Category: StartUp | ScaleUP

Sandbox is incredibly excited to post this guest blog post, written by Daniel Lewis – Author, Entrepreneur and International Speaker. In this blog post, Daniel outlines his personal entrepreneurial fears and experiences. He highlights how to overcome those fears and work towards building success. I can’t begin to tell you how many things I’ve done,…

Through the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program, businesses and non-profits throughout Canada are able to apply for wage subsidies. The program provides up to 50% of the minimum wage to employers in the private/public sector to cover co-ops, recent graduates, and youth hiring costs, and 100% to non-profits. Canada Summer Jobs is a program under…

Through its Save on Energy program, the provincial government of Ontario offers various grants and incentives to households and businesses located within the province. The purpose of this article is to cover the current Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) grants and incentive programs. The current Save on Energy business incentive programs are: (1) The Energy…

Accessing Canadian government funding is incredibly difficult to achieve without proper planning which can allow businesses to align their projects’ timelines with appropriate funding program deadlines. Many business owners face a problem in navigating government funding applications due to a limited amount of internal resources. Among the strategies we teach business leaders is how to…

Ontario’s provincial budget was tabled by the Ontario Finance Minister, Peter Bethlenfalvy, on April 28, 2022. The budget is titled “Ontario’s Plan to Build” and allots billions in spending while aiming to reduce the province’s current debt of $19.9 billion to less than $8 billion by 2025. This review will highlight significant changes to government…

So, you have a business plan, now what? Growth! It’s time to take the next step of your business journey and it doesn’t have to be as intimidating as it might seem. Check out this article captured by SBX partners, Export Development Canada, where they explain why having a business growth plan is crucial to…