NEW! Know Your Numbers: Financial Essentials to Start & Grow Your Business
Start & Grow Your Business: Financial Essentials Every Entrepreneur Needs
Are cash flow challenges, financial uncertainty, or unclear priorities making it difficult to move your business forward? This free workshop is designed to help women entrepreneurs build a stronger business foundation through practical financial strategies, better planning, and informed decision-making.
Starting a business can offer independence, flexibility, and the opportunity to turn your ideas into something meaningful. However, building a successful business requires more than a great idea. It takes careful planning, strong financial habits, and the right professional support.
This workshop will guide you through the essential steps to start your business on a solid foundation and prepare it for sustainable growth. You will learn practical strategies for organizing your finances, managing cash flow, improving efficiency, and developing a clear growth plan.
Why Strong Business Foundations Matter
Without the right systems in place, entrepreneurs can struggle with cash-flow challenges, inefficient processes, and unclear priorities. These issues can make it difficult to make confident decisions and take advantage of growth opportunities.
By establishing good financial and operational practices from the beginning, you can better understand your business, protect your resources, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Whether you are launching a new venture or looking to strengthen an existing one, having a solid understanding of your numbers is essential. Start & Grow Your Business: Financial Essentials Every Entrepreneur Needs will help you gain the knowledge and tools needed to make smarter financial decisions and support long-term business success.
What You Will Learn in This Workshop
- Take the right steps when starting a business
- Build a trusted team of professional advisors
- Separate your personal and business finances
- Understand and manage your cash flow
- Improve efficiency by simplifying or automating tasks
- Create a practical strategy for sustainable growth
- Explore how financing can support your business goals
- Leave with clear next steps for starting or growing your business
Who Should Attend
This workshop is for aspiring, new, and established women entrepreneurs who want practical guidance, stronger financial habits, and a clear plan to start or grow their businesses successfully.
Join us to gain practical insights, strengthen your financial knowledge, and develop the confidence needed to make informed decisions for your business. You’ll leave with actionable strategies that can help you overcome common challenges, improve financial management, and position your business for sustainable growth.
Workshop Details
- Workshop: Know Your Numbers: Financial Essentials to Start & Grow Your Business
- Speaker: Mano Malu, CFA, TD Business
- Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Location: Online
- Cost: Free
About the speaker:
Mano Malu, CFA supports women entrepreneurs in their financial decisions and financing needs by connecting them with key specialists and resources to accelerate their growth. With more than 15 years of experience in financial services, she combines her expertise in commercial financing and relationship management to provide clear, tailored solutions. Recognized for her mobilizing leadership, she acts as a trusted partner to entrepreneurs and stakeholders across the ecosystem. Winner of the 2023 Prix Femmes d’affaires du Québec in the Woman Engaged in Her Community category, and recipient in 2021 of both the Jury’s Coup du chapeau Award and the People’s Choice Award from the Association des femmes en finance du Québec, she is also an engaged panelist and mentor committed to advancing access to capital and inclusion.
Learn more about our ELLEvate Women Entrepreneurs program!
This workshop is made accessible to you at no cost, thanks to generous funding from the Government of Canada and Yspace: York University.
*Please Note: Pre-registration is required. This workshop is presented in English (with French subtitles) and is available as an online, live streaming webinar only.
Once you have registered, you will receive an email with instructions on how to log on a few hours prior to the start time of the workshop. Please check your Spam/Junk folder if you have not received your email with instructions one hour prior to the start time of the workshop.
