Start Up Finance and Accounting

Our team is looking for someone who loves numbers, spreadsheets, and accounting software (i.e. Quickbooks, Xero, Netsuite). We need help catching up on a few tasks and developing processes to make it easier going forward. If you're hard-working and dedicated, we’d love to help you gain some professional experience and grow your skills! Responsibilities would include, but are not limited to: Support in finance, account payable and receivables, and invoicing related tasks Assist with preparation of financial and statistical statements and reports Analyze financial information in order to identify discrepancies Interpret and apply accounting policies, rules, and regulations to all work in order to ensure compliance with applicable standards Compile year-end files for annual return and tax return Support special projects and accounting team

Financial Business Plan

Positions available: five students We are looking to launch a new business and would like to involve students in this exciting time as we works to develop a financial business plan. We can provide access to internal documentation other information as needed as well as access to key contacts. Based on our unique goals and constraints, we would like students to develop a strong, competitive financial business plan, which we can present to investors. The plan should include: Sales forecasting Expense budget Income projections (conservative and aggressive) Assets and liabilities Break-even analysis

Accounting Assistance

Positions Available: 1-2 ( in teams or individually) Our team is looking for someone who loves numbers, spreadsheets, and accounting. Responsibilities will include: Compile year-end files for annual return and tax return using Canada Revenue Agency T2 forms as well as Revenu Québec Corporation Income Tax Return Form Prepare all the required accounting documents to be sent with the annual return files Coach the Executive Director on the details of the preparation of the year-end files for annual return and the required accounting documents Postes disponibles: 1-2 (en équipe ou individuellement) Notre équipe recherche une personne passionnée par les chiffres et la comptabilité. Les responsabilités à assumer sur ce projet seront les suivantes: Préparer les déclarations de revenus des sociétés fédérale et provinciale (Québec), incluant les documents comptables nécessaires Coacher la directrice générale quant aux détails de la préparation de ces différents documents

Accounting and Financial Business Plan

Number of individual students required: 1 - 3 students After running operations as a solopreneur for the first year, the Plantish family has grown a little and now we’re looking for a new team member to help us develop a B2B sales program. If you like engaging with customers and consider yourself an outgoing, independent, and reliable person we have a very refreshing opportunity for you! We need assistance in developing finance process as we grow our business to the next level. We would like you to create a simple step-by-step strategy for finance plan. PROJECT SCOPE Our team is looking for a financial or accounting wizard who can help us set up sustainable financial processes. The primary project requirements include: Development of Financial Procedure document to guide Plantish's financial practices Develop accounting guidelines to ensure proper filing of revenue and expenses for tax purposes Recommend accounting/financial software Manage bookkeeping, payroll and expense budget Sales and Income projections (conservative and aggressive) Business planning with cashflow preparation and analysis Financial accounting report preparation and analysis We’re excited to work with students who can help us not only brainstorm but also execute a strategy to achieve: Having financial processes and practices in place to sustain company growth. This is a great project for students to prove their finance or accounting expertise to future employers, as the impact of their work on this project can be easily illustrated and communicated. The final project deliverables are: A brief report detailing your research, recommended solutions, and an implementation plan. A guideline on finance process and strategy, including templates for future uses. A short presentation on the contents of the report and guideline. It should assist our sales team in successfully prospecting within our target market with actionable recommendations that will increase sales conversions. The insights that you provide will help our team improve lead generation and increase conversion rates to drive more sales. Ideally you are an eco conscious individual and you’ll help Plantish to expand our reach. You : - Are a self-motivated individual who wants to inspire change! - Are able to work independently and also collaborate as a team member - Are outgoing and love meeting new people + communicating with those who share your eco values - Capable of juggling a bunch of tasks and responsibilities - Have strong communication skills and a general positive attitude and outlook - Have strong organizational skills for managing multiple projects We will give you access to organizational assets to support this project such as personnel, website analytics, sales and brand collateral, and more. We can also suggest names of competitors and comparators to research. Website: www.plantishfuture.com Instagram: @PlantishFuture

