Enterprise Saint John May 2011 Business Bulletin

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Business Bulletin upport the home team. In today’s global economy opportunities are endless, but so too are the temptations to lose focus. That is why at Enterprise Saint John we strategically target time and resources to go after opportunities which have the greatest potential to benefit from what we have to offer… that’s putting forward our best value propositions. We start by working with existing business and industry to grow the talent and assets we have on the ground. We look to the energy, advanced manufacturing, tourism, technology and health sciences sectors to target additional investment opportunities which complement these home team businesses. It could be an up-stream or down-stream manufacturer, or a service or knowledge provider which gives a sector critical mass. And we’re seeing results. We now have a solid foundation and diversified economy, and are that much closer to fulfilling our vision of making Saint John a magnet for innovation, creativity and business investment where you can live life on your terms. Investment attraction Sprucing things up In May, Enterprise Saint John partnered with ACOA to proactively meet with 8 mutual clients in the Spruce Lake and McAllister Industrial Parks to discuss potential projects and available funding programs. Client visits typically involve sharing information, exploring export potential, discussing human resource and skills needs as well as well as assessing overall growth potential. Grand Bay-Westfield Quispamsis Rothesay St. Martins Saint John In May Enterprise Saint John hosted 5 investment clients. These visits require a great deal of planning and prepara- tion. Clients can be in the Community for just a few hours or for several days. In addition to facilitating meetings with appropriate business, community and government leaders during their visit we plan all aspects of the visit - from who is at the airport to welcome them, the routes we travel through the Community to the welcome packages (which include cold Moosehead) waiting for them in their rooms. No detail is too small. You never get a second chance to make a first impression! Business immigrant mentor & mentee information sessions In May, a number of information sessions were held for 7 interested mentors and 15 mentees for the successful Business Immigrant Mentorship Program. A new group of 9 mentor-mentee pairs starts in June. The program helps newcomers operating a business (or getting ready to launch) meet with, learn from, and talk to established local business people. This connection to our business and social networks is an effective way to promote business success and retain newcomers in our community. Interested in joining the program? It’s not too late. A second group starts in September. May’s inspired entrepreneur: Jacques Desjardins When Jacques Desjardins moved to Saint John three years ago from Fredericton, he knew he wanted to start his own technology-based company, but where to begin? So in early 2009, he reached out to Enterprise Saint John and got the help he needed to prepare a solid business plan. This resulted in his approval of a Seed loan and the launch of his first online business, called JMailer. Now, a year later, Jacques continues to get support from Enterprise Saint John by attending seminars and network- ing events. In fact, he has now turned from student to instructor, offering “E-mail Marketing: Small Business Secrets for Success” through Enterprise Saint John to young and aspiring entrepreneurs. He also credits Enterprise Saint John for helping him reconnect with his newest business partner, Daniel Wheaton. The tech-savvy duo have just launched an internet and mobile marketing company, called Flipside Marketing www.flipsidemarketing.ca. Moving forward, they will continue to get support from Enterprise Saint John who is now helping them meet with different business groups to generate awareness for the services they offer. That’s keeping Saint John on the move! “Big thanks to Sarah Jones and Hemant Kumar… Enterprise Saint John has supported me and helped me grow as an entrepreneur. I have learned so much that I have even grown from being a student of entrepreneurship to becoming a teacher. My advice to new entrepreneurs is to visualize your life in five years. What do you want? Who do you want to be? Where do you want to be? Set large goals and work on them everyday. ” Jacques Desjardins is an inspired entrepreneur who recently launched Flipside Marketing Hosting immigrants from around the globe In May, Enterprise Saint John again hosted 13 potential business immigrants from China, Korea, Iran and Vietnam. That’s 71 people year-to-date. Immigrant investors are required to bring a minimum $125,000 to the community they select. Business Immigrant Info Session BUSINESS IMMIGRANT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Thursday, May 26 from 10:00 – 11:00am 2nd Floor Business Resource Centre, 40 King Street Learn about this free mentorship program for business immigrants. Lunch will be provided. All are welcome, but you must register by May 24 by calling 658-2877 or e-mail us at [email protected] Are you interesting in being a mentor? A separate info luncheon is being held on May 25. Call Anita Punamiya at 693-0032 for more information. EnterpriseSJ.com Grand Bay-Westfield Quispamsis Rothesay St. Martins Saint John FREE Business Immigrant Information Session BUSINESS IMMIGRANT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Thursday, May 26 from 10am – 11am 2nd Floor Business Resource Centre, 40 King Street Get connected to Saint John’s business community. Learn all about this free mentorship program for business immigrants. All are welcome, but please register by May 24 by calling 658-2877 or e-mail [email protected] www.EnterpriseSJ.com Grand Bay-Westfield Quispamsis Rothesay St. Martins Saint John FREE Are you interesting in being a mentor? A separate info luncheon is being held on May 25. Call Anita Punamiya at 693-0032 for more information. MAY 2011 ACTIVITY UPDATE Inspiring people, ideas & investment

