UPS Canada has launched a strategic partnership with Startup Canada, a national entrepreneur-ledmovement, to support Canada’s growing entrepreneurial community.
Entrepreneurs will now have access to knowledge and tools to help them to scale their startups.As well, Startup Canada Members will have access to member savings with UPS.
Through this partnership, Startup Canada and UPS will host monthly #StartupChats on Twitter toenhance entrepreneur knowledge of robust supply chain management, logistics for e-commercestart-ups, global diversification, and other key topics.
UPS will also play a critical role as a member of Startup Canada’s Private Sector LeadershipCouncil to advance industry collaboration with the entrepreneurship community, and will supportStartup Canada in producing the 2015 Startup Canada Awards and Startup Canada Day on the Hill. Bothevents present significant opportunity for networking, recognition, and collaboration amongentrepreneurs, industry, and policy makers.
“When building a national partnership for Startup Canada, I look to work with partners thatshare our commitment and passion for helping entrepreneurs to succeed and who share our long-termvision of creating an environment and culture for entrepreneurial growth,” said Victoria Lennox,the Co-Founder & CEO of Startup Canada. “I believe that UPS Canada shares our commitment toentrepreneurs and will be an invaluable partner in growing Canadian entrepreneurship locally,nationally and globally in 2015 and beyond.”
“We are proud to partner with Startup Canada as the connective link for collaboration andinnovation to help entrepreneurs grow and build for the future,” added Paul Gaspar, Director SmallBusiness at UPS Canada. “Entrepreneurship is a powerful force driving invention, productivity andeconomic growth in Canada and we are eager to work with startups that will have fundamental impactson the country. We feel that there is no better way to support them than to partner with anorganization that offers strong and broad national support to the entrepreneur community.”
UPS will also provide strategic and valued support to the Startup Canada Catalyst Fund, afinancing program for innovative and high-impact community projects run by Startup CanadaCommunities to advance entrepreneurship at the local level.
Startup Canada is a grassroots, entrepreneur-led movement founded in May 2012. Its programs havementored more than 20,000 Canadians and grown to represent more than 80,000 entrepreneurs.
