Happy International Women's Day!

Isn’t it time to celebrate all together? and actually do something for the betterment of gender equality by ourselves?

Yeah, I mean by OURSELVES. What if we took ownership of our success and actually built the doors instead of just knocking on them? What if we dare to start! 

You might be a woman entrepreneur, or anyone with an idea related to women that leads to their empowerment, you might even be a man concerned about women's related problems! then it’s time for all of us to start actually celebrating this day by doing something! Let’s celebrate this day in practice!

In today’s episode, we’re not only going to cover some tactical tips about the challenges of you as a woman to start a business, but we'll also have great solutions to offer at SBC! So stay tuned.

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It's always inspiring to hear the stories of influential people, their ups and downs along the way, to remind us that the best is yet to come...

Sometimes we assume that the successful person we see is just a lucky person with a lot of resources, which we lack, but when we get to know them, the magic happens... to witness how resilient they were in their lives, how tenaciously they pursued their life's aspirations and missions,... and to illuminate our path so that we might join them on their mission

In addition to the positive changes that the social business creation competition has brought about in the lives of hundreds of individuals up until this point, I believe that it is even more motivating to learn how the SBC competition itself came into existence and what the motivation was behind it... and what is even more interesting is trying to figure out who exactly was the one who started everything and listening to her story...

I don't know about you, but I think I'm pumped up enough to go and hear about the story of Mai Thai, the Founder and director of SBC, so without further ado, let's dive in!

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We are getting closer to the final round and we are very excited for all of the participating teams here at Social Business Creation Competition! Today, we dedicated a podcast with the advice of one of the judges for this round, Ana Luiza, who was also a previous competitor in this competition from Brazil. She'll guide you through her experiences, as well as the competition's formal standards, the final round presentation structure, and by researching frequent blunders, you can be better prepared now.

So good luck and best wishes!

Here at HEC Montréal, we have a Social Business Creation competition, an international competition for the social entrepreneurs from all around the world can take part in it and they can learn all of the information that they need to practically turn your idea into business and as we're approaching the final round of this competition, the impact round, we thought it's a very great idea to give some insightful tips from the previous winner teams to the competitors.

But don't worry if you're not a competitor here because it's going to be very beneficial for you as a social entrepreneur too, and the reason is that you're gonna get very invaluable insights about the final stages of pitching your idea 

So let's dive in, and grab some last-minute tips from the NanoNeem founder, the 2021 winner team.

Julio Castañeda is one of the co-founders of Turbodega, a software management tool that builds a network of small grocers in emerging countries and tracks their daily-sales in real time to provide them: lower cost of goods, access to fair working capital lines of credit, and data-backed business advice.

Turbodega just recently raised US$3.8 million to accelerate in Peru and expand to Mexico where they expect to be present in the 10 most important cities. In the coming years, they plan to keep expanding into new countries in Latam such as Honduras where they have already found a partner.

In this episode, Julio will talk to us about the first stage of ideation, the strategic reason to enter Peru before going to Mexico, the future plans to expand, and the current challenges that small grocery stores have to face due to fierce competition of big convenience stores.

To know more about Turbodega:

https://www.turbodega.com/

https://www.facebook.com/turbodegaperu/

https://www.facebook.com/turbodega.mx

https://www.linkedin.com/company/turbodega/

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https://socialbusinesscreation.hec.ca/

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Jennifer Fils-Aimé is the Founder and current CEO of Boutique Nwa, a Montreal-based enterprise that aims to promote diversity and acceptance through fashion, art, music, and design. Through various means of communication, Boutique Nwa aspires to undo the mental patterns and negative stereotypes that target various minority groups. In this podcast, we discuss the ideation process, crowdfunding, current projects, and much more. We hope her confidence and energy inspire all the listeners to go for it!

To know more about Boutique Nwa:

Website: https://www.boutiquenwa.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boutiquenwa

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boutique-nwa/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boutique_nwa/

Follow SBC on all our platforms:

Website: https://socialbusinesscreation.hec.ca/

Other links: https://linktr.ee/sbchec

Are you curious to know how to increase financial literacy in a fun and engaging way? In this podcast episode, we will explore Afortunadamente, a board game created by Valeria Arellano, a social entrepreneur who has a background in finance. She has successfully combined her expertise with entertainment to create a valuable offer that promotes financial literacy. We will delve into how she developed Afortunadamente and how it has adapted to market demands.

To learn more about Afortunadamente, you can check out the following links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afortunadamente.mx/

Follow SBC on all our platforms:

Website: https://socialbusinesscreation.hec.ca/

Other links: https://linktr.ee/sbchec