Aisha Comfortable Coliving - Digital Marketing Content And Strategy

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: Aisha Comfortable Coliving Inc. provides coliving housing option for single women age 18+. Coliving is a housing style that takes home sharing to a new level. Coliving operators provide professional management and maintenance services for the coliving properties on behalf of the owners and tenants. We will provide three broad categories of services: 1- Matching services between homeowners and tenants 2- Providing activities that help build a fun supportive community. 3- Professionally managing the properties that use the coliving service of our company. As our customers are women age 18+, we have many sub customer segments and we need to create social media content that speaks to these different subsegments. We need to use multiple channels to reach our customers e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn. Google ads and email marketing are also important marketing channels that we would like to utilize. Also, we would like the team to design a marketing strategy in addition to creating content,. HOW MANY STUDENT INTRAPRENEURS WILL THIS PROJECT ACCOMMODATE?/DE COMBIEN D’ÉTUDIANTS AVEZ-VOUS BESOIN POUR EXÉCUTER CE PROJET? 5 Students TIME COMMITMENT PER STUDENT/TEMPS DE TRAVAIL PAR ÉTUDIANT: [ please indicate either 30 hours, 50 hours, or 70 hours/veuillez indiquer 30, 50 ou 70 heures]: 70 hours per student KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Creating visually engaging digital content for our various social media platforms Creating lead generating landing pages to produce email leads and email lists. Recording and airing videos to promote awareness for the business Communicating our vision and core values with the public through different media channels. Marketing strategy design Posting content to different social media platforms IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Please note appropriate projects can accommodate most students, regardless of field of study or experience. We may not be able to fill these roles exactly. Veuillez noter que les projets appropriés peuvent accueillir la plupart des étudiants, quel que soit leur domaine d'études ou leur expérience. Nous ne pourrons peut-être pas remplir ces rôles exactement. Digital marketer Social media engagement specialist Media and communications manager FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: Social media posts/ads Webinars/Videos Marketing content including blogs Organizing and Managing ads campaigns PROJECT MENTOR NAME/NOM DU MENTOR DU PROJET: Kathy Daiz Aisha ElSherbiny

Baysil - Marketing

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: [ Be sure to include details about your organization’s culture to sum up why a student would love to work with you/N’oubliez pas d’ajouter des détails sur la culture de votre organisation pour résumer pourquoi un étudiant voudrait collaborer avec vous.] Baysil is a technology company that is building a digital healthcare platform for clinical teams, so they can manage all aspects of patient care with ease. Healthcare clinicians are a critical piece in the delivery of healthcare, and Baysil's platform puts powerful tools at the tip of their fingers so they can deliver that care more efficiently, at lower cost, without burning out. We hope this will ultimately bring benefit to patients, people like you and me. Over the next few weeks, we will be getting ready to release the first version of the Baysil platform. An important step in this process is to prepare marketing material to show potential customers and investors exactly what value we provide. The challenge you will undertake is to produce a 60s product demo video that compels potential customers and investors to get involved with Baysil. You will need creativity, teamwork, and leadership to showcase the platform's value with Baysil's brand personality, execute this in 6-7 weeks, backed with feedback from real people. At Baysil, we believe a better future starts by challenging the status quo. Therefore, we lead the way in building high quality products that solve difficult challenges in the simplest possible way. Come work with us and find out for yourself how thrilling it is to do challenging work. As an example of what we are looking for, take a look at this product video for Google search. The video has a storyline, it elicits a strong emotional reaction, it showcases the power of the search, and it does all that in under 60s. https://youtu.be/0VJtpBYbgFU. KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Understand Baysil's brand personality and product Generate multiple concepts and present for feedback to narrow down to 2 options. Prototype the top 2 concept ideas Solicit feedback on the prototypes to pick the final concept idea Refine and polish the final concept idea IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Please note appropriate projects can accommodate most students, regardless of field of study or experience. We may not be able to fill these roles exactly. Veuillez noter que les projets appropriés peuvent accueillir la plupart des étudiants, quel que soit leur domaine d'études ou leur expérience. Nous ne pourrons peut-être pas remplir ces rôles exactement. Project lead - You will ensure the project stays on track, lead the status meetings, ensure feedback is incorporated, and make sure the video is following guidelines laid out at the start of the meeting. If your team has any roadblocks, you are responsible for removing those roadblocks as soon as possible. Creative lead - You will use your digital skills to rapidly convert paper ideas into video prototypes so they can be used to get feedback. Once a final concept is selected, you will polish the video into its final deliverable. If you do not have the skills to product a high-quality video, you will work with an external digital artist to complete and polish the final video. Marketing lead - You will take the lead on creating the concept for the video. Together with your team, you will start by generating multiple concept ideas, and then successively refine those ideas with feedback from the Baysil team and feedback from an external audience. FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: 60s product demo video (optional - time permitting) 2-5s animated gifs that showcase one feature or a handful of related features

