in financing available to qualifying businesses or nonprofits
collective bunch.Contact Program · Entrepreneurship
Capital helps. Good advice helps it travel further.
Built with the Black Business Association of BC and Vancity, this program combined access to financing with mentorship, business advice and practical resources for aspiring and established entrepreneurs.
layers of support: capital, advice and mentorship
of partnership reflected on the original program page
The idea
Support the whole entrepreneurial journey.
Financing matters, but it is rarely the only missing piece. Entrepreneurs also need dependable advice, relevant mentors, useful tools and people who understand the decisions in front of them.
What we did
Put resources and relationships together.
The program paired potential financing with business advisory support, workshops and access to professionals from different industries, allowing guidance to respond to each entrepreneur’s goals.
Who came together
Community knowledge met financial capability.
Collective Bunch, the Black Business Association of BC and Vancity combined networks and expertise to build a more useful doorway for businesses and nonprofit organizations.
What comes next
Stronger businesses create wider opportunity.
Future partnerships can expand the practical support, mentor pool and access to capital available to entrepreneurs building resilient organizations.
Made possible with
VancityBlack Business Association of BCCollective Bunch
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