GrowthWheel´s own Elizabeth Binning will do a keynote at NASBITE International 31st Annual Conference, March 21-23

GrowthWheel International is happy to announce that we are bronze partners at NASBITE International 31st Annual Conference, March 21-23!

This is the place where export professionals get together be inspired and come up with new innovative solutions.

We’re excited that our own Product and Learning Specialist Elizabeth Binning  will do a keynote about “Best Practices in Choosing Foreign Markets”. We’re looking forward to this discussion.

You can also meet the GrowthWheel team at our booth! We’re looking forward to meet current and future partners.

Find more information about the conference here: https://nasbite.org/conference2018/ 

And about how GrowthWheel help export professionals here: www.growthwheel.com/exporters

GrowthWheel is attending the Annual EDCO Conference today in Toronto

GrowthWheel has arrived at the Economic Developers Council of Ontario in Toronto today.

The conference will deal with how to take action in an ever-changing landscape. We are looking forward to be a part of this important topic.

Read more about the conference here: https://www.edco.on.ca/event-2584314

Track Your Clients' Profit with Charts

New additions to the Business Profile
—Get a better overview with Profit Charts

In our January release, we are adding profit charts to the Business Profile. This gives you and your clients a more comprehensive and complete financial view of the business.
 
You can now more easily report profits for your entire client portfolio and quickly download it as a nice-looking PDF file.

The data contain all the key profitability numbers such as gross profit, operating profit and net profit. If you are a manager you can also see the aggregated data for your entire organization or network.

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New Features — Track client profit quarter by quarter

#1 Get instant charts of your clients' profit
Add profit on the financials page and get an instant overview of your clients' growth.

#2 Add profit charts to the business profile
With the new profit charts, your clients can get a more extensive business profile to show lenders, financial partners or investors. 

#3 Use your clients' profit for reporting
Use profit charts for reporting in terms of growth for your entire client portfolio or network. 

Welcome to the participants from the Vaughan Certification Course

We would like to welcome nine new GrowthWheel certified advisors to our network, and the seven advisers who joined us for their free recertification in Vaughan, Ontario.

We are thrilled that so many have joined us from the following organizations:

- Brampton Entrepreneur Centre
- Business Advisory Centre Durham
- Cambridge Centre Honda
- Enterprise Toronto
- Eve-Volution Inc
- Halton Region
- Vaughan Business Enterprise Centre
- Bruce County
- IMAC Group
- Waterloo Region Small Business Centre
- Toronto Business Development Centre
- City of Toronto - Enterprise Toronto
- Community Innovation Lab
- Société économique de l'Ontario
- The Pivotal Point

Employee Counts and Charts

Monitor Employee Count
— New page on the Business Profile + Analytics

In our November release, we have added a new feature to the Business Profile: Employee count.

Now you can see charts and tables of how your clients are progressing in hiring new employees.

Your Client List has an Employee Count View, which gives you a full overview of all your clients' employees for each quarter in the current year.

Network Managers also have an overview of the employee count from each organization in their network.

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Improve the Business Profile with Employee Counts and Charts

#1 Get an instant chart of your client's employee count

Improve the Clients' Business Profile with charts and tables of the employee count.

#2 See Employee count on your Client list

Get a full overview of your clients' employee count progress. Now you can compare counts from previous quarters or years and easily report it.

#3 Employee analytics for the network

If you are a Network Manager, you can see the big picture of job creation trends for the entire network. You can easily print PDF reports to bring to your team meetings. 

#4 Employee count for network managers

As a network manager, you can see the employee count by each center that belongs to the network. This gives you an overview of the jobs created across the network.

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What is Next?
A sneak peek of what we are working on...

In GrowthWheel, we are committed to making continuous and never-ending improvements of the software in collaboration with our users.

Every month, we release new features, and we have hundreds of upcoming features in our road map.

Here are a few of the most exciting ones:

• Create job descriptions and employee profiles

• Use email templates to streamline your communication

• Assign Decisions and Actions to team members

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NEW RELEASE: Better Sharing Features

Monitor Employee Count
— New page on the Business Profile + Analytics

In our November release, we have added a new feature to the Business Profile - employee count. Now you can see charts and tables of how your clients are progressing in hiring new employees.

Your Client List has an Employee Count View, which gives you a full overview of all your clients' employees for each quarter in the current year.

Network Managers also have an overview of the employee count from each organization in their network.

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Improve the Business Profile with Employee Counts and Charts:

#1 Get an instant chart of your client's employee count

Improve the Clients' Business Profile with charts and tables of the employee count.

#2 See Employee count on your
Client list

Get a full overview of your clients' employee count progress. Now you can compare counts from previous quarters or years and easily report it.

#3 Employee analytics for the network

If you are a Network Manager, you can see the big picture of job creation trends for the entire network. You can easily print PDF reports to bring to your team meetings. 

#4 Employee count for network managers

As a network manager, you can see the employee count by each center that belongs to the network. This gives you an overview of the jobs created across the network.

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More Improvements
Based on your suggestions

See your top 10 clients in a chart

You can now see a chart of the 10 clients you spend the most time on
If you are a manager, you can see your organization's or network's top 10 clients as well. 

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What is Next?
A sneak peek of what we are working on...

In GrowthWheel, we are committed to making continuous and never-ending improvements of the software in collaboration with our users.

Every month, we release new features, and we have hundreds of upcoming features in our road map.

