ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS WITH TAP.
Prepare your business to reach its global potential with the Edmonton Trade Accelerator Program (TAP). TAP provides small to medium-sized enterprises access to industry experts to develop and execute a personalized market-entry export plan.
Grande Prairie Virtual Session
Begins May 10
Women Leaders Virtual Session
Begins April 5
PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT LEVEL.
The Trade Accelerator Program is an innovative program, designed to accelerate the strategic development of your business and to better prepare you for an expansion into international markets.
GROW WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS.
We will connect your business with top industry experts, provide you with the necessary coaching needed to build a personalized export strategy, and equip you with the tools and resources to find success as you grow your business.
“TAP offered us the support and structure to move forward our export planning in a thoughtful and efficient way. It showed us that local products from Canada can compete on a global scale and gave us the confidence to enter new markets.”
- Keenan Pascal, CEO & Founder, Token Naturals
HOW TAP WORKS
The Trade Accelerator Program is an innovative initiative, designed to accelerate the strategic development of your business and to better prepare you for an expansion into international markets. Due to the generous support from our partners, there is a participation fee of only $495 for the program instead of the original cost of $5,000 per company. All applications will be considered on program criteria and assessed on their merits.
REALIZE THE EXPORT POTENTIAL OF YOUR BUSINESS WITH TAP.
TAP VIRTUAL DELIVERY
TAP Virtual is delivered over 7 half-day sessions, concluding with one-on-one mentoring sessions.
TAP RESULTS
33%
AVERAGE
GROWTH
Nationally, companies experience an increase in overall sales one year after participation.
71%
EXPORTING INTERNATIONALLY
More than 71% of participants are now actively exporting in markets including China, India, Mexico, Japan, U.K., Italy, Sweden, and the United States.
90%
BETTER
PREPARED
Nearly 90% of participants declared themselves better prepared to do business internationally upon completing the program.
NEED MORE INFO?
Contact TAP Export Program Manager John Gerum at jgerum@edmontonchamber.com or 780.409.2128
PARTNERS
TAP EDMONTON PARTNERS
ADVISORY PARTNERS
NATIONAL FOUNDING PARTNERS
NATIONAL LOGISTICS PARTNER
NATIONAL ADVISORY PARTNER
PROGRAM CREATORS
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TAP is supported by the Mobilizing SMEs to Export Initiative to assist in delivering Canada's Export Diversification Strategy. The Mobilizing SMEs to Export initiative provides funding to the existing Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) created by the Toronto Region Board of Trade in order to continue and expand TAP programming.
Innovation Canada web portal | The Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) | The Export Development Canada (EDC)