{"id":6158,"date":"2023-01-24T12:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:11:39","slug":"osentreprendre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/news\/osentreprendre\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration opens for the 25th OSEntreprendre Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6162 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-23-defi-osentreprendre-image-couverture-fb_region-14-fr-vf-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ligne-horiz_trame-osentreprendre_nouvelle-1024x96.jpg\" alt=\"Frame OSEntreprendre_new\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The OSEntreprendre Challenge is now ready to receive registrations for its\u00a0<strong>25th edition!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The only one of its kind, the D\u00e9fi encourages those with the audacity to take action. A powerful generator of pride, the D\u00e9fi OSEntreprendre has been inspiring the desire to undertake in Quebec's 17 regions for over 20 years, by mobilizing a multitude of players in the educational, economic and social networks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6160 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sign_25e_defi_rvb_fr-218x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>OSEntreprendre\u00a0<strong>MOBILIZE<\/strong>\u00a0a wide network of partners to make\u00a0<strong>RAYONNER<\/strong>\u00a0entrepreneurial initiatives to\u00a0<strong>INSPIRE<\/strong>\u00a0a greater number of people to believe in themselves and dare to be enterprising. Once again this year, a ton of pride to offer and\u00a0<strong>more than 800,000 $s to be returned to stock exchange<\/strong>\u00a0to winners at local, regional and national levels.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Business creation section<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Business Creation program offers new entrepreneurs the opportunity to validate their project, obtain grants, expand their network and express their passion during their start-up year;<\/li>\n<li>This component is aimed at people aged 18 and over who have a business project and are in the early stages of realizing it. Business projects must not have obtained sales revenues before April 1, 2022, and, in the case of a project to create a business, the start-up date must be no later than December 31, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Doing business together section<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Doing Business Together program showcases companies that stand out for the evolution of their procurement practices with local suppliers. Whether choosing a hotel or a packaging manufacturer, every decision to do business together has tangible benefits that help forge a proud, innovative, committed and prosperous Quebec.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Volet R\u00e9ussite inc.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The R\u00e9ussite inc. section showcases companies that have already taken part in the D\u00e9fi OSEntreprendre and are still in business after five years, with a track record that combines five aspects of success: achievements, values, finances, outlook and teamwork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Three levels... three levels of visibility<\/h3>\n<p>Three selection stages are necessary to determine the national winners of the OSEntreprendre Challenge. Participants who pass the first local selection stage will have their project re-analyzed at the regional level.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bursaries in Lanaudi\u00e8re<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In addition to several special prizes, regional winners will receive bursaries worth 1,000 $ in the Business Creation category, 5,000 $ in the Success Inc. category, and 5,000 $ in the Doing Business Together category. <strong>The visibility that the D\u00e9fi OSEntreprendre brings to the Lanaudi\u00e8re region is even more attractive than the potential bursaries!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the great D\u00e9fi OSEntreprendre movement doesn't stop there. Regional winners will have the chance to represent Lanaudi\u00e8re and showcase their projects on a national scale at the Grands Prix Desjardins Gala, where the energy, passion and audacity of the next generation of entrepreneurs will be celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Registration opens\u00a0<\/strong>!<\/h2>\n<p>From today and this\u00a0<strong>until March 14, 2023 at 4pm<\/strong>Entrepreneurs are invited to showcase their projects by registering for the OSEntreprendre Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Contact the regional manager for more information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emmanuelle Lefebvre, Economic Development Advisor (SADC MATAWINIE)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Telephone: (450) 883-0717, ext. 224<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Toll-free: 1-888-880-7824<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">E-mail :\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:elefebvre@matawinie.qc.ca\">elefebvre@matawinie.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osentreprendre.quebec\/defi-osentreprendre\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5496 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2021-22-defi-osentreprendre-bouton-web-fr-vf-300x92.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2021-22-defi-osentreprendre-bouton-web-fr-vf-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2021-22-defi-osentreprendre-bouton-web-fr-vf-1024x314.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2021-22-defi-osentreprendre-bouton-web-fr-vf-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matawinie.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2021-22-defi-osentreprendre-bouton-web-fr-vf.jpg 1329w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OSEntreprendre Challenge is now ready to receive registrations for its 25th edition! The only one of its kind, the D\u00e9fi encourages those with the audacity to take action. A powerful source of pride, the OSEntreprendre Challenge has been inspiring entrepreneurial spirit in the 17 regions of Quebec for over 20 years [...].<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matawinie.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}