Here are a few of the most exciting ones:

• Manage mentors on GrowthWheel Online
• Use Email Templates to streamline your communication 
• Assign Decisions and Actions to team members

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Welcome to the new business advisors from the Brooklyn Certification Course

#Brooklyn #NewYork

We at GrowthWheel would like to welcome 7 new business advisors and one re-certified business advisor from the following organisations: 

- New York SBDC
- Rhode Island SBDC
- Virginia VBOC
- Rhode Island VBOC
- Outsource Brazil

The course was a success and we are happy to have you all on board. 

Welcome to the newly Certified Business Advisors from our course in Tampa

Welcome to three new Certified Business Advisors and one Re-certified Business Advisor from the following organisations:

- UTA VBOC
- Florida SBDC at Pinellas County Economic Development
- Hillsborough Community College / e2Venture

The Certification Course was arranged in coordination with the annual National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship conference in Tampa, which we also participated in. 

GrowthWheel to attend the Annual GCEC Conference in Halifax on October 12

GrowthWheel is happy to attend the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the very first time.

The conference will deal with the importance of the nation's university-based centers for entrepreneurship. GCEC's objectives are advancing, strengthening and celebrating universities in teaching entrepreneurship. 

GCEC2017 will be hosted by three universities; Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University and the University of New Brunswick. 

We will have a booth at the conference. Drop by and hear about our latest release.

Read more about the conference here: https://gcec2017.ca/

GrowthWheel joins the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship on Oct 8-11 in Tampa, FL

Yet again, GrowthWheel will attend the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Conference, this year in Tampa, FL. Despite the Hurricane Irma, NACCE will still host the annual conference, which we are very happy about.

During the pre-conference sessions, Founder and CEO David Madié and Product and Learning Specialist Elizabeth Binning will host a two-days Certification Course.

Moreover, the conference will deal with Entrepreneurial Leadership, Innovative Student Success Practice, Creative Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship Center Development

We can’t wait to be a part of the NACCE Conference and support the meaningful and important work they do.

For more information about the conference, visit www.nacce.com/page/NACCE2017HOME3FN

GrowthWheel to attend the EUBIC 7th Tech Camp on October 5-6 in Naples, Italy

For the first time GrowthWheel will participate in the European BIC Network’s Tech Camp in Naples, Italy.

This year’s programme concerns Robotics for Industry 4.0 and Inclusive Entrepreneurship.

Moreover, the Tech Camp focuses on Innovation Opportunities and Mentoring Innovative Startup Companies.

During the conference, the founder and CEO of GrowthWheel David Madié will attend a plenary session about Tools Pitching, EBN hosts panel discussions about issues related to Mentor Networks and moderator Giordano Dichter from EBN in Belgium will share his both successful and challenging experiences with mentoring.

We are looking forward to be back at another EBN conference meeting old as well as new friends.

For more information about the conference, visit http://ebntechcamp.eu/

Welcome to 14 new Certified Advisors in South Africa and Mozambique

The course in Pretoria was again a success. We are happy to welcome 14 new Certified Advisors from the following organizations:

- SEDA RAPID Vaal University of Technology
- Cape IT Initiative
- Steel Best Manufacturing
- SEDA Rapid Lovedale Collage Incubator
- The Innovation Hub Management Company
- IdeiaLab
- SEDA STP French Tech Incubator

Sign up for our next course in Johannesburg on Sept. 19-20 here: https://www.growthwheel.com/courses/johannesburg-sep2017

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GrowthWheel to attend Women’s Business Center’s Leadership Conference on Sept 12 in Alexandria, VA

In three weeks, GrowthWheel will participate in the WBS’s Annual Leadership Conference. This year's theme is Today’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Impact.

The purpose of the conference is among others training and capacity-building for WBC’s leaders and their staff.
Moreover, the conference will focus on strategic planning, program expansion, impact measurement, governance, fundraising and leadership development.

The focus areas above are all implemented in the GrowthWheel Toolbox which is why GrowthWheel also hosts a Certification Course on the 14th-15th of September in connection with the event.

We are looking forward to be a part of the WBC's Leadership Conference 2017.

GrowthWheel joins the Great Lakes International Summit in Michigan on the 25th of September

We are looking forward to be a part of the GLIn2 conference in Grand Rapids, MI this September. The conference is organized by Michigan Business Incubation Association and Wisconsin Business Innovation Association. 

In relation to the conference, GrowthWheel is hosting a two-days Certification Course for both new business advisors and already certified advisors who want a re-certification.

Innovation, Business Incubator and Startups are the main focus areas for this event. The many knowledgeable speakers will deal with topics such as Investor Pitch Mistakes, Cross-Border collaborations and Creative Communities. 

Drop by our booth for a quick demo of how our online platform can help Startup companies. 

If you would like to become a GrowthWheel Certified Advisor or get an update on the new features of GrowthWheel Online join our Certification Course on September 25-26.

Welcome to 9 new Certified Business Advisors in Lillehammer, Norway

Yesterday we finished our third Certification Course in Norway this year.

The course took place in Lillehammer in Norway, which became famous due to their their phenomenal performance at the Winter Olympics in 1994.

Due to the great success, GrowthWheel continues the expansion in Norway with a partnership with the norwegian incubator SIVA.

We are proud to welcome certified advisors from:

  - Horten Kommune

  - Landsbyen Næringshage A/S

  - Magnor Næringshage A/S

  - Sápmi Næringshage A/S

  - Senja Næringshage A/S

  - Sauda Vekst

The next Norwegian Certification Courses are in Horten on October 3-4 and in Kristiansand on December 18-19, 2017.

Read more here: http://www.growthwheel.no/kurs