Summer Company Program for Young Entrepreneurs

 

 

 

The Summer Company program provides hands-on business training and mentoring - together with awards of up to $3,000 - to help enterprising young people, ages 15-29, start up and run their own summer business.

Summer Company is coordinated and delivered at the community level through the government's Small Business Enterprise Centres by way of business mentoring groups. Business mentoring groups consist of volunteer business advisors from the local community.

Successful Students will receive:

An award of up to $1,500 in May/June to help with business start-up costs, and a $1,500 award in September upon the successful completion of their Summer Company business and returning to school; A minimum of 12 hours of business training; and an opportunity to regularly meet with a local business mentoring group for support and advice on operating their summer business.

If you have any questions regarding the program or the application process, please contact:                         

                                                  Jason Li,    

                                                  Enterprise Toronto

                                                  Tel: (416) 395-7499

                                                  jli@toronto

 

For application form and program/business plan guidelines please visit www.ontario-canada.com.

 

 

The deadline for your application and business plan submission is due April 10, 2006.