Futurpreneur Canada Launches Action Plan for a More Entrepreneurial Canada
Mapping Out a New Future to Advance Entrepreneurship
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 09/18/14 -- Editors Note: There is a video and three photos associated with this press release.
Today, Futurpreneur Canada (formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation) launched an action plan outlining strategies and suggesting specific roles to expand and support youth entrepreneurship across the country. Developed with broad consultation through the organization's initiative, the plan provides a roadmap to help more Canadian entrepreneurs flourish.
"In Canada, there is an urgent need to invest in youth entrepreneurship," said Julia Deans, CEO of Futurpreneur Canada. "Not only is youth unemployment more than double that of older age groups, but half of the entrepreneurs who head the small and medium enterprises - which make up 98 per cent of all businesses in Canada - will retire in the next decade. Now is the time to act."
presents new insights on Canadian entrepreneurship in two ways:
Futurpreneur Canada has consolidated the recommendations from its year-long consultations into three distinct areas, each of which will increase the entrepreneurial success of youth in Canada:
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The action plan contains a wide range of recommended next steps which, to boost the chances of action, are clearly assigned to the stakeholders best placed to move them forward. Some examples include:
To help advance the plan, Futurpreneur Canada has also developed , an online inventory of programs, activities and events in Canada that support youth entrepreneurship. The online resource allows organizations to demonstrate how they are advancing these recommendations from entrepreneurs and leaders across the country.
"It's important for everyone to take a part in championing young entrepreneurs by helping them build the foundations needed to ensure their success," said Deans. "Over the next two years, we at Futurpreneur Canada will undertake the actions that entrepreneurs and leaders assigned to us. We will also work with our partners and stakeholders to prioritize and collaboratively address the other Action Entrepreneurship recommendations."
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About Futurpreneur Canada
Futurpreneur Canada (formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, or CYBF) has been fuelling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for nearly two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 2,800 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of The Prince's Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Facebook: Twitter: .
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Datum: 18.09.2014 - 12:30 Uhr
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