Cercle d’entraide de la Haute-Yamaska

Women and ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Do you know Mrs. Yvette Pratte, founder of Spa Bromont and Head Mentor at the Granby Business Mentoring Cell?  What about Mrs. Juliette Gagné, co-founder of Sani-Éco?  Like them, many passionate and determined women have made their mark as entrepreneurs. They have accomplished the impossible… proof that everything is possible.

Would you like to own your own business?
Do you dream of being your own boss?
It can be done! Read what follows.

Discover the Cercle d’Entraide de la Haute-Yamaska, an organization whose goal is to give you the necessary support and means to help you start-up your own business.

How?

By attending the half-day workshops, once a week for nine weeks, you will acquire knowledge, develop new skills and create a business relations network.

Our winning approach

  • Personalized contact
  • Dynamic workshops
  • Supervision
  • Technical support

Our goal

To end isolation and encourage promoters who wish to start-up their business project to pursue the process by creating a mutual aid network.

If need be, we can refer you to other start-up resources, such as  professionals or mentors.

Eligibility criteria

For unemployed or underemployed women.

Workshop topics

  • Know yourself
  • The entrepreneurial profile
  • Initiation to a preliminary business plan
  • The components
  • Awareness of marketing principles
  • Project profitability and viability
  • The implementation steps, prefeasibility
  • The loan application
  • The loan agreement
  • Sources of financing

For more information, contact:
Danie Hallé, Entrepreneurship Adviser
Telephone: 450 378-2294
Email: d.halle@caehyr.com

Schedule of the

Granby workshops

(Dates subject to change)

Every Tuesday morning

  • from April 17 to June 12, 2012

Every Thursday morning

  • from March 15 to May 10, 2012

Schedule of the

Cowansville workshops

New sessions to come

Our experts:

  • Nathalie Noël, Tax Adviser at RCGT
  • SébastienGingras, Account Manager at Desjardins
  • One accountant
  • One financial analyst