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Posted by:
Virigl Hoefels
on 11/14/02 Title:
Grant
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Postnum: 110 EntryID:677
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I will soon be graduating college and am looking into starting my own environmental consulting firm. Could you please give me some information on how i sould go about applying for a grant for this.
Virigl Hoefels
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Posted by:
The Solution Board
on 11/15/02 Title:
Re: Grant
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Postnum: 110 EntryID:678
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Hello,
We have a section on 'Government Funding'in the 'Other Info' section of Enviro Topics.
However grants are not as common as loans and usually limited to defined projects as opposed to starting a business.
The 'Business Support, Financing' section on the government website www.Strategis.gc.ca has a lot of information related to small business financing/loans that you might find useful.
Good luck, Editor, The Solution Board
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Posted by:
J Sorenson
on 11/29/02 Title:
Re: Grant
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Postnum: 110 EntryID:688
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Unfortunately, industry tends to hire people with experience when they hiore a consultant. They want someone who's been around the block that can cut to the chase when fixing their problem.
J
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Posted by:
Andy
on 12/9/02 Title:
Re: Grant
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Postnum: 110 EntryID:699
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Unfortunately J is correct, it is never easy starting a business in any field, the environmental field is even harder. You have to deal with an uninformed puplic that the bottom line is cost and payback, these 2 items don't always work out to the customers satisfaction. You will spend an enormous amount of time educating Joe public,I know this from 8 yrs. experience. To give you an example, I still chuckle to myself when I think of this, when I started looking for financing to start my business in renewable energy products I was explaining to a bank manager about some solar consumer products and when I told him about a solar flashlight his response was " why do you need a flashlight when the sun is shining". I hope this doesn't discourage you but be prepared for some bumps. If you need any help in heating with biomass, waste, distric heating or wood projects I would be glad to help. Andy
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Posted by:
Carsten Hoefels
on 12/26/04 Title:
Re: Grant
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Postnum: 110 EntryID:1282
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Are we related to each other ?!
Regards from germany
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