THE FEDERAL
BUSINESS. Development
‘Bank (FBDR) is once again
offering - a. Community
Business Initiative Program
-in North Vancouver.

"The program provides learning

opportunities in all major areas of

business pursuit.

The program is founded on the ~

assumption that most often en-
treprencurial skills “and instincts
require only . fine-honing: and
developing. to increase’ business
performance.

Last’. year, . over a. one-year
period, a group of 32 businesses
participated in workshop sessions

related to real-life situations. The —

sessions were followed with on-site
practical direction at each place of
business.

. An advisory. committee and a

project advisor - will: be working»

with’ non- competing businesses to

develop a program to optimize |

results for participants.

The program is geared to accel- -

erate the development of. small

‘ ‘business owners as: entrepreneurs;

“improve © business performance;

“| Jower-smalf business failure. ©

- >The FBDB concept is based on a

‘similar. project-undertaken in.On-

tario where participants, realized “a

‘2. 65. per’ cent-increase- in sales, 100

“per cent’ new, full-time jobs; a:200
Per cent return on investment

‘on. your mortgage
pplicati a. within’ ‘24:hours

business
briefcase
Michael Beck er

For more "information call Carl
de Jong at 666-7703.

Aztec” Landscaping Ltd. is
Operating 4 program called Rent-
A-Kid and is looking for 150 to
200 Lower Mainland students in-
terested in operating their. own.
business.

Rent-A-Kid provides students
with support including a list of
equipment required, how to budget
for the summer, how to market
their, company, information on

A RICHMOND.-based landscaping
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