SilverServers - Market Research

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: SilverServers has been providing companies all over the world with tech solutions for over 20 years. Originally we focused mostly on website hosting, website design and development, and custom web applications. Moving forward to today our team has expanded into developing web based software solutions, data centre operations, custom electronics design and production, as well as IoT solutions. The project we're looking for help with today is relating to our IoT and web-based software solutions. Our team has developed an electronic sensor system that is used to monitor and control the data centre facility that we operate. Our primary sensors detect critical temperature, humidity and pressure data from inside and outside of our data centre facility, and using this data we are able to detect rising issues with critical infrastructure, alert key staff, and take pro-active measures to ensure the safe and reliable operations for our customers. Our sensor data is recorded and processed by our servers which then provide real-time display of the data along with charts, maps, alerts and other analytics. What we need help with is detailed market research to help us determine: what markets our solution may be applicable to what additional features may be needed to take our solution to these markets what volume and what price these markets will pay for our solution what competitors exist and how they compare to our solution what advantages / disadvantages to we have vs our competitors what barriers to entry may exist for these markets what we need to do to reach these markets what we need to know that we do not yet know Once we have an understanding of the markets we are interested in, we would also like some help on developing a 'go to market' plan. This plan should include key objectives and milestones that our team will be able use to guide us to inject our IoT solutions into the appropriate markets. KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Market Research Go to Market Planning IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Market research analysts Marketing analysts Technology analyst Project Manager FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: Market Research Go to Market Plan

AJK Consulting - Research + Curriculum Development

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: If you genuinely care. You don't just feel like you care. You show you care about the success of small service-based business owners and want to help them win. We invite you to apply to be a Program Development Lead. You will work in a team of three Program Leads, each assigned a module of our COMPASS method, and apply your research and curriculum development skills to support our mission to make our COMPASS method more accessible to business owners. You will provide research and ideation that will transform three modules of the coaching method into a digital course that can be done at the business owner's own pace. The right candidates will gain an understanding of what it takes to scale a freelance serviced-based business from one to many and the foundations required to build a business that gives the business owner more freedom (not burnout). KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Provide research to support the development of the first three digital course modules for a signature coaching method that helps marketers, consultants, and creatives grow service-based businesses into an agency. You’ll build a deep understanding of our customers and their journeys, identify the content and learning experiences that will best help to move them forward at each point, and work with our Founder to identify learning solutions. Develop and curate a compelling curriculum for the digital course clients Understand and empathize with our clients' challenges and turn those challenges into opportunities for delightful education. Identify content gaps and opportunities, and recommend targeted content to support gaps and opportunities. IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Interested in writing strategic reports: you're no stranger to doing a SWOT analysis of approaches and providing a summary of findings Interested in program development or curriculum development: a program is only as good as it is easy to learn. You can think and access what is required to make learning easier and then identify supporting learning materials critically. Strong written communication skills; translating research into easy-to-read reports comes naturally to you. You enjoy taking concepts and helping others understand them with ease through the written word. You will apply strong analytical skills to interpret research and identify and communicate different approaches' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Identify and develop instructional material, such as guidelines and templates that help support program development and strengthen the current knowledge base of the coaching program. FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: Provide a Report of Findings according to the assigned module for research by: Outlining and summarizing options from your research Critical assessment of the alternatives through SWOT analysis Summarize overall recommendations for program design for the module Identify guidelines, templates, and materials needed to support the learning of the module Provide recommendations for curriculum development of assigned module

AI Shading, the "Tesla" of window shading. -VFC

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: AI Shading is an Alberta-based startup, on a mission to revolutionize window shading with data and artificial intelligence. This project invites self-motivated students to join the team and help build the business into the next unicorn. Experience working in a technology startup and contribute your entrepreneurial skills to the team. KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Contribute to building AI Shading from startup into the next unicorn. Project Management/development Complete project development of varying complexity. Create marketing contents Sales and planning IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Follow Lean startup methodology, both technology development and business development. Create sustainablity impact study Create health impact study Create, develop, and maintain contacts in HubSpot Attend industry events, networking, and conduct customer interviews FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: Work summary report IN WHAT LANGUAGE WILL THIS PROJECT BE PROVIDED/DANS QUELLE LANGUE CE PROJET SERA-T-IL FOURNI : English All projects will begin on a first come, first serve basis, which cohorts are you + your team ABLE to participate in? December cohort - December 6 to January 21 / Cohorte de décembre - 6 décembre au 21 janvier January cohort - January 3 to February 18 / Cohorte de janvier - 3 janvier au 18 février February cohort - February 7 to March 25 / Cohorte de février - 7 février au 25 mars TIME COMMITMENT PER STUDENT/TEMPS DE TRAVAIL PAR ÉTUDIANT: 30 50 70 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOUR PROJECT COULD ACCOMMODATE? 4 PROJECT MENTOR NAME/NOM DU MENTOR DU PROJET: Zack Zhang EMAIL ADDRESS/ADRESSE E-MAIL: Zack@aishading.com

The Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Project - Sponsorship Team

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: We are THRILLED to work with enthusiastic and vibrant students (such as yourself) to help bring our programming to the minds of young people across the globe. Programs like our "Foundations for the Future" lead students as young as 12 to explore the B.O.S.S. World of Entrepreneurship- it's all about gaining confidence, clarity and momentum for their exciting future! You'll be working alongside Founder, Jess Flynn an Ontario Certified Teacher, Entrepreneur and all-around creative and collaborative leader who is beyond excited to mentor and lead you in this work! Here at The You Power Project, We Believe: ✳ Children and young adults deserve to know just how awesome and capable they are ✳ Students don’t have to wait until after secondary school to start living their dreams ✳ The workforce needs agile, creative, inspired thinkers ("Entrepreneurial" thinkers) ✳ Developing a diverse skill set is more important than memorizing facts ✳ All students should be able to adapt and critically consume content We also teach our students about the importance of “triple bottom line” businesses that measure their success by the impact they have on profits , people , and the planet . And we invite the incredible impact-focused businesses around us to show up for our students in a powerful way. Sponsorship gives students the chance to develop their skills, learn about entrepreneurship, and prepare themselves to be an outstanding contributor to the workforce. Sponsor support has a direct impact on improving and empowering future talent. KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES: Create/ refine sponsorship package with three different sponsorship levels, based on market research and comparable opportunities available to our ideal sponsorship partners Create list of ideal sponsorship partners with contact information Connect with and secure potential sponsors Create list of potential student matches (Ontario to start) [admin contacts at schools, youth centres, youth shelters, etc] Track leads, manage on-boarding and sponsor partner relationships; create system for reporting depending on sponsorship levels IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES: Creating a CONTACT LIST of potential/ ideal sponsor partners and the people in decision-making roles Creating well-designed (visually appealing and informative) sponsorship package/ deck (based on market research of similar sponsorship opportunities available to ideal sponsor client) Answering potential sponsorship inquiries promptly and effectively Communicating with sponsors and potential sponsors across multiple channels Following up after sponsorship purchases to begin on-boarding process Resolving sponsorship complaints and escalating queries to appropriate staff member Keeping records of sponsor transactions, communications, comments, and feedback Collaborating with team members to integrate successful customer service strategies Job requirements: Passionate about supporting the next generation of thought-leaders and change makers Effective and brand-aware communicator Computer proficient and ability to use mobile devices Marketing and/ or Communications backgrounds would be considered strong assets! FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES: Completed Sponsorship Deck Completed List of Sponsorship Leads Completed Sponsor on-boarding module created on virtual platform (Kajabi) Ideally 3-4 Corporate Level Sponsors On-boarded (*Incentive with each milestone) Completed contact list of Ontario-based student matching agencies/ partners IN WHAT LANGUAGE WILL THIS PROJECT BE PROVIDED: English All projects will begin on a first come, first serve basis, which cohorts are you + your team ABLE to participate in? Please list all that apply. January cohort - January 3 to February 18 February cohort - February 7 to March 25 TIME COMMITMENT PER STUDENT: 70 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOUR PROJECT COULD ACCOMMODATE? 4 PROJECT MENTOR NAME/NOM DU MENTOR DU PROJET: Jessica Flynn EMAIL ADDRESS/ADRESSE E-MAIL: info@theyoupowerproject.com

