The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is celebration the 37th annual Small Business Week Oct. 16 to 22 under the theme “Measure up! Shape your future.”
As part of BDC Small Business Week 2016, BDC invites Canadian entrepreneurs to measure up and discover their true potential.
On Oct. 17, the company is launching Canada’s first business productivity benchmarking tool to help entrepreneurs improve performance and compare their productivity levels to those of other companies in their sector.
BDC Small Business Week 2016 activities include speaking engagements with Michael Denham, president and CEO, and Pierre Cléroux, vice-president, chief economist and vice-president of research.
A national calendar of events where organizations can upload their specific Small Business Week events can also be consulted on the microsite.
About BDC Small Business Week
Small Business Week is BDC trademark whose origins date back to 1979 when BDC business centres in British Columbia’s Lower Fraser Valley pooled their resources to organize a week of activities for entrepreneurs.
This first event and the one that followed in 1980 were so successful that BDC officially launched BDC Small Business WeekTM across Canada in 1981.
The initiative was quickly adopted by Canada’s business community.
In 2015, close to 300 activities across Canada attracted around 10,000 business people to BDC Small Business Week.
This BDC flagship event celebrates entrepreneurship at the local, provincial and national levels.
