Client Spotlight: Photography for Women's Enterprise Centre // 25 Year Anniversary
Happy 25th anniversary to the Women’s Enterprise Centre!
May 30th (2020), marked the milestone for this non-profit organisation which started with their head office in Kelowna BC and now operates all over BC with offices in Kelowna, Vancouver and Victoria.
The Women’s Enterprise Centre offers an amazing range of support for their community, as well as opportunities to hear from others, learn from mentors, join free webinars and get guidance in many areas including finance, HR and marketing. I might be there taking photos but I am very much paying attention to the panel talks and questions being asked too :)
Camaraderie is key when running a business, and the saying "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” rings so true. A wealth of knowledge and experience within the community is willingly shared amongst the entrepreneurs.
A few stats from The Women’s Enterprise Centre for all the entrepreneurs out there!
Women’s Enterprise Centre offers services to 161,000 women business owners in BC and, since 1995, have responded to over 116,000 inquiries for business information
$72.8M+ Direct and leveraged financing to help BC women start, buy or grow a business
4,300+ jobs created/maintained from their loans and services
$2.1B economic activity created as a result of our loans (!)
2,000+ sessions delivered via live workshops, webinars and teleconferences
134 unique communities
25,500+ current and aspiring women entrepreneurs supported with personalized guidance
1,230+ mentoring mentoring program participants, since 2007
Photography below from a selection of 2019 events:
The announcement by The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, that Women’s Enterprise Centre will receive $2.7 million in funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada as part of the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund;
20 women from Germany came across to Canada on a trade mission. They represented business sectors including life sciences, digital technology, transformative learning, consulting services, recruiting services, food products, electro technical engineering and software services. Day 1: meeting their counterparts from B.C.
Day 2 for the German delegates: elevator pitches and a panel on empowering female investors & female investment
Maxine is a photographer based in Vancouver, Canada, and works with small heart-centered businesses to create joyful, honest images so they can show up on-brand, and aligned with their values.