City of Yellowknife and Prosper NWT Launch Entrepreneurship Week

YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES | November 5, 2024

Yellowknife, NT – The City of Yellowknife and Prosper NWT are excited to announce the upcoming Yellowknife Entrepreneurship Week, taking place from November 18-22, 2024. This event is part of the global celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which ignites the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide each November.

The theme for this week is “Get Inspired! Online Tools to Grow Your Business.” Inspirational entrepreneurs from across Yellowknife’s diverse economic sectors will demonstrate how they’ve adopted online tools to grow their business. Each session is free and will include a Q&A segment, along with information on funding and local business supports available.

Join us from noon to 1 PM daily at the Extraordinary YK Visitor Information Centre located in Centre Square Mall (50th Street entrance). Free lunch will be provided by local chefs from the NWT Agrifood Association. At the end of the week, there will be a draw to win a new Apple iPad.

For full details, go to www.yellowknife.ca/entrepreneurship. 

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For more information:

Stacia Kean, MBA                                                                                                                            

Manager, Economic Development and Strategy                    

City of Yellowknife                                                

Email: skean@yellowknife.ca    

Phone: 867-669-3425

Leslie Dragon, MBA

Manager, Public Affairs, Marketing and Business Services

Prosper NWT (formerly the NWT Business Development and Investment Corporation or BDIC)

Email: Leslie_Dragon@gov.nt.ca