Invest Ottawa's extensive range of programs and services to help you launch, grow and scale your business.
Real-world guidance from experienced business experts specific to your business needs and challenges.
A three-month training program for entrepreneurs who have launched or are ready to launch a new business.
Secondary and post-secondary students learn the skills and knowledge needed to start up a successful business.
Validate a tech startup idea and establish a solid foundation to build your business on.
Access to early-stage advisors, cost-saving start-up perks, and a network of like-minded peers.
Expert guidance to help you establish and grow your business in multiple markets.
For high-growth, Ottawa-based technology firms that have reached $2 million in revenue or capital and are on track to generating $100 million or more.
Connect with a community of more than 100 women leaders from Ottawa’s tech ecosystem.
Learn how to pitch your business and secure investment with SheBoot, a women-led program for women founders jointly established by Invest Ottawa and the Capital Angel Network.
Tips, advice, programs, services and other resources to help all women succeed in business.
For businesses seeking to expand their global footprint in Ottawa and those already established in the city scale up their enterprises.
Discover why Ottawa’s multinational giants, homegrown successes, and high-growth startups are the ideal spot to secure your future.
Real-world guidance from experienced business experts specific to your business needs and challenges.
A three-month training program for entrepreneurs who have launched or are ready to launch a new business.
Secondary and post-secondary students learn the skills and knowledge needed to start up a successful business.
Validate a tech startup idea and establish a solid foundation to build your business on.
Access to early-stage advisors, cost-saving start-up perks, and a network of like-minded peers.
Expert guidance to help you establish and grow your business in multiple markets.
For high-growth, Ottawa-based technology firms that have reached $2 million in revenue or capital and are on track to generating $100 million or more.
Connect with a community of more than 100 women leaders from Ottawa’s tech ecosystem.
Learn how to pitch your business and secure investment with SheBoot, a women-led program for women founders jointly established by Invest Ottawa and the Capital Angel Network.
Tips, advice, programs, services and other resources to help all women succeed in business.
For businesses seeking to expand their global footprint in Ottawa and those already established in the city scale up their enterprises.
Discover why Ottawa’s multinational giants, homegrown successes, and high-growth startups are the ideal spot to secure your future.
Our expansive facility at Bayview Yards equips the most promising entrepreneurs and technology firms with technical, business and market capabilities to take on the world.
Accelerate the market readiness of your tech solution at Area X.O, a technology-rich, secure R&D complex for next-gen smart mobility, autonomy and connectivity technologies created for all-weather experimentation.
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Enfematic is sulphate, paraben, and phthalate-free. All of our raw materials are free from pesticides and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and are fair-trade, and cruelty-free.
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What did you learn from your Starter Company Plus program experience?
Starter Company Plus taught me about the importance of a goal setting and visualizing where I could possibly see myself and my business in the future.
Fleshing out a rough idea into something a bit more comprehensive gave me confidence in where I felt where my business was going and helped me to outline the next steps I needed to take to help grow my business.
Setting my future goals in a few different areas gave me a way to know if I’m on the right track and the ability to steer myself back on the right path if I’m straying off course. Starter Company Plus also taught me the importance of a cash flow!
Even if understanding cash flow can be a bit tedious, it is most certainly worthwhile to know what is flowing in and out of my business and how to potentially shift things around to help my business flourish.
What advice would you have for other entrepreneurs?
Remember that the fruition and your vision of success for your business will take time. In the age of social media, where you’re constantly able to see what might be going on in the lives of others, it’s easy to sometimes compare your business journey with others. But your journey is your journey alone.
Everything you do and set out to do is your own accomplishments and hard work – it cannot be replicated or compared to.
Also, celebrate when you accomplish goals and give yourself some grace if you haven’t hit your goals when you expected to. It’s important to find that balance during the peaks and the valleys that keep you on track.
What’s next for your business?
What’s next for my business is accomplishing the goal I’ve set up for myself to get my products in physical and/or virtual retail locations to help grow my business! Who knows, maybe Enfematic is coming to a store near you!