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Enterprise Saint John May 2011 Business Bulletin

Transcript of Enterprise Saint John May 2011 Business Bulletin

Business Bulletinupport the home team. In today’s global economy opportunities are endless, but so too are the temptations to lose focus. That is why at Enterprise Saint John we strategically target time and resources to go after opportunities which have the greatest potential to bene�t from what we have to o�er… that’s putting forward our best value propositions. We start by working with existing business and

industry to grow the talent and assets we have on the ground. We look to the energy, advanced manufacturing, tourism, technology and health sciences sectors to target additional investment opportunities which complement these home team businesses. It could be an up-stream or down-stream manufacturer, or a service or knowledge provider which gives a sector critical mass. And we’re seeing results. We now have a solid foundation and diversi�ed economy, and are that much closer to ful�lling our vision of making Saint John a magnet for innovation, creativity and business investment where you can live life on your terms.

Investment attraction

Sprucing things upIn May, Enterprise Saint John partnered with ACOA to proactively meet with 8 mutual clients in the Spruce Lake and McAllister Industrial Parks to discuss potential projects and available funding programs. Client visits typically involve sharing information, exploring export potential, discussing human resource and skills needs as well as well as assessing overall growth potential.

Grand Bay-West�eld Quispamsis Rothesay St. Martins Saint John

In May Enterprise Saint John hosted 5 investment clients. These visits require a great deal of planning and prepara-tion. Clients can be in the Community for just a few hours or for several days. In addition to facilitating meetings with appropriate business, community and government leaders during their visit we plan all aspects of the visit - from who is at the airport to welcome them, the routes we travel through the Community to the welcome packages (which include cold Moosehead) waiting for them in their rooms. No detail is too small. You never get a second chance to make a �rst impression!

Business immigrant mentor & mentee information sessionsIn May, a number of information sessions were held for 7 interested mentors and 15 mentees for the successful Business Immigrant Mentorship Program. A new group of 9 mentor-mentee pairs starts in June. The program helps newcomers operating a business (or getting ready to launch) meet with, learn from, and talk to established local business people. This connection to our business and social networks is an e�ective way to promote business success and retain newcomers in our community. Interested in joining the program? It’s not too late. A second group starts in September.

May’s inspired entrepreneur:Jacques DesjardinsWhen Jacques Desjardins moved to Saint John three years ago from Fredericton, he knew he wanted to start his own technology-based company, but where to begin? So in early 2009, he reached out to Enterprise Saint John and got the help he needed to prepare a solid business plan. This resulted in his approval of a Seed loan and the launch of his �rst online business, called JMailer.

Now, a year later, Jacques continues to get support from Enterprise Saint John by attending seminars and network-ing events. In fact, he has now turned from student to instructor, o�ering “E-mail Marketing: Small Business Secrets for Success” through Enterprise Saint John to young and aspiring entrepreneurs. He also credits Enterprise Saint John for helping him reconnect with his newest business partner, Daniel Wheaton. The tech-savvy duo have just launched an internet and mobile marketing company, called Flipside Marketing www.�ipsidemarketing.ca. Moving forward, they will continue to get support from Enterprise Saint John who is

now helping them meet with di�erent business groups to generate awareness for the services they o�er. That’s keeping Saint John on the move!

“Big thanks to Sarah Jones and Hemant Kumar… Enterprise Saint John has supported me and helped me grow as an entrepreneur. I have learned so much that I have even grown from being a student of entrepreneurship to becoming a teacher. My advice to new entrepreneurs is to visualize your life in �ve years. What do you want? Who do you want to be? Where do you want to be? Set large goals and work on them everyday. ” Jacques Desjardins is an inspired entrepreneur who recently launched Flipside Marketing

Hosting immigrants from around the globeIn May, Enterprise Saint John again hosted 13 potential business immigrants from China, Korea, Iran and Vietnam. That’s 71 people year-to-date. Immigrant investors are required to bring a minimum $125,000 to the community they select.

Business Immigrant

Info SessionB U S I N E S S I M M I G R A N T M E N T O R S H I P P R O G R A M

Thursday, May 26 from

10:00 – 11:00am

2nd Floor Business Resource Centre,

40 King Street

Learn about this free mentorship

program for business immigrants.

Lunch will be provided.

All are welcome, but you must register

by May 24 by calling 658-2877 or e-mail

us at [email protected]

Are you interesting

in being a mentor?

A separate info

luncheon is being held

on May 25. Call Anita

Punamiya at 693-0032

for more information.

