Summertime for entrepreneurs or start-ups can be tough because many regular year-round events take a long vacation and don't start until September.
But you've got a business to run.
You've got to keep it going and build on what you started yesterday.
Networking and meeting with like-minded individuals is a great way to stay on target and hash out ideas.
Here are eight events happening in Kelowna between July and August to help boost your business.
1. Building a web-based business on a budget
This event is happening on July 20th from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and it's free.
The workshop is geared toward early staged startups who want to learn to build web-based products.
Head to the HQ Boardroom at Accelerate Okanagan.
2. Coffee Collaborations
The BWB Okanagan has a recurring Coffee Collaborations event that's free and happens on the third Thursday of each month between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Expect a mix of round table discussions, networking and a chance to share successes and failures.
BWB also hosts a Storytelling Tuesday event but it doesn't start until September on the 12th.
3. Startup Basics: Customer Discovery
This event is put on by Accelerate Okanagan and is focused solely on the Customer Discovery process.
By the end of this event, anyone with a business idea or in the early stages of a startup will understand the process of how to gain feedback from potential customers.
This event takes place on July 26th at AC, between 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. and the cost is $10.
4. Trep Cafe Tuesdays
Trep Cafe happens on Tuesdays between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. at the Okanagan coLab.
It's a place to meet informally with other entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners.
It's a place where you can talk through your business frustrations, and hopefully leave with solutions.
It happens every Tuesday and it's free.
5. How to pick a business partner
This event is run by the Okanagan coLab and takes place on July 26th between 12 pm. and 1:30 p.m.
This free event looks at the person with the winning business idea who needs a partner to help provide the capital.
It focuses on how to choose the ideal business partner.
6. Freelance Fridays
This event happens once a month and it's free.
The next one is happening on August 4th at the Okanagan coLab.
It's a chance for solo-entrepreneurs to get together, brainstorm and be part of a community.
7. BWB Lunch & Learn
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The Lunch & Learn features bring in talks from various business members and partners speaking on a variety of different topics.
This event takes place on August 28th from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Csek Creative.
8. Kelowna-Kasugai Agricultural Expo + Commerce Connex
This event is focused on sustainable agriculture in Japan and the Okanagan and is the first annaul event.
The goal is to connect with other agricultural businesses and individuals from around the Okanagan and Japan.
Seminars will be scheduled throughout the day, that will cater to orchardists, brewers and growers.
This event takes place at the Kelowna Golf & Country Club on Wednesday, August 23rd between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Stay tuned for September, as more events for tech start-ups and entrepreneurs will kick off this fall.
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