Upcoming GDP Sessions

About the Growth Development Program

The Growth Development Program (GDP), developed in partnership with Scotiabank, has been designed to assist SMEs succeed in the highly competitive global economy, by focusing on developing growth strategies. Through practical workshops and mentoring sessions, the program identifies and overcomes growth barriers such as sales, greener economy, global expansion, operational efficiency and financial management.

Join one of our upcoming sessions to take your business to the next level.

Program Benefits:

Over $40,000 worth of hands-on training, mentoring, and business growth support tailored to your company’s needs
Assistance and resources to develop a professionally-vetted strategic growth plan that will serve as a road map for your business
An opportunity to expand your professional network and become a member of our exclusive community of high-growth companies

Join an Information Session to learn more about the program

“There’s more than just professional development here. You’ll walk away with new connections of like-minded professionals and a plan to scale-up your business to the next level. I feel I have already reached a positive ROI with the connections I made, new things I learned and things I have remembered in the first place.”
— Stephen Hutchinson, Chief Financial Officer, TipTapPay Micropayments Ltd.

We participated because we want to scale globally. And for us, we want to target Europe and also India, so this was a great opportunity to have all that structured. Build systems. That is definitely the thing.

I think I gotta get it tattooed on my arm or something like that.

"Build systems". I have to systemized the business. I've noticed holes in that way, so that's definitely something that we have to improve on, and that's something that it's been embedded in my head now.

On a macro level, I would say that the ecosystem being part of this program is essential, 'cause there's a certain community that we have around us.

But also specifically the speakers, the community, the fellow founders we have is also essential to our growth and we'll have these connections for years to come, hopefully.

And on top of that, of course, we also have the structure now in the system.

So not just the systems, but also the understanding of how to take something from 5 million to 50 million to 100 million.

And that has been invaluable.