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Small Business Week 2018

The Business Development Bank of Canada reports that Canada is producing more than 33,000 new entrepreneurs every year. Supporting this growth is a system that makes it relatively easy to start and succeed in a new venture. In Ontario, that support is lead by the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE), a collaborative network of organizations with a shared mission to help build and grow entrepreneurial businesses.

October 15 was the first day of Small Business Week 2018, and ONE partners had organized great events across the province:

These are just some highlights of what happened this week. To get the full story, check out this map below (some locations have more than one event, so check out  the full map for more details!)

For dates and times of events, check out this calendar (you can subscribe to it here).

To learn more about how the O.N.E Network is supporting social enterprises, click here!

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