EnterpriseSJ.com

Grand Bay-West�eld Quispamsis Rothesay St. Martins Saint John

FREE

Business Immigrant Information SessionB U S I N E S S I M M I G R A N T M E N T O R S H I P P R O G R A M

Thursday, May 26 from 10am – 11am2nd Floor Business Resource Centre, 40 King StreetGet connected to Saint John’s business community. Learn all about

this free mentorship program for business immigrants.All are welcome, but please register by May 24 by calling 658-2877

or e-mail [email protected]

www.EnterpriseSJ.com

Grand Bay-West�eld Quispamsis Rothesay St. Martins Saint John

FREEAre you interesting in being a mentor?A separate info luncheon is being held on May 25. Call Anita Punamiya at 693-0032 for more information.

M A Y 2 0 1 1 A C T I V I T Y U P D A T E Inspiring people, ideas & investment

ENTERPRISE SAINT JOHN AGM ~The AGM of the Board of Directors will be held in the Hilton Saint John, Kennebecasis 1&2. All are welcome.

CREATING BUZZ: MARKETING & SELF- PROMOTION ~ Learn all about shameless self-promotion and tips for using social media for your business.

GRANT WRITING ~ Discover what funding is available for professional artists and strategies for writing better grant applications.

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The art of the possible in health & life sciencesEnterprise Saint John is helping discover the art of the possible in Saint John’s growing health & life sciences sector. Bringing together the University of New Brunswick, Horizon Health Network, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, and Industry Canada, our sta� support, resources and collaborative approach have been instrumental in bringing together key stakeholders and passionate community volunteers to work together to maximize its potential.

Job and investment retention is just as crucial to a healthy economy as attracting new opportunities to our region. That is why Enterprise Saint John recently attended an information session concerning New Brunswick’s forestry sector where we were reminded of the vital contributions to employment, investment and innovation forestry makes to our region. This motivated us to write a letter to the Premier expressing our concern over New Brunswick’s declining wood supply and possible resultant job losses. We are optimistic that by working together sustainable timber objectives can be set which hold industry accountable to world-class environmental standards yet still ensure continued investment for generations to come.

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ICT ecosystem

Inspiring entrepreneurshipThe opportunity to grow any economy is by grabbing a hold of ideas then nurturing and growing them into sustainable business opportunities. These are some of the e�orts Enterprise Saint John led in May to support entrepreneurship:

“Introduction to Marketing” workshop

younger people were nominated for the Next Gen NB Awards

received one-on-one counselling beyond the initial meeting stage

product prototype workshops

Supporting our home team forestry sector

Enterprise Saint John is partnering with Uptown SJ to take the lead in developing an innovative approach to promote, pro�le and empower the growing ICT and professional services ecosystem thriving in the Uptown. By telling the ICT story, it will help local employers in the ICT sector recruit talent, go after new investment, and maximize export potential. A number of steering committee meetings and conversa-tions with sector leaders have been conducted to help articulate what makes Saint John a special, unique and compelling place for skilled ICT workers to live life on their terms.

Council presentationEnterprise Saint John’s Board Chair, Tony Gogan and CEO, Steve Carson, presented activities, strategic priorities and sought input for 2011 to Grand Bay-West�eld Council on May 9. Feedback was positive and Mayor Grace Losier thanked Enterprise Saint John for the e�ort and results to date. Discussion followed regarding Enterprise Saint John’s lead role in “exploring the art of the possible” for the new Colonel Nase Boulevard. The Boulevard, scheduled for comple-tion in the fall, will open up 440 acres of property for development o� Route 7.

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"Talking about local businesses gave me an idea that could potentially become big and succeed in the community." Chris Thompson,inspired Simonds High School student

"I learned better ways to start a business." Shawn Gallant, inspired Simonds High School student

"I'm now more aware of Saint John and how businesses are doing." Alison White, inspired Simonds High School student

“One of the biggest challenges facing Saint John’s ICT industry is �nding and attracting highly experienced workers not just to work here but live here as well. This is why I am so pleased that Enterprise Saint John, in partnership with Uptown SJ, have taken ownership to connect with our industry in helping tell our IT story. This new and dynamic tool will help us invite growth-minded ICT workers, entrepreneurs and investment from around the world to join us. It will continue to energize and build even greater the momentum for our innovative IT export economy.” Chris Boudreau, CEO of ClinicServer

Forestry ~ Did you know?In 2009, an independent consultant estimated that in the Saint John region, J.D. Irving Ltd. directly and indirectly employed 2,729 people. These workers contribute $109 million/yr in consumer spending; $29.4 million/yr in income taxes; and $3.1 million/yr in property taxes. J.D. Irving also contributed $8 million in property taxes and from 2005 to 2009 invested $211 million in capital projects & improvements.