Lunch & Learn: Grants 101 with Pocketed

Welcome to our Lunch & Learn sessions: These 1.5-hour sessions are designed around key learning outcomes to help your business and your skill-set grow.

Are you looking for supportive capital to scale your business? Are you ready to take next steps in growing your team or developing new markets, but don’t have the cash to do so?
 
Great news – grants can help! Learn from Pocketed’s Partnerships Program Manager, Ben Walter, how to leverage grant funding in your Canadian business to achieve your hiring, research and development, market expansion, and training objectives. Not all tools are created equal, and Ben will show you how to expedite the grant search and application process and increase your chances of funding success using platforms that bring an outdated industry into modern times.

Who is this event for?
 
This session is for you if…
 

• You are the owner of a Canadian business looking to expand your current operations in 2022.
• You are thinking of launching a new Canadian business but are unsure where to access funding to get started.
• You are suffering from information overload in the grant funding space, or you’re unsure where to start.
• You could use some extra cash in your pockets.

• Leave the session with a tool you can use today to identify eligible non-dilutive funding opportunities for your business.
• Discover how you can cover 50%-100% of internal project costs without taking on debt or giving up equity.
• Learn the basics of grant funding and what you need to prepare a successful grant application, giving you the confidence you need to apply.

Know where to access supportive services including grant writers, grant consultants, and financers that specialize in grant funding.

 
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    Ben Walter – Partnerships Program Manager @Pocketed       
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As a founding team member and the Partnerships Program Manager at Pocketed, Ben currently manages the company’s strategic alliance network composed of over 120 accelerators, incubators, professional associations, and B2B service companies across Canada. With over $5.9B available to Canadian businesses every year through grant funding, tax credits, and competitions, his team is on a mission to power economic growth by democratizing access to non-dilutive funds.
Ben holds a BCom (Hons) in Marketing from UBC’s Sauder School of Business and is experienced in acquisition marketing, working at eCommerce companies such as Indochino.