Scholarships
Innovators & Entrepreneurs Foundation (IEF) is proud to have subsidized, impactful entrepreneurial education as its banner program.
Scholarships are open on a rolling basis to under-represented founders, including:
- Indigenous & Métis peoples
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Military veterans
- Newcomers / immigrants
- People of colour
- Seniors
- Women
- Youth
We’re here to help you build healthy businesses.
If entrepreneurship were easy, everyone would do it.
Entrepreneurs have their own language, and with the courses IEF offers, you’ll learn how to navigate business and funding conversations more easily.
You keep dreaming those audacious goals. We’ll help you find your way there.
Whether you’re in the middle of your first foray into entrepreneurship, or you’ve got it figured out but have decided it’s time to scale up or shake things up, these learning opportunities are designed for you.
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Flip the Script
Our flagship program, this teaches you to beat biased Questions during your pitch Q&As, and can also help you raise up to 60% more funding.
Fearless Finance Program
A 3-part program teaching you the fundamentals of business finance, up preparing your financials and knowledge for VC funding.
The Collective
A “Mastermind”, aka a facilitated peer mentorship program that supercharges business leaders tackling a challenge or just looking for some next-level self-development.
Apply for one, two, or all programs.
Paying it forward
When entrepreneurs do well, they know it was through the support, mentorship, and hands-on assistance of others. No one succeeds at entrepreneurship alone.
How do they give back?
Through mentoring others. Or becoming an accredited Angel Investor. Or contributing to a venture fund.
Another way is to donate to an organization specifically dedicated to building the skills and confidence of innovators & entrepreneurs.
Donations go toward:
80%
education fee subsidies for under-represented founders
20%
We focus on providing the highest quality knowledge and skills training programs, including our flagship program Flip the Script, which uses an AI-enabled simulation environment where founders can practice their pitch Q&A after learning a proven communication methodology designed to beat bias and raise up to 60% more investment.
Practice environments include: Bank Manager, Angel Investor, VC. The Software generated unique and challenging questions based on your business inputs and pitch. Founders receive their feedback instantly upon completion, enabling them to continue to practice and improve until they’re comfortable with whatever questions are thrown at them.
*IEF is a national charity and tax deductible receipts will be issued for any amount over $25.
Join us on campus
All our educational programming is accessed through the Campus portal, and scholarship recipients will be directed to set up an account once their application is accepted.
Our virtual campus is a place to hear first about scholarship cohorts funded through our donors and sponsors. Set up your campus account today and get featured in The Inclusive Canadian Business Directory.
Subsidized Educational Cohorts are made available thanks to the following supporting partners:
Don’t delay, apply today
That’s why in our application we ask for details about your business – so we can match you as soon as possible with the right scholarship cohort for you.
Your information also helps us find donors, grants and sponsors that will fund future scholarship cohorts.
Scholarships announced on a rolling basis
Once we have a cohort funded, we’ll reach out to the next in line who fit the cohort parameters and offer them the spot. Once our cohort is filled we’ll confirm with scholarship recipients and announce publicly.