Digital Marketing - Knowledge Sharing through Social Media-LevelUp

About the Organization: MWONL is a culturally diverse, non-profit organization founded in 1982. The organization delivers programs and services to immigrant and newcomer women and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador. We have developed innovative programs while establishing and maintaining meaningful partnerships with various organizations. Project Scope: Project Description: This digital marketing project sheds light on the activities of the organization to raise awareness of the services that we provide to the community. Also, we will highlight issues such as gender/race equality, empowering women (through building life and work skills, networking), building community, supporting newcomer mothers, reducing isolation, violence prevention, etc. on our social media pages and website. The services offered by the organization and highlighted on our social media and website are designed to support women with diverse backgrounds, and lie in the areas of social integration, leadership quality development, violence prevention, and awareness, teaching basic English language training, employment readiness, individual counseling, health, and wellness. All participants have access to transportation and translation support during group activities. This is a great project for students to prove their digital marketing expertise, gain hands-on experiences, and build up their professional resumes. Key Project Activities Creating resourceful content aligned with the mandate of our organization Outlining the highlights of our organization's projects Creating blog posts on topics including gender equity, GBA+, gender wage gap, systemic barriers faced by underserved people, human rights advocacy, etc. Final Project Deliverables: Completed resourceful content for MWONL social media pages and website Completed blog posts, posters, social media calendar

Building Black Youth Foundation's Fundraising/Grant Writing Project #2

Building Black Youth Foundation(B.B.Y.F.) Fundraising Project Team size: 5-10 students, or flexible Project time length: TBD Project weekly schedule : TBD- Students are required to attend One 40 min mandatory weekly meeting. Meeting hours are between 3:30pm-6:30pm EST/1:30pm-4:30pm MT/12:30pm-3:30pm PDT . Dates TBD Project daily schedule: Our hours of operation are Monday to Friday 1:00pm-8:00pm EST/12:00pm-6:00pm MT/10:00am-5:00pm PDT. Students must be ready, willing and able to participate in project work, communications and meetings during those hours. Our scheduling is flexible and allows for students to complete their work on weekends as well if need be. Project Roles: Students must be able to fill 1 or more roles Fundraising/Donation Procurement Coordinator Fundraising Campaign Management/Development Grant Writer/Proposal Writer Scope : We are looking for a group of students to help implement fundraising tasks, donation procurement, Grant Writing and fundraising campaign development & management, within the following initiatives: Fundraising implementation tasks to raise money. Securing donations from individuals, organizations/businesses, sponsors, investors, etc. Grant writing & procurement. Completing applications for funding opportunities. Fundraising campaign management and development to increase outreach Fundraising marketing strategies and implementation including drafting elevator pitches, creating pitch presentations & presenting them. Fundraising/donation communication tasks including outreach to individuals, organizations/businesses to secure donations. Researching sponsor, funding and partnership opportunities. Drafting guidelines for resolving inquiries developing strategies to improve outreach capabilities. Lead generation SKILLS : communication, problem-solving, teamwork, fundraising, grant writing, marketing, lead generation, research Project Goals/Deliverables: Securing donations from individuals, organizations/businesses, sponsors & or investors Writing Grants & completing funding applications Fundraising campaign development & management Any other deliverables will be decided and agreed upon with students. Team Organization Team of up to 5, or as many students as possible, with each person assigned to agreed upon deliverables based on skills and experience. The team will have a Project Manager who will interact with the BBYF’s Project Manager. Timeframe Target start date: TBD- This is an ongoing project End Date: TBD- This is an ongoing project Communication We will plan to communicate with our virtual interns using these communication tools: Riipen messaging, ZOOM, Email, Slack, phone/text, etc.. Student's primary contact: Tasha Flemmings Job title: Senior Project Manager/CEO Secondary contact: TBD shortly, Job Title: Project Manager

Social Media and SEO/ Blog Marketing

To produce 80 hours worth of growth driven digital content for our social media team during the launch period of summer 2022. These will include reels, Instagram posts, Tiktok videos, filmed content in a studio environment, help in post production, etc. Ultimately, you will be working alongside with the founding team to focus on strategy and content creation for our organization, including video, social media, and other collateral that we can use as go-to marketing tools.

Email Marketing + Email Funnel Development

To create email funnels for our different programs and clients. Additionally to create engaging and converting email marketing strategies.

Facebook Research Project - Build a spreadsheet of common FAQs

The field of Property Management is complex, and it takes an extremely long time for an employee to gain the knowledge necessary to be comfortable enough to answer questions from tenants and owners. Our company is developing a mobile app to engage our staff and need content for this app. Therefore we need someone to research the most commonly asked questions by landlords on several Facebook real estate investment groups, and record those results into a spreadsheet. This will involve: Conduct research of existing Facebook and other internet resources (example: Bigger Pockets) for the most commonly asked questions by self-managing landlords Create a table of these Q&A and FAQs Rank each entry according to the most popular/common questions asked.