This 6-week program is designed to focus on developing further understanding upon the fundamentals of your Value Proposition Design and Business Model Canvas (BMC). In this series we'll take the work you've done so far on your business idea and strengthen it in some of the fundamental planning areas as you continue to move towards commercialization. The weekly sessions will provide entrepreneurs with the opportunity to think on and explore the deeper connectivity of content that stems from the Business Model Canvas and fuels the structure towards an eventual business plan. The key takeaways for this course are: to understand how general planning elements can be used for future strategy development and linked back to the fundamentals of the BMC; to analyze the business and political environments; to build a strong team and core values; to consider a strong financial plan; to explore and anticipate funding opportunities; to focus on leadership skills and community building; and to understand how there are different ways to protect your idea before you start down the road to commercialization.

POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE. #1 NOV 14 - Intro to Machine Learning and Deep Learning - PART ONE #2 NOV 21 - Intro to Machine Learning and Deep Learning - PART TWO #3 NOV 28 - The ‘Things’ That Internet is Made up of #4 DEC 05 - Internet of Things (IoT) Services and Hardware Register Today and get 4 courses for the price of 3! COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Muhammad A. Khan holds a PhD degree in mathematics from the University of Calgary. He has more than 10 years of experience teaching STEM courses at universities around the world and has won teaching excellence awards from the University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge. Dr. Khan’s research lies at the interface of optimization, computer algorithms and data science, and has been generously funded by provincial and federal funding bodies. In particular, he has more than 35 research publications in discrete optimization, network analysis and graph theory, blockchain technology, software engineering and data analytics. Dr. Khan was formerly a Vanier, Killam and Alberta Innovates scholar and an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Lethbridge. He co-organized the BCHack 2019 blockchain workshops and hackathon in Lethbridge, led various blockchain initiatives at the U of L and specializes in building bridges between academia and industry. Since July 2019, he is the Vice President - Technology at InBridge Inc working on building business solutions based on traditional and emerging tech.

Once you’ve begun validating and building out your business idea, it will be the right time to dig a little deeper and put more thought into some essential areas that will translate into strengthening the 9 pillars of your Business Model Canvas. In this session we’ll cover which areas to highly concentrate on, which we’ll have dedicated sessions offered for in our Entrepreneurship 102 series, and we’ll also focus on frameworks to evaluate your competitive position and further your overall strategic planning and insights. You’ll also learn first-hand how SWOT, PESTEL, and Porter’s 5 Forces analysis tools can help to assess your business idea’s current and future potential and competitiveness.

POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE. Delivery The workshop format will be 3-hour sessions, consisting of combined lecture, examples, and exercises. Confidently use the six-step process to create your Minimum Lovable App, and launch it in the App Store to a waiting & eager audience that REALLY LOVES your app.

Now that you’ve spent time building and validating your business idea and understanding the core 9 pillars of the Business Model Canvas, you’ll want to start planning deeper dive into specific areas like HR planning. These areas will further inform your pillars enabling you to be prepared for the full scope of getting your business idea up and running. This session will provide you with the fundamental considerations for scoping your HR plan, assessing your needs, and some early stage hiring strategies. Through touching on best practices, policy enactment, common law, regulation and legislation, you’ll receive a well-rounded look at the ins and outs of HR principles and recruiting essentials.

Your potential customers are going to engage with your business in numerous ways and you may not always be the person they are dealing with. You never want customers or suppliers/distributors to experience negative interactions (customer relationships) and this is why it is important to assess where these touchpoints are (key activities), who engages at the touchpoints (key partners, key resources, channels), and who you can count on for advice or assistance (Key Partners, Advisor Team). We will explore how the people upholding these areas will carry out their role, your service standards, and how you can develop a framework that you can utilize to keep clarity and accountability around staffing for your operation’s needs.

Participants will learn how Machine Learning and Deep Learning are Inspired by Human Learning. Participants will realize when deep learning is needed. They will observe the results of using a neural network for image recognition. Business cases will be discussed. Emerging technologies are the opportunity of the future. Learn how emerging technologies like machine learning, deep learning and the Internet of Things are reshaping the world today. Take advantage of emerging technologies in YOUR future. Program Instructor Dr. Muhammad A. Khan, Vanier Scholar, Killam Laureate, Ph.D. Mathematics. POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE.

When it comes down to it, your business idea is going to need money to operate and ways of tracking revenues. Without the supporting financial elements and understanding, you will have a hard time projecting, tracking, and making the money resources that will be needed. By looking at general accounting and financial projection principles, managing cash flow and forecasting, and financial control, you can create a much better position for your idea to survive its inception. All these things are to be considered pre-commercialization so that you have a solid reference to guide you through making the appropriate decisions to progress it further. In this course, we’ll also spend some time looking at how these elements build into a fortified Business Model Canvas. This will enable you to set realistic goals and ultimately help you towards achieving them! In the end, it is important to stay grounded about the numbers and expectations – so we’ll also share best practices to help you avoid the Don’ts and work at building your success.

Participants will learn how Machine Learning and Deep Learning are Inspired by Human Learning. Business cases will be discussed. Emerging technologies are the opportunity of the future. Learn how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, data science & machine learning are reshaping the world today. Take advantage of emerging technologies in YOUR future. Program Instructor Dr. Muhammad A. Khan, Vanier Scholar, Killam Laureate, Ph.D. Mathematics POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE.

POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE. Delivery The workshop format will be 3-hour sessions, consisting of combined lecture, examples, and exercises. Confidently use the six-step process to create your Minimum Lovable App, and launch it in the App Store to a waiting & eager audience that REALLY LOVES your app.

