Attendees of the info session hosted by Eastman Immigrant Services.
Twenty-one newcomers to the Steinbach area attended an information session at the Steinbach Chamber of Commerce office on November 10, 2011 to learn about how to start their own business here in Southeast Manitoba.
This session was hosted by Eastman Immigrant Services, a program of the Steinbach Chamber of Commerce and was facilitated by Dayna Lalchun from Community Futures Triple R. Topics covered included the skills needed to be an entrepreneur, business structures like partnerships and corporations, risk assessment, and marketing among others.
Linda Peters, Executive Director for the Chamber of Commerce and Eastman Immigrant Services, says “It’s positive to see this much interest from newcomers to our region. It shows that they’ve settled in and like the area. It also speaks to the confidence they have in our local economy.” Peters expects Eastman Immigrant Services to host more information sessions like this in the future.
