TAP INTO
NEW MARKETS.
Prepare your business to reach its global potential with the Edmonton Trade Accelerator Program (TAP). TAP provides small to medium-sized enterprises access to a number of industry experts who help you to develop and execute a personalized market-entry export plan.
Upcoming Sessions
Multi-Sector Led Cohort
Begins October 4
GROW WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS.
Through intensive workshops, peer-to-peer exchange, hands-on support and coaching from leading Canadian export advisors, and individual mentoring, you will be able to develop an export plan that is realistic, high-quality and fully integrated with your overall business strategy, equipping you with the tools and resources to find success as you grow your business.
PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT LEVEL.
Exporting can be daunting, costly, and time consuming, leaving many business owners limited in terms of how much they can grow.
TAP helps you overcome these barriers through an innovative, results focused program, designed to accelerate the strategic development of your business and to better prepare you for an expansion into international markets.
No other program offers such comprehensive information like the Trade Accelerator Program. TAP is a one-stop-shop that will get businesses ready to go global in just a few sessions, culminating with a customized strategic export business plan carefully vetted by top industry experts!
INTERNATIONAL TRADE TOPICS COVERED
THROUGHOUT TAP INCLUDE:
- Strategic Planning
- Support and Advisory Services
- International Finance
- Legal and Tax Considerations
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
- International Marketing & Sales
TAP offers a value-packed curriculum, industry expertise, resources, and valuable networking opportunities.
TAP offers a range of skills, experience, and individual mentoring and coaching across a broad spectrum of fields from legal, finance, global sales & marketing, taxation, logistics, etc. TAP graduates cannot say enough about this program; the benefits are unquantifiable!
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.
AS PART OF AN ESTABLISHED NATIONAL EFFORT, TAP IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, RESULTS DRIVEN PROGRAM AVAILABLE!
Thanks to the generous support from our partners, the program participation fee is only $495 per company 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 RESULTS
12%
AVERAGE INCREASE
IN REVENUE
Edmonton participants have experienced an average 12% increase in revenue one year after graduation despite the economic impacts of the pandemic.
67%
EXPORTING INTERNATIONALLY
67% of TAP Edmonton graduates are actively exporting to other countries since completing the program.
59%
BUSINESS
GROWTH
59% of graduates have hired new staff dedicated to export activities.
Operating in Edmonton since 2018, you will become part of a network of more than 100 companies in the Edmonton region and the thousands of companies across Canada who are at different stages of their export journey.
NEED MORE INFO?
For more information on the Trade Accelerator Program please contact:
PARTNERS
TAP EDMONTON PARTNERS
ADVISORY PARTNERS
NATIONAL FOUNDING PARTNERS
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.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
