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SUMMARY:Bookkeeping Set Up for New Business Owners
DESCRIPTION:Location: Online. \n\n\n\nSetting up your books is one of the most common – and costly – struggles for new and growing business owners. \n\n\n\nSetting up your books is one of the most common – and costly – struggles for new and growing business owners. If bookkeeping feels overwhelming\, confusing\, or easy to put off\, this session is designed for you. \n\n\n\nJoin Mohamed Bachani of Unique Accounting Services\, a referral partner\, for a 90-minute practical workshop that breaks bookkeeping down into clear\, manageable steps – without accounting jargon. This session focuses on helping you understand what to do\, why it matters\, and how to stay compliant with the CRA\, so your finances support your business instead of stressing you out. \n\n\n\nWhat You’ll Learn – In this 90-minute session\, we’ll cover: \n\n\n\n\nWhy good bookkeeping matters for cash flow\, pricing decisions\, taxes\, and long-term growth\n\n\n\nEssential financial concepts explained in plain language (no accounting background required)\n\n\n\nHow to choose the right bookkeeping system—software vs. spreadsheets\n\n\n\nHow to set up a simple and effective chart of accounts\n\n\n\nProper invoicing and how to track income accurately\n\n\n\nHow to categorize and record expenses correctly\n\n\n\nCRA requirements for receipts and financial documentation\n\n\n\nHST basics: when and how to register\, what to collect\, and what to remit\n\n\n\nHow to pay yourself correctly as a new business owner\n\n\n\nMonthly routines and financial habits that keep your books clean\, current\, and stress-free\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend \n\n\n\n\nNew entrepreneurs and startups\n\n\n\nSmall business owners who are DIY-ing their bookkeeping\n\n\n\nBusiness owners who want to understand their numbers better before hiring help\n\n\n\nAnyone feeling behind\, unsure\, or frustrated with their financial records\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Mohamed Bachani is the founder of Unique Accounting Services\, supporting small business owners with practical\, compliant\, and easy-to-understand accounting and bookkeeping solutions. Mohamed specializes in helping entrepreneurs build strong financial foundations from day one – so they can make confident business decisions and avoid costly mistakes.
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/bookkeeping-set-up-for-new-business-owners/
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SUMMARY:How to Sell Your Food Product (Foodpreneur Advantage)
DESCRIPTION:This session is for you if you want to learn how to sell your food product at markets\, online\, or to retailers. \n\n\n\nIn this free 60-minute online seminar learn about: \n\n\n\n\nHow to set your pricing for success\n\n\n\nPositioning your product on the market\n\n\n\nBuilding an audience of raving fans\n\n\n\nThe key things you can do to secure the sale\n\n\n\n\nYou have worked hard to develop a great product but you’re struggling to make sales. What gives? \n\n\n\nSuccessfully selling your product involves more than just having great tasting food. Pricing\, marketing\, and how you position your product all play a key role in ensuring that people will buy it. \n\n\n\nIn this session\, we will be joined by Nicole Haney\, former Founder & CEO of Boho Bars\, a national energy bar company. Nicole will guide us through the key factors to consider in successfully selling your product\, whether you’re selling at markets\, online\, or to retailers. \n\n\n\nYou will leave with a better understanding of how to successfully sell your product in the food and beverage industry! \n\n\n\nPresented by Foodpreneur AdvantageDuration: 1 hour
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/how-to-sell-your-food-product-foodpreneur-advantage/
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SUMMARY:Tax Seminar with the CRA: T2 Incorporated Small Business
DESCRIPTION:Location: Online. \n\n\n\nHosted by the CRA this workshop provides small business owners with a overview of the relationship between their business and taxation. The CRA Liaison Officer tax seminar targets incorporated small business owners. \n\n\n\nThis session helps: \n\n\n\n\nExplain common tax errors\, what causes them and how to avoid them\n\n\n\nDemonstrate how to use financial benchmarks for relevant industries\n\n\n\nProvide information on the CRA’s services\n\n\n\nExplain general bookkeeping concepts and best practices\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar will provide small business owners with a general overview of the relationship between their business and taxation. It also allows participants the opportunity to speak directly to a representative from the CRA to ask any questions that they might have concerning business issues.