Finding funding at the right time can enhance your chances of attaining your goals and progressing through the stages of development. It is also important to consider all the options that lay ahead and determine which ones are the best fit for your circumstance. This session will feature a mix of panel speakers representing the variety of funding accessible in the marketplace. These speakers will include self-funded entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Banks, and Government. Through conversation and question periods with the audience, they will be able to share wisdom and industry knowledge that will identify the various routes you take for funding your business concept. Bring your questions, practice your networking skills, and exchange business cards!

Participants will learn why internet of things is a gold mine and how some companies benefited by realizing it sooner than others. Design your own IoT monitoring system that addresses a real-life problem. (Hardware will be available to build a proof-of-concept.) Emerging technologies are the opportunity of the future. Learn how emerging technologies like machine learning are reshaping the world today. Take advantage of emerging technologies in YOUR future. Program Instructor Dr. Muhammad A. Khan, Vanier Scholar, Killam Laureate, Ph.D. Mathematics POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE.

POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE. Step 5 - Deploying Your App Delivery The workshop format will be 3-hour sessions, consisting of combined lecture, examples, and exercises. Confidently use the six-step process to create your Minimum Lovable App, and launch it in the App Store to a waiting & eager audience that REALLY LOVES your app.

How Should I Get Started with Online Marketing? It is important to start with the innovations that have taken place in the space over the past 5-10 years. Have you been hearing about SEO, PPC, re-marketing pixels etc. but are confused about what it all means and how to get started? You're not alone. There's a lot of information out there surrounding these digital marketing tactics which cause a lot of confusion. In this session we'll highlight what's new and exciting in online marketing and work to distill the most important information to know and how it applies to your business.

Sometimes it’s hard to convert sales and a lot of the time it’s because the community around your product or service isn’t being maintained and leveraged in an optimal way. It is very easy to get side-tracked with all the other components of the business and this leads to entrepreneurs forgetting about what’s at the heart of the business – the customer! With uplifted knowledge around leadership techniques and a calculated approach to community building, entrepreneurs can greatly improve elements like brand perception, brand loyalty, and can ultimately use customer preference and engagement to better progress sales and service offerings. This lesson will focus on equipping you with the fundamentals of being a great leader for your business, how to guide customers towards the inner circle of your community, and how to position and maintain that with realistic and achievable sales and marketing tactics.

IoT Powered and Machine Learning. Participants will learn how the emerging techs converge to elevate each other. This session will bring all our learning together. Emerging technologies are the opportunity of the future. Learn how emerging technologies like machine learning are reshaping the world today. Take advantage of emerging technologies in YOUR future. POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE.

POWERED BY WOMEN IN STEM. OPEN TO EVERYONE. Step 5 - Deploying Your App Delivery The workshop format will be 3-hour sessions, consisting of combined lecture, examples, and exercises. Confidently use the six-step process to create your Minimum Lovable App, and launch it in the App Store to a waiting & eager audience that REALLY LOVES your app. Step 6: Launching in the App Store

All inventions start with a great idea! Intellectual Property rights are rights in things that you create with your mind. This presentation will provide you with the fundamentals of Canadian intellectual property law in Canada. This will help you determine how to approach this topic as it pertains to your business idea and its development.

Join us at Tecconnect for The Path to Operational Excellence - Optimizing the Warehouse, Distribution Centre, or Plant through Automated Technology. This monthly webinar series presented by Dematic, hosted by Supply Chain Canada and sponsored by Brighter Together will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to learn and connect with Automated Technology industry experts. Series topics will include a wide array of topics including APM Software, Autonomous Guided Vehicle Solutions, Robotics, Automated Storage and much more.

Join us at Tecconnect for The Path to Operational Excellence - Optimizing the Warehouse, Distribution Centre, or Plant through Automated Technology. This monthly webinar series presented by Dematic, hosted by Supply Chain Canada and sponsored by Brighter Together will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to learn and connect with Automated Technology industry experts. Series topics will include a wide array of topics including APM Software, Autonomous Guided Vehicle Solutions, Robotics, Automated Storage and much more.

Join us at Tecconnect for The Path to Operational Excellence - Optimizing the Warehouse, Distribution Centre, or Plant through Automated Technology. This monthly webinar series presented by Dematic, hosted by Supply Chain Canada and sponsored by Brighter Together will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to learn and connect with Automated Technology industry experts. Series topics will include a wide array of topics including APM Software, Autonomous Guided Vehicle Solutions, Robotics, Automated Storage and much more.

Join us at Tecconnect for The Path to Operational Excellence - Optimizing the Warehouse, Distribution Centre, or Plant through Automated Technology. This monthly webinar series presented by Dematic, hosted by Supply Chain Canada and sponsored by Brighter Together will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to learn and connect with Automated Technology industry experts. Series topics will include a wide array of topics including APM Software, Autonomous Guided Vehicle Solutions, Robotics, Automated Storage and much more.

Join us at Tecconnect for The Path to Operational Excellence - Optimizing the Warehouse, Distribution Centre, or Plant through Automated Technology. This monthly webinar series presented by Dematic, hosted by Supply Chain Canada and sponsored by Brighter Together will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to learn and connect with Automated Technology industry experts. Series topics will include a wide array of topics including APM Software, Autonomous Guided Vehicle Solutions, Robotics, Automated Storage and much more.

Join us at Tecconnect for The Path to Operational Excellence - Optimizing the Warehouse, Distribution Centre, or Plant through Automated Technology. This monthly webinar series presented by Dematic, hosted by Supply Chain Canada and sponsored by Brighter Together will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to learn and connect with Automated Technology industry experts. Series topics will include a wide array of topics including APM Software, Autonomous Guided Vehicle Solutions, Robotics, Automated Storage and much more.