Food Secure Canada's Bootcamp Series: Business Structure

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Date: 
13 November, 2013

Join us Nov 13th at 1PM Eastern for the third section of Food Secure Canada's Bootcamp Series: Business Structure

Join us for the next Business Bootcamp webinar, Business Structure, with Julie Hamel of FDEM (in english).

The Business Structure webinar on November 13th will explore the different legal structures possible for food entreprises. Topics covered will include:

  • the spectrum of entreprise forms: non-profit, for-profit, hybrid, public / private and social enterprise;
  • the legal, tax and financing implications of the different forms;
  • conversion or exit strategies for civil society organizations that incubate food enterprises.

The session will run 1.5 hours.  Julie's presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions, answers and discussions.

Complete instructions for joining the webinar can be found here.

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Julie is a senior business advisor with over 20 years of experience. She began her career as an entrepreneur, before becoming a social economy business advisor in 2006. She successfully managed 3 Subway stores of her own through the 90’s, along with 2 stores owned by the franchisor.  She later spent 3 years as the general manager of a private golf club, before moving into a business advisory role. Julie’s range of expertise includes marketing, finance and business development.

For the past seven years, her social pre-occupation has led her to invest most of her time and energy in the field of local economic development, including dozens of not-for-profit organisations. Julie earned her BA in economics, as well as her MBA, from the Western Business School at the University of Western Ontario, now known as the Richard Ivey School of Business.


This webinar will be delivered in english.

Listen to earlier Bootcamp webinars and download the documents here (scroll down).

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Canada