Pitching for Profit: How to Land New Funding for Your Business

Join other women entrepreneurs to learn practical, proven strategies for accessing grants, sponsorships and award funding for your business. Are you missing out on golden opportunities to grow your business? Not all revenue comes directly from clients or customers. Sometimes, the money you need to grow your business can come from grants, sponsorships, awards and other funding opportunities. But you need to know where to look and how to make the right pitch. Since launching her first business in 2001, Fresh Idea Collective Founder Kerry Ramsay has successfully secured more than $100,000 in grants, sponsorships and award funding. She has also served as a funding evaluator and review panelist, helping assess hundreds of applications and allocate funding to other businesses and entrepreneurs. Now, she’s sharing what she’s learned along the way to help women entrepreneurs in our region uncover (and confidently pursue) more funding opportunities of their own. Join us at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (see what we did there?) in St. Marys for a practical and hands-on two-hour workshop designed specifically for women entrepreneurs who want to get better at pitching themselves and their businesses for funding, sponsorship and support. Together, we'll explore opportunities including grants, sponsorships and award funding, and help you identify which ones make the most sense for your business. You'll also learn what funders and sponsors are looking for, how to position your business more effectively, and how to craft a compelling ask. Come prepared to learn from each other, think bigger about what's possible, and leave with new ideas, potential opportunities and practical next steps you can put into action. Light refreshments from a local, woman-owned business will be served. We hope to see you there!