Panel Discussion

Featuring 4 experienced businesspeople accessible through Elderberry.work. All have experience with start-ups, SMEs, and large companies.

  • Operations – Darren’s experience in technology and manufacturing includes strategy and leadership, operationalizing the company strategies, targeted growth through tech tools and analytics, and optimization.
  • Finance – Stuart is a Fractional CFO with deep experience on cash flow, financial strategies, M&A, and operating in the US and Canada.
  • General Management/Marketing/Launches – Mike’s broad experience with consumer goods products, cleantech, and retail management includes growth strategies, business development and sales, product launches, transformation and optimization, in the US and Canada.
  • Business Development/Enablement/Sales – Steven has extensive experience in technology markets driving significant growth strategies and results, cross functional project management, and process optimization.

Hosted by: Innovation Factory.

Explore the free seminars and workshops offered through Small Business Centres Ontario. Small Business Centres Ontario is the larger association supporting all 54 Small Business Centres across Ontario providing entrepreneurs with a full range of support services needed to start and successfully grow their small businesses.

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