Free business workshops with specialist Ron Robichaud coming to Charlottetown

French-speaking people who’ve recently become entrepreneurs or who are considering setting up a business are invited to participate in a free full day of business training Oct. 16 at the Carrefour de l’IsleSaint-Jean in Charlottetown.

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The LIENS project has hired trainer Ron Robichaud from C&R Care and Consulting from Kentville, N.S., to deliver the workshops.

Robichaud has several decades of experience as an entrepreneur, as a business counsellor and as a teacher. He is well known and well respected throughout the Atlantic Canadian business world.

“The day will be divided into two blocks of three hours, each covering a different business theme, so participants will have the choice of attending both sessions or one of the sessions of their choosing,” explains Stévula.

The morning will begin with a breakfast at 8:30 a.m. The threehour session on starting a business will kick off at 9 a.m.

This session covers the preparation of a business plan as well as financial planning and budget preparation. Participants will be encouraged to examine their personal and entrepreneurial vision as well as to analyze their project before starting it.

The day will continue with a lunch at 12 p.m. with the second three-hour block of training on the topic of preparing a financial plan, beginning at 1 p.m.

Using simple terms, Robichaud will help demystify financial plans.

Participants will learn to identify and interpret the key components of balance sheets, income statements and cash flow. They will receive both theoretical information as well as practical experience.

“The entrepreneur has the immense responsibility of understanding his financial statements because his profits will determine his success as well as his ability to compete in the current business world,” said Robichaud.

The LIENS project is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada as well as by the P.E.I. Office of Immigration, Settlement and Population.