Welcome to the Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Program
APPLY NOW!Are you passionate about envisioning, planning, building, and growing your own business?
Apply Now to the Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Program!
APPLY NOW!Firecircle, funded in part by the Government of Canada, has been invited to Red River College Polytech* this Fall 2023 Semester to bring you our fully-funded tourism entrepreneurship accelerator program founded on Firecircleā€™s trademark 5x5 Methodā„¢ .
This exciting, fully-funded new accelerator program valued at over $5,000* CDN is being offered to entrepreneurs who wish to develop a new business or grow their existing business in Canada's Tourism and Hospitality industry.
This is a fantastic, limited-space opportunity. We will be accepting up to 20 successful applicants* for on-campus, part-time evening instruction at RRCP plus individual, virtual mentorship. The program includes live workshops at RRCP, online workshop videos, digital workbooks, and live and virtual group and individual mentorship to support the completion of 25 workshops and a business plan by the end of the fall semester.
*Does not include cost to participants of a 4-month technology platform subscription of $79 CDN.
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*Program is not affiliated with Red River College Polytech.
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Applicants will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis with references and a required interview for acceptance into the program.
To be eligible for this program, you must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or be in the process of applying for Permanent Residency. This program supports entrepreneurs planning to own or operate businesses in rural or northern Canada with populations under 250,000 as well as Indigenous entrepreneurs from rural communities and urban centres.
The deadline to apply is August 25, 2023. | Start date is Monday, September 11, 2023.
APPLY NOW!The Firecircle Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Program will be an in-person class located on the RRCP Campus at the Paterson Global Foods Institute at 504 Main Street, starting in the Fall of 2023, on Mondays from 5:30-8:30pm for 15 weeks including one 1-week break in October.
What is the Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship Program?
A comprehensive business development program founded on Firecircle’s 5x5 Method™ and customized to empower 1,000 Northern and Rural tourism and hospitality entrepreneurs from across Canada to envision, launch and grow their best business ideas through a series of animated online and live video workshops, step-by-step guidance and expert, sustained mentorship.
What are the Benefits?
- Personalized coaching and mentorship
- Confidence, independence, pride & change
- Being your own boss, while helping your family and community
- Networking
- Firecircle’s 5x5 Method™: 5-step, 25 animated video workshops, worksheets, workbook customized for audience
- Personalized vision session
- Business mapping template
- 5 additional custom workshops to support entrepreneurs
- Live weekly themed calls on Firecircle 5x5 concepts
- Group and individual coaching – life and entrepreneurial mindset skills
- Group and individual business mentorship (experts in tourism and hospitality development)
- Design, operations, branding, marketing and financial management mentorship
- Affiliate opportunity (future potential to become a Firecircle mentor in your community and earn $
What to expect after completion?
- A clear understanding of yourself, your business and a plan for success
- A path to transformation - the support to pivot or re-start your business post-pandemic
- Opportunities for self employment while strengthening local economies and communities
- Entrepreneurial skills and knowledge within: branding and marketing, operations, finance, physical design
- Access to a community and network of business leaders and entrepreneurs to continue learning from
Here are Some Stories from our Successful Graduates!
“I think it would be beneficial to anyone starting a tourism business to go through the Firecircle program. It’ll really open their eyes to how they need to conduct their business and the support with the Firecircle group is amazing..."
- L. and C. Munroe, Trapper Creek Outfitters, Saskatchewan
“Firecircle really helped me dig deep, and find the direction that we want to go….Firecircle was a really good tool for me to learn how to execute these things professionally and it gave me those skills - through the templates and all the workshops - asked all the important questions that really get you thinking…Overall, if you want to be an entrepreneur, to go through the 5x5 especially, it really sets a good base for you to make your business successful.”
- S. Baraniski, Soup Town Cafe, Carrot River, Saskatchewan
Look out, world!
You’ll be blazing your way to a competitive, sustainable and amazing tourism business in no time!
Transition to Tourism Entrepreneurship is a project of The Firecircle Ltd. and is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program (SIP).
