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Explore our free self-paced entrepreneurship courses designed to help you thrive in business.

 
 
 
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Financial Fundamentals

This program is available year-round.

Never feel out of your depth again talking about your business finances. Financial Fundamentals is a free online, self-paced business finances course for women entrepreneurs who want to increase their financial literacy and get better at seeing opportunities, making decisions, and building resilient businesses.

Financial Fundamentals is GENEROUSLY supported by HSBC Bank Canada and our Supporting Partner, Women’s Enterprise Centre. Our enormous thanks to them both for making this program possible.

WHAT YOU GET:
  • Clear lessons that make it simple to learn about financial terms, concepts & metrics -- even if numbers aren't your strong suit
  • Tangible exercises, tools & resources for financial literacy
  • Access to a private online community of other women entrepreneurs who are taking the course you can learn with
  • Video-based lessons
  • Instant lifetime online access
YOU'LL LEARN:
  • How to use numbers to make more strategic decisions for your business & achieve your business goals
  • How to see which risks & investments are worthwhile & which are not
  • How to talk about your business’ financials with confidence
FINANCIAL FUNDAMENTALS IS FOR YOU IF:
  • You want a fundamental understanding of how to manage your business' money on a day-to-day basis
  • You want to be able to talk about your finances in professional terms & create reports that validate & communicate strategies clearly.
  • You're new to entrepreneurship or have been in the thick of it a while & need a focused lesson plan
  • You're a Canadian self-identifying women entrepreneur in any industry & at any size or stage of business
 
 
 
 
 

“After taking this online program I am clear on the basic financial statements and I would recommend this to another woman entrepreneur.”

 
 
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Mental Health Resilience Program:
Grow and Thrive

This program is available year-round.

The Mental Health Resilience Program is a free self-paced, online course – with 1 live session on June 28th to kick it all off – that focuses on helping women-identifying entrepreneurs learn how to plan for adversity, pivot during challenging times, and develop a resilient, confident mindset when it comes to business ownership.

WHAT YOU GET:
  • 3 video & 5 podcast based lessons, all self-paced
  • Detailed digital workbooks you can refer back to for years to come
  • Chapters on mindset, financial strategies, leadership, sales & communicating your value
  • Live kock-off session which will be available for replay in the program learning platform
  • Bonus free Financial Fundamentals course
 
 

The Forum Business Finance Essentials

Presented by TD Bank Group

Build your financial management confidence and skills in this unique learning experience that combines live virtual sessions with access to 1:1 mentorship. This program is designed with understanding of systemic barriers that can impact you and your business as a woman, Black woman, Indigenous woman, or 2SLGBTQIA+ person.

WHAT YOU GET:
  • 6 guided bi-weekly virtual live sessions by The Finance Cafe
  • Easy-to-use templates, formulas, videos and quizzes
  • Free access to 12 months of one-to-one mentorship
BUSINESS FINANCE ESSENTIALS IS FOR YOU IF:
  • You're a self-identified woman, non-binary or trans-femme entrepreneur. We especially invite people identifying as Black, Indigenous, and/or 2SLGBTQ+ to apply
  • Your business has been in operation for at least a year and is generating revenue
  • You want to be able to understand your company’s financial performance and set financial goals in new ways
  • You want a welcoming and supportive learning environment
  • You would like to learn how to assess the financing and funding options for your business
 
 

A Canadian Charity

When women entrepreneurs thrive, we all do

 

The Forum, a Canadian charity, has supported over 18,000 entrepreneurs since 2002 and is committed to making sure all self-identifying women, non-binary, and trans-femme entrepreneurs can build and sustain the success they envision. 

Our programming, mentorship, and deeply collaborative community work in tandem to meet you where you’re at and help you achieve your next milestone.

 
 
 

Our Impact, Scale and Reach

For over 20 years, we’ve been delivering real-world education and mentorship to help women entrepreneurs build successful businesses.

18,000

entrepreneurs supported since 2002

supporting entrepreneurs nationwide

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