Develop Program - Turn Your Entrepreneurial Ideas into Reality

Thinking about starting or developing your business in NL? The Development Program-Winter 2025 (February 4-April 3, 2025) is your perfect action point. Whether you are a business student or NOT, this program will offer you, MUN Graduate Students, the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and help you develop the necessary skills.

The ETP Develop program will provide participants with core entrepreneurship themes and problem-solving skills. It represents training opportunities for participants to turn their business ideas into reality. Its training contents include Workshop modules, Special topic sessions and One-on-one or group advice sessions and support.

Workshop Modules (Theoretical lessons, self-study, online through Brightspace and asynchronous): Eight workshop modules will be delivered every Tuesday (Starting February 4, 2025). You have one week (ideally) to self-study each workshop on your own time through Bright Space, or you are required to complete all modules at the end of the program (April 6, 2025).

Workshop 1: Naming & Branding

Workshop 2: Legal ABCs of Starting a Business

Workshop 3: Sales, Marketing & Social Media

Workshop 4: Managing Growth

Workshop 5: Accounting for Business

Workshop 6: Financial Management

Workshop 7: Intellectual Property and Commercialization

Workshop 8: Next Steps – Resources, Supports & Planning

Special Topic Sessions (Practical lessons, hybrid mode and synchronous): Nine sessions are scheduled almost at 2-3 pm every Thursday starting from February 7, 2025, in-person sessions at St. John’s campus and online for Grenfell and Labrador Campus and Marine Institute students. These sessions will focus on breaking down the online materials learnt and doing hands-on exercises. Guest speakers include entrepreneurs, representatives from organizations in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in NL and MUN professors.

For graduate students in Marine, Grenfell, and Labrador campuses, we offer you a hundred percent of the Online Discovery Program in this Winter. So, please don’t hesitate to grab this special learning opportunity. 

Session 1: Market Analysis for Starting a Business

Speaker: Allison Mullaly-Ring, Senior Director of Policy & Evaluation, MQO Research

Session 2: Navigating the Legal Pitfalls of Incorporation and Financing

Speakers: Atanu Haldar and Christina Driscoll, Associate, Cox & Palmer

Session 3: Knowing Your Value Proposition in Building a Business

Speaker:     Johanna Brown, Tech Sales Strategist | Sales Advisor & Consultant | Entrepreneur

Session 4: Contextualizing Entrepreneurship

Speaker:     Dr.  Philip Piercey, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, MUN

Session 5: Partnerships as a Path to Sales Growth

Speaker:     Michele McCarthy,  Senior Sales and Partnerships Lead

Session 6: Managing Growth – A Focus on Business Goals

Speaker:     Mandy Woodland, CEO, AmpHealth

Session 7: Tips and Traps in Financial Management and Accounting

Speaker:  Dorothy M. Keating FCPA, FCA, FEA, ICD.D, Noseworthy Chapman, Chartered Professional Accountants

Session 8: Intellectual Property: What New Entrepreneurs Should Know

Speakers:  Libby Carew, Regional IP Counsellor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Springboard Atlantic Inc. and Dr. Jacqui Bartlett, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, MUN

Session 9: AI and Creative in Doing Business

Speaker: Lilija Spiglazovaite, Client Partner at Meta 

ETP Closing Ceremony and Networking Event on April 25, 2025, at IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

Participants: ETP students and alumni, guest speakers and representatives from CBDC, CSE, Genesis, MBO, MCE, PropelICT, RIO, WhiteRock NL & Work Global Canada Inc.

Agenda:

• Part 1 (12 pm – 12.45 pm): Certificate Awarding Ceremony 
• Part 2 (12.45 pm – 1.30 pm): Lunch and Networking
• Part 3 (1.30 pm – 4 pm): Panel session: Resource Support for Entrepreneurship in NL

One-on-one or group advice sessions and support: These sessions are available for ETP participants and alums who need support to develop their business ideas. Additionally, they are provided and connected with relevant resources and support from the entrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurs in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Special policy: Students who cannot synchronously attend the Special Topic Sessions as required due to their recurrent study schedule conflict or children/family responsibility can apply for the special policy by contacting the program coordinator at dtmaihanh@mun.ca. By obtaining this policy, eligible students are allowed to review the sessions’ recordings (weekly posted on Brightspace) on their own time.

Benefits: Please note that besides the knowledge and invaluable experiences in entrepreneurship and business, you can add this program's certificate (which its program outline indicates) to your resume to become a stronger job applicant for your career development in the near future. Besides, as an ETP certificate holder, your experience in this field will be added to Memorial’s Online Record of Experience (MORE). By using MORE, students will be able to catalogue their experiences, Recognize specific competencies they’ve gained, quantify their experiences by time and competency development and share those competencies and experiences with various academic and professional stakeholders (such as on LinkedIn)

You can review the Program Handbook and schedule of the ETP Develop- Winter 2025 here: ETP Winter 2025 Handbook and Schedule

A Certificate of Completion awaits you! Please quickly reserve your spot. Our registration form will be soon.