Inno-centre, the country’s largest consulting accelerator firm for innovative companies, is announcing the appointment of Anne-Marie Leclair as Chair of Indice F’s advisory committee, an initiative to provide tailored advice for women entrepreneurs. In an uncertain and ever-changing economic context, support that meets the specific needs of women entrepreneurs is one way to ensure the development, success and above all the sustainability of Quebec-based businesses.
Index F: An initiative that meets the needs of the women’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
In Quebec, more than 15% of small- and medium-sized businesses are owned and run by women. However, according to the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub’s report on the state of women entrepreneurship in Canada, only one in 12 of these SMEs is experiencing high growth. In addition, the Quebec ecosystem features many organizations with different missions, and Inno-centre is one of the only support organizations for women entrepreneurs growing beyond the $2 million mark in sales.
Through highly personalized services and individual monitoring, the availability of seasoned business advisors and an expanded referral system to financial institutions, the proportion of women entrepreneurs supported by Inno-centre has increased sevenfold, from 3% to 20%, since Indice F’s launch in 2019. In practical terms, this initiative aims to provide high-level business advisory services to innovative companies owned and/or run by women to help them achieve growth by optimizing their operations and logistics, human resources, financial management, marketing and merchandising, shift to 4.0, etc.
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