Finance and Funding For Startups

Tuesday, February 14, 2023
6:30 PM 7:30 PM

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This session explores the foundational financial concepts that you need to know to successfully build your impact venture. We will explore financial structures, revenue vs. financing/funding, the importance of earned revenue and profitability, and reading financial statements. We will also explore 3 key sources of funding to drive business growth and how to determine what you need and when.

Who Should Attend

This session is designed for anyone interested in learning more about entrepreneurship and changemaking through the power of finance and funding.

Benefits

Through this session you will:

Understand the key financial concepts to grow a viable business
Know the sources of funding and the requirements for each
Identify a go-forward plan to build a financial foundation and raise money

Speaker

Lisa Kember | Business Development Consultant

Lisa Kember helps ambitious impact entrepreneurs grow a stable and financially sustainable venture. As a passionate champion for the entrepreneurial community, Lisa is a business growth expert with a coaching and advisory practice, runs training courses to help entrepreneurs optimize their business, and facilitates peer advisory programs for established founders and CEOs.

Lisa has been an entrepreneur throughout her career, running marketing, public relations, personal development, property management, and real estate investment companies. She built a company that doubled in size each year for several years running. She grew another company to over 120,000 customers in 5 years through strategic partnerships that generated close to $36 million in annual business. And since she began coaching in 2017, Lisa has helped 18 companies successfully grow up to 400% annually, resulting in the acquisition of two of these ventures.

Apart from her practical experience, Lisa holds a BA in Honours English from the University of Waterloo, a marketing practicum from Ryerson University, and a Resource Development Diploma from Sheridan College.

Outside of work, Lisa is an adventure seeker – she has swam at the foot of the Zambezi, camped with bears in Northern Canada, pulled leeches off her leg in backwoods rivers, eaten caterpillars, biked long distances, paddled boarded Ontario lakes and rivers… and she still can’t keep up with her 10-year-old son. But ask her what her greatest adventures have been and she will tell you it has been her entrepreneurial endeavors.

EDGE

EDGE is where entrepreneurship and innovation thrive. We help impact entrepreneurs create meaningful change for our communities, society, and environment. We support changemakers as they explore entrepreneurial approaches to creating a more equitable and sustainable world.

Important Notes

This is a free event. Spots are limited. Register now to save your spot! 

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