Get the tools you need this summer to keep launching your business forward. Join us for our Summer Workshop Series as we take you through the essentials of funding, finance, branding and pitching to help take your business to the next level. Each workshop will have a lecture on one essential skill and include time for questions and hands-on practice. All those who attend four out of six workshops will be entered in a Pitch Competition. The winner of the Pitch Competition will receive a prize. Space is limited, be sure to reserve your spot today.

Schedule:
Biweekly, starting Wednesday June 10, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Humber College Lakeshore Campus, L Building, Community Room, L1017

Finding Your Business Solutions
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Facilitated by: Scott Bowman, Senior Director, Futurpreneur and Trish Barrow, Concierge Advisor, Ontario Region, Government of Canada

Basics to Effective Financial Management
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Facilitated by: Linda Jin-Troendle, Humber College Professor, The Business School

A Debrief on Crowdfunding
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Facilitated by: Sean Stanleigh, Co-founder, The Entrepreneurship Society and Product Manager, The Globe and Mail

Branding Your Business 
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Facilitated by: Jackie Spicer, Founder, The Ink Tank

Essential Law for Startups
Wednesday, August 12 , 2015
Facilitated By: Mike Hook, Founder, Intrepid Law and Mark Penner, Partner and Patent/Trade-Mark Agent, Fasken Martineau

Pitching to Investors
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Facilitated By: Kevin Smith, Chief Story Architect, The Story Architect

For one weekend only, the city's most creative individuals gather at the Toronto Reference Library to showcase their latest projects and creations and facilitate interactive workshops. If you�۪re curious about how 3D printers work, or secretly wanted to know what it takes to build a robot, design a wearable, or experiment with electricity, come join us for a weekend full of discovery, imagination and ingenuity. 

This year, Humber is participating in the Maker Festival to showcase the amazing, innovative and creative minds we have here at the College. Some of the exhibits that we are hosting include Vegetable Leather, Wearable Technology, Book Origami, 3D Robot Arm and a special and new creation that will be unveiled at the Maker Festival. 

Join us and show your Humber spirit at this year�۪s Festival. 

Entry is FREE to the Maker Extravaganza, but we do recommend you register in advance!

Date: August 1 & 2, 2015, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Register here: eventbrite.com/e/maker-festival-weekend-extravaganza-tickets-16513141250

Location: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street,  Toronto, ON M4W 2G8

Contact: Jessica Camara, jessica.camara@humber.ca

Come and explore Humber College’s maker scene! As a special event for Maker Festival Toronto, we will be showcasing Humber College and Etobicoke entrepreneurs in the maker space, providing guided tours of various labs, and featuring an “Ask the Mentor” table.Come by and see what entrepreneurs in the city are making in sectors such as tech, food, agriculture, and more!

The college’s business incubator, HumberLaunch, will be on site to tell you how the incubator can help students and community members turn business ideas into reality.Stick around to chat with a mentor and pick their brains about business startup, tech, design, marketing, etc.And don’t forget – we will be offering tours to the various labs that Humber hosts, including an electronics prototyping lab, robotics lab, and architectural design gallery.