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/tax-seminar-with-the-cra-t2-incorporated-small-business-2/
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SUMMARY:Ten Steps To Starting A Business (Virtual Resource)
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to start a small business at your own pace anywhere\, anytime! \n\n\n\nTen Steps to Starting a Business is an online guide written with the intent of pointing you\, the potential entrepreneur\, in the right direction – faster and easier! Now available in over 120+ languages.  \n\n\n\nJam-packed with information and resources for new business owners\, Ten Steps is broken down into 10 easy-to-follow steps available 24/7\, with both written and video resources available. \n\n\n\nTopics covered include: \n\n\n\n\nConducting Market Research\n\n\n\nPreparing a Business Plan\n\n\n\nChoosing a Business Structure\n\n\n\nRegistering your Business\n\n\n\nBusiness Number (BN)\n\n\n\nLicensing Requirments\n\n\n\nZoning Regulations\n\n\n\nAdditional Regulations\n\n\n\nFinancing your Business\n\n\n\nAdditional Resources\n\n\n\n\nPlease note this is a virtual online guide only\, no Zoom link will be sent. \n\n\n\nTo access the written guide and videos\, please register using the form below and you will receive a link to the email address provided. If you do not receive a link within a few minutes\, please check your Junk or Spam folders.
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/ten-steps-to-starting-a-business-virtual-resource-93/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260427T100000
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SUMMARY:Ten Steps To Starting A Business (Virtual Resource)
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to start a small business at your own pace anywhere\, anytime! \n\n\n\nTen Steps to Starting a Business is an online guide written with the intent of pointing you\, the potential entrepreneur\, in the right direction – faster and easier! Now available in over 120+ languages.  \n\n\n\nJam-packed with information and resources for new business owners\, Ten Steps is broken down into 10 easy-to-follow steps available 24/7\, with both written and video resources available. \n\n\n\nTopics covered include: \n\n\n\n\nConducting Market Research\n\n\n\nPreparing a Business Plan\n\n\n\nChoosing a Business Structure\n\n\n\nRegistering your Business\n\n\n\nBusiness Number (BN)\n\n\n\nLicensing Requirments\n\n\n\nZoning Regulations\n\n\n\nAdditional Regulations\n\n\n\nFinancing your Business\n\n\n\nAdditional Resources\n\n\n\n\nPlease note this is a virtual online guide only\, no Zoom link will be sent. \n\n\n\nTo access the written guide and videos\, please register using the form below and you will receive a link to the email address provided. If you do not receive a link within a few minutes\, please check your Junk or Spam folders.
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/ten-steps-to-starting-a-business-virtual-resource-90/
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SUMMARY:Costing & Pricing to Make Profits (Foodpreneur Advantage)
DESCRIPTION:This session is for you if you want to know how to price your food or beverage product appropriately. \n\n\n\nIn this free 60-minute online seminar learn about: \n\n\n\n\nUnderstanding your COGS\n\n\n\nCash Flow Management\n\n\n\nPlanning for Profits\n\n\n\n\nIf you want to run a successful business it’s important for you to know the ‘numbers’. Learn how to cost and price your products and services for profitability and how the decisions you make about your operations and production processes affect your bottom line. Understand how to budget and spend money so you can pay all your bills and still have money left in your pocket at the end of the year. \n\n\n\nEach participant will receive an Excel Financial Forecasting spreadsheet (blank) and completed examples for both a product and service business to assist you through the process. Use the spreadsheet to develop your individual timeline\, operating and capital costs\, and pricing calculator to create a cashflow projection and income statement for your business. \n\n\n\nYou will leave with a better understanding of how to properly cost and price your product to make a profit in the food and beverage industry! \n\n\n\nPresented by Foodpreneur AdvantageDuration: 1 hour
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/costing-pricing-to-make-profits-foodpreneur-advantage-2/
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SUMMARY:Building a Successful Side Hustle
DESCRIPTION:Location: Online. \n\n\n\nJoin Futurpreneur for a free\, online interactive workshop. \n\n\n\nPlease join us as we explore turning passion projects into side businesses! \n\n\n\nThinking about starting a side hustle business but not sure where to begin? \n\n\n\nJoin Futurpreneur for a free\, online interactive workshop designed to help you explore your ideas and create a roadmap to launching your next side hustle business. \n\n\n\nA side hustle can be a great way to pursue a passion project. With 28% of Canadians already running a part-time business\, many others are looking to do the same but aren’t sure where to start. \n\n\n\nOur Workshop: \n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you’ll learn how to: \n\n\n\n\nSpot opportunities for your side hustle\n\n\n\nAvoid common pitfalls that new entrepreneurs face\n\n\n\nCreate a simple roadmap to move from idea to action\n\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be led by an Entrepreneur Coach from Futurpreneur\, who has helped hundreds of young entrepreneurs across Canada.
URL:https://investinhamilton.ca/hamilton-business-centre/event/building-a-successful-side-hustle/
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