Thank you! How She Hustles is extending our gratitude to you for joining our 2nd annual Startup & Slay series, presented online during October’s Small Business Month. Each Wednesday, we interviewed two inspiring entrepreneurs from different parts of Canada for a live streamed event during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the replay videos below. Plus, read exclusive articles with business insights from these startups, see sponsor offers below and join our community on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. For more info on Startup & Slay, click here.
Series highlights:
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- Week #1 – Watch Starting A Business During COVID-19 & read 7 Tips for Financing a Startup
- Speakers: Rachael-Lea Rickards from Real Talk Candles & Sasha Senior from Bliss Skateboard Shop
- Week #2 – Watch Scaling Up A Food Biz & read 7 Tips for Getting Your Food Product into Stores
- Speakers: Christine Yee from House of Yee Fine Foods & Giovanna Serauto from Remarkaball
- Week #3 – Watch Making Business More Accessible & read 6 Ways to Make Your Business More Accessible
- Speakers: Sage Lovell from Deaf Spectrum & Jolene MacDonald from Accessibrand
- Week #4 – Watch Entrepreneurship and Indigenous Allyship & read 4 Ways Businesses Can Become Better Indigenous Allies
- Speakers: Deanna Henry from Garden Health & Diana Frost from Colouring It Forward
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From our sponsor & partners:
How She Hustles is also working with our Startup & Slay sponsors and partners to help support diverse entrepreneurs through the following hands-on initiatives:
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- CIBC – RSVP now for a Nov 12 webinar – ‘What You Need to Know to Grow Your Business’. CIBC offers expert advice, business resources & has CIBC Advisors to help you.
- Rogers Sports & Media – Visit allinforequity.ca to apply for free advertising and creative services for charities and small businesses that support equity-seeking communities. Deadline Oct 31.
- Shopify – RSVP now for a Nov 5 webinar about online marketing. Shopify is also offering a 90 day free trial & access resources to help your business grow online.
Media highlights:
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- Breakfast Television (Emily Mills, How She Hustles)
- Cityline entrepreneur’s panel
- Globe and Mail
- Toronto Star
- CHFI
- CBC’s The National
- CityNews Toronto
- CBC Windsor
- 680 News
- Canadian Immigrant Magazine
- Breakfast Television (Sasha Senior, Bliss Skateboard Shop)
- Breakfast Television (Deanna Henry, Garden Health)
- She Does the City
- Brampton Guardian
- AM 640
- Women’s Entrepreneurship Radio
- The Windsor Local
- The Observer
Series by the numbers:
• 800+ online RSVPs for #startupandslay events
• 209 small businesses applied to be featured in our series
• 53 media stories & digital listings
• 25 people on our freelance creative team
• 8 inspiring speakers joined us for #SmallBusiness Month
• 7 provinces were represented by our series applicants
• 4 live shows & 4 exclusive articles with business insights
• 3 amazing sponsors
• 2nd year of doing this digital series
• 1 experience for the history books!
Meet our team and allies through dedicated pages to acknowledge the Startup & Slay team and our selection committee.
