The Business Advisory Centre Durham (BACD) has moved into the Regional Municipality of Durham's Economic Development and Tourism Division (Invest Durham). This will create a more integrated approach to helping start-up businesses and entrepreneurs and help support and grow Durham's innovation community.
Celebrating Entrepreneurship - Do It In Durham 2024 - Durham’s celebration of Business is back in person and online and is now open for registration!
You may be asking yourself “What’s in it for me?” With Do It In Durham (DIID) Entrepreneurship Week, the answer is - A whole lot!
The Summer Company Program is wrapping up for the year, and what a journey it has been! On August 14th, the Business Advisory Centre Durham (BACD) proudly hosted a Wrap-Up Event to honor the students who participated in the 2024 Summer Company Program.
In the world of business, selling is a crucial skill that every entrepreneur needs to embrace. While some individuals possess innate salesmanship abilities, others may find it uncomfortable and prefer focusing on other aspects of their business. However, even if you don't consider yourself a natural seller, you can still achieve success by stepping out of your comfort zone and mastering a few sales techniques.
If you want to safeguard your business name, registering it as a trademark is the most effective way. However, name registration only provides protection against other businesses in Ontario using your name, while trademark registration secures your name across Canada.
As a business owner, you're likely focused on delivering quality products or services to your customers. No matter how great your offerings are, it's important to invest in marketing your business in order to reach and engage with potential customers. In this article, we'll explore why it's good business practice to invest in marketing and how it can benefit your business.
In this article by OWNR.co walks through six different ways for you to develop your competitive advantage including becoming an online influencer, speaking at events, niching, charging more, investing in deeper customer relationships and lastly creating an amazing company culture.
These are all essential parts to marketing. Why do we do it? To increase the demand for what we sell! Many businesses first need to persuade their target market to buy it.
Entrepreneurs often jump right into what’s next instead of taking some time to review what did and did not work in the last year. This reflection is a great opportunity to review what you would like to change for the new year so that you can achieve extraordinary goals you set for yourself